Things have been quiet on my blog over the past few weeks as I have been extremely busy at work and one of the projects the web team here have been working on is the launch of the YouTube channel for London South Bank University (LSBU).

By the time they reach university more than 75 per cent of students have a profile on at least one social networking site and typically spend four hours a day online, according to a new report by an independent committee of inquiry examining how students’ widespread use of social networking impacts on higher education (HE).