We’re delighted to bring you a blogpost from Arun Verma, PhD student at University of Dundee (who has just submitted his thesis). Arun is also one of our past correspondents,…
Your alternative academic identity: learning the rules?
How do we make the ‘right’ career decisions in academia, and build our overall academic identity? I received an email from a colleague and this quote got me thinking: “all…
Brexit and the UK researcher: an uncertain path
Prior to the EU referendum, Nature surveyed nearly a thousand researchers in the UK, the vast majority of which felt Brexit would be “very harmful” to UK Science. Wherever you…
Facing your worst funding proposal fears
“I want you to imagine a hostile panel. They are reading your proposal. They are ridiculing your Case for Support…” Our correspondent proposes facing demons as a way to succeed in grant applications…
How to draft a research grant application
Most of my business involves helping academics to write better research grant applications. Prospects are good because most academics, when they try to write a grant application, write completely the wrong kind of document to solve the main problem that every grant application has to solve. This post explains…
What do you need to work freelance? 8 key ingredients!
I’ve been self-employed and working as a freelancer for over two years, and would like to pass on my top tips. If you’re freelancing, you will need: A good work-station. If you’re going to spend…
Interview with Dr Tim Rudd of Livelab: tips on collaborating with third and public sector organisations
Dr Tim Rudd leads Livelab, and is also Principal Lecturer in the Education Research Centre at the Univerisity of Brighton. He is researching and publishing work related to education technology, social justice and alternative pedagogies…
Introducing Vanessa Lao, Strategic Partnerships Manager at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia
Piirus’ Fiona Colligan will be a delegate at the ARMS 2015 conference, and Piirus is finding out more about research issues in Australasia. We’re pleased to feature an interview with Vanessa Lao, Strategic Partnerships Manager at…
How do you run a crowdfunding campaign? 12 Useful tips! (Part 2)
Last week, in tips 1-6, Piirus member Dr. Alke Gröppel-Wegener shared some things she learned from putting together her first crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. Here are some things to keep in…
How do you run a crowdfunding campaign? 12 useful tips! (Part 1)
Dr. Alke Gröppel-Wegener, Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies and National Teaching Fellow at the Faculty of Arts and Creative Technologies at Staffordshire University shares her experiences of a different route…