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Category Archives: Resource
Equality Challenge Unit work supporting the career development of research staff – get involved?
The Equality Challenge Unit (ECU) would like to develop a guidance document for universities on how they can support the career development of research staff within HE. The document aims to: highlight the range of initiatives that departments can develop … Continue reading
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Top 10 tips on how to make your open access research visible online
I’m going to shamelessly repost the top 10 tips Brian Kelly has highlighted in a recent JISC Open Access-themed blog post. The question he poses top tips for is: “So you’ve deposited your research paper in your institution’s online repository [DSpace … Continue reading
Posted in Dissemination, Open Access, Public engagement, Resource, Social media
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Research Blogging: a blog of research
ResearchBlogging.org is a system for identifying the best, most thoughtful blog posts about peer-reviewed research. In their own words: “Do you write about peer-reviewed research in your blog? Use ResearchBlogging.org to make it easy for your readers — and others … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Dissemination, Networking, Public engagement, Resource, Social media
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The Stack Exchange
I’ve recently come across The Stack Exchange, a free to use question and answer site for academics and those enrolled in higher education: http://academia.stackexchange.com . You can post a question or look for answers to a question you might have, … Continue reading
Worlds’ Greatest Keyboard Shortcut
Tabbed browsing is great, but what happens if you accidentally close one of the many tabs you had open? Stop your cursing – it’s easy: CTRL-SHIFT-T (CMD-SHIFT-T on a Mac). Your accidentally-closed tab automagically re-opens. Just stumbled across this gem … Continue reading
Helping you to help yourselves – the Benefit of Research Staff Associations
Back in the day, when I was a researcher, I was part of a local committee for post-docs that provided a voice for all of us in the institution. Some people didn’t want to get involved, but for those of … Continue reading
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The Great Hindsight Giveaway
This is on behalf of Debi Maskell-Graham and Becky Brown in the Centre for Child and Family Research. Dear Fellow Research Staff and Researching Academics Everywhere! The Great Hindsight Giveaway Whilst lost on fieldwork in the West Midlands last year, … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Dissemination, Public engagement, Resource, Social, Virtual research
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Google Sites – new page-level security
Google Apps for Education got an interesting tweak this week – if you thought the security on Sites was a bit coarse (ie. could only share/hide the whole site) then hurrah for page-level permissions. You can now control who can view … Continue reading
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A free pint on the web? Surely not…
Nope. Not what you thought, I suspect. But FreePint, in its own words, “…publishes a collection of resources to help information workers be more effective, raise the value of information in their organisations and contribute to success.” They also do … Continue reading
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Late night public engagement
Don’t be ordinary. If you’ve got some fundamentally interesting kit to show off, use it. It’s a great way to start a conversation about research. I took my eldest to see the university’s astronomical observatory last night. (Astronomical in the … Continue reading
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