A list of the 50 most influential higher education professionals using social media in the UK has been released.

The line-up was created after Jisc, the sector¡¯s main technology body, asked university workers to nominate people who were using social media in unique or interesting ways.

The nominees were whittled down to a top 50 by a judging panel, which included Chris Parr, digital and communities editor at Times Higher Education. He was joined by Eric Stoller, a blogger for Inside Higher Ed and Russell Stannard, founder of Teacher Training Videos, as well as David Kernohan and Sarah Knight from Jisc.

Most of the top 50 primarily use Twitter, but other social networks such as Facebook are represented too.

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The full list in alphabetical order (for information on the individuals, :

Sue Beckingham, Sheffield Hallam 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

William Buchanan, Edinburgh Napier 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

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Luke Burns, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leeds

Liz Cable, Leeds Trinity 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Nathaniel Coleman, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ College London

Jasmine Connolly and Nathaniel Hobby, Bournemouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Tony Coughlan, The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Tom Crick, Cardiff Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Egle Dagilyte, Anglia Ruskin 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Jon Dron, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Brighton

Lee Dunn, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow

Rhodri ap Dyfrig, Aberystwyth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Caitlin Golaup, Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ,

Lisa Harris, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Southampton

Sarah Honeychurch, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Glasgow

David Hopkins, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick

Paul Hopkins, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Hull

Matt Johnston, Coventry 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Jennifer Jones, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of Scotland

Kip Jones, Bournemouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Steven Jones, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Manchester

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Meena Kotecha, London School of Economics

Natalie Lafferty, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Dundee

Kate Lindsay, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford

Teresa MacKinnon, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Warwick

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Liz McCarthy, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Oxford

Stephen McClean, Ulster 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Moira McLoughlin and Wendy Sinclair, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Salford and

Claudia Megele, Middlesex 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Sonal Minocha, Bournemouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Liz Mossop, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Nottingham

Chrissi Nerantzi, Manchester Metropolitan 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Nicola Osborne, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Edinburgh

Nick Pearce, Durham 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Sara Perry, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of York

Paul Reilly, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Leicester

Kate Reynolds, Bath Spa 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Vivien Rolfe, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of the West of England

Roger Scully, Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Dominic Shellard, De Montfort 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Andrew Smith, The Open 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Guiseppe Sollazzo, St George¡¯s, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of London

Amanda Taylor, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Central Lancashire

David Walker, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sussex

Phil Ward, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Kent

David Webster, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Gloucestershire

Steve Wheeler, Plymouth 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Matt Williams and Pete Burnap, Cardiff 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Gary Wood, 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ of Sheffield

Jonathan Worth, Newcastle 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ

For information on each of the individuals,

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chris.havergal@tesglobal.com