Alrighty then here we go! This week I started my three-month internship at the University of Cambridge at the Trust and Technology SRI based in the Computer Lab department. I felt a lot of expected anxiety starting a placement in a city I don’t know very well and working with new people. That said, I…
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Talking digital footprints with youth
Since being awarded as one of the Internet Society’s 25 Under 25 I have been quite busy with different requests and such like. I was invited to speak to some young people at a primary school about digital footprints and online safety. Talking about the Internet and its challenges is not something I am used…
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…
laptop:config
Until now, I have been parading around with my (comparatively heavy) 5-year-old Macbook Pro that is eccentrically covered in pop-culture stickers and has the webcam taped over. The very explicit act of covering my webcam is quite often a talking point and although I am not the only to do it amongst my colleagues, there…