Read time ~8 mins At the Horizon CDT retreat last week I delivered a presentation about my research interests to some of my comrades as well as various academics who were either my supervisors, the CDT directors or, other people’s supervisors. Like with most of my presentations I just get stuck in with building some…
Category: PhD
Hard retreat, retreat hard.
Last week I went to Eastwood Hall a little way out of Nottingham for a few days at the Horizon CDT retreat. Retreat: The act or process of moving back or away, especially from something hazardous, formidable, or unpleasant. (thefreedictionary.com) Now, I do have to chuckle at the thought that doing a PhD is hazardous,…
#PrivacyUG Presentation at #OER17 Conference
Last Wednesday I presented #PrivacyUG at #OER17 conference. I have told a lot of people about the class in one-to-one conversations but I hadn’t spoken publicly until this conference. The class was held almost a year ago and since then I have been riding a steep learning curve around surveillance technologies and how I think…
OER17 some thoughts
I wrote a heck of a lot of thoughts into my notepad of what I wanted to write about, but I think the read time could amount to ~10 hours… So here’s a snapshot of thoughts right now. They aren’t complete by any stretch, but I have to get something down now before a new…
5Right Youth Juries Summary
The 5Rights (formerly iRights) Youth Juries were developed by University of Leeds and University of Nottingham in the project “the Internet on Our Own Terms.” This project’s aim was to put young people at the heart of the debate around their online rights. The juries were designed around deliberation, giving young people the space to…
Free Health Apps
* Full Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer, but I am a healthy sceptic/critic of privacy policies. My PhD research focuses on notions of informed consent and data trade-offs. I recently read this post by Jen that reviews the Gut Health Storylines app. A mobile application by Self Care Catalysts (SCC) for people living with…
The extent of how far social networking technology affords individual freedom
Digital technology affords individuals with the access and ability to contribute to a diverse range of information and communities (Benkler, 2006). In real-life people become exposed to and part of different and “unmediated” (boyd, 2014) social contexts that extend from their home dynamics: a child may go to school as adults go to work. Speaking…
PhD Proposal Presentation [Feb 2017]
As part of our proposal deliberation, today we had to present to each other and supervisors the direction of our PhDs. Although it was only a five minute presentation followed by Q&As, it felt stressful for all of us who aren’t really sure what we are going to do. I also realised when I was…
“The Intenet on our Own Terms” report launch at the House of Lords
Yesterday I went to the report launch for the 5Rights (previously iRights) Youth Juries entitled “The Internet on Our Own Terms: How Children and Young People Deliberated About Their Digital Rights.” I won’t discuss what the report outlines because you should definitely take a look at what the young people had to say about their…
Practice Led Project: Ethics
via GIPHY So today I received confirmation that my ethics application has been approved for the development of the iRights Youth Juries into an Open Educational Resource and practice. Although I’ve worked in academia, this is the first time I have had to apply for ethical approval; my bachelors degree did not require me to…