iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎓 Introducing The CERcle: a round table for computing education researchers. @katharinechilds.bsky.social and I are relaunching our PhD meetup as a monthly online space where PhD students, postdocs & academics in CER talk honestly about doing research. Thu 17 Sept, 6pm BST - DM to join!

The CERcle invite: Our first meeting will take place on Thursday 17th September 2026 at 6pm (BST) and will be a round robin to talk about your research, recent conferences and your goals for this academic year.

011

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

#CSEdRStudent meetups return on 18 Sept! Kicking off with @jackparkinson.bsky.social from @uofgcompsci.bsky.social Topic: Practical Writing Advice for Academic Papers: Personal Insights. Great tips + talk on academic writing. DM me or @IAmKatharineC for details!

022

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

So pleased that my first article, co-authored with Quintin Cutts, is now published (open access) dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.... Really enjoyed #UKICER - presenting for the first time was nerve-wracking, but a great experience! Looking forward to discussing the paper and issues raised at #CASConf25.

dl.acm.org

Formal School Computing Education Won't Work Until We Understand The Problem | Proceedings of the 2025 Conference on UK and Ireland Computing Education Research

020

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Great talk for those thinking about community education and inclusive software design

research-repository.st-andrews.ac.uk

110

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

When holiday, work and PhD combine...as a teacher I always enjoyed the #cs4fn Intelligent Piece of Paper activity. It seems even more relevant these days: www.cs4fn.org/teachers/act...

Naughts and Crosses grid drawn in the sand

000

Nicola Looker @nicolalooker.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Lots of idea-sharing & discussion about research/practice at the Teacher Inquiry in Computing Education face-to-face meet-up - great to be involved! Huge thanks to all and @suesentance.bsky.social @rpcerc.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social @beccip.bsky.social Link: bit.ly/3OzKvxG

040