by aseifert | Nov 29, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, The Social Scholar
Mark Carrigan is a prolific blogger. He’s just finishing off a part-time PhD in the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, but is also a research associate at the LSE’s Public Policy Group. He describes himself as a sociologist and an academic...
by aseifert | Nov 27, 2013 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
The third FREE public lunchtime seminar of The Social Scholar will be held in room 246 of Senate House (University of London) at 1pm next Wednesday (4 December). The seminar is open to all. Here’s a brief run down of what you can expect. Follow us on Twitter...
by aseifert | Nov 11, 2013 | Digital, The Social Scholar
The second free public #socialscholar seminar on social media features Mark Carrigan talking specifically about ‘blogging’. The emphasis will be on discussion, with Mark offering practical advice and encouraging us all to share ideas on how to get started...
by aseifert | Nov 8, 2013 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
Julian Harrison is the curator of pre-1600 manuscripts and books at the British Library; he also helps to manage the British Library’s Medieval Manuscripts blog. In this talk for The Social Scholar seminar Julian explains what the British Library has gained from...
by aseifert | Nov 7, 2013 | Digital, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
I’ll be signposting a lot of blogging projects but I’ll be doing so with the intention of offering examples which can help people who are taking part on the day come to a clearer understanding of why and how they would blog as academics. The second free public...
by aseifert | Oct 31, 2013 | Digital, The Social Scholar, Training and Research
The Social Scholar is a free public lunchtime seminar series run by the School of Advanced Study. Each seminar takes one aspect of social media or focuses on a specific social media tool or platform. This is the first of a series of posts archiving online what...
