Event: Summary of @UWSInteractive Festival (5th-9th March)
Last week was a blast. It has taken me 4 days to archive the social media content that was produced during the first @UWSInteractive Festival, and 4 days to come to terms with the sheer amount of energy behind the event that lasted 4 days across 4 locations in the South West of Scotland. This … Read more
Social Media Student Champions required for @UWSInteractive festival
Do you know a UWS student who uses social media to aid their learning, project development and career development who could help support staff and student development during the UWS Interactive Festival in March? Job opportunities are available here: http://www.uwsinteractive.net/jobsuwsinteractive/
@UWSCreative Academics collaborate and innovate with @bournemouthuni colleagues
CCI academics David McGillivray and Jennifer Jones have spent two days working with colleagues at Bournemouth University around the themes of social media, events, learning and teaching with the school of tourism staff, research and undergraduate students. The tweets from the event have been archived storify which have more details of the discussions and themes … Read more
Ana ADI wins European Social Media Award
Doctoral Researcher Ana ADI won this year’s prestigious European Public Relations Education and Research Association’s EuroBlog prize for “Most innovative use of social media techniques in a communications research project or investigation“. Her website impressed the judges with the use of a variety of social media platforms in her research. The award ceremony took place on the … Read more
PhD Student Jennifer Jones presents to UK Cabinet Office on behalf of Social Media company Hootsuite
As part of a “Twitter Day” at the Cabinet Office (delivered by Transparency & Digital Engagement Group), Hootsuite (Social media platform) had an opportunity to present to a UK Government audience about their software capacities and give a brief introduction to how it can be used in a public sector context. Hootsuite didn’t have any … Read more
Ana ADI named member of the SMCEDU Advisory Board
UWS Doctoral Researcher, Ana ADI, has been announced today to be part of the 15 Advisory Board Members joining SMCEDU, an education initiative of Social Media Club (founded by Chris Heuer) focused on improving the quality of Social Media education in Universities and empowering its community of Social Media professors. In her quality of Advisory Board member Ana … Read more







