End of season #socialstudent
Congratulations to Hanif Leylabi, the clear #socialstudent winner – and to Lauren Hockey, Jazz Chappell and Michael White who have been ever-present in our 20 weekly tables.
For the final table of this academic year, we are expanding the list to include all 50 PR students from 13 universities with an aggregate score of 40 or above. While we won’t be updating our weekly ranking, the Klout and PeerIndex lists will continue to evolve, though many on the lists will complete their courses over the coming weeks.
Our hope and expectation is that employers will already be taking note of these high flyers. The league table has been fun – but it’s not as important as your dissertations and your graduate job search which should now take priority.
The stats are up-to-date at 7pm on 29 March 2012:
| Rank | Student name | University (year) | Twitter handle | K | PI | Score |
| 1 | Hanif Leylabi | Sunderland (PG) | @hanifleylabi | 64 | 53 | 58.5 |
| 2 | Lauren Hockey | Gloucestershire (4) | @laurenvhockey | 57 | 45 | 51 |
| 3 | Kenneth Murray | QMU Edinburgh (3) | @kenny_murray | 59 | 42 | 50.5 |
| 4 | Charlotte Farringdon | Central Lancashire (3) | @charliegeorge1 | 55 | 45 | 50 |
| 5 | Sarah Moffatt | Bournemouth (4) | @SarahMoff | 49 | 49 | 49 |
| 6= | Stephanie Birch | Southampton Solent (2) | @StephBirchPR | 55 | 42 | 48.5 |
| 6= | Alex Filicevas | Westminster (1) | @apaarty | 54 | 43 | 48.5 |
| 6= | Emily Payne | Greenwich (3) | @emily_90 | 54 | 43 | 48.5 |
| 6= | Amandine Poirier | Southampton Solent (3) | @amandinepoirier | 47 | 50 | 48.5 |
| 10= | Charlotte Brierley | Leeds Metropolitan (1) | @CharlotteVaun | 45 | 51 | 48 |
| 10= | Lucy Hird | Birmingham City (3) | @LucyHird | 56 | 40 | 48 |
| 10= | Ryan Mullen | Glasgow Caledonian (4) | @digitalies | 50 | 46 | 48 |
| 10= | Adele Roberts | Leeds Metropolitan (2) | @_Adoll_ | 44 | 52 | 48 |
| 14= | Yasin Akgun | Birmingham City (3) | @yasinakgun | 55 | 40 | 47.5 |
| 14= | Chelsea Galpin | Leeds Metropolitan (1) | @ChelseaGalpinPR | 52 | 43 | 47.5 |
| 16 | Sean Ball | Leeds Metropolitan (2) | @seanprandm | 49 | 45 | 47 |
| 17= | Jazz Chappell | Leeds Metropolitan (1) | @jazzchappell | 55 | 38 | 46.5 |
| 17= | Olivia Sym | Leeds Metropolitan (2) | @LivSym | 55 | 38 | 46.5 |
| 19= | Claire Hodson | Southampton Solent (3) | @clairehodson | 57 | 35 | 46 |
| 19= | Michael White | Gloucestershire (4) | @michaelwhite1 | 51 | 41 | 46 |
| 21= | Stephanie Ayre | Leeds Metropolitan (3) | @Stephanie_Ayre | 47 | 44 | 45.5 |
| 21= | Flavio Oliveira | Leeds Metropolitan (PG) | @FlaviOliveiraBR | 60 | 31 | 45.5 |
| 21= | Tom Westgate | Southampton Solent (3) | @TomWestgate | 48 | 43 | 45.5 |
| 21= | Steven Woodgate | Southampton Solent (PG) | @stevenwoodgate | 50 | 41 | 45.5 |
| 25= | Ben Frith | Leeds Metropolitan (1) | @lookitsben | 50 | 40 | 45 |
| 25= | Becky Knowles | Leeds Metropolitan (4) | @BeckyHelenK | 50 | 40 | 45 |
| 27 | Dan Derricott | Lincoln (4) | @danderricott | 57 | 32 | 44.5 |
| 28 | Lisa Addie | QMU Edinburgh (4) | @LisaAddie | 48 | 39 | 43.5 |
| 29= | Megan Beard | Southampton Solent (2) | @meganb91 | 45 | 41 | 43 |
| 29= | Matt Briggs | Sunderland (PG) | @mattbriggspr | 48 | 38 | 43 |
| 29= | Clare Callery | Leeds Metropolitan (4) | @claresiobhan | 46 | 40 | 43 |
| 32= | Rachel Barkley | Leeds Metropolitan (2) | @rachelbarkley | 40 | 45 | 42.5 |
| 32= | Rosie Everard | Leeds Metropolitan (4) | @RosieEverardPR | 53 | 32 | 42.5 |
| 32= | Anton Perreau | Birmigham City (3) | @antonperreau | 43 | 42 | 42.5 |
| 32= | Hannah Shanks | Leeds Metropolitan (4) | @hvshanks | 55 | 30 | 42.5 |
| 36= | Amanda Champion | Leeds Metropolitan (1) | @mandachampion | 45 | 39 | 42 |
| 36= | Malina Istatkova | Leeds Metropolitan (PG) | @LinskyIstatkova | 53 | 31 | 42 |
| 36= | Petra Opelova | Central Lancashire (3) | @opelova | 47 | 37 | 42 |
| 36= | Rebecca Moriarty | Bournemouth (4) | @RebeccaMoriarty | 52 | 32 | 42 |
| 40= | Jasmine Bell | Leeds Metropolitan (3) | @JasmineBellPR | 55 | 27 | 41 |
| 40= | Elisabeth Gjosund | London Metropolitan (2) | @egjosund | 51 | 31 | 41 |
| 40= | Evie Ranscombe | Bournemouth (2) | @squevvles | 42 | 40 | 41 |
| 43= | Emma Catchpole | Bournemouth (4) | @catch_89 | 53 | 28 | 40.5 |
| 43= | Jessica North | Bournemouth (3) | @JessicaNorthPR | 47 | 34 | 40.5 |
| 43= | Alex Witham | Leeds Metropolitan (3) | @AlexWithamPR | 50 | 31 | 40.5 |
| 43= | Jessica Yeoman | Gloucestershire (4) | @JessYeoman | 46 | 35 | 40.5 |
| 47= | Laura Crimmons | Leeds Metropolitan (4) | @lauracrimmons | 45 | 35 | 40 |
| 47= | Daniela Pietrosanu | Southampton Solent (3) | @DanielaOana | 46 | 34 | 40 |
| 47= | Isobel Webb | Leeds Metropolitan (3) | @Isobel_Webb | 50 | 30 | 40 |
| 47= | Hollie Young | Bournemouth (4) | @Hollie_Young | 51 | 29 | 40 |
We introduced the #socialstudent list here, and updated it in week two, week three, week four, week five, week six, week seven, week eight, week nine, week 10, week 11, week 12, week 13, week 14, week 15, week 16, week 17, week 18 and week 19.
What are your views on these sites folks? Peer index and Klout scores seem to differentiate massively. Do you understand how these sites work? Or just take the score your activity gives you?
We’re all learning about influence metrics. Here’s some of what I’ve learnt:
I’m pleased to have introduced an objective ranking based on someone else’s numbers: a subjective league table of students on social media would surely give more credibility to blogs and websites.
In my opinion, Klout tends to overestimate student scores (I’m 44; Philip Young @mediations is 35 – both lower than most students in our list). This is because Klout seems to favour quantity of tweets, and rates activity on Facebook highly.
PeerIndex is harder to please for students. (I’m 45, Philip Young is 43.) What you’ll note is that my Klout and PeerIndex scores are very close and scarcely ever move. With the students we’ve been tracking, there’s been considerable volatility.
I’m now taking a look at Kred and will give some thought about the metrics to use if I repeat #socialstudent next academic year.
I think it’s great. I’m just curious as to what others think as 90% of my stuff is through Facebook.
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