Category Archives: Career Young Researchers
Meanwhile, over at the ESRC…
There have been a few noteworthy developments at the ESRC over the summer months which I think are probably worth drawing together into a single blog post for those (like me) who’ve made the tactical error of choosing to have … Continue reading
News from the ESRC: International co-investigators and the Future Leaders Scheme
I’m still behind on my blogging – I owe the internet the second part of the impact series, and a book review I really must get round to writing. But I picked up an interesting nugget of information regarding the … Continue reading
How can we help researchers get responses for web questionnaires?
I’ve had an idea, and I’d like you, the internet, to tell me if it’s a good one or not. Or how it might be made into a good one. Would it be useful to set up a central list/blog/twitter … Continue reading
Coping with rejection: What to do if your grant application is unsuccessful. Part 1: Understand what it means…. and what it doesn’t mean
Some application and assessment processes are for limited goods, and some are for unlimited goods, and it’s important to understand the difference. PhD vivas and driving tests are assessments for unlimited goods – there’s no limit on how many PhDs … Continue reading
Estimating Investigator and Researcher Time on a Project
Prompted in part by an interesting discussion of the importance of the budget in establishing the overall credibility and shape of a research proposal at the ever-excellent Research Whisperer, I thought I’d put fingers-to-keyboard on the vexed issue of estimating … Continue reading
What would wholesale academic adoption of social media look like?
Last week, the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog was asking for its readers and followers to nominate their favourite academic tweeters. This got me thinking. While that’s a sensible question to ask now, and one that could create a … Continue reading
The ESRC and “Demand Management”: Part 4 – Quotas and Sanctions, PIs and Co-Is….
Previously in this series of posts on ESRC Demand Management I’ve discussed the background to the current unsustainable situation and aspects of the initial changes, such as the greater use of sifting and outline stages, and the new ban on … Continue reading
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ESRC Future Research Leaders call announced
The ESRC has recently launched their long-awaited Future Research Leaders scheme, and it’s a mixture of good news and not so good news. The good news first – that there’s a scheme at all, and that there’s funding at all. … Continue reading
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