Concern about the influence of social media, particularly Facebook, on international societal and political climates is a growing issue in today’s digital culture. From political…
How to combat hate speech on Facebook
5 November 2018
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Four critical organisational features that impact policy and practice
24 October 2018
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Research organisations are changing the make-up of their teams in order to increase the likelihood of their research having an impact on policy and practice….
LSE Impact Blog – Editor
23 October 2018
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The LSE Impact Blog is an award-winning, highly popular blog aimed at academics, researchers, and higher education and scholarly communications professionals. It publishes regular blog posts…
Building new relationships: The right strategy, at the right time
15 October 2018
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Building relationships is all about communication. Building new relationships beyond your existing networks challenges you to look hard at both who you are and who…
Innovation expands access to Nicaraguan Sign Language
26 September 2018
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During International Week of the Deaf, Sign On For Literacy prize winner Manos Unidas shares how technology is transforming access to education for deaf children…
R2A Social Media consultant
23 September 2018
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Are you a social media specialist with a passion for improving research communications? A self-starter, able to work remotely with a small multi-country team? Do…
‘Life Is Too Short to RTFM’ wins Ig Nobel for Literature
14 September 2018
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A little light humour for a Friday… The latest round of Ig Nobel Prizes was given out last night, and for those of us in…
Pitch your podcast to BBC radio
11 September 2018
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Have you got an original idea for a podcast? Why not pitch it to the BBC? There is a standard commissioning process for podcasts destined…
Virtual reality helps preserve a millennia-old tradition
7 September 2018
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It’s always a challenge to decide how and when to use new technology to change and improve the way we communicate. You have to experiment,…
Going ‘mobile first’ to reach African audiences
3 September 2018
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Mobile means more than being on the move, it means connecting to the next generation of African audiences. Recent data shows that 52% of the world’s website traffic…
Research impact: ‘top tips’ on communicating & pitching research to non-academic audiences
30 August 2018
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Some great ideas about getting your research out of the lab and in front of the public, from top researchers at the University of Manchester:…
Referencing sources – making it work for non-academic audiences
14 August 2018
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Referencing our sources of evidence when writing for academic audiences is common practice. Yet, for the average reader of research outside academia, references are often…
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