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Digital Transformations in the Arts and Humanities: Big Data Workshop
by Graeme Earl via Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities
I spent today at the fascinating AHRC Big Data workshop: http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/News-and-Events/Events/Pages/Big-Data-Workshop.aspx If you got lost (like me) @ahrcdigitrans Big Data workshop is under here 🙂 pic.twitter.com/Cyo124y4tb — Graeme Earl (@GraemeEarl) June 25, 2013 I made notes of what I saw as the headline issues, relating to the forthcoming funding call and what the AHRC considers of interest in the context …
Tweet summary of great #web observatory event at #ODI
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
@nigel_shadbolt introducing #webobservatory and #opendata update for business at #ODI pic.twitter.com/TSdmPudk4U — Lisa Harris (@lisaharris) June 20, 2013 @tommyh discussing new open data certificates at #ODI. Great step forward but still many unresolved qtns http://t.co/herMuHkQ2B — Lisa Harris (@lisaharris) June 20, 2013 @DameWendyDBE : “Mapping the digital landscape in real time all the time” = […]
Gender Equality at Work…An Unfinished Job
by Pauline Leonard via Work Thought Blog
This has been a busy few weeks for those of us interested in issues of Gender Equality at Work. First, a report produced by Women’s Aid and the Fawcett Society in May showed that current government spending cuts have hit women disproportionately hard and are threatening to reverse any gains in gender equality which have […]
Gender Equality at Work … an Unfinished Job
by Pauline Leonard via Work Thought Blog
This has been a busy few weeks for those of us interested in issues of Gender Equality at Work. First, a report produced by Women’s Aid and the Fawcett Society in May showed that current government spending cuts have hit women disproportionately hard and are threatening to reverse any gains in gender equality which have […]
Open Data Open Day 26th June
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Meet the Open Data team! We’re putting on an open day for all members of the university to come and discover what we do and how open data can help. We’ve booked the Access Grid Room and the Coffee Room in Building 32 (EEE) and will be running a series of talks, workshops and general […]
Wikipedia for Smaller Museums
by Nicole Beale via Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities
Today, the Museums Association published the new issue of Museum Practice. This month the magazine focuses on Wikipedia, and I contributed an article providing practical advice for smaller museums. The journal is behind a paywall, but the Museums Association have kindly agreed to let me share a draft of the article here at the Digital Humanities blog. The final article …
Inaugural Lecture of Professor Catherine Pope: Why Medical Sociology Matters
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog
Inaugural Lecture Catherine Pope, Professor of Medical Sociology 21 June 2013 | 17:30 – 20:00 Lecture programme: 5.30pm Tea & coffee; 6.00pm Inaugural Lecture; 7.00pm Drinks reception All welcome! RSVP at: http://catherinepopelecture.eventbrite.co.uk For further details, please contact Tim Lees (t.lees@southampton.ac.uk) Inaugural Abstract Medical Sociology is one of the most successful branches of Sociology, applying as it does […]
Recognising the role and contribution of the intermediate level workforce in healthcare
by Alison Fuller via Work Thought Blog
In the wake of the scandal about healthcare standards at the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust laid out in the Francis Report , the debate about the regulation and registration of the healthcare support workforce has been ratcheted up. The Times journalist Camilla Cavendish has been asked to undertake an independent review in to the […]
Seminar 3: Perspectives of Employers – Digital technologies and school-to-work transition
by Alison Simmance via Work Thought Blog
Seminar 3: Perspectives of Employers Digital technologies and school-to-work transition Thursday, 11th July, 4 to 6pm| Building 32, Room 2097 We are an interdisciplinary working group at the Work Futures Research Centre at Southampton University. Our aim is to explore the role of digital technology in the formation of learner identities and in school-to-work transitions. […]
Virtually Reconstructing Musical Numbers: The Modeller’s Perspective
by Matthew Harrison via Digital Humanities | Digital Humanities
Earlier this year I had the opportunity to get involved in a unique inter-disciplinary project, one that has taken me outside of my usual research area, as part of the SotonDH small grants. The project is a collaboration with Beth Carroll, who for her film studies PhD thesis is analysing the genre of musicals – specifically the phenomenon of the …