Tom Jackson

Lecturer in Digital Media @LeedsUniMedia @UniversityLeeds // Academic Lead in Cultural Engagement @UniLeedsImmerse

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

It was so rewarding to see such playful, thoughtful and animated interactions with the audio installation I co-created with @englandrp for the launch of @LBObjects. Visitors explored spatialised audio recordings of the human body through their movement across an abstract artwork.

[Kevin Ritchie @kevin_ritchie1]

Solidarity to @leedsucu members on strike opposing cuts to pensions, wages and conditions. Pleasure to speak with members on the picket line today. #UCUstrike LU Vice Chancellor needs to treat staff with dignity and respect, settle this dispute.

[Leeds Lib Galleries @LULGalleries]

Want to get hands-on exploring innovative ways to engage the public with our amazing Special Collections?

Get involved with the Sadler Seminar project 'Click Here to Enter: Interdisciplinary Interventions in the Brotherton Special Collections'

Apply now: https://t.co/akhfyHUSEh

[Leeds University UCU @leedsucu]

We're all “a bit sad” that University of Leeds isn't defending our pensions. #UCUstrike

[Helen Clare @[email protected] @HelenClare]

Find out more about next steps for archiving practice research at the @Jisc digital research community monthly meet-up on Wed 9 Feb 11-12 GMT

Hear about new @ahrcpress funded projects - PR Voices and SPARKLE from @Jennye and @tomjacademic

Register now https://t.co/iI2qdnKiTz

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

@BorisCruse Yes, absolutely! Please do apply Boris. Thanks for your interest.

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

We have identified intriguing cultural artefacts that are crying out to be better known… If you are an academic, curator, artist or maker with an interest in museum archives and special collections, join us in bringing these artefacts to life! Apply here: https://t.co/F1cjZlCF3f

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Good luck Bradford! This could be so transformational for the city. #CityofCulture2025 #Bradford2025

[Bradford 2025 @bradford2025]

"This is a defining moment for Bradford"

Today we submit our official bid to become UK #CityofCulture2025 💥

Young people from across the district came together for a celebratory send-off, as the document heads to @DCMS 📮

#Bradford2025 https://t.co/qD6bVnZb5B

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

This project will enable playful yet impactful interactions between academics, curators, artists and makers. An ideal opportunity for colleagues from @LeedsAHRI @LeedsUniAHC @LeedsUniMedia @UniLeedsCulture @UniLeedsImmerse @LULGalleries @leedslibraries @LeedsMuseums

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

@bricabracaneer Thanks for getting involved Phillippa. Really appreciate the positive feedback too 👍🏻

[Emma Cayley 谷曦 @emmacayley.bsky.social @emmacayley]

Our fabulous Sadler Seminar Series, ‘Click Here to Enter: Interdisciplinary Interventions in the Brotherton Special Collections’, launches on Weds: featuring @tomjacademic Rhiannon Lawrence-Francis @LULGalleries and moi. Thanks to @LeedsAHRI @SMLCLeeds https://t.co/HWX84EetqQ

[Bradford 2025 @bradford2025]

Today the nation is waking up to Bradford’s potential 🌤️

Bradford has been named as one of 8 places through to the next round of the #CityofCulture2025 competition.

This is Our Time, Our Place #Bradford2025 💥https://t.co/xpvCV0dAqd

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

@Quantum_Sauce @LeedsInspired @FConstitutional @cnhstreet @alison_tomlin @FarsleyLanguage @UniLeedsImmerse @LeedsUniEng @KeeleUniversity @UniLeedsEngage It was an absolute pleasure! A great venue and such an engaged audience. I can highly recommend getting involved with Quantum Sauce! 👍

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Follow @ExtinctionDTP for further information about the doctoral training programme and read about my specific research interests here: https://t.co/Ax3OXAayJZ

[University of Leeds Immersive Technologies @UniLeedsImmerse]

A great opportunity to explore the use of #immersivetech to address issues related to #extinction and #endangerment with our Cultural Engagement Theme Lead @tomjacademic

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Follow @ExtinctionDTP for further information about the doctoral training programme and read about my specific research interests here: https://t.co/Ax3OXzSXSr

[Leeds Uni Media @LeedsUniMedia]

Funded research opportunity in Extinction Studies: Multi-disciplinary scholarship overseen by 18 supervisors across three faculties, including the School of Media and Communication’s @tomjacademic. Apply by 26 February. https://t.co/9Gs6X9QlpV

[LAHRI @LeedsAHRI]

Are you a researcher interested in the ways of accessing, understanding and/or co-creating archives, & museum collections through immersive technologies?

LAHRI are pleased to announce the next #SpeculativeConversation will be taking place in January:
https://t.co/jpfZVymtxJ

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Working on creative projects involving immersive technologies? Please attend this conference on Saturday August 1st organised by the Leeds Extended Reality Society. Register here: https://t.co/Og5vWMpdFw @LeedsXRSociety @UniversityLeeds @LeedsUniUnion

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

How might immersive technologies be used as a tool for Holocaust education? With these ‘virtual archives’ of the Neuengamme memorial site, you can contribute to this debate. Click 'Feedback' in the projects. Brickworks: https://t.co/PY6PCAJwD8 Guard Tower: https://t.co/UDwfXz4Gdd

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Also now available is this 360° video of the Toré ritual dance in the Cachimbo Ymboré indigenous community: https://t.co/s6UX2xN4V0 Produced in collaboration with @andreas_rauh, the Thydêwá NGO and the members of the community.

[Tom Jackson @tomjacademic]

Friends and colleagues, please take a look at this new documentary about the struggles faced by the Ymboré indigenous community in Brazil: https://t.co/L4L0Dli7FH Information about the Thydêwá NGO which aims to support indigenous communities is here: https://t.co/0PsEph1faX