A message from a graduate

I've not blogged for far too long so I thought I'd throw up a lazy post of something someone just pointed out to me. 'A Message from a Graduate' video on YouTube from Matthew Rennie who got a first class hours in Civil Engineering at Newcastle University and is wanting to get into creative agencies.

Good on you Matt. Hope you get snapped up!

Slides for today's HEA #tagginganna workshop

Here we go...

#empysummit

Well after having had my head down all week planning and writing for our Employability Summit I've made a school boy error and not given a moments thought to its amplification. But with a good core of active tweeters coming and a very topical issue the amplification should still work well. So, things I've just thought about

• I've decided the hash tag will be #empysummit (which looks a bit too much like 'empty' but 'employability' is just too long and I know Mark likes 'empy')
• I'll put up some signs with the hashtag on in the venue  first thing tomorrow morning (if you're coming - don't forget its in the Henry Building now)
• I'll put the tag on Twitterfall at the beginning and during the breaks

What else do indeed to do? Do I need to do anything for Google Plus? And please retweet, comment, re post!

Draft open day talk

Tomorrow I'm presenting to prospective students and their parents at our University of Leicester Open Day on 'Employability at Leicester'. Here are my draft slides (some of it animates - which I can't replicate in SlideShare). Comments and suggestions welcome - what would you want to know? I have 45 minutes including questions.

Employability at Leicester

View more presentations from Stuart Johnson. (#leicesteropen)

Google Plus and age restrictions

I need some Google help. My 12 year old son has had a Google account for a couple of years. His cousin sent him a link to sign up for Google Plus. He followed the on screen instructions which included entering his date of birth (something that I didn't have to do 2 years ago when I set up the account for him - or if I did there wasn't an age restriction at the time). He can now no longer login to Gmail and gets the following message.

The Google Account for xxx@gmail.com has been disabled.You will not be able to sign in to this account or use it to access any Google products or services.You do not meet the age requirements for a Google Account. This account will be deleted in 27 days unless the birthday you entered was incorrect and you submit proof that you are 13 years old or older. Learn more.If you are 13 years old or older, click here to start the account unlock process.

Any ideas? Or have the Ts&Cs changed since G+ kicked off and now you have to be 13 to even have Gmail?