How to write a “good” REF Environment Statement
As Research England considers increasing the weighting of environment statements, there is a focus on what exactly constitutes a high-quality statement.
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Journalists need to properly cite research for trustworthy news
Andy Tattersall shows how research is often poorly represented in the media and makes a case for better community standards – shared from the LSE Impact Blog
Social media ennui – the end of academic social media?
Is social media in a period of change? David Beer considers whether trends towards repetition and uniformity are prefiguring a new standard.
Does the REF add any value to UK research?
Shared from the LSE Impact blog Banal-Estanol et al. use a novel method to evaluate UK research performance against that of a US-based counterfactual.
Why don’t we account for luck in research careers?
Success in academia popularly linked to hard work. However, a study of how academics describe their careers suggests luck plays a significant role.
What 40k job adverts say about academic career progression
A study of over 40k academic job ads highlights how the skills required for progression differ over career stage & geography – shared from LSE Impact Blog
LSE Impact Blog: Top Posts of 2022
Want to know what the ten most read LSE Impact Blog posts were this year? We count down the ten most read blogposts published in 2022.
Just how important is the problem of predatory publishing?
In this post from LSE Impact Blog, Simon Linacre urges less focus on predatory publishing & more on the real world negative impact caused by predatory journals
A tool for navigating your research career
New tool to help map your activities exposing where activity is clustered, supporting you to be strategic and selective in what you take on to support your career priorities and goals.
Academics should embrace Lo-Fi podcasting
We love podcasts, they have become an established part of university communications and public engagement activities – could they help you?
The case against Revise and Resubmit
Professor Christine Williams discusses the potential benefits and drawbacks of abolishing the dreaded revise and resubmit, over and over again.
5 Strategies for Hitting a Writing Deadline
To adapt the well-known saying: there are few constants in academia other than death and deadlines. Delia Lloyd presents five strategies for getting writing done when you really need to.