5 Reasons why you should attend Careers in Asia 2019
jobs.ac.uk careers -
We understand the amount of work that needs to go into finding the right opportunities, as well as how hard it can be to get the information you need when…
Category > The Digital Academic
The Art of the Alumni Profile
Adam Greenwood -
Alumni relations typically involves a wide-range of marketing and communication activities. This often includes networking events, newsletters, annual magazines, fostering online communities, and day-to-day engagement through usual office contact channels.…
Creating a Personal Touch in Student Communications Campaigns: The Dean’s List
Adam Greenwood -
It’s been a while since my previous blog entry so I’ll do a speedy round-up of what’s been happening in my university career. I’m currently the Alumni & Communications Coordinator…
Benefits and concerns of using social media as an academic
Emma Cragg -
Previously jobs.ac.uk hosted two events: a Google Hangout on How to be a Successful Digital Academic to Boost Your Career a workshop on Tools and Tips for Research Impact and ECR…
Use your time wisely, automate routine tasks
Emma Cragg -
I think I may be getting a reputation as the piirus.ac.uk productivity geek. In the past I’ve written about to do lists and forming habits to help maintain focus. In…
Communication, Communication, Communication
Chris Ferguson -
Our correspondent, Christopher Ferguson asks: What role does Higher Education have to play in the current political climate? And he shares his ideas in answer to that question. If I…
Your personal social media strategy, or Knowing when to say ‘No’ to social media
Andrew Clappison -
We’ve been looking at the theme of “saying no” recently on the piirus.ac.uk blog. Our regular correspondent Andrew Clappison took this theme as a chance to acknowledge that knowing when…
Insights from the Research Impact Summit, an interview with Dr Tamika Heiden
Jenny Delasalle -
Our latest interviewee is Dr Tamika Heiden of Knowledge Translation Australia, who recently ran the innovative, international Research Impact Summit at which Fiona Colligan and I were among the 20+…
Going viral: 3 tips to help you through
Kathy McKay -
Recently an article I wrote with a colleague went viral. We had media interest over two days from all over the world. There was even an article by the…
How to create a professional persona for academic consultancy
Emma Cragg -
When you start out on your own, there are two things you’ll want to get sorted early on: a website and an email address. The former will help people to…
