Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK/Campus Ambassadors
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Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors are volunteers who provide face-to-face support to university students on how to edit Wikipedia, work with academics to incorporate Wikipedia assignments into classrooms, help recruit new Wikipedia contributors on campus, and participate in real life activities in support of free knowledge. Campus Ambassadors are part of the UK Wikipedia Ambassador Program being coordinated by Wikimedia UK and are required to attend a training in order to make them more familiar with doing Wikipedia outreach on campus. The estimated time commitment is approximately 3-5 hours a week, with some variations throughout the semester. Ambassadors not attached to Wikipedia teaching assignments should expect to coordinate or participate in recruiting events and outreach. Wikipedia Campus Ambassadors can be undergraduate students, graduate students, university staff members, faculty members, or anyone geographically close to the university -- the main qualification is that you must enjoy teaching people and spreading your passion for free knowledge.
Campus Ambassadors will:
- Provide face-to-face training and support for students on Wikipedia-related skills
- Consult with academics around designing and implementing Wikipedia assignments
- Organize engaging on-campus events to encourage people to edit (and continue editing) Wikipedia
- Help identify and recruit other interested academics and Ambassadors
- Represent Wikipedia and the Ambassador program
- Communicate with other stakeholders (Wikimedia UK, fellow Ambassadors, the Steering Committee, etc.)
Getting involved[edit]
- Interested ambassadors - If you want to become a Campus Ambassador, which requires attending a training event provided by Wikimedia UK, please add yourself as an "Interested Campus Ambassador" to the school or university at which you are available. If it is not listed yet, you can add it to the bottom of this page. You can also get involved with the Wikipedia Ambassador Program by applying to become an Online Ambassador, which is open to friendly and experienced Wikipedians and does not require attending an ambassador training event.
- Lecturers - If you are interested in working with Wikipedia Ambassadors to run Wikipedia assignments in your classes, add yourself as an "Interested instructor" on the interest list for your school or university. If your institution is not listed yet, you can add it to the bottom of this page .
If you are interested in applying to become an ambassador please send an e-mail to Toni Sant (User:Toni_Sant_(WMUK)) explaining a little bit about your interest in participating with the programme.
Latest details from Wikimedia UK on Campus Ambassadors are available here.
Add a new College or University[edit]
- How to add a new College or University
Using the input box below, type your universities name at the end of the line that says Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK/ so that it looks like Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK/YOURUNIVERSITYNAME . Fill out your interest in that form and click save. This will create a new page. Afterwards, come back to this page and add the title of the page you just created in to the Institutions section below inside two sets of curly brackets so it looks like {{Wikipedia:Ambassadors/UK/YOURUNIVERSITYNAME}}. Next click save.
Institutions[edit]
Aberystwyth University[edit]
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- Sjc07 (talk · contribs) - Second year BSc Tourism Management student interested in becoming an Ambassador.
The University of Bristol[edit]
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- Nathan Eisenstadt
Cambridge[edit]
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Cardiff University[edit]
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- I'm available pretty much any time of day. Just drop me a line and I'll see if I can arrange a meeting to discuss any issues you may have on Wikipedia. – PeeJay 00:00, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design[edit]
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De Montfort University[edit]
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- Jack.OSull (talk · contribs) Third year BA English with Creative Writing student interested in becoming an Ambassador.
Durham University[edit]
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- I have been a Wikipedia editor and administrator since 2005, and have a wealth of experience in a variety of areas across the Wikimedia Foundation. I am available from June 2011 to assist in any way possible. Esteffect (talk) 04:05, 2 May 2011 (UTC)
Interested Campus Ambassadors:
- ...I would be interested in being a campus ambassador. I am currently a Phd candidate and will be doing some teaching from September. I usually write Wikipedia articles on silnt film stars, such as Pina Menichelli. Thanks, Jnorthdur (talk) 15:16, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
- I am long-time wikipedia user, currently studying for their degree Weagles211 (talk) 14:24, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
- I am very much interested! Currently volunteering on various Internet related projects for public organisations and individuals in Durham and Newcastle -consulting, developing strategy, user training (software skills and motivation). Eleven.diamonds (talk) 21:12, 15 May 2011 (UTC)
University of Edinburgh[edit]
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Interested instructors:
- Jill Burke (History of Art). I'm teaching a third-year course where students write wikipedia-style entries on renaissance objects in collections in Edinburgh. Any pointers about using wikipedia for student coursework would be great.
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University of Glasgow[edit]
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- ...Stephen Baxter (swabaxter) Available by appointment.
Professional Engineer Semiconductor Industry BSc Hons Physics PgD Entrepreneurship Adult Education Student at Glasgow University Experienced as a college professor in using Wikipedia in a Teaching Environment Multi-Lingual
Swabaxter (talk) 16:07, 14 August 2011 (UTC)swabaxter
Lancaster University[edit]
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- Mark M (talk) - I'm a lecturer in Pure Mathematics at Lancaster, and I've been an editor on Wikipedia for about 8 years. I've recently attended a train the trainers event, and I'm very interested in helping other lecturers (in any subject) having their students improve Wikipedia as part of their assessment.
Leicester University[edit]
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University of Stirling[edit]
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- Terryblack (talk · contribs) - I will be attending Stirling University from September 2011 and would like to act as an ambassador from then.