Contemporary Social Movements and the Web

Social Movements are decentralising in the modern world. Web 2.0 has driven latency structures in social movements, and made activism more personal than ever before, but it has also introduced the concept of slacktivism. Micro-Macro relationships are becoming important theoretical frameworks for Social Movement research on the Web - has the Global Justice Movement of 1999 become Global Justice Networks in 2013?

Foundation Year RTS Part 3 W1 Lecture 2012-13

Part 3 Routes to Success Slides Week 1

Finding and Evaluation Information

A first year level introduction to finding and evaluating information (mostly on-line)

Introduction to Knowledge Representation

Focussing on Open Data and the need for cleaning data

Making Links: An Introduction to Hypertext

Introduction to hypertext, looking at its roots in information science, scholarly communication and experimental literature.

Prepare for the Careers Fair 2013

Information on companies attending this year's Fair, as well as hints for how to get the best out of your discussions