Monthly Archives: September 2012

Placement showcase: Chelsea Zahra

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Over the summer, we have been in the fortunate position to be able to employ a number of students on Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme placements.  You may have seen a number of posts from Rachel Glover, who has been working … Continue reading →

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ALT-Conference: The Digital Literacies perspective

Posted on September 24, 2012 by

Last week was very hectic as I travelled up and down the country to attend two conferences. The first was the Association for Learning Technology Conference (ALT-C) in Manchester. The conference’s objective was to understand how technology can best be … Continue reading →

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Placement Showcase: Harriet Taylor

Posted on September 19, 2012 by

I have been asking some of my fellow placement students to share their experiences and talk about what impact their work has had on the projects they’ve been working on. Harriet Taylor, a third-year History student, has spent 10 weeks … Continue reading →

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Digital deception

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Alastair Culham

We all receive spam email from time to time and have probably all been asked to send our bank account details so that millions of dollars/pounds/euros can be deposited in our accounts. If you have a spam filter that gets … Continue reading →

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Placement showcase: Hannah Little

Posted on September 10, 2012 by

In my previous blog post I spoke about the common themes that have occurred in my research. One of these predominant themes was that students really value a palpable output for their placement work. By that I mean that they … Continue reading →

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E-books and students: an uneasy relationship?

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

As the Liaison Librarian for Pharmacy, I am keen to ensure that the library collection meets the needs of our Pharmacy students. However, these are large cohorts, and it is not possible to provide a copy for each student. To … Continue reading →

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