Last month I spent the day at Lancaster University, helping first year students in the management school with interview practice for their placements. I did this as part of my contribution as an Honorary Teaching Fellow for the university. I interviewed 14 students during the day – and spotted a number of themes. I’ve used … 8 essential placement interview tips for students
Am I doing enough with our existing network – which is both vast and has quality relationships in there? And could constant networking actually damage your business?
Catherine Manthorpe works at the University of Hertfordshire and after attending a one-day Training Gateway course on ‘how to develop a social media strategy’, led by Victoria Tomlinson, founder and chief executive of Northern Lights PR , has become very interested in how social media can be used by academics to extend the reach of … Reaching out to wider audiences – how to help researchers develop effective social media strategies
Catherine Manthorpe works at the University of Hertfordshire and has been exploring how academics use social media to support their research. She has noticed that there is a broad divide between those that have enthusiastically embraced social media and those that view the prospect with varying degrees of alarm. Scratching the surface a bit more … Five forms of social media anxiety – and what to do about them
What is academic research for? As a REF manager recently said “This is not a question that academics have had to consider in the past. Measuring impact is a completely new concept.” The rules of how the UK government funds research have changed. The most money has always gone to top-ranked researchers, but as the … Impact and the REF – and the role of social media for economic and social impact
If you are new to social media, where do you start? This is the challenge facing university departments across the world. Earlier this month, I delivered a one-day course for the Training Gateway to help universities develop a social media strategy. We had people from Scotland to the South coast, and in roles ranging from … How to create a social media strategy for universities
Emily Knowles is a media studies graduate working in PR and copywriting. After finishing my degree in 2011, my prospects of finding a decent entry-level job looked bleak. My marks were all right, but not outstanding, and the last sports award I won was in senior school. 1. Bleak prospects for job-hunting graduates The only … Were our universities right – ‘social media is a modern obstruction to gainful employment’?
I’ve recently been helping schools and colleges with their social media marketing. In May, I was invited to speak about social media at the 2012 AMDIS Conference – the annual conference of The Association for Marketing and Development in Independent Schools. I wrote about it in my blog here. What comes across time and time … Should Schools and Colleges Teach Social Media?
The real story of Prince Harry is – the photo. Without that, there would not have been a story – and that is a lesson for employers and students. India Knight of the Sunday Times is spot on when she says today that “Harry has exposed our sins of the smartphone”. And employers and students … 3 ominous lessons from Prince Harry’s photos – employers and students take note
