Telling research career stories – Part 1
This is the first of two posts about the issue of research career disruptions and interruptions. I started writing this as a simple “Top 5” listing of how to write about these situations, and what not...
View ArticleKeeping referees sweet
Choosing the referees to list on a CV and job applications can be a complex business, particularly when you’re starting out. You want a balance of voices who could credibly recommend you. Perhaps...
View ArticleDangers of internal funding
I’ve benefited from different types of internal university funding for my research over the years. The schemes I’ve accessed range from conference money to pilot project grants and new staff grants....
View ArticleChanging disciplinary horses
Since the beginning of this year, I’ve been mired in active discussions around who I am as a scholar. Luckily for the world at large, these discussions exist mostly in my head, and only occasionally...
View ArticleAcademic writing ‘outside’ academia
Dr Jay Daniel Thompson is a freelance writer, researcher, and editor who teaches at the University of Melbourne. His website can be found here. Jay is also Book Reviews Editor for the Journal of the...
View ArticleWhat does your soul (read: postdoc application) look like?
Jonathan Laskovsky is the Senior Coordinator, Research Partnerships, in the College of Design and Social Context at RMIT University. He is primarily responsible for managing research partnerships...
View ArticleTen tips for better research
This article first appeared in Funding Insight on October 12, 2016 and is reproduced with kind permission of Research Professional. For more articles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com....
View ArticleThe gift of record-keeping: A tool for future promotion
Dr Bronwyn Eager works as a Lecturer, Entrepreneurship at Swinburne Business School, Swinburne University of Technology. Her research focuses on stress, coping and time-orientation in entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleNarrative of ideas
I’ve just been reading a Fellowship application. The applicant is brilliant. She has a great project idea that is urgently needed, and had excellent potential to lead to both theoretical developments...
View ArticleDigital portraits for academics
This post started life as a comment on Yammer at RMIT (thanks, Hans). Drawing Hands by M. C. Escher, 1948, (via Wikimedia). Recently, Hans Tilstra was talking about digital twins – online identical...
View ArticleWriting about yourself
We recently published a book, Getting research funded: Five essential rules for early career researchers. This post provides excerpts from chapter 3: Get the team right. Until the end of 2023, you can...
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