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A new GenAI Prompting course is now available to help staff and students get more useful responses from GenAI tools. The course builds on the University's 'Using GenAI at Leeds' introductory training and introduces practical prompting techniques for work and study. Build prompting confidence The ‘Effective GenAI Prompting’ course was developed by Digital Education and...
Students at the heart of Digital Education Each year, student ambassadors are recruited from across the University to help shape and improve our digital education offering. In 2025-26, the ambassadors have contributed more than 500 hours of work, including: multimode support: helping academics deliver hybrid lectures by supporting in-room technology and online student participation user testing and feedback: testing...
There are few moments that better demonstrate the impact of our work than graduation. On 20 July, 64 online master's students travelled from around the world to visit campus for the first time and celebrate becoming University of Leeds graduates. A global cohort of online learners Graduates attending the in-person ceremony were part of a...
At the beginning of July, the University of Leeds hosted DENFest2026, the Digital Education Network's inaugural festival of digital education. The two day event brought together staff, students, sector experts and partners to showcase how media enhanced learning (MEL) can enhance learning and teaching at Leeds. It also marked a significant step forward in...
Digital Education have supported the University’s Harassment and Misconduct team to develop a new online resource called Dealing with Disclosures. The course offers guidance to help staff know what to do if students or postgraduate researchers disclose experiences of harassment, sexual misconduct, violence and abuse. Supporting staff through digital training The Harassment and Misconduct team...
Introducing the very first HELIX Impact Report, reflecting two and a half years of activity and achievements across the University's innovation hub. Since its launch in 2023, HELIX has rapidly evolved into a vibrant community shaped by its users, with practitioners and innovators leading events and experiments. Built on trust, HELIX empowers users to shape...
A virtual reality project that gives journalism students experience of reporting a simulated breaking news story has won the 'Innovation Award' category at the Education North Awards 2026 Bringing Realistic Journalism Scenarios to Life Digital Education Enhancement (DEE) team colleagues Dan McKinnie and Dr Danielle Millea worked with Journalism Academic and working journalist Carl Hartley to...
The University of Leeds has enhanced how it welcomes and prepares students studying fully online degrees, with a refreshed induction experience designed to help learners feel confident, supported and ready to succeed from the start. Helping students find their feet from day one Starting an online programme can feel daunting, especially as our students are...
Diverse projects and shared futures Throughout the year HELIX, in collaboration with the Digital Education Enhancement team, hosts a series of XR (Extended Reality) Showcase events. An opportunity for staff and students to share inspiring projects; the showcase aims to spark new conversations and learning around XR. It was great to host another XR Showcase...
A University of Leeds alum has secured £260,000 funding to propel their AI study assistant business. Dragos Popa, who studied a BSc Computer Science at the University of Leeds, co-founded Plato during his third year with help from SPARK, the University’s business start-up support service. Plato is an embedded, governed AI study assistant that integrates...