Media: “The Open Researcher” – Profiled in #jiscinform
Several months ago, I was approached by JISC Inform, an online magazine, produced by JISC and used to raise awareness of technology in further and higher education in the UK. Having found me on twitter, they wanted to profile me as an open researcher in a ‘day in the life’ style of what my researcher practice looks like. It was a really enjoyable process that forced me to think about what (and why) I do and I feel quite honoured to be approached in the first place. The final article was recently published in their spring edition as is available in full …
Presentation: 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 PhD and how I have been managing the process as an early careers researcher. The slides are below, but I’ve also included some of the notes I used during the presentation. Portfolio Careers for Early Career Researchers View more presentations from Jennifer Jones I’ve tend to write quite personally and publicly about my experiences in the past but not so much now as I use …
Research Practices 2.0: Reflections on #RP2NOTT
Back in the summer, I was approached by Andy Coverdale to be interviewed and to help out on a project around social media for PhD students. The first part of the task was to be interviewed about how I use social media as part of my research practice, to be used as part of a web resource hosted by the University of Nottingham Graduate School. This was launched this week, ahead of an event in accompany the site. The event, “Research Practices 2.0” was organized for PhD students and facilitated by PhD students – where alongside Andy, I was approached …
Social Media for @UniWestScotland PhD Students: Overview of Workshop (21st April, 2011)
This 3 hour workshop broadly explored the role of new media within academia from writing, research and dissemination perspective. It tracked the ongoing history of social online technologies, unpick the common myths associated with web 2.0 platforms and discuss the cycle of activity required in order to create and maintain an academic profile online. This workshop provided an opportunity to brainstorm strategies surrounding the use of social media for promoting independent and group work. This was recommended for all levels and is a trans-disciplinary activity (and is not exhaustive) The workshops was split into three sections, lasting 45 minutes each: …