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Tag Archives: Twitter
Student Communications Internship – Remember to speak to your students!
So here I am, coming towards the end of my fourth week of my Student Communications Internship. Last time I blogged I spoke about having a lot of questions to answer and, if anything, I now have even more! Alongside … Continue reading
Is it worth tweeting about academic papers?
Last month Melissa Terras, from the Department of Information Studies at University College London, published a blog post “Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? The Verdict”. In this post she explained an experiment she conducted by which she … Continue reading
Saint or sinner?
We’ ve been hearing a lot recently about the need for a code of practice to guide our students in their use of web 2.0 and social media when part of their learning programme. This was a recurrent theme at last … Continue reading
Using social media for employability
Recent studies have shown that students are comfortable using sites such as Facebook and Twitter in their social lives but feel less confident about applying those skills for learning. Our own small-scale study, carried out in conjunction with our careers … Continue reading
Posted in Employability, Training & resources
Tagged Em Sowden, Facebook, LinkedIn, Nadja Guggi, Social media for employability, Twitter, YouTube
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Are you digitally ready for a Snickers bar?
University students have long been targets for advertising of products and events through leafleting campaigns and through email spamming. During my tenure as a hall warden at Reading University I had frequently to deal with people who had gained access … Continue reading
Posted in Social media
Tagged Alastair Culham, Katie Price, Rio Ferdinand, Snickers, Twitter
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How can I use social media to raise my professional profile?
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
Social or personal – where to draw the line?
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
Dear Santa
On Twitter I asked the guys @uniapp: @uniapp what would you ask Santa for to help #UoR be Digitally Ready? See ideas at t.co/1xJqqA4w This was their reply: @ShirleyEarley something along the lines of embracing the age of mobile! Thanks … Continue reading
A guide to using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities
The London School of Economics and Political Science’ s e Impact of Social Sciences Project have just produced a Twitter Guide for Academics: Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities It’s available under a Creative Commons license. Quoting … Continue reading