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Leveraging social media for research career advantage30 April 2012
Event overview
Audience:
Postgraduate researchers and research staff
11:00 - 12:00
The Vitae NW Hub and Bangor University are delighted to bring this seminar to you presented by the excellent Inger Mewburn.
Is scholarly publishing as an indicator of your 'marketability' as a researcher under threat? Recently Forbes Business magazine argued that the Curriculum Vitae will disappear within the next 5 years and be replaced with your 'digital footprint'. What does this mean for us as academics and researchers? We are all accustomed to evidence of publication in peer reviewed journals and conferences being an indicator of quality, but we are experiencing an academic job market under flux where publishing in conventional ways may no longer be enough.
In this presentation Inger will talk about the potential for a future 'digital divide' between those academics who take advantage of the opportunities social media offers and those who do not. Inger will try to persuade you that you don't have enough time NOT to be involved in social media and blogging.
To book your place on this seminar, complete the online booking form here
Bangor University
- Audience:
- Postgraduate researchers.
Research staff - Region:
- National
North West - Organisation:
- Vitae NW Hub & Bangor University
- Contact:
- nwhub@vitae.ac.uk
- Location:
- Bangor University
Venue information
Venue information to follow
Entry requirements/cost
Free, open to postgraduate researchers and research staff.
Participants would be expected to cover any travel expenses incurred.
Additional information
About Inger Mewburn:
Inger Mewburn is a Research Fellow at RMIT University's School of Graduate Research (SGR) where she co-ordinates the 'On Track' generic skills workshop program; edits and writes for the Thesis Whisperer blog; authors and moderates online courses for HDR students; coordinates the RMIT Three minute thesis competition and conducts research in the field of doctoral education. Her research interests are, in no particular order, Research student experience; Academic sociology; Non verbal communication and Social media and blogging. In a former life Inger worked in architecture practices and made interactive digital art work, which has appeared in magazines and exhibitions around the world including Australia, the UK, France, Greece, Austria, China and the USA. Inger is on Twitter as @thesiswhisperer - this is the best place to talk to her as her email inbox is always full.