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Lisa Harris

Educational innovator & disruptor at University of Southampton. Champion of Web Science, Digital Literacies & Digital Marketing MOOC. Open access only please. Fascinated by transformative potential of technology for education and business.

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SMiLE in LSE Impact and Smart Insights blogs

The first outputs from SMiLE have been published on the LSE Impact Blog: ā€œIf you donā€™t have social media, you are no one: How social media enriches conferences for some but risks isolating othersā€ How researchers can collect and share relevant social media content at conferences The impact of social networking activity on an intended ā€˜real worldā€™ outcome has been difficult to measure, but one of our Social Media in Supporting Live Events (SMiLE) action project objectives is to... Continue reading →

Roman coins and rubbish bins…

What do roman coins and rubbish bins have to do with multi disciplinary research? Collaboration between scientists at the British Museum, the mu-Vis computed tomography centre and the Archaeological Computing Research Group at Southampton University has applied x-ray volume imaging techniques to produce 3D images of Roman coins BEFORE they are removed from the blocks of soil in which they were found. Continue reading →

New Centre of Excellence for Research in Cyber Security

Interested staff and students are invited to attend the launch of the GCHQ/EPSRC Academic Centre of Excellence for Research in Cyber Security on Wednesday 11 July in 32/3077 (seminar room). The schedule is as follows: 12:30 Introduction - V. Sassone 13:00 CyberSecurity through (secure and anti-tamper) hardware (nano) devices - K. De Groot and W. Redman-White 13:15 Software-based CyberSecurity - M. Butler and G. Continue reading →

Digital Literacies at the Good Practice Event

Each year Faculties recognise and highlight individual staff and teams who provide examples of good practice in education, which is aimed at providing an outstanding education and student experience.Ā  Under the auspices of the University Programmes Committee, a University event takes place on Friday 13th July from 10.30am to 2.30pm to provide colleagues with the opportunity to share and promote their good practice. Continue reading →

#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 →