Alumni relations typically involves a wide-range of marketing and communication activities. This often includes networking events, newsletters, annual magazines, fostering online communities, and day-to-day engagement through usual office contact channels.…
10 ways consultancy differs to research
This blogpost is an excerpt from our excellent guide: “Preparing for Academic Consultancy: what you need to know” and it lists ten differences that consultancy work has in relation to research, that it is helpful for researchers to know about…
Depth versus breadth in research
This guest blogpost from Kaitlyn Bunker discusses and illustrates a familiar theme for researchers. There is often a conflict for researchers between depth (becoming an expert in a very specific area) and…
Self-doubt, perfectionism and common insecurities during research work
Harriet Frew shares some common insecurities in research and some approaches to them. Harriet is a specialist counsellor offering transformation programmes to support women to feel great about food, eating…
A collaborative working tool called Slack: thoughts on using it
At Piirus we’re trying out a collaborative working tool, namely the free version of Slack. We’re using it for one of our many projects, as a communication tool. It is a way for…
Why choose to digitise? 7 motivations to balance if you’re collaborating.
We’ve heard recently from our Arts and Humanities correspondent about the project to digitise the Vatican’s documents. Digitisation is a growing phenomena and there are many reasons why it might be…
Four issues when undertaking collaborative projects
You did all the groundwork and your collaborative project is underway: great! Keeping it on track is now the priority, and it’s all about planning and communication. What is the…