Our community hub is the place for the people who support education to connect. This is a round up of creative community activities at Digifest 2026 that helped us share ideas and have fun Creativity creates connection. As community builders we always look for ways to create new and meaningful connection. Digifest hosts sessions and […]
We are getting ready to grow our community champions cohort and celebrate more trailblazers who are furthering education and research. Every year we are blown away by the communities, activities and programmes our community champions support. With Digifest 2026 fast approaching, here are recent achievements, highlights and ways our champions are creating connection. Creative reflection […]
What have we learnt since hosting Jisc’s internal community health checks? Our health check process started in 2024, bringing different Jisc-led community together to reflect on activity and find new possibilities. Learn more about the process in part 1. It has captured our community landscape confirming that connecting institutions to share their work create […]
As part of our community day at the Bristol head office, we invited Rosie Sherry, CEO of Ministry of Testing and founder of RosieLand to share new community thinking with our community managers. Rosie brought refreshing new insights that reminded us why we love community building. This is helping shape how we approach our activity […]
On 14 – 16 May 2025, I helped host Connect More. Packed with sessions on how educators are navigating today’s challenges, here are my takeaways from the fantastic free, three-day event. Future-ready educators Digital and AI literacy are in-demand skills so how can teachers make time to adapt? Chris Melia, collaborative and digital practice lead […]
As more people create and join education and research communities, how can we better understand and define a ‘healthy’ one? I was tasked to explore community activity so we can understand what makes them successful to improve our practice and encourage more. Jisc communities use a combination of Teams and JiscMail to communicate, and come […]
Collaboration in community is key. As Jisc’s group of community champions grow, we love learning how they continue to support collective progress. Since Digifest 2024, we have watched the recent cohort of champions develop more opportunities to work together and connect people with the knowledge and support they need. What has been happening? Showcasing a […]
Sustaining a community can be challenging. What happens if things go quiet? How do we use the platform effectively? There are no simple answers, but when we understand the community journey, we identify opportunities to improve the community experience. Keeping communities secure In 2023, we turned on multi factor authentication (MFA) for all Microsoft Teams […]
We ran a survey with our internal community managers to understand how they spend their time and what leads to success. Why we love building community. Our education and research communities are a lifeline for thousands of professionals. They create spaces for people to connect, learn and support each other covering different topics around the […]
With plenty inspiring education and research communities, the community hub at Digifest 2024 introduced a podcast area to capture conversations about what motivates them. In this blog, learn how with the support of Jisc community champions, we prepared the podcasts and tips so you can try your own. The podcast buzz Hosting podcasts during the […]