By Suzie Kitchin (University of Northumbria) from MMIT 2015

1. To tweet or not to tweet:
facilitating conversations
with researchers
Suzie Kitchin
MMiT September 2015

2. What do you
use and why?

3. A research-rich, business-focused, professional
university with a global reputation for academic
excellence…between 2013 and 2018 we will:
• Build global reputation, market position and revenue
streams
• Grow high quality research and use it to drive
excellence in all of our activities
• Maximise student and stakeholder satisfaction
• Strengthen operational efficiency and effectiveness,
and foster a culture of continuous improvement
Northumbria University

6. Keeping
up-to-date
Creating
community
Collaboration &
sharing
resources
Organising &
managing your
research
Disseminating
your research
findings

7. “The lecturer was excellent,
very funny and knew her stuff,
this made the session really
easy to comprehend and had
made me want to learn how to
use social media”

9. Skills Plus

10. Social media is sociable

11. What next?

12. “The amazing breadth of web
stuff which is available. I doubt
that I knew more than half of it.”

13. Are the tools working for you?
Do
CheckAct
Plan

14. www.futureme.org

15. Useful links
• Northumbria University’s Vision
• Research Compass
• Research Skills including social media videos
• Researcher Development Programme
• Information for researchers
• ALISS Quarterly bitesize article

16. Thanks for listening
Any questions?
suzie.kitchin@northumbria.ac.uk
@SuzieKitchin