Jennifr

Just a few things…

I think I am well over-due a blog entry. I’ve been spending the last few weeks sorting out a few things (and moving house, again!) and preparing myself for the looming January Ph.D. start date.

I got my Masters result a few weeks ago and if all goes to plan, I will be graduating with a MA with distinction(!) I am obviously over the moon with my result and I am hoping that it will put me on good footing for being the Ph.D.

From this, I have also begin my first job as a teaching assistant - tutoring once a week for the 2nd year undergraduate module, “New Media and the Wired World“. Hopefully if all goes to plan, I will have a 2nd module to teach next semester (unsure what it will be yet - probably be more media studies than new media studies - so I will have to do a bit of revision myself!), which would cover the first semester of my Ph.D. regarding work etc.

I’ve also been attending the Creative Coffee Morning (which is held at De Montfort Graduate Bar, every 2nd Wednesday 10-12: Facebook group here) - which pointed me in the direction of NESTA, more specifically an event called Amplifed08, which I will be attending in London next week. I’m keen to get more involved with such types of networking meetings and events as I feel that, firstly, they are a source of valuable connections which could later provide excellent resources in terms of my future research and secondly, I really do agree with the shared, collaborative sense of creativity that such organisations are promoting. Furthermore,  I leave the events feeling positive and motivated, which can only be a good thing!

Not much else to report, I hope to do a bit of work looking at the importance of avatars and identity (especially when it comes to using Twitter) and get some of the smallworlds stuff kickstarted again before christmas. I’m hoping now things have settled and I’m about to set foot back into a regular routine that my blog posts will be more frequent. We’ll see how it goes!