Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

At Tinder Foundation, we make good things happen through digital technology. We’re probably best known as the organisation behind the national network of UK online centres - but that’s not all we do. In fact we’ve got our fingers in quite a few digital inclusion, community development and informal learning pies...

This article examines the importance of peer support networks in fostering interdisciplinary and inter-institutional collaborations between postgraduate research students. Such networks engender spaces and interconnections where postgraduate students can enrich their learning experience by engaging with others with a similar status for mutual benefit. Peer support networks should therefore be viewed as an integrated part of postgraduate research pedagogy and a broader conceptualisation of ‘peer learning’. The article highlights initial findings from a recent survey mapping postgraduate research students’ and supervisors’ experience with the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies (MeCCSA) Postgraduate Network.