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We work with universities, support teachers developing Open Educational Resources, and advocate for the use of Wikimedia in education. </p> <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" style="background:#; border-style:solid; border-width:1px; border-color:#cedff2; border-radius: 1em; -moz-border-radius: 1em; -webkit-border-radius: 1em; -moz-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75); -webkit-box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75); box-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.5em rgba(0,0,0,0.75);;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="55%" valign="top" style="padding: 0; margin:0;"> <p><big><big><a href="/wiki/Universities" title="Universities">Universities</a></big></big><br /> </p> <div class="floatright"><a href="/wiki/File:EduWiki_2013_Day_1_(15)_-_cropped.jpg" class="image"><img alt="EduWiki 2013 Day 1 (15) - cropped.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/EduWiki_2013_Day_1_%2815%29_-_cropped.jpg/300px-EduWiki_2013_Day_1_%2815%29_-_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="146" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/EduWiki_2013_Day_1_%2815%29_-_cropped.jpg/450px-EduWiki_2013_Day_1_%2815%29_-_cropped.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/EduWiki_2013_Day_1_%2815%29_-_cropped.jpg 2x" /></a></div> <p>We support courses across the United Kingdom to use Wikimedia editing as part of their teaching and assessment. </p> <div class="about-buttons" style="background-color: #006699;"> <a href="/wiki/Universities" title="Universities">Read more</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" style="background:#; 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