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Category Archives: Research Impact
Initial Reactions to HEFCE’s ‘Initial decisions on REF 2021’
This lunchtime HEFCE have announced some more “Initial Decisions” on REF 2021, which I’ve summarised below. Slightly frustratingly, the details are scattered across a few documents, and it’s easy to miss some of them. There’s an exec summary, a circular … Continue reading
Posted in Funding, Funding Policy, Research Impact, University culture
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HEFCE publishes ‘Consultation on the second Research Excellence Framework (REF 2021)’
In my previous post I wrote about the Stern Review, and in particular the portability issue – whereby publications remained with the institution where they were written, rather than moving institutions with the researcher – which seemed by some distance … Continue reading
The Stern Review – Publications, Portability, and Panic
The Stern Review on the future of the REF is out today, and there are any number of good summaries of the key recommendations that you can read. You could also follow the #sternreview hashtag on Twitter, or read it … Continue reading
Getting research funding: the significance of significance
In a excellent recent blog post, Lachlan Smith wrote about the “who cares?” question that potential grant applicants ought to consider, and that research development staff ought to pose to applicants on a regular basis. Why is this research important, … Continue reading
Using Social Media to Support Research Management – ARMA training and development event
Last week I gave a brief presentation at a training and development event organised by ARMA (Association of Research Managers and Administrators) entitled ‘Using Social Media to Support Research Management’. Also presenting were Professor Andy Miah of the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Career Young Researchers, Research Impact, Social Media, University culture
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MOOCing about: My experience of a massively open online course
I’ve just completed my first Massively Open Online Course (or MOOC) entitled ‘The mind is flat: the shocking shallowness of human psychology run via the Futurelearn platform. It was run by Professor Nick Chater and PhD student Jess Whittlestone of … Continue reading
Posted in Open Access, Public Sector, Research Impact, University culture
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Adam Golberg announces new post about Ministers inserting themselves into research grant announcements
Here’s something I’ve been wondering recently. Is it just me, or have major research council funding announcements started to be made by government ministers, rather than by the, er, research councils? Here’s a couple of examples that caught my eye … Continue reading
Posted in British Academy, ESRC, Funding, Funding Policy, Research Impact, University culture
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Is there a danger that research funding calls are getting too narrow?
The ESRC have recently added a little more detail to a previous announcement about a pending call for European-Chinese joint research projects on Green Economy and Population Change. Specifically, they’re after projects which address the following themes: Green Economy The … Continue reading
Posted in ESRC, Frustrations, Funding, Funding Policy, Research Costs, Research Impact
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The consequences of Open Access, part 2: Are researchers prepared for greater scrutiny?
In part 1 of this post, I raised questions about how academic writing might have to change in response to the open access agenda. The spirit of open access surely requires not just the availability of academic papers, but the … Continue reading
The consequences of Open Access: Part 1: Is anyone thinking about the “lay” reader?
The thorny issue of “open access” – which I take to mean the question of how to make the fruits of publicly-funded research freely and openly available to the public – is one that’s way above my pay grade and … Continue reading