I have worked in research organisations for the past few years, and working with researchers has become mainstream to me as a communicator, and research…
Does research methodology matter to a communicator?
08/10/2020
Posts Tagged 'development'
Senior Media Officer: Islamic Relief Worldwide, London – 6 October
28/09/2020
Senior Media Officer, Islamic Relief Worldwide Deadline: 6 October, 2020 Location: London Salary: £32,947 – £34,770 Other: Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK…
Development Studies: A student perspective
08/09/2020
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In response to the growing Black Lives Matter movement across the world, many of us are reflecting upon race and the role each of us…
How researchers use LinkedIn effectively
29/07/2020
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LinkedIn’s strong focus on business and employment-oriented content is atypical amongst social media sites and can make it a difficult platform to use for academic…
Decolonising research: Some useful strategies
01/07/2020
‘Knowledge without context is in fact no knowledge at all’ This quote from Steve Denning, who used to lead the World Bank’s organisational knowledge-sharing programme,…
Head of UK Advocacy and Campaigns: Christian Aid – Deadline 7 June
01/06/2020
Head of UK Advocacy and Campaigns Deadline: 7 June 2020 Location: London Term: Full time, permanent Salary: £62,245 – £69,443 per annum including London Weighting…
Going Digital: Free online capacity development webinar from INASP – 26 May
22/05/2020
We need many voices, many institutions, and many types of knowledge to support and strengthen the creation and use of research and evidence. This is…
Connecting the Dots
15/04/2020
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Connecting the Dots is a pamphlet by Jake Chapman, Charlie Edwards, and Simon Hampson and published by Demos. It aims to lay the foundations for…
Advocacy and Youth Advisor: Save the Children – Deadline: 25 March
20/03/2020
Do you want to play a key role in an organisation which stands up for children? Join us as an Advocacy and Youth Advisor and…
On reciprocity and impact: Some reflections from a junior researcher
19/03/2020
The Latin American Disabled People’s Project (LADPP) is the only organisation in London devoted to serving disabled people whose first language is Spanish or Portuguese,…
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak highlights serious deficiencies in scholarly communication
13/03/2020
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As research and government responses to the COVID-19 outbreak escalate in the face of a global public health crisis, Vincent Larivière, Fei Shu and Cassidy R. Sugimoto reflect on efforts to make research on this subject more widely available. Arguing that a narrow focus on research published in high ranking journals predominantly in English has impeded research efforts, they suggest that the renewed emphasis on carrying out open research on the virus presents an opportunity to reassess how research and scholarly communication systems serve the public good.
Visualizing the data: Women’s representation in society
08/03/2020
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On the eve of 64th session of the Commission on the Status of Women we’re loving this brilliant series of data visualisations created by UNWomen…
Paula Fray
Shubha Jayaram
Sue Martin
Maria Balarin
James Harvey
Emily Hayter
Susan Koshy
Ronald Munatsi
Ajoy Datta
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