Blogposts
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5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on Twitter
Read more: 5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on TwitterIn this blog post, we share 5 tips for increasing your engagement rate on Twitter. The inspiration for this blog has been reaching 700+ followers within our Twitter community. Although numbers are not always the best metric of success, this feels like a big milestone. Reviewing our engagement via Twitter Analytics It seems rarer […]
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Creative methods of research dissemination
Read more: Creative methods of research disseminationIn this blog post, we share four creative methods of research dissemination. These are inspired by the knowledge café organised by the Social Research Association North. The event was a collaboration with engage@liverpool at the University of Liverpool on 12 Sept 2019. – – – Whether you choose to engage audiences online or offline, […]
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5 tips on promoting your work as a researcher
Read more: 5 tips on promoting your work as a researcherIn this blog post, we will share 5 tips on promoting your work as a researcher. These tips are inspired by the Northern Power Women event (11 Sep 2019) at the Natwest Business Accelerator in Leeds. Northern Power Women Role Model Event Northern Power Women is a campaign that accelerates gender diversity in the North […]
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3 reasons why interns boost your business
Read more: 3 reasons why interns boost your businessIn this post, I talk about 3 reasons why interns boost your business. I will also introduce you to our two new marketing interns who will be with us for the next 3 months. — Running a business as a solo founder can be really tough. I manage a network of 13 associates across the […]
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Communicating research to policymakers for action – Workshop
Read more: Communicating research to policymakers for action – WorkshopIn this post, I share three key success factors for researchers to engage with policymakers. I also offer three lessons from delivering a workshop to high-level members of the National Institute of Policy Studies in Nigeria. This workshop on communicating research to policymakers for action took place at the University of Sheffield. Communicating research […]
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The juggling act of a PhD student
Read more: The juggling act of a PhD studentHello and we hope you’re all having a nice summer! We took a vacation break and are now back in the office with renewed energy and fresh ideas. To get us out of the summer blues and to kick off the blog posts again, we sat down with Gemma Bridge, PhD student in Public Health […]
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Tips for communicating research to stakeholders
Read more: Tips for communicating research to stakeholdersIn this blog post, we share insights from two researchers and one impact consultant on communicating research to stakeholders This is a follow-up post from our blog on communication tips for academic researchers sourced from five published authors in The Conversation. What do we mean by stakeholder? We’ll pay homage to our academic inclinations […]
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Presenting research to a non-academic audience
Read more: Presenting research to a non-academic audienceIn this blog, we share six tips on presenting research to a non-academic audience. Our insights are based on reviewing the top 12 presentations on Slideshare about this topic. This blog post is written from the perspective of a non-academic audience member, with a background in Integrated Marketing Communications, Events Management and Public Relations. […]
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Insights from the Festival of Ideas
Read more: Insights from the Festival of IdeasIn this blog, we share our insights from the Festival of Ideas in Leeds. The event took place on Monday the 8th of April and was organised by the University of Leeds. The Festival of Ideas is an annual event that brings together academia and industry for a day of talks and discussion. Academics from […]