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.…
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…
Ten steps to get started on Twitter as an academic: part 2
In part 1 of our ten steps to get started on Twitter as an academic you set up your Twitter account with a picture and biography, and sent your first tweet.…
Ten steps to get started on Twitter as an academic: part 1
In a previous post, we shared a few social media tips to start a Twitter account for even the shyest among us. So now that you’ve taken a deep breath…
Building and promoting research partnership: interview with Scott Furtwengler
Scott Furtwengler is the Director of Institutional Research at Brazosport College in Texas, USA. He is also an affiliate researcher with the Urban Talent Research Institute at the University of…
Digital identity healthcheck for academics
There are many benefits of having an online profile as an academic, as it can really help to improve the visibility of you and your research. Our short video can…
Beginning blogging – Emma Cragg writes about how to combat your fears
Note from the editor: In this post, expert blogger Emma Cragg offers useful advice to novice bloggers As a researcher I’m pretty sure that you’ve recently read something or heard…
What’s videography got to do with it? Classicist and guest vlogger Emma Cole shares her advice on academic videos
The image of the tweed-clad classicist sitting, isolated in their personal library, surrounded by Greek and Latin texts and writing by hand, or perhaps on a typewriter, could not today…
Guest post: Abigail Mottershaw shares lessons on impact & online presence for academics
From the editor: many thanks to Abigail Mottershaw for writing about these highlights from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) First Year Student Conference, 2015 This year I started…
Guest post: Dr Marianne Baker’s summary of “How to be a successful digital academic”, an online event
My day job involves writing about the amazing research and related goings-on at the place where I completed my PhD. I still feel connected to science: I’m just not at the bench.…