Comments on: Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities

By: One Million ‘Likes’: What Can The Sector Learn From Oxford University? « UK Web Focus

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:01:07 +0000

[...] universities in order to have a manageable sample to analyse. The accompanying blog posts were Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities (January 2011), Is It Time To Ditch Facebook, When There’s Half a Million Fans Across Russell [...]

By: Mètriques 2.0 del sistema català d’R+D « Des de la Mediterrània

Mètriques 2.0 del sistema català d’R+D « Des de la Mediterrània — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:57:12 +0000

[...] Analytics for Institutional Twitter Accounts Provided by the 24 Russell Group Universities, Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities i Links to Social Media Sites on Russell Group University [...]

By: Mètriques 2.0 del sistema català d’R+D | L'ase quàntic

Mètriques 2.0 del sistema català d’R+D | L'ase quàntic — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 22:18:18 +0000

By: Social Media Analytics for R&D: a Catalan Vision « UK Web Focus

Social Media Analytics for R&D: a Catalan Vision « UK Web Focus — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:43:05 +0000

[...] Analytics for Institutional Twitter Accounts Provided by the 24 Russell Group Universities, Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities and Links to Social Media Sites on Russell Group University [...]

By: Over One Million ‘Likes’ of Facebook Pages for the 24 Russell Group Universities « UK Web Focus

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 09:17:05 +0000

[...] data for the surveys was collected on 11 January 2011, 25 September 2011 (estimate), 16 May 2012 and 31 July [...]

By: Survey of Institutional Use of Facebook « UK Web Focus

Survey of Institutional Use of Facebook « UK Web Focus — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:56:20 +0000

[...] in UK Universities Continues to Grow?Best UK University Web Sites – According to Sixth FormersUse of Facebook by Russell Group Universities Enhancing Access to Researchers' Papers: How Librarians and Use of Social Media Can [...]

By: What Next, As Facebook Use in UK Universities Continues to Grow? « UK Web Focus

Fri, 18 May 2012 09:01:03 +0000

[...] data for the surveys was collected on 11 January 2011, 25 September 2011 (estimate) and 16 May [...]

By: Institutional Use of Social Media In Europe « UK Web Focus

Institutional Use of Social Media In Europe « UK Web Focus — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:43:06 +0000

[...] found a much greater diversity on the number of followers, which ranged from 965 to over 12,000 and Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities also carried out in January 2011 for which the number of ‘likes’ ranged for 977 to over [...]

By: My Predictions for 2012 « UK Web Focus

My Predictions for 2012 « UK Web Focus — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:07:50 +0000

[...] have previously provided snapshots of institutional use of Facebook from November 2007 up to January 2011, together with similar surveys of institutional use of services such as Twitter, YouTube and [...]

By: Is It Time To Ditch Facebook, When There’s Half a Million Fans Across Russell Group Universities? « UK Web Focus

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:00:21 +0000

[...] evidence of possible changes in usage patterns within the UK HE sector I have updated a survey of Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities which was carried out in January 2011. A summary of the numbers of people who have [...]

By: Twitter & Facebook use by Russell Group Universities – eLearning Blog Dont Waste Your Time

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 07:45:40 +0000

[...] Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities [...]

By: Numbers Matter: Let’s Provide Open Access to Usage Data and Not Just Research Papers « UK Web Focus

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:46:52 +0000

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By: Twitter – what’s all the fuss about?

Twitter – what’s all the fuss about? — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:33:13 +0000

[...] A number of companies, organisations and HE institutions have accounts on Twitter. This allows them to send out updates, as well as track what’s being said about them by other users. You can see some reviews of how universities are using Twitter on Brian Kelly’s blog: he’s covered 1994 Group Unis and Russell Group Unis. [...]

By: Thoughts on Facebook, Linked Data and Other Developments « UK Web Focus

Thoughts on Facebook, Linked Data and Other Developments « UK Web Focus — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:57:05 +0000

[...] can be seen from the recent post on Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities Facebook clearly has a role to play across higher educational institutions. Managers and [...]

By: Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus)

Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 10:17:34 +0000

Thanks Helen – have added a note to the table above.

By: Helen Pettitt

Helen Pettitt — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 16:40:08 +0000

The University of Southampton’s official page has recently been set up and is http://www.facebook.com/unisouthampton

By: Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus)

Brian Kelly (UK Web Focus) — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:01:29 +0000

Thanks Les and Simon for your comments.

If for large institutions such as Southampton and Edinburgh it would be more appropriate for individual departments or schools to provide their own Facebook presence then I guess it will be even more important to document best practices, to avoid, for examples, departmental Facebook pages becoming out-of-date and attracting spam posts.

By: Simon Bains

Simon Bains — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:34:43 +0000

I agree with that point by Les, especially for very large universities. See http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/uoebusiness for more effective use of FB at the school level.

By: Tweets that mention Use of Facebook by Russell Group Universities « UK Web Focus -- Topsy.com

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:30:07 +0000

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By: Les Carr

Les Carr — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 11:52:04 +0000

Students are much more likely to have a “social engagement” with their department or school, rather than the institution as a whole. So I would look for different evidence of social networking in HE.