Dr Julie Walters

Head Of School

School: Computer Science

Julie Walters has worked as an academic for nearly 25 years since joining the University in 1994. Julie -Walters

Julie has extensive leadership experience and has undertaken a number of management roles including Head of Student Recruitment and Programme Director. She is currently the Associate Head of Department of Computer and Information Sciences.

Julie has a Masters degree in Business Information Technology and is a Senior Fellow the Higher Education Academy

She is an active member of the iSchool and her teaching is mainly focussed within the Information Sciences area with an interest in employability and engagement

Julie’s research focusses on Social Media and particularly how Twitter can be used to capture useful information about hospital patient experience.

Campus Address

Room 303
CIS Building
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST

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Key Publications

Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
A work-in-progress report - Exploring the learner-earner journey and bridging the digital skills gap: Graduate and employer viewpoints, Northumbria University, Prickett, T., Irons, A., Chrysikos, A., Walters, J., Hanna, P., Teehan, C., Rocks, C., Davenport, J. 27 Feb 2025, QAA Quality Insights Conference 2025
A Preliminary Study of Viewpoints of the Learner-Earner Journey, Prickett, T., Walters, J., Yang, L. 8 Jul 2024, ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE)
Using skills profiling to enable badges and micro-credentials to be incorporated into higher education courses, Ward, R., Crick, T., Davenport, J., Hanna, P., Hayes, A., Irons, A., Miller, K., Moller, F., Prickett, T., Walters, J. 24 May 2023, In: Journal of Interactive Media in Education
A preliminary study exploring the impact of learner resilience under enforced online delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic, Crick, T., Prickett, T., Walters, J. 26 Jun 2021, ITiCSE '21, New York, ACM
Using contributing student pedagogy to enhance support for teamworking in computer science projects, Phillips, H., Ivins, W., Prickett, T., Walters, J., Strachan, R. 7 Jan 2021, Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Computing Education Practice 2021 (CEP 2021), New York, ACM
Exploring resilience for effective learning in computer Science Education, Prickett, T., Crick, T., Harvey, M., Walters, J., Yang, L. 1 Apr 2020, Cambridge Computing Education Research Symposium
Improving information sharing in Chinese hospitals with electronic medical record: The resource-based view and social capital theory perspective, Li, H., Walters, J., Tian, R. 1 Apr 2019, iConference 2019
Improving K-means clustering with enhanced Firefly Algorithms, Xie, H., Zhang, L., Lim, C., Yu, Y., Liu, C., Liu, H., Walters, J. 1 Nov 2019, In: Applied Soft Computing
A Method for Retrieval of Tweets About Hospital Patient Experience, Walters, J., Chowdhury, G. Nov 2018, Maturity and Innovation in Digital Libraries, Cham, Springer