Author: Gareth Beeston The day kicks-off with a fantastic introduction by our very own @doclorraine who explains the impact of digital businesses in the development of the digital economy. Following this, Dr. Lorraine Warren introduces the first of the dragons den pitches with @Cpheth presenting shortly. Chris Phethean storms his presentation,[…]
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#smr6 Silicon Milkroundabout – Tech Job Fair
Whilst perusing the land of twitter last week, I came across an event that looked unlike any other: the 6th Silicon Milkroundabout! What is Silicon Milkroundabout? As its name suggests; it combines East London Tech City (Silicon Roundabout) with recruitment tours (milk round). The guys behind it hold job fairs twice[…]
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Author: Gareth Beeston A fantastically interesting event happened today with a whole wealth of experts in online education and learning including Fiona Harvey, Helena Gillespie, Simon Nelson, Amy Woodgate, and Doug Fisher, among many others. The conference kicked-off with a thought-provoking talk from our very own Vice Chancellor Prof. Don Nutbeam,[…]
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Author: Tim O’Riordan Found Blur Motion/ilouque ©2011/CC BY 2.0 Earlier this month, Dr Lisa Bernasek, Academic Coordinator for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies approached us with a request for assistance. Like many academics who recognise the benefits blogging in support of learning, Lisa had included a blog post writing requirement as[…]
Read more#ISVR50 – 50 Years of Excellence in Cutting-Edge Research
Author: Gareth Beeston With fantastic weather holding out for the prestigious event of the 50th Anniversary of the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research #ISVR50, the symposium is a success among the people who attended. A huge array of delegates attended the awe-inspiring reunion event, celebrating 50 years of outstanding research[…]
Read moreSo what do the #digichamps actually do?
Author: Lisa Harris With many thanks to the film-making wizardry of Simon Morice, the interviewing skills of Flo Broderick and contributions from Gareth Beeston, Renaldo Bernard and Eamonn Walls…this is what the #digichamps do 🙂 [iframe width=”605″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/hESrsjfLRMk” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen][/iframe]
Read more#UoSOpenDay Brings Together the Ambitions of Prospective Students
Author: Gareth Beeston An absolutely scorching couple of days @UniSouthampton #UoSOpenDay with amazing sunshine for the Friday and Saturday (5th and 6th of July) of the event. This event was one of the largest open days on record with a massive 22,000 registered for attendance over the couple of days, which[…]
Read moreDigital Champions supporting the UoS Open Day
University of Southampton Open Day 6 July 2013 “Ambition: it’s what drives us forward”. That’s the new motto for the July 2013 University of Southampton open day. This was for many young people their first visit to Southampton and their first insight into tertiary education. It was also my first day[…]
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