HEA Contract Cheating Special Interest Group Meeting

At the 2013 HEA STEM Conference, we held an introductory meeting for the Special Interest Group in contract cheating. Although the group is primarily aimed at the Computing discipline, the group is not discipline specific and should be of interest to all areas. A short presentation was held to kick off the session and the …

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Measuring The Extent Of Online Placement Resources To Support Computing Students

As part of a wider research project looking into Computing placements and employability, Nzinga Deenah and I conducted an investigation looking at the availability of resources online to support placement students across the sector. The argument was that by advertising these resources online, Higher Education Institutions were helping to promote and market their courses and …

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Using Professional Online Presences To Enhance Computing Student Employability

At the HEA STEM Conference 2013, I presented on the work that I’ve doing helping students to develop a Professional Presence, as well as some initial evaluation about the success of that approach towards helping students to become more employable. The research showed that students were engaging with setting up LinkedIn profiles, creating their own …

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