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Melanie Heeley
Date of Start of Studies: 1.7.2009
Country: UK
Supervisor: Mrs Wendy Olphert
and Prof Leela Damodaran
E-mail: m.j.heeley@lboro.ac.uk
Research Group: Information, technology and society
.Title: To B(oldly) Go: A study of the social aspects of ICT usage by older people
This research is being conducted under the umbrella of the New Dynamics of Ageing Programme (NDA) http://newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/
More particularly it is part of the SUS-IT Project (Sustaining IT use by older people to promote autonomy and independence)
This work furthers an interest in matters of social inclusion gained from my MA dissertation (Information Science, 2008) on information flows in the field of mental health and housing, where I worked in conjunction with the National Lead for Mental Health and Housing on the National Social Inclusion Programme (NSIP).
The research will explore older people’s views and usage of ICTs for social purposes with the aim of maximising social engagement and combatting social isolation.
Previous Study:
University of York: BSc Physics (1986)
University of Cambridge: PGCE Physics (1987)
Nottingham Trent University: BA Humanities - English with Social Theory (2000)
Loughborough University: MA Modern and Contemporary Writing (2003)
Loughborough University: PhD English Literature (2008) – ‘Resurrection, Renaissance, Rebirth: Religion, Psychology and Politics in the Life and Work of Daphne du Maurier’.
Loughborough University: MA Information Science (2008)
Publications:
Heeley, M.J. “‘Greece as Inscape’ in Daphne du Maurier’s The Flight of the Falcon”, Women: A Cultural Review, 20(1), 2009, pp 42-56.
Heeley, M.J. “Christianity versus Paganism: Daphne du Maurier’s divided mind”. The Daphne du Maurier Companion, Virago Press, London, 2007.
PhD Thesis:
PhD thesis available in the Loughborough University Insitutional Repository: https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/simple-search?query=heeley
External Activities:
Organiser of Nottingham Cafe Scientifique et Culturel : a programme of talks usually given by academics in a bar, and attended by interested academics and professionals.
http://nottinghamcafesci.weebly.com/index.html
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