Digital Economy Archives

Emergency Data Retention Laws

This morning there was breaking news that the Government would be introducing an emergency bill to give powers to police and intelligence authorities that would enable them to continue to access phone and internet records. To the layman, anything involving "emergency" or "data" or "laws" (or a combination) can be alarming. Continue reading →

Interdisciplinary Research Week Programme Launched

You may already have seen that the Interdisciplinary Team has recently announced the programme for the forthcoming Interdisciplinary Research Week. Now in its 4th year, IDR week offers a fantastic opportunity to see some of the exciting interdisciplinary research that is being supported by the 11 USRGs (University Strategic Research Groups) at the University. Continue reading →

#SXSC3 Speaker Profile: Alan Rae

By Merel van Dijke During the Creative Digifest #SXSC3, several experts will be giving talks and workshops surrounding the theme “value of digital start-ups”. Continue reading →

Creative DigiFest and Dragon’s Den #SXSC3

Tickets for this event are going fast, and new workshops are still being added to the agenda - please see below for the latest information. Here's a reminder of last year's event Date: 19.11.2013 Time: 10.00am – 4. Continue reading →

Digital Economy USRG Contributions to Web Science MOOC #FLwebsci

On 11th November 2013 the University of Southampton will be running its first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course), focusing on Web Science - a taster of how the web is changing the world and how the world is changing the web. It will be the first of many courses that will be made available in partnership with platform provider FutureLearn for people to study online, for free, wherever they are based in the world. Continue reading →

Paper at British Academy of Management Conference, 2013

Very enjoyable to present some of the work from my colleague Muhammad Nouman's PhD at the British Academy of Management Conference at Aintree, Liverpool, last week. Continue reading →

Upcoming Digital Economy Events: Autumn 2013

We have lots of goodies planned for the new term, and there are more still in the pipeline - please check out our DE Events page for more detail and ongoing updates. All staff and students are welcome to attend DE events, which are normally held at lunchtimes and come with free sandwiches :-) Events may feature one presenter or an entire project team. Usually they will showcase a particular aspect of multidisciplinary research and its implications for education. Continue reading →

DE2013 Open Digital Conference at MediaCity

#DE2013: Open Digital: http://t.co/BfgckwGH0L at MediaCity Salford 4-6 Nov. Continue reading →

Changing the Learning Landscape #cll1213

Yesterday Fiona Harvey, Graeme Earl and myself headed for London Town to present at the HEA Changing the Learning Landscape event. This event offered an opportunity for those involved in teaching to find out more about the role that social media can play in enhancing the student and tutor experience. Continue reading →

Multidisciplinary Research Week 2013- Success

The University of Southampton sprang to life during the 17-22nd March when over 1050 attendees joined us for the 3rd annual Multidisciplinary Research Week. This year’s week long celebration was built on the best cross-disciplinary science and arts from the University of Southampton’s staff and students with a packed programme of talks, hands-on science demonstrations, exhibitions, debates and a film screening. Continue reading →

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