Thomas Lancaster's Blog – Page 42 – Insights from an expert in academic integrity, computer science and higher education

Using Professional Online Presences To Enhance Computing Student Employability

Leave a Comment / Professional Practice / By Thomas Lancaster

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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The Wider Implications Of Contract Cheating

Leave a Comment / Contract cheating / By Thomas Lancaster

Within the wider topic of contract cheating one area, which I hope to explore further with Robert Clarke relates to the wider implications of contract cheating to the IT industry. We often discuss this when we’re presenting. Where a student has cheated to obtain a qualification, this means that they’re not equipped with the core …

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Mobile, Social and Cloud

Leave a Comment / Computer Science / By Thomas Lancaster

Over the past months, I’ve attended events and workshops run by three of the best-known (and biggest) IT vendors – Oracle, Microsoft and IBM. And, three common themes have been emerging about where the IT industry is heading, and what skills students need to have by the end of a degree within a Computing discipline. …

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Developing Your Digital Presence For Academics

Leave a Comment / Employability / By Thomas Lancaster

Here’s a slideshow for material presented by Alex Spiers at a seminar at Liverpool John Moores University recently. It’s all about how academics and researchers can develop their own digital presence. The area is of particular interest to me as I’m running a workshop on Professional Presences For Academics at Birmingham City University in May. …

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How To Get Your CV In The Bin

Leave a Comment / Employability / By Thomas Lancaster

Here’s an interesting article provided by the HEA and based on the experiences of a real (but anonymous) recruiter. Unlucky 13 – 13 Reasons Why I Binned Your CV It goes through the problem of taking 114 applications and having to get down to a shortlist of 20 as quickly as possible. I’ve certainly spotted …

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