Digifest community hub 2025

Nurun Nahar, assistant teaching professor at the University of Greater Manchester talks with Carolina Barnes, Jisc community specialist about being celebrated a community champion of 2025 for her work with www.tirigogy.com/

The CPD community hosts webinars, podcasts, resources and provides a place for educators to connect and learn to improve their skills.

Nurun shares how the community has grown since sharing a wealth of development opportunities and how she made it happen.

You can connect with Nurun via LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/nurun/ or www.tirigogy.com/

Podcast transcript = https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10007/1/podcast-four-cpd-community-with-nurun-nahar-community-champion-2025.docx


Digifest community hub 2025: creating and growing a CPD community with Nurun Nahar

Elly Cope, head of access and acquisitions at the University of Leeds talks with Carolina Barnes, Jisc community specialist about how she has been changing perceptions in the world of library systems to make this work more visible.

Podcast transcript = repository.jisc.ac.uk/10008/1/podcas…pion-2025.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: Shining a light on the world of library systems with Elly Cope

Luke Searle, Learning Designer at University of Southampton talk with Carolina Barnes, Jisc community specialist about making math accessible. Luke was celebrated a community champion of 2025 for being co-chair of the Jisc accessible math working group. 

Luke shares how the community is helping provide tailored approaches to help make math more accessible and how this has been achieved through the support and passion of the community. 

You can connect with accessible math JiscMail list. 



Digifest community hub 2025: Making maths accessible with Luke Searle

Chloë Hynes, AmplifyFE community lead and English lecturer (digital lead) at Wirral Metropolitan College, Emma Procter-Legg, project manager at AmplifyFE and Lynne Taylerson, researcher and community leader at AmplifyFE talk with Carolina Barnes, Jisc community specialist about connecting the FE sector.

We explore how the AmplifyFE community has grown through supporting educators with events and resources that are gathered across FE and understand what has contributed to its success and made it so impactful.

You can connect with AmplifyFE via the linktree if you would like to learn more. 

Podcast transcript = https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10012/1/podcast-11-amplifyfe-with-emma-proctor-legg-chloe-hynes-and-lynee-taylerson.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: Giving FE a voice with the AmplifyFE team

Rosie Hare, Community intelligence and impact lead at Jisc, is joined by two members of the steering group from Jisc's FE Library LRC Community. Jacinta Jolly is Deputy Head of Library Services at NPTC Group of Colleges in Wales and also the Chair of the FE Library LRC Community and Louise Ord is Learning Resource Centre Manager at Exeter College in Devon, and one of the newer members of the community's steering group. 

Rosie, Jacinta and Louise talk about all things FE Library related and how their community supports library workers across the FE sector. This community is one of our most vibrant and longest-standing communities and is a kind and supportive space for FE library staff, who have gone through a lot of change in their sector over the last decade. This episode is a great conversation about the importance of these supportive spaces and how co-creating these community spaces with our members can make our communities a highlight of people's professional lives and a source of useful, cost-effective CPD.  

You can join our FE Library LRC community by visiting our Get Involved page: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/get-involved/library-communities

Podcast transcript link: https://repository.jisc.ac.uk/10027/1/fe-library-lrc-community-with-jacinta-jolly-and-louise-ord-transcript.docx

Digifest community hub 2025: The FE Library LRC Community with Jacinta Jolly and Louise Ord

Hear how communities across education and research are bringing people together to share and learn.

We cover learning and teaching, adapting to AI, accessibility, licensing and much more.

Digifest community hub 2025: Shining a light on the world of library systems with Elly Cope

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