Twitter hashtags are a great way to join a conversation and feel part of a community. But how do you know which hashtags to use or follow? We’ve written a…
Megan McPherson and Narelle Lemon are the two continuing brains behind Academics Who Tweet, a research study about academia and social media. In this post, they describe their experience of…
Writing is an essential part of academic life, but many academics struggle to find the time to write and few of us have ever been given explicit training in how…
If you have a blog or you tweet, or perhaps your research team has a social media or web presence, then you may find yourself looking at that site’s metrics, trying to make sense…
A recently released RCUK funded report on public engagement with research, based on a project designed to create the conditions where public engagement with research could flourish identifies challenges and solutions,…
I’ve often said that Twitter is like an enormous conference hall: there are various conversations that you can walk past and maybe join in. As with conferences, you can look at who’s…
Last week, we heard from our Social Science correspondent, Bernie Divall, about how she has warmed up to Twitter but still has reservations. Here, I share some of my advice. As a new…
I’ve long felt a bit conflicted on the subject of Twitter. I remember doing a workshop while I was a student at the University of Warwick, and we were being…
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…
I’ll say it at the outset: I LOVE conferences! This might be because I’m inherently nosy, so I’m always fascinated to learn about what other researchers in my field have…