PhD Fees and Funding
As a PhD student you will need to pay annual tuition fees to the University but there are various ways you could secure funding to cover these costs
How to apply
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Our research highlights
Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is the leading university department of its kind in the UK
PhD key facts and entry requirements
The Faculty Recruitment & Admissions Office receives about 1000 enquiries regarding PhD admissions every year
PhD key facts and entry requirements
The Faculty Recruitment & Admissions Office receives about 1000 enquiries regarding PhD admissions every year
Our research highlights
Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) is the leading university department of its kind in the UK
How to apply
We would like to encourage you to make your application to us on-line
PhD Fees and Funding
As a PhD student you will need to pay annual tuition fees to the University but there are various ways you could secure funding to cover these costs
Graduate School
The Graduate School in Electronics and Computer Science aims to support you throughout your time undertaking PhD research
Minds CDT
Centre for Doctoral Training in Machine Intelligence for Nano-Electronic Devices and Systems
PhD
Knowledge Engineer - IT Innovation - School of Electronnics and Computer Science
(previously) Module Lead - 'Living and Working on the Web' and 'Online Social Networks'
Nic Fair is currently a Knowledge Engineer in the IT-Innovation group at the University of Southampton working on European Commission Horizon 2020 projects. With a PhD in Digital Education and Web Science, he has research interests in Personal Learning Networks and networked learning. He has spent eighteen years teaching in a wide range of educational contexts, including Further and Higher Education and has previously led a range of innovation modules at the University of Southampton.
Research
Teaching
Publications
Contact
Research
Research interests
Networked Learning
Personal Learning Networks
Adaptive diagnostics and machine learning
Teaching
Web Science
Digital Education
EAP
Publications
2022
Fair, Nicholas (2022) Designing a European Digital Education Hub. 13th International Conference on Networked Learning, University of Mid-Sweden, Sundsvall, Sweden. 16 - 18 May 2022.
Fair, Nicholas (2022) Industry5.0 and sociotechnical theory: theoretical underpinnings. I-ESA 2022: Enterprise Interoperability through connected Digital Twins, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain. 23 - 25 Mar 2022.
2021
Fair, Nicholas (2021) A framework for the analysis of personal learning networks. Bonderup, Nina, Hansen, Jens Jorgen, Hansen, Stig Borsen, Ryberg, Thomas and de Laat, Martin (eds.) In Conceptualising and Innovating Education and Work with Networked Learning. Springer. pp. 211-236 . (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-85241-2_12).
2020
Leon Urrutia, Manuel and Fair, Nicholas (2020) Enhancing the Student Experience:: integrating MOOCs into campus-based modules. In, Trends and good practices in research and teaching. Octaedro. (doi:10.36006/16184-08).
Boniface, Michael, Fair, Nicholas, Modafferi, Stefano and Papay, Juri (2020) Security Implications of Interoperability. In Proceedings of the Workshops of I-ESA 2020. CEUR-WS.org. 5 pp .
2018
Evans, C., Zhu, X., Chiorean, C., Chipulu, M., Fair, N., Ford, N., Gobbi, M., Grange, L., Harding, Ian, Harris, L., Lock, J., Lotti, E., Mashanovich, G., Perisic, V., Pettit, S., Spencer, V., Telford, M. and Thorpe, K. (2018) Supporting student agency and success in higher education and beyond through the development of assessment feedback skills (the ability to self-monitor and self-evaluate) (Office for Students’ Experimental Innovation Report) University of Southampton 70pp.
Dataset
Fair, Nicholas, Sebastian Russell and Fair, Nic (2022) Dataset to support the University of Southampton Doctoral Thesis "Understanding the networked student: how Personal Learning Networks are used for learning". University of Southampton doi:10.5258/SOTON/D2190 [Dataset]
Contact
Telephone: +44 (0) 23 8059 5980
Email: N.S.Fair@soton.ac.uk