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Digital Transformations 2012
by Nicole Beale via Digital Humanities
The Digital Transformations Moot 2012 takes place on the 19th November in London and is a large scale day-long event for all with an interest in the new AHRC theme ‘Digital Transformations’. The theme aims to support the potential of digital technologies for transforming research in the humanities and the arts. Throughout the day, the […]
Curriculum Innovation, Workshops and the #Digichamps
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Invitation for DE members to attend Industry Week
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
The Web Science Doctoral Training Centre has put together a programme of activities in collaboration with the business community that will provide students with some incredible opportunities for their current research training and future career: (1) Industry Week 3-7 December 2012 A programme of lunchtime industry seminars in the week December 3rd-7th. Over the five […]
Speaking truth to power
by Catherine Pope via Work Thought Blog
The WFRC responds to parliamentary consultation on health workforce Speaking truth to power might be a duty of researchers or ‘public intellectuals’ but we seldom have direct access to the ears of those in government. Instead we spend an inordinate amount of time trying to disseminate research via reports, conferences, papers and the occasional press […]
Cybersecurity Research Students and the Digital Economy
by Graeme Earl via Digital Economy USRG
At the last DE lunch on 29 October 2012 Maire Evans, Dominic Hobson and Mu Yang spoke about their respective research activities in the area of Cybersecurity, co-ordinated via the Academic Centre of Excellence in Cybersecurity Research. I thought that this offered a perfect example of multidisciplinary research in the Digital Economy and so I […]
e-learning symposium 2013
by Sotondh via Digital Humanities
LLAS, Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies will hold its 8th annual elearning symposium on 24/5thJanuary 2013. The aim of the symposium is to seek to bridge the gap between the ‘techie’ and the teacher, giving educators ideas to help them integrate elearning into their practice but also to inspire them to see where the […]
Live webcasts from the Internet Governance Forum
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Join live webcasts and discussions from the Internet Governance Forum in Baku. Thanks to everyone who voted for Internet Governance Forum sessions we should take part in as part of the Southampton Remote Hub. We’ll be following sessions on: cybercrime and rule of law; information and ethics; power, politics and internet filtering; social media and […]
Silicon Valley comes to Southampton StartUp Weekend
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
On 9th – 11th November Southampton University will be hosting a Silicon Valley comes to UK 2012 StartUp Weekend. It is a 56-hour, non-stop national competition where teams with individuals holding different skill sets compete to build a successful start-up business. The winner of last year’s event was Alejandro Saucedo from Southampton, and he is […]
Digital Literacy Workshops
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Staff and students are all welcome to attend our upcoming workshops. More information and booking forms can be found here These events are organised by Fiona Harvey from the Centre for Innovation in Technology and Education (CITE) and myself. They are run as informal discussions (with cake!) and include a number of short presentations – […]
Summary of #WebScience activity at Digital Futures Conference #DE2012
by Lisa Harris via Digital Economy USRG
Web Science researchers from the University of Southampton were out in force at the Digital Futures Conference in Aberdeen this week. Nicole Beale has produced a great Storify which summarises the work they presented and the associated conference activ…