by Talking Humanities | Oct 2, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Republished
Dr Philip Carter, senior lecturer at the Institute of Historical Research, remembers the nine women whose commitment to education made them pioneers in women’s higher education. At 2pm on 15 May 1869, the 17 examiners of the University of London (UoL) gathered...
by aseifert | Apr 15, 2014 | Digital, Features, Graduate Study, Training and Research
Are MOOC’s the answer to the problems facing Higher Education or are they a threat that will damage learning at degree level? In this blog post we take a quick look at some of the prevailing issues. Massive Open Online courses (MOOC’s) have major issues to overcome. ...
by aseifert | Apr 1, 2014 | Digital, Events, The Social Scholar
On Wednesday 9 April 2014 we will be holding our next Social Scholar seminar (in room 243, Senate House). This week we will be looking at the Guardian newspapers’ Higher Education Network through the eyes of community journalist Claire Shaw (@clurshaw). For full...
by aseifert | May 15, 2013 | Digital, Projects, SMART Project
This post lists some of the findings from a recent survey we ran as part of the JISC-funded social media project – SMART. The project is lead by the SAS communications team and engages all 10 institutes of the School. The project commenced in July 2012 and is...
by aseifert | Apr 17, 2013 | SMART Project
After carrying out a social media survey across the 10 Institutes of the School we were able to put together this infographic showing some of SAS’s social media habits. (Click image to view full size)