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Ruth Brooks

Ruth Brooks is a content production specialist of more than 15 years’ experience working in Australian and UK higher education. Ruth graduated from the University of South Australia (UniSA) with a Bachelor of Arts (Professional and Creative Communications) in 2007 and a Graduate Certificate in Marketing in 2015.

Her experience spans the research, writing and editing of print and digital communications and marketing collateral for UniSA, as well as the creative development and design of a wide variety of visual communications including print publications and digital marketing assets for University College London. Today, Ruth works to produce and publish digital content that both informs and engages across an array of postgraduate subject areas, as well as web content in the higher education space.

Latest articles

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The impact of social media on educational leadership

Since its conception, social media has proven popular. Even before the rise (and potential fall) of Facebook, there were sites such as MySpace and Friendster. Now we use online social networks all the time, switching between Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and TikTok. In some ways, the effect of the pandemic has boosted social […]

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How creativity, innovation, and quality serve business

Creative problem-solving is key in every sector. However, unbound creativity can be problematic when implementing systems and processes as part of management practices that maintain quality. Quality aims for high and sustainable performance in existing business areas, while innovation is more about breakthrough. Innovation is when something totally new is created or an original idea […]

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Why is data visualisation important?

Data visualisation is a key element of data science. Thanks to increasingly powerful computers and their ability to aggregate and sort through any type of data, we have greater amounts of information available to us than ever before. Data visualisation is a means of presenting that information in a way that is easily understandable and […]

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How technology has impacted educational leadership

In an article from 2006, published in the Journal of Information Technology for Teaching Education, Ian W. Gibson writes about the Global Forum on School Leadership. He describes it as a learning experiment that focuses on incorporating “a needed global orientation to leadership preparation following the September 11 and Bali tragedies”, and emphasises “the use […]

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What is corporate social responsibility?

Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is sometimes known as corporate citizenship and is a commitment by organisations to supporting society at large, the environment, and stakeholders. This is rather than primarily serving shareholders as was the traditional business strategy. CSR initiatives look at a company’s environmental impact and how it can give back to the local […]