I promote Twitter and Linked in to students and graduates
as a great way of widening their networks and revealing
job opportunities but hadn't really given much thought to how useful
it can be to me as a researcher. Linked in groups can immediately identify
professionals in a particular area- practice or geographical - that can
from part of my research sample.
Through my Twitter
and LinkedIn accounts I have now identified the first
5 participants for my research and as a bonus will be able to talk in
my thesis about the use of social media tools as a way
of identifying a sample. This LSE
guide to using social media in research
covers areas such as building your following and managing your profile; using
Twitter to maximise the impact of your research project and making the most of
Twitter alongside your own blog.
Research interviews, the fun begins
My research proposal tells me that the first tranche of interviews with higher education careers advisers starts in January - that's now! Need to do some more work on a sort of a structure, but my interviews are planned as guided narrative accounts rather than the usual semi-structured interview so there needs to be a good balance between narrative flow and keeping on the career story track. Hope to get at least half a dozen done between now and March and then hopefully the data will reveal themes - am I being a little naive here? I have managed to get funding for a conference in May where I plan to present a paper and a poster so that is really motivating me to get cracking! The trick is to fit this in with the full time job and all the rest of life...
Hello and welcome to my blog. This month I begin my doctoral research in earnest and have decided to use this blog to record my thoughts and experiences. My research will examine the career stories of higher education careers advisers, exploring whether their background and experiences have influenced their choice of career and their professional practice. I hope to meet lots of interesting people and look forward to hearing their stories. The data will be collected using narrative interviews and a grounded theory approach.
I promote Twitter and Linked in to students and graduates
as a great way of widening their networks and revealing
job opportunities but hadn't really given much thought to how useful
it can be to me as a researcher. Linked in groups can immediately identify
professionals in a particular area- practice or geographical - that can
from part of my research sample. 