In the third post in his series looking at barriers to effective research communication and uptake, Andrew Clappison turns his attention to the drive for evidence based policy and governing evidence…
How “inter” do you go in your research? A look at interdisciplinary research
We hear so much about interdisciplinary research, about multidisciplinary studies, the importance of crossing disciplines and of collaboration. Does it ever make you stop and wonder: WHY? There has been…
Communication, Communication, Communication
Our correspondent, Christopher Ferguson asks: What role does Higher Education have to play in the current political climate? And he shares his ideas in answer to that question. If I…
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…
Insights from the Research Impact Summit, an interview with Dr Tamika Heiden
Our latest interviewee is Dr Tamika Heiden of Knowledge Translation Australia, who recently ran the innovative, international Research Impact Summit at which Fiona Colligan and I were among the 20+…
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Writing Month (#AcWriMo) draws to a close, our correspondent Sarah Wayland writes about journal papers that remain unpublished, due to being unsubmitted or rejected.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…
Cracking the code for effective research communication
Our correspondent Andrew Clappison tells us of the three steps he’s observed that successful research communicators go through, from workshops he’s led. He also outlines four important factors in clear research communication…
Can collaboration speed-up researcher development?
Many people (especially researchers in the UK) will be familiar with the Vitae Researcher Development Framework (RDF). If you aren’t, it’s a tool that helps researchers understand the competencies required to…
Library interactions: An interview with Miggie Pickton
In this interview we hear from Miggie Pickton, Research Support Librarian at the University of Northampton. Miggie tells us about some of the challenges, themes and interactions involved in her work. What does…