On why I will never *teach* social media again. #RP2NOTT #uwsltas
This is the second year that I’ve delivered social media workshops to the PhD student community at UWS through the Innovation and Research Office (IRO) – last year, I reflected on the content of the...
View ArticleReview of the year: If 2012 is about the Olympics, then let 2011 be all about...
“haw pal, if your no playing get aff the pitch!” So it is that time of year again – and I can’t believe that we are approaching 2012. It’s always felt so far away. Far away, in the sense that it was...
View ArticlePresentation: Reflecting on Portfolio Careers for Early Career Researchers
Introduction I was invited by the Oxford University Careers Service to give a presentation on a panel about portfolio careers and academia. I was asked because of the work I have been doing during my...
View ArticleReflection: Education for the crisis? Notes from #e4c, 29th March
This blog post has been burning in my head since last week, feeling (rightly so) equally troubled, inspired and generally itchy about the whole subject area so excuse me if I get all ramble-y in...
View ArticleOn being in London, “doing the ‘lympics” and putting the brakes on.
The last time I wrote one of these blog posts was back at the end of January 2010, several days before I was due to head out – on my own – to the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. I remember at the time...
View ArticleWhat is it that you do?
Hullo. Long time, no write. Question. What AM I doing? Folk keep asking me what is it I actually do. It’s good. I’m living in one place now, not everywhere and nowhere. I can firmly announce that I’m...
View ArticleNever mind the 2012(tm) bollocks. 2013. Bring it on!
Only 4 days late, but at least the year hasn’t quite been broken in yet! After re-reading my ‘End of Year‘ 2011 post, I started to draft this post on the 27th of December. It’s only been now I’ve been...
View ArticleResearch: Sharing MA thesis online and a bit of a PhD update…
I completed my masters back in 2008 (MA in New Media and Society at the University of Leicester) but (shock horror) I never put my dissertation online at the time… even though it is about Facebook and...
View ArticleOn Speaking to folk, Community Media Cafes, Challenges and Reflections
It’s been a busy two weeks. Last week, I gave 2 presentations at 2 events, a workshop on Citizen Journalism and Major Events (introduction to the Digital Commonwealth project) for the Social Media for...
View ArticlePhd update: 13 months on since restarting
And just like that, it’s December. I’m writing this with my last hour of my third writing retreat of the academic year 2014/2015. I wanted to use this time to give a quick update & reflection on my...
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