Category Archives: Small project funding scheme

From paper (lots of it) to pixels

A distinguishing feature of the BA programme in Typography are the professional assignments we run with external clients – our Real Jobs scheme. These ‘in-house placements’ allow inexperienced students to deal with professional work in a staged and supervised way, … Continue reading

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Art studio network: Students take the wheel

“Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.” (John Dewey) A few months ago I contributed a blog post here about OSCAR, the Online … Continue reading

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Pharmacy students and e-books: an update

In my September blog post, ‘E-books and students: an uneasy relationship?’, I introduced my study into e-books usage by Pharmacy students, funded by Digitally Ready. The project is now well underway. An online survey on the usage and awareness of e-books, … Continue reading

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Academic publishing and interviewing: first steps

I took my first steps into the world of academic writing and publishing last week when my supervisor informed me that we are going to submit my work on the Modular Training for Industry project in an appropriate journal. I … Continue reading

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Interactive sculptures: Squishy circuits

  Digitally Ready is supporting Sensory Objects, a three-year AHRC-funded research project which explores the potential of newly developed easy-to-use electronics in making the experience of members of the user-group more vital and meaningful when accessing heritage sites. The project consists of … Continue reading

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New Teaching & Learning Showcase series

We are kicking off the new year with another round of Teaching & Learning Showcase events here at Reading, starting next week with a session on the ‘Use of technologies in Teaching & Learning’. Join us on Tuesday 22 January … Continue reading

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Me on the digital battlefield

To introduce myself, I am Sam Holton, a second- year student in the School of Biological Sciences here at Reading. Christmas and New Year are over and being the ambitious student I am, it was time for me to get … Continue reading

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Internationalisation: where to for HE institutions?

Who says internationalisation in HE inevitably refers to resources and technologies. In this new digital era, to be competitive as a HE institution we have to keep up to date with educational technologies, and this is particularly important if our … Continue reading

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Poll Everywhere: would you rather be attacked by one horse-sized duck or a herd of duck-sized horses?

Anyone standing in front of a crowd of student might be familiar with a mix of expectant and sleepy faces staring stoically ahead – their gaze occasionally brightened by the latest notification on their portable devices that life and imponderables, … Continue reading

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The opportunity to work with the Digitally Ready team

The Existing and Emerging Biotechnologies (EEB) Framework and our work in Creating a Global Agenda in the Biosciences and the Internationalisation Change Programme (ICP) , have recently enabled us to work with the Digitally Ready team. Via the small project … Continue reading

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