Career information literacy and the decision-making behaviours of young people: PhD thesis now available

Posted on September 24, 2024 by Hazel Hall

Dr Marina Milosheva’s full PhD thesis Career information literacy and the decision-making behaviours of young people is now available from the Edinburgh Napier repository.

On the basis of the ESRC/SDS-funded empirical work reported in the thesis, Marina presents three main contributions to theory:

Articulation of career information seeking as a two-stage process.
Identification of two distinct career decision-making styles: (1) fulfilment-based; (2) pragmatic.
Demonstration of resilience as an information literacy skill.

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Congratulations Dr Marina Milosheva!

Posted on July 8, 2024 by Hazel Hall

Napier graduate pub Shakespeare Edinburgh

Shakespeare’s pub on Lothian Road was transformed into the Napier Graduate last week

Congratulations to Dr Marina Milosheva, whose doctoral degree was conferred in absentia at the Edinburgh Napier graduation ceremony at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh last Friday 5th July. Although Marina did not attend the ceremony in person, this day was a significant milestone in her PhD journey. This is because it is only from the date of the graduation ceremony that new PhD graduates are permitted to place the term ‘Dr’ before their names. Continue reading →

Developing the Young Workforce evaluation: evidence synthesis by Marina Milosheva now available

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Hazel Hall

Developing the Young Workforce evaluation: evidence synthesis, Marina Milosheva

Marina Milosheva authored the report

Last autumn, Social Informatics Research Group PhD student Marina Milosheva completed a 13-week internship administered through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Scottish Science (SGSSS) internship scheme.

In this period, Marina worked in the Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis Unit of the Scottish Government. With a remit to improve the lives of children and young people in Scotland through raising educational standards, this Unit is a part of the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate. Continue reading →

Applications invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship on digital literacy skills

Posted on March 27, 2023 by Hazel Hall

The successful candidate will be based at Edinburgh Napier University’s Merchiston campus

Applications are invited for a fully-funded PhD studentship within the Social Informatics Research Group at Edinburgh Napier University. The successful candidate will work with Director of Studies Dr David Haynes on a project entitled Digital literacy skill requirements for new employees and its relation to productivity in the Scottish economy. Continue reading →

New roles for Katherine Stephen and Rachel Salzano

Posted on March 13, 2023 by Hazel Hall

Rachel Salzano and Katherine Stephen

In October 2019 new PhD students Rachel Salzano and Katherine Stephen joined the Social Informatics Research Group at Edinburgh Napier University. Three and half years later, they are now coming to the end of their PhD journeys while settling into new work roles. Continue reading →

A conceptual framework of career information behaviour and career information literacy: new research published in ‘Information Research’

Posted on December 23, 2022 by Hazel Hall

Capturing career information use in everyday life: introducing the CIEL conceptual framework by Marina Milosheva, Hazel Hall, Peter Robertson, and Peter Cruickshank has been published. The paper features in the proceedings of Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) 2022 in a special issue of Information Research. ISIC 2022 took place between 26th and 29th September at the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt University. Continue reading →

What is career information literacy and what can it do for you? Seminar presentation by Marina Milosheva

Posted on November 2, 2022 by Hazel Hall

Today Centre for Social Informatics PhD student Marina Milosheva is delivering a presentation entitled ‘What is career information literacy and what can it do for you?’ at the second Research and information literacy skills in the workplace seminar hosted by Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Libraries. Continue reading →

All set for #ISIC2022

Posted on September 22, 2022 by Hazel Hall

The 2022 Information Seeking in Context (ISIC) conference will be hosted next week from 26th to 29th September by our colleagues in the Berlin School of Library and Information Science at Humboldt University.

Staff and PhD students from the Centre for Social Informatics have regularly contributed to the biennial ISIC conference series over the years, most recently in 2020, 2018, and 2016. This time around, third year PhD student Marina Milosheva will be flying the flag for Edinburgh Napier University. Continue reading →

An internship with the Scottish Government for Marina Milosheva

Posted on August 29, 2022 by Hazel Hall

Marina Milosheva

Today marks the start of a full-time internship for Centre for Social Informatics PhD student Marina Milosheva. For a period of 13 weeks, Marina will be working at the Advanced Learning and Skills Analysis Unit within the Scottish Government. This Unit is a part of the Scottish Government’s Learning Directorate. The work undertaken within the Unit focuses on the improvement of the lives of children and young people in Scotland through raising educational standards.

The title of Marina’s internship is ‘Evidence review as part of the evaluation of the Developing young workforce programme (2014-21)’. It is administered through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Scottish Science (SGSSS) internship scheme. Continue reading →

Job vacancy: Professor in Social Informatics, Edinburgh Napier University (full-time, permanent)

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Hazel Hall

view, Edinburgh, Napier, University, Merichston, campus

View of the city from Edinburgh Napier University Merchiston campus, home of the Social Informatics research group

Scotland’s top modern university for research power and impact is recruiting a new Professor in Social Informatics. Please pass the message on!

Full details of the job can be found in the advertisement on jobs.ac.uk, and by following the links on the Edinburgh Napier University ‘work with us; page. The deadline for applications is Sunday 4th September 2022, with Interviews expected to take place in the week of 10th October 2022. Continue reading →