In the first part, I discussed some of the challenges that scholars face when moving to a foreign country for their research. But it’s not all that bad, once the…
Academic articles and non-academic inspiration
Academic articles can be inspired from some very non-academic places and sometimes inspiration can come from the strangest things… A little while ago, I wrote an academic paper examining the…
Making research space & building a career: the postdoc stage
Our correspondent Sarah Wayland describes her experience of her postdoc position, reflecting on how it has involved some new approaches to her own research interests. Three days a week I…
Revisiting and reviving “homeless” journal papers
As Twitter’s Academic Writing Month (#AcWriMo) draws to a close, our correspondent Sarah Wayland writes about journal papers that remain unpublished, due to being unsubmitted or rejected. What does it take for such homeless journal papers to be published…
Going viral: 3 tips to help you through
Recently an article I wrote with a colleague went viral. We had media interest over two days from all over the world. There was even an article by the…
How to write in a language that is not your own
I believe that everyone in academia, especially those who are not English native speakers, has to, once in a while, write in a language that is not their mother tongue…
Writing through a fear of writing – featuring 3 most helpful steps.
Wanting to write A few months ago, the fiercely brilliant writer Cory Taylor died. In the time before the cancer became fiercer than her, she wrote ‘Dying: A Memoir’…
Peer Review Week 2016: reviews in the open
This week (19th – 25th Sept 2016) is Peer Review Week, and the focus is on recognition for those who carry it out. The event means that some of my favourite blogs like…
Writing made social: you don’t have to write alone
This guest blogpost from Lisa Munro deals with writing and introduces some ideas to make the experience less lonely. All scholars know that they should be writing more, but being…
Top 5 Hashtags for Academic Writing: just in time for #acwrimo!
Writing is an essential part of academic life, but many academics struggle to find the time to write and few of us have ever been given explicit training in how…