Internal Communications

We manage the key communications to staff and current students across the University.

Our students and staff are at the heart of the University. Our purpose is to inform, support and celebrate our entire University community through targeted communications.

Guidance and support

We provide guidance and support to colleagues across the University on strategic internal communications planning, tailored content creation and best practice, to help deliver more engaging and effective communications. This includes coordinating University-wide communications with those of Colleges and Professional Services, providing feedback on your local communications, and supporting the distribution of mass communications through our centrally managed channels (see below).

We can advise on:

  • Communications and campaign planning
  • Key messages
  • Reaching your audience
  • Appropriate communications channels
  • Other factors you may need to consider

Emails

University-wide emails are used to contact large groups of staff or students, and are limited to priority communications on subjects that impact large cohorts of the University community. They are kept to a minimum to reduce email overload.

If you have an important message that is relevant to the whole student and/or staff community, please contact us to discuss your communication needs. In some instances we will be able to suggest alternative, more appropriate, channels. 

If we confirm that an email will be sent on your behalf, we will need to agree on the purpose, short content, audience, subject, who it's from, and date/time. Since these emails cannot include attachments, further online content will need to be included as a hyperlink.

Staff News

We manage key Staff sections of the website, including Staff News and the associated Twitter feed.

Staff News

Staff News on Twitter

If you would like to suggest content for Staff News channels, please get in touch:

Suggest a story for Staff News

Bulletin magazine

Bulletin, the University’s staff magazine, is published online fortnightly with interviews, profiles, and features from across our staff community:

Bulletin Magazine

You can submit a feature idea for Bulletin by emailing us.

Submit a feature via email

Student channels

We manage key Student sections of the website aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students. This includes Student News and the associated Facebook page and Twitter feed.

Student hub

Student News

Student News on Facebook

Student News on Twitter

If you would like to suggest content for Student News channels, please get in touch:

Suggest a story for Student News

Staff and student engagement

We organise and manage information sessions for large groups of staff and students, led by the Senior Leadership Team, and work with University colleagues on more focussed sessions.

Contact us

 

Helen Dunk

Head of Internal Communications

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Internal Communications

Communications and Marketing

Email: helen.dunk@ed.ac.uk

Jo O’Riordan

Internal Communications Manager (Staff)

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Internal Communications

Communications and Marketing

Email: jo.oriordan@ed.ac.uk

Essi Kauranen

Internal Communications Manager (Students)

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Internal Communications

Communications and Marketing

Email: essi.kauranen@ed.ac.uk

Cara Sulieman

Internal Communications Manager (Strategic Change)

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Internal Communications

Marketing and Communications

Email: cara.sulieman@ed.ac.uk

Rebecca Cousins

Internal Communications Manager (Corporate Services Group)

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Internal Communications

Marketing and Communications

Email: rcousins@ed.ac.uk

Emma Hislop

Internal Communications Manager (Provost's Office)

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Internal Communications

Marketing and Communications

Email: emma.hislop@ed.ac.uk

Modern Apprentice

Zuzanna Soltykowska

Creative and Digital Marketing Modern Apprentice

Internal Communications

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Communications and Marketing

Email: zsoltyko@ed.ac.uk

Senior Management

Philip Graham

Deputy Director, Internal Communications

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Communications and Marketing

Email: philip.graham@ed.ac.uk