How do you make a portfolio career work for you? October 4, 2016 by Kathy McKay A few weeks ago, I was told that I had a good…
Collaborating on an international scale: our tips September 1, 2016 by Jenny Delasalle For those convening a virtual meeting, it helps to send out an email…
Twitter for academics – my first ever Twitter chat March 11, 2016 by Ryan Anderson On the 12th of February, as part of the #Piirusvoices campaign, piirus.ac.uk hosted a…
How to write instructions for others in 9 steps November 20, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle I’ve been taking part in the How to Survive your PhD MOOC which is…
Digital identity healthcheck for academics October 19, 2015 by Faye Herrington There are many benefits of having an online profile as an academic, as…
Taking part in a MOOC “How to Survive Your PhD” : Getting started. September 10, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle What’s a MOOC? – A “Massive Open Online Course”, and I’m taking part…
A collaborative working tool called Slack: thoughts on using it August 31, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle At Piirus we’re trying out a collaborative working tool, namely the free version of Slack.…
Tools for using Twitter: 5 things they might help with July 17, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle We’ve found that you can get a much richer experience of Twitter and…
4 Things to Help Novice Users of Virtual Meeting Tools: Making Skype Meetings Run Smoothly April 17, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein Here is a story of some of my experiences, and recommendations for researchers…
Curating online content : productivity tools for researchers who use social media and web materials January 30, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle This week’s jobs.ac.uk hangout live video event “How to be a successful digital academic…” was full…