Podcast
Beyond the Technology: Digifest 2025 – how digital leaders meet tomorrow
An opportunity to hear from digital leaders reflecting on the future of digital leadership in this podcast recorded live at Digifest 2025.

Recorded live at Digifest 2025, this episode features a discussion of previous participants from the digital leaders programme who have demonstrated and implemented their learning within their organisations as they reflect on the Digifest 2025 themes of data-informed education, student success, learning for the future, technology for good, and collaboration for impact.
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Show notes
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Episode guests

Siobhan Poulton
Lead digital content design developer, Coleg Gwent

Tamsyn Smith
Senior learning designer team lead, University of Southampton

Martin Wheatley
Deputy head of digital innovation and ilearn, Leeds City College
Episode host

Iwan Lehnert
Internal communications officer