Elizabeth Eva Leach, Tutorial Fellow in Music at Oxford, disseminates her research through her blog as well as using Twitter to encourage succinct scholarly exchange. In this talk Elizabeth brings to light the benefits of Twitter and blogging f

Social Media and your Career

Nov 26th, 2012 48m 28s

How can social media become career tools? In this talk Lucy Hawkins, Careers Adviser at the University of Oxford, reveals the techniques of how to use social media for information gathering, active self-marketing and networking.

Nov 26th, 2012 42m 32s

Emily Goodhand is the Copyright and Compliance Officer at the University of Reading. She has a strong Twitter presence as @copyrightgirl and is Vice-Chairman of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA). This talk will give listeners

Rethinking impact with social media

Nov 26th, 2012 29m 52s

Oxford-based researcher Nando Sigona started his blog "Postcards from..." in 2008. Since then his use of social media has expanded into Twitter and Podcasting to engage wider communities in his research on migration, asylum and minority issues.

Which technologies do Oxford University students use?

Nov 26th, 2012 48m 5s

Melissa Highton, University of Oxford, presents the findings of the DIGE Project which investigated the use of technology by students from Oxford.

Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it?

Nov 21st, 2012 43m 21s

Does using social media have an impact on disseminating your research papers? Dr Melissa Terras, UCL, gives her experiences and opinions on this question through her own personal findings.

Some people visit the Web. Other people live there.

Oct 18th, 2012 49m 14s

Using his own research on what motivates individuals to become more 'Resident' online, David White will explore the pros and cons of developing a professional online persona and what it takes to get started.

Would you blog the truth?

Oct 18th, 2012 51m 33s

Peter Gill discusses the power of the blog for knowledge exchange and communicating the truth behind health research findings to wider audiences.

What does Marcus du Sautoy do with Social Media?

Oct 18th, 2012 56m 11s

At the launch of the 'Engage' programme, Professor Marcus du Sautoy discusses the role that digital technologies play in his work as the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University

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