Apr 24
Alex Hope (@DrSustainable) is running a session on social media and networking for academics and researchers today at 3pm: Overview: There is massive potential to use social and digital media to develop a highly effective network but there is so much information on the Internet, where do you start? Dr Alex Hope (Faculty of Engineering …
Jul 18
The AHRC, NESTA, and Arts Council England have joined together to launch a £7 million digital R&D fund for the arts. Arts Digital R&D Fund The fund will “support research and development projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and/or explore new business models for organisations with arts projects.” I’ve included further details …
Jul 05
Here’s a guest post from Dr Sara Walker from the School of Built & Natural Environment at Northumbria University. Sara is Director of Research in the Department of Architecture, Engineering and Construction. I recently dipped a toe into the strange world of Twitter. Twitter enables you to “follow” a range of people and organisations and to find out …
Jun 14
Most of us have now returned from this year’s ARMA conference (apart from those who’ve bravely stayed on another few days for the PraxisUnico conference). A full write-up will follow, but in short the event was largely excellent: I attended several exceptionally interesting and useful workshops, made new connections with colleagues across the sector, and …
Jun 12
A few of us from RBS are heading down to Southampton tonight for this year’s Association of Research Managers and Administrators conference, subtitled “Making a Difference!”. Taking place over 12th-13th June, the conference provides an opportunity to hear from our peers on a range of topics related to research management, from ways to improve pre-award …
Apr 25
There was an interesting post on the LSE Impact Blog last week which describes one academic’s experiences using blogging and tweets to highlight her research, which she made freely available in her institution’s open access repository: The verdict: is blogging and tweeting research papers worth it? As Melissa Terras explains, the bottom line is that …
Apr 24
The ESRC (Economic and Social Science Research Council) is showcasing how its funded research engages with different aspects of contemporary life over seven days in a series of short videos. Monday’s video focused on research exploring image, identity and ageing among women. Next week’s will discuss charity and volunteering. Using videos as public engagement tools …
Apr 10
Many of us use social media – e.g. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs – on a daily basis, but is it simply a bit of fun, a chance to chat to family and friends, or can it boost your career as a researcher? The Vitae North West Hub are holding a short seminar which aims to …
Jan 16
The first post in what will become a semi-regular series rounding up the latest news and views from around the research blogosphere. This week we’re focusing on using social media in research. Let’s kick things off with a post from Julie Northam at Bournemouth University Research Office about the benefits of academic blogging: Academics who blog regularly …
