Phd update: 13 months on since restarting
And just like that, it’s December. I’m writing this with my last hour of my third writing retreat of the academic year 2014/2015. I wanted to use this time to give a quick update & reflection on my...
View ArticleGuest on @EduTalkr Internet Radio: On lessons from Digital Commonwealth
Over Christmas, I was invited by David Noble as a guest on the EduTalk live internet radio show. I spoke about my role as project coordinator on the Big Lottery funded Digital Commonwealth project,...
View ArticleHoneycomb: Digital Storytelling workshop with Una Murphy from View Digital
I was approached by Prof. Nick Higgins to develop a workshop based on my work around digital storytelling training for community groups for the EU-funded Honeycomb Creative Works project. As the...
View ArticleWorkshop: Social Media In and Around Research, @UniWestScotland
Bit behind on blog posts as been between projects, jobs, phd writing and the dreaded Christmas holiday dip in productivity (which was spent mainly lying on the floor, listening to NPR podcasts and...
View ArticlePhD Update: Enter the warpzone…
Reading through my research diary and blog posts at the time, I realise it’s been exactly five years since I was in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. In all honesty, back then I would have...
View ArticleEvent report: Be the Change Cambridge (a long-over due write up!)
2 months ago (seems so long ago!) I had the pleasure of being invited to Cambridge to take part in a social-media driven civic engagement gathering called “Be the Change Cambridge” as their lead...
View ArticleEvent report: Keynote for Education Scotland Social Studies Digital Learning...
As part of the outputs from the Digital Commonwealth project, David and I were invited to deliver one of the keynote’s for Education Scotland‘s Social Studies Digital Learning Day (#digilearnscot) The...
View ArticleNew publication: Stories and Streams: A problem-based design for student-Led...
It’s been a long time coming but we’ve finally had the chapter developed from the Stories and Streams project (that took place at BCU in 2012/2013) published in a new book called “Collaborative...
View ArticleVisual Methods and Ethnography Workshop (12th May 2015 – all day, free)
I was approached by Dr Ivana Rihova to take part in the following free all day workshop that is to take place at Napier University on the 12th of May 2015. I will be collaborating with Sharon Greenwood...
View ArticleGuest posts: Mental health and grassroot politics (Mindwavesnews.com)
As we approach the final leg of the Westminster campaigns, I just wanted to cross post a few blog posts which I have written elsewhere on mental wellbeing and participation in politics. I was...
View ArticleA PhD in greyhounds riding a tall ship #oneyearon
As part of Digital Commonwealth, the University of the West of Scotland, played host to an event for practitioners, academics and activists to explore the issues, opportunities and challenges of...
View ArticleDigital Stories: Heading to Belfast for the Summer Learning Fortnight
Back in January, I had the pleasure to organise a collaborative workshop on digital storytelling with Una Murphy from View Digital Northern Ireland as part of the EU-funded Honeycomb Project hosted at...
View ArticleChronicle Calling: Developing a Community News Site for East Edinburgh
September the 2nd, where does the (academic) year go – and what comes with September is brewing and pursing of new projects, a renewed focus for writing and a quick raid of the office stationary...
View ArticleSometimes you just need to get up at 6am and write…
A few weekends ago, during an intense period of finalising a report for work, I redesigned my website (for the millionth time) and I made 378 entries on this blog private. I removed all pages that...
View ArticleWorkshop Recap: Stalled Spaces Scotland and Premiership Rugby Community...
It’s been some week for travelling. I’m writing this from the research student room at the Graduate School of Osaka University’s Human Sciences department in Japan. We arrived last night after 28 hours...
View ArticleReflection from #CJ15: Moving beyond ‘hyperlocal’ hating & towards a...
Another one of epic ‘jotting down every thought in my head whilst in Japan’ writing retreat posts. After 16 hours of train travel on Tuesday (Glasgow to Doncaster, Doncaster to Cardiff), I got a full...
View ArticleJapan 2015: @UniWestScotland/Osaka University Research Exchange Trip: Day 1-2
I’m currently in Japan, working at Osaka University as part of a research exchange with my PhD supervisor Prof. Rowena Murray and PhD colleague Alison McEntee (Learning Developer within Learning...
View ArticleThings what I am up to this week (w/c October 5th)…
I can’t believe it has been two weeks since I got back from Japan – there are several posts in draft that I need to finish up, but lets get this week out the way first, yeah? I spent the first week...
View ArticleThose things I’ve learned through my role as the Digital Commonwealth project...
Thursday night’s Digital Commonwealth finale showcase marked the end of a project that I had been involved in and represented for over 2 years. I was in a full time post (funded by Big Lottery Fund...
View ArticleScottish Fundraising Video Interviews for the Institute of Fundraising Scotland
Last week I was invited to be resident social reporter at the Scottish Fundraising Conference in Glasgow by Rebecca Curtis-Moss from the Institute of Fundraising Scotland. I’ve just finished editing...
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