Last week I presented at the 8th annual Information Science Doctoral Colloquium (iDocQ). The presentation was in the form of a PechaKucha, also known as a “20×20”. These presentations can be quite fun and exciting, especially if you are a
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This past week was spent in Aberdeen attending what I like to call “iWeek”. It included a one-day doctoral colloquium (iDocQ) followed by a four-day international conference (i3) – both at Robert Gordon University. The first day the sixth annual Information Science
Last week I delivered a half-day workshop at the Scottish Graduate School for Social Science’s Summer School. The workshop, “Building your academic reputation online”, was designed for PhD students at any stage of their studies. There were two primary goals
Last week I spoke at the “Academics Online: Building your research profile in the digital age” workshop to be held at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus. The event was organised by Dr Ivana Rihova and Dr Nathalia Tjandra, thanks to support from the Research and Innovation Office (RIO)
I have been invited to speak at the “Academics Online: Building your research profile in the digital age” workshop to be held at Edinburgh Napier University’s Craiglockhart Campus on 2 May 2017 (9.30 am – 3.30 pm). The event, hosted
Accepted for conference: “Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online”
My conference paper, Blurred reputations: Managing professional and private information online, has been accepted for the Information: Interactions and Impact Conference (i3) in Aberdeen, Scotland. The paper is co-authored by my PhD supervisors and is based on some of the findings from one of
I spent last week in Zadar, Croatia for the ISIC: The Information Behaviour Conference. It was my first time travelling internationally for a conference – and my first time in Croatia – but my second time attending an ISIC conference. The pre-conference doctoral workshop
I attended the sixth annual Information Science Doctoral Colloquium (iDocQ) on 23rd June. It was my third time attending the event and, as always, I learned a lot from the experience. This year’s iDocQ was held at the University of
Last week’s Edinburgh Napier University Research Conference was an outstanding success! As the first conference of its type for the university, the Research and Innovation Office (RIO) did an amazing job at putting the show together. [Note: Click here to
Last week I had the privilege of presenting my PhD research at the Edinburgh Napier University Research Conference in the form of a Three Minute Thesis. I had been put forward for the competition because I was the first-place winner
I’ve spent the last two days at the 5th annual Discover Academic Research, Training, and Support (DARTS) conference in Devon, where I was an invited speaker. The conference’s focus was on engendering a (digital) research culture, which fit very nicely with
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2016 SoC postgraduate research conference
Last week was the annual Postgraduate Research Conference for the School of Computing at Edinburgh Napier University. The event was organised by a committee of students (Iris Buunk, Lyndsey Jenkins, Baraq Ghaleb, John McGowan, Andreas Steyven, and me) with oversight by Dr Kevin
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Planning the annual retreat
The annual School of Computing PhD Retreat took place earlier this week, and I am exhausted from all of the fun (and the planning!). Traditionally, the retreat is planned and organised by a member of staff, but due to other
Like many people, I fancy myself a bit of a comedienne. I like to crack jokes and I regularly have episodes of SUBS syndrome that I just can’t control. I’m not suggesting that I am the funniest woman in the world,
I attended the International Data and Information Management Conference in Loughborough (England) this week along with some of my colleagues from Edinburgh Napier University. The conference was a great opportunity to meet with other information science researchers and to present