Research Retold
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Challenges of doing an internship alongside a PhD
Read more: Challenges of doing an internship alongside a PhDIn this blog, our research communicator and PhD student Gemma Bridge shares three challenges of doing an internship alongside a PhD. This is the second of three posts about Gemma’s experience of doing an internship alongside her PhD. Together the three posts cover: the process of finding an internship whilst doing a PhD the challenges and […]
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Finding an internship whilst doing a PhD
Read more: Finding an internship whilst doing a PhDIn this blog, our research communicator and PhD student Gemma Bridge shares her experience of finding an internship whilst doing a PhD. Gemma previously contributed to our blog talking about the juggling act of a PhD student, managing personal and professional commitments. This is the first of three posts about Gemma’s experience of doing an […]
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Rethinking impact in academic publishing #STMWeek 2019
Read more: Rethinking impact in academic publishing #STMWeek 2019In this blog, I share four ways in which publishers were challenged in rethinking the impact of academic publishing. ‘Impact’ has become a buzzword in academia. It is key to the UK Research Excellence Framework and it’s regarded as a key metric of success for research. For the publishing world, ‘impact’ is an equally important […]
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Three reasons why presenting research in theatre is powerful
Read more: Three reasons why presenting research in theatre is powerfulIn this blog post, we share three reasons why presenting research in theatre is powerful. The inspiration for this blog came from watching the play ‘SHE’ at stage@leeds at the University of Leeds. The play depicted the lives of several women inventors and their struggles as they fought for their rights and equality. It left a lasting […]
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Speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea University
Read more: Speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea UniversityIn this blog post, I share my experience of speaking at the research seminar series at Swansea University, School of Management. The topic of my seminar was communicating research beyond academia. This was a collaboration with Dr Cigdem Gedikli, Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, and leader of the research seminar series. 1. Creating the […]
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Organising our first meetup
Read more: Organising our first meetupIn this blog post, we share our experience of organising our first meetup on communicating research. Although this was the first time we organised an event like this, based on the feedback we received from the participants, it was very successful. Here we cover three aspects that we feel contributed to the success of the […]
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Workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute
Read more: Workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences InstituteThis month I delivered an interactive workshop at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI). To make this workshop happen, we collaborated with Katie Barclay, LSSI Communications and Events Coordinator. This was our flagship workshop on ‘Communicating research beyond academia’. The workshop offered researchers a step-by-step framework for creating a 2-page visual summary to showcase expertise […]
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The importance of failure for researchers
Read more: The importance of failure for researchersIn this post, we share three tips on the importance of failure for researchers. We’ll also touch on how failure can be turned into future successes for you and your work. These tips are inspired by the ‘Power of Failure’ event held by NEXUS and Bettakultcha (17 Oct 2019) in Leeds. Over 100 people came […]
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A tool to help researchers communicate their findings
Read more: A tool to help researchers communicate their findingsIn this blog post, we want to share a simple tool to help researchers communicate their findings. Introducing the Research Canvas. We will break down the key components of the canvas and how the tool can be used for research projects. This blog is inspired by the Branswer workshop (09 Oct 2019) on crafting content […]