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How do you make a portfolio career work for you?

October 4, 2016 by Kathy McKay

  A few weeks ago, I was told that I had a good example of an academic portfolio career. I love labels – they make wonky things sound so much…

Collaborating on an international scale: our tips

September 1, 2016 by Jenny Delasalle

  For those convening a virtual meeting, it helps to send out an email with the link for team members to join later if they miss the call: sometimes people can’t…

Twitter for academics – my first ever Twitter chat

March 11, 2016 by Ryan Anderson

On the 12th of February, as part of the #Piirusvoices campaign, piirus.ac.uk hosted a Twitter chat centering around the theme of loving your research. The event, jointly chaired by piirus.ac.uk correspondents…

How to write instructions for others in 9 steps

November 20, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle

I’ve been taking part in the How to Survive your PhD MOOC which is now in its final stages: We are now all peer marking each others’ assignments. The course is…

Digital identity healthcheck for academics

October 19, 2015 by Faye Herrington

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…

Taking part in a MOOC “How to Survive Your PhD” : Getting started.

September 10, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle

What’s a MOOC?  – A “Massive Open Online Course”, and I’m taking part in one called “How to Survive Your PhD” from the Thesis Whisperer: it’s free and registration is…

A collaborative working tool called Slack: thoughts on using it

August 31, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle

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…

Tools for using Twitter: 5 things they might help with

July 17, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle

We’ve found that you can get a much richer experience of Twitter and can even save time if you investigate the tools designed to enhance your experience of Twitter. Tools for…

4 Things to Help Novice Users of Virtual Meeting Tools: Making Skype Meetings Run Smoothly

April 17, 2015 by Cornelia Oefelein

Here is a story of some of my experiences, and recommendations for researchers who might want to use Skype for meetings across multiple locations. (Skype is just one of the…

Curating online content : productivity tools for researchers who use social media and web materials

January 30, 2015 by Jenny Delasalle

This week’s jobs.ac.uk hangout live video event “How to be a successful digital academic…” was full of great ideas and tips from experienced researchers and experts in digital tools for research. It was…

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