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#60at60 community day

Yesterday was the 60@60 Community Open Day at Southampton. There were lots of projects with DE USRG connections on display and the University was full of visitors. By the time I arrived at the booking desk at 10:45am the tours of theĀ RJ Mitchell Wind Tunnel, theĀ Tony Davies High Voltage Laboratory, and theĀ Ā Soton Astrodome, the Universityā€™s inflatable mobile planetarium, were all booked up until late in the afternoon. Continue reading →

Digital Literacy Workshop

4th July 2pm ā€“ 4pm Digital Literacy Workshop: Social Media for Researchers, facilitated by Nicole Beale, in 32/3077. You can book tickets here This workshop aims to provide an introduction to social media as an essential part of every researcherā€™s toolkit. With the increasing adoption of social media by university staff and students within an academic context, there is also an increasing need for advice on how to manage our online identities. Continue reading →

Humbled, Troubled and Inspired in Rio

By Professor Guy Poppy Director of Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Southampton I write this blog sitting in a hotel lobby in Copacabana as the staff prepare for the arrival of the worldā€™s political leaders. Iā€™ve already seen the retinue around the King of Sweden, the red carpet treatment at waiting and the bouquets of flowers which are ever present as those in a position to make historic decisions arrive in Rio. Continue reading →

The Road to Rio

By Professor Guy Poppy Director of Multidisciplinary Research at the University of Southampton Having the opportunity to attend events at the Rio+20 Earth Summit is both exciting and worrying. It has been twenty years since Rio 92, which set the stage for many of the major targets, goals and policies we see in the world relating to the environment and poverty. Continue reading →

DE Lunch Social Media in Live Events (#SMiLE)

There will be three short presentations: 1. Social Media in Live Events (SMiLE) Nicole Beale, Graeme Earl and Lisa Harris will discuss the findings so far of this action research project which is exploring the dynamics of the relationship between ā€˜realā€™ and ā€˜virtualā€™ communities in the context of a major academic conference. We monitored the use of a range of established and experimental social media tools to track how they were utilised before, during and after the event. Continue reading →

Digital Literacies Conference #sotondiglit

Due to popular demand additional tickets have now been released for the Digital Literacy Conference in Garden Court, Highfield Campus all day on 14th June. There will be un-keynote sessions led by Steve Wheeler, Cristina Costa, Sue Beckingham and Doug Belshaw, as well as contributions from a number of Southampton University staff and students who are engaged in various Digital Literacy activities. The programme is confirmed as: 9.00 Coffee & registration 9. Continue reading →