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Tom Davidson

Web Science Undergraduate at the University of Southampton. I am one of the two editors of the blog Business School Student-led blog, and also behind the Twitter account, along with others. Some of the posts will be written by me, but most will not. Hopefully you will find all equally as enjoyable, and I will ensure not to take credit for other's work! I also blog about my work as a DigiChamp at the University of Southampton, so you'll find me knocking around there as well! For more info about me please visit my website www.tjdav.me.uk

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Budget 2016

Many of you will have noticed that today George Osbourne carried his little red box all the way to Westminster, to give a highly anticipated budget. Being the last one before the EU referendum, this budget carried an sense of importance over the others given in this government. Unfortunately, while important, budgets are often not as riveting viewing as, say, Breaking Bad. So, we kindly provided a live-tweeting service this morning, managed by Zak Rakrouki. Continue reading →

Women In Business

Hi all! Just a short post here today, wondering how many of you have heard of, or may even be members of Southampton's Women in Business Society? They have done some great work over the years, and it is very much encouraged that you get involved with them! To make this even easier, we have reached out to the society on your behalf, and got some more details, which I will include below. Continue reading →

Digital Literacy Session: Further Material

Hi guys! Over the course of the past week you should have all had a session on Digital Literacy from either Sarah, Nic, Tom or myself. We really hope you enjoyed the session, as it was certainly good fun to teach and to see some of your reactions to what we spoke about! As promised, we can share a bit more material with you if you want to act on what we spoke about. The first thing to share is probably the slides, for those of you who wanted to have another look at those. Continue reading →

Google Tax Deal: An Explanation

An explanation of the Google Tax Deal   In recent days and weeks, a fair deal of news coverage has been given to the Google tax deal made with the government of this country. The deal, to pay money to the government in tax, has been highly controversial for a number of reasons that this article attempts to explain. Firstly, it is important to explain the basic terms of the deal. Continue reading →

TeamMates: A New Group Feedback System

With exams now behind us all, it is time to start looking to next semester and what these modules might hold. For those of you partaking in MANG1017, you will have the opportunity to use a new system to provide and receive feedback over the course of a group project. The new system is an online feedback site called TeamMates. It is unique in the fact that MANG1017 is the first time the software has been used for an undergraduate module. Continue reading →

Dealing with Stress

  In a reoccurring theme on this blog, we will be discussing the upcoming exams and how best to deal with the accompanying stress that is sure to follow. Obviously this is a time of the year where many people will be feeling the pressure to perform well, given the potential impact that the next two weeks could have upon your university career, but for everyone in the management cohort it is important to remember that this ISNT do or die. Continue reading →

World Cafe: Drawing Conclusions

This is the last week of formally structured courses for the MANG1020 module, and the course is finishing with a World Cafe, similar to the one that started the module. In the cafe, we will consider the journey and experiences across the modules, and what we have gained from it. This should provide some important reflection that might even be able to be used as part of our Assignments. Continue reading →