The LSM in in the process of widening the scope of its alumni blog to include stories generated within the school, without reducing the number or quality of stories by and about alumni, and media industry news, including jobs and internships. Continue reading
I have been asking myself why some schools are finding it difficult to find alumni stories.
In the LSM perseverance has paid off over the years; new stories and contributors still appear and existing contributors send us career updates. Jane Crofts has had similar success with her Public Relations alumni blog. So why are other schools having problems? Continue reading
I have been pretty busy since September. My first job was to get the Psychology alumni blog up and running, working with Leslie Allinson. That was the easy bit; now there’s the slog of finding more graduates and engaging them as active blog contributors.
Social Sciences have experienced problems finding graduates, so recently I had a very useful meeting with Jacqui Briggs, the new Head of School, who is determined to breathe new life into their alumni blog. One immediate outcome is that Dr. Andrew Wallace has agreed to take on the task of finding alumni stories to publish. We have had a couple of meetings and he has wisely decided to concentrate on story leads provided by colleagues.
I have also started working with Michael Blackburn, who is a WordPress blogger himself and teaches on the M.A Creative Writing course. We hope to create a dedicated course blog which will combine several functions, such as course management, alumni / student networking and publication of original work. It’s at the ideas / planning stage just now, but we aim for an early 2013 launch. Continue reading
The basic aim of this blog is to help anyone who wants to set up and run a WordPress blog for graduates. It is intended to be a resource for those involved in alumni blogging, a place where we can share expertise, opinions, ideas and experience.
So far blogs have been set up for graduates who studied Media Production, Nursing, Public Relations, Psychology and Social Sciences. They are in various stages of development at the moment, but they are all expected to grow rapidly. Continue reading