I'm currently away from my Scotland [and my PhD desk]. I decided to take a moment to summarise my PhD existence over the last 12 months....

To celebrate this year’s women day, I decided to write about women that inspire me in my work and every-day life. In this blog post, I’m...

In October, I travelled to Strasbourg to take part in the seminar on Youth Participation in Internet Governance was organised by the...

“Ways of Being in a Digital Age - Review conference" took place at the University of Liverpool on 10th and 11th October. The aim of the...

On 10th October, I will be presenting some of my research and literature review findings titled "Digital culture co-creation: capturing...

In August, I attended an event co-hosted by the SCVO and University of West of "Scotland Tackling Digital Exclusion: The Latest...

Over the last two years, I have been contributing to a project called: "Leaders in minority organisations. Improving organisational...

What can be done to improve the ways we measure social impact of youth-led digital projects? Let's play, and invite young people to the...

British HCI took place in Sunderland 3rd - 6th July. I had an opportunity to share my research in four different ways during the...

Image you get 3 minutes to tell your PhD story. How would you make the most out of your 180 seconds? How would you make your story...

In May, I presented my research project at the Scottish Digital Youth Workers Network meeting. Once again, I got reassured that sharing...

The findings from the #NotWIthouthME Youth Digital Inclusion project have recently been published. They reveal that more needs to be...

Using Social Media in Academia - What have I learnt so far? Has my social media presence changed in any way? How is the digital media...

Have you heard of The Storytelling Box exercise? A box, filled with random objects, is used to stimulate the conversation and the...

Encouraged by my supervisors, Dr.Gemma Webster, Dr. Colin Smith and Prof. Hazel Hall; I decided to write a short paper for DIS2017 and...

HCI PhD symposium at the University of Central Lancashire was another great opportunity to meet with other researchers and reflect on my...

In October, I attended a Digital Youth Engagement Training in Warsaw, where I was able to share my expertise with youth workers ( & youth...

Progression, participation & provision - key components defining Time to Shine, Scotland's first Youth Arts Strategy. Arts, performance...

Returning to a big chunk of text your wrote just before your holiday is both exciting and scary. For the purpose of this blog, I will...