Category Archives: Social media

Research update #2: Common themes

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Rachel Glover

Over the past few weeks I have been speaking to academic members of staff, local employers and University of Reading students about their experiences during placements. I have focussed on the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) and Summer Employment Experience … Continue reading →

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Undergraduate student Rachel joins the Digitally Ready team

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Rachel Glover

Hello everyone! My name is Rachel Glover. I am happy to have now started my long-awaited placement working in the Centre for the Development of Teaching and Learning on the project, Digitally Ready. I will be looking into how work placements … Continue reading →

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What can social media do for me?

Posted on May 23, 2012 by patparslow

Thanks to CSTD and DDT for organising a session on use of social media, with a focus on Research Staff (although appropriate to others, as well).  The session was two and a half hours, including lunch, with presentations from Justin … Continue reading →

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Behaving Online

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Shirley Williams

There is lots of advice available on how to behave online, some of it very sensible and some of it belonging to the 19th century. The University has produced two guides on Being Online one for students and one for … Continue reading →

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The Digital Human

Posted on May 7, 2012 by Alastair Culham

The advantage of bank holidays is the chance to hear weekday Radio4 from time to time.  This afternoon at 4.30pm I happened to hear The Digital Human. This is week two of a series of six programmes investigating the impact … Continue reading →

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Skype

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Shirley Williams

In a meeting last week I mentioned how much I liked Skype, a couple of comments from other showed not everyone understood how it worked: “I can’t be bothered with all that typing” “What about when I have a bad … Continue reading →

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The Open Researcher – a case study (not at UoR)

Posted on March 29, 2012 by patparslow

Jennifer Jones is a busy PhD student, journalist and researcher working for institutions in the Midlands and the west of Scotland. She shares her experiences, learning and findings online, and maintains a massively busy schedule. JISC inform has an article … Continue reading →

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How can I use social media to raise my professional profile?

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Emily Goodhand

Are you sceptical of what social media can help you achieve as part of your professional development? Unless you’re a celebrity, you may feel that anything you say on a social network bears little relevance to the world at large. … Continue reading →

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Social or personal – where to draw the line?

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Gordon Roberts

We are accustomed to being so ‘connected’ these days that it is refreshing to take the bus to the station in the morning and to realise that there are people who don’t give two hoots for ‘social media’. I make … Continue reading →

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