Sneak preview: Digitally Ready at PELeCON
I am writing this en route en to Devon where I will be presenting a paper on ‘Digital literacies and work placements’ at Plymouth Enhanced Learning Conference (PELeCON) tomorrow morning. As IRead More…
Tag Archives: Summer Employment Experience and Discovery (SEED)
SEED placements: showcasing success
Last week SEED students were invited to present about their experiences at the SEED Showcase event. The evening was an opportunity for placement supervisors, employers, parents and fellow students to see the kindRead More…
Placement showcase: Rachel Glover
Subscribers of this blog will have followed the adventures of our placement student, the fabulous Rachel Glover, who has been working with us since June on the student employability aspects of theRead More…
Developing students’ digital skills through placements – Maximising student engagement
I have previously blogged about my trip to ALT-C in Manchester. In the same week I went to the RAISE Conference in Southampton. The Researching, Advancing & Inspiring Student Engagement day wasRead More…
Placement Showcase: Harriet Taylor
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,Read More…
Placement showcase: Hannah Little
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 theirRead More…
Spreading the word and learning some new ones
My colleague Erika Delbecque and I spent a useful day yesterday in Bath at the University Library promoting the good work being done here in Reading on the Digitally Ready project and learning about whatRead More…
Research update #2: Common themes
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 UndergraduateRead More…
Research update: Digital literacies for student employability
This summer, the Digitally Ready project team are carrying out a research study to find out how effective our work placements are at helping students become digitally ready for the future. OurRead More…