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Research Uptake Manager: LSHTM – Deadline 28 November

Research Uptake Manager – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of Population Health Deadline: Thursday 28 November 2019 Location: London...

EBPDN: Refreshing recommended resources

The Evidence-based Policy in Development Network (ebpdn) was a 7-year DFID-funded programme that aimed to establish a worldwide community of practice for...

Lessons from building a research programme website: Part 2

In Part 2 of ‘Lessons from building a programme website (Read Part 1 first!), web developer Dru Riches-Magnier offers advice on what...

Senior Communications Officer: ODI – Deadline 27 October

Senior Communications Officer Deadline: 27 October, 2019 Interviews: 4 November, 2019 Location: London Term: Fixed-term (until 30 March 2021) Salary: £34,988 –...

Lessons from building a research programme website: Part 1

In this two-part blog as part of Open Access Week, Nilam McGrath and Dru Riches-Magnier outline the approach they took to develop...
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Making your research accessible

Research Uptake Manager: LSHTM – Deadline 28 November

21/11/2019

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Research Uptake Manager – London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Department of Population Health Deadline: Thursday 28 November 2019 Location: London Term: Full time…

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Communications and Campaigns Officer: Action for Global Health Network UK – Deadline 5 November

31/10/2019

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Communications and Campaigns Officer, Action for Global Health Network UK Deadline: Midnight, Tuesday 5 November 2019 Interviews: Friday, 8 November 2019 Location: London, UK Term:…

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EBPDN: Refreshing recommended resources

31/10/2019

Blog Posts

The Evidence-based Policy in Development Network (ebpdn) was a 7-year DFID-funded programme that aimed to establish a worldwide community of practice for think tanks, policy…

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Lessons from building a research programme website: Part 2

24/10/2019

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In Part 2 of ‘Lessons from building a programme website (Read Part 1 first!), web developer Dru Riches-Magnier offers advice on what to consider when…

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Making your research accessible

Senior Communications Officer: ODI – Deadline 27 October

23/10/2019

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Senior Communications Officer Deadline: 27 October, 2019 Interviews: 4 November, 2019 Location: London Term: Fixed-term (until 30 March 2021) Salary: £34,988 – £40,573 per annum…

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Lessons from building a research programme website: Part 1

22/10/2019

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In this two-part blog as part of Open Access Week, Nilam McGrath and Dru Riches-Magnier outline the approach they took to develop the COMDIS-HSD website…

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Strategic communication

The Nobel and poverty alleviation: ‘A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure’

21/10/2019

2019 Nobel Prize Winners for Economics Blog Posts

“A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure” Esther Duflo – winner of the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Science in Memory of…

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Seeing isn’t always believing: Data design that overcomes visual impairments

10/10/2019

Ishihara Plate 9 test for colour blindness Blog Posts

Today is World Sight Day 2019. Right now, more than 1 billion people cannot see well because they don’t have access to glasses, about 36…

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Working with the media

Return of the House Hippo: Media Literacy Week

09/10/2019

Blog Posts

Fake News is certainly news, but is it new? It was already enough of a problem in 1999 that young Canadians were introduced to a…

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Working with the media

Chief Executive, Europe: Internews – Deadline 5 October

02/10/2019

Blog Posts

Chief Executive, Europe: Internews Deadline: 5 October, 2019 Location: London Term: Salary: Competitive Other: i.e. immigration The Board is seeking to appoint a Chief Executive…

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Principal Consultant in Learning and Communications for Development: DAI – Deadline: 30 September

24/09/2019

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Deadline: 30 September, 2019 Location: Hemel Hempstead, Herts, UK Term: Full time (will consider part-time, not less than 3 days a week), fixed-term one-year contract…

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Head of Policy and Advocacy: Traidcraft – Deadline 30 September

24/09/2019

Blog Posts

Head of Policy and Advocacy Deadline: 9am, Monday, 30 September, 2019 Interviews (provisional date): Week commencing 7th October 2019 Location: London Term: Permanent, ideally full-time…

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