There are many things in the world that prevent a researcher from writing: the stress of looming deadlines, supervisory feedback, poor preparation, family responsibilities, language barriers – the list is endless. However, sometimes our writing is obstructed not so much because of external factors but because of something internal; our own thought processes and expectations […]
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Are you an open researcher? Tell others about it. Open Research encompasses a wide range of practices that aim to make research openly available, transparent and, where this applies, reproducible. Open research practices are not all-or-nothing: they are closely tied to research discipline and can include making publications open access, engaging with innovative open publishing […]
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We asked some of last year’s committee members to give us an insight into being on the DC Conference Committee and any words of wisdom for those thinking of applying for the 2021 committee? Clayton as Co-Chair, congratulations on organising a fantastic 2020 DC Conference. For you, what was the best part about being involved […]
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Dr Mike Rose, Researcher Development Training Officer, Doctoral College Academic writing is a strange beast. It often looks like botched taxidermy, especially in the editing phase. (I was going to include an image here, but they were all a bit upsetting. Image search ‘weird taxidermy’ at your discretion.) The conventions are often rigid but implicit, […]
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Guest post – Professor David Sampson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Research & Innovation I have always liked to write – but when I started out writing down my science, I was rubbish. One of my first papers, a full-length exposition of the work that won me my first EPSRC grant (SERC back then) and set me on my […]
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Dr Alex Pavey, Researcher Development Training Officer, Doctoral College I’ve experimented with many, many different writing tips and techniques in the past, particularly when I was working on my PhD thesis. I tried making writing the very first thing I did in the morning, and I also tried not sitting down to write until I’d […]
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