Outreach and public engagement

How universities can use civic engagement and collaboration to get local communities and the broader public involved in their research and other work and generate positive impacts felt beyond the campus walls. These resources also explore effective ways for academics, educators and other teams to reach out and engage with school pupils and groups underrepresented in higher education to break down potential barriers to access.

By Miranda Prynne, 26 April, 2022

Making research metrics work for you, part two

A picture representing the different components needed to improve research metrics
Steps you can take to improve your research data and elevate the visibility of your work, in part two of Ioannis Glinavos’ advice on managing metrics
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3minutes
By dene.mullen, 6 April, 2022

Why I choose not to teach with social media

Smartphone and social media addiction is a real danger - and academics would be complicit if we don't start questioning its use more readily
If social media is eventually revealed as a grave threat to public health, the academy’s unquestioning adoption of it could make scholars complicit
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3minutes
By dene.mullen, 5 April, 2022

The 10 commandments of academic Twitter

Opening the Twitter app on a mobile phone
Lucas Lixinski offers tips on how to engage positively with the social media platform, from ‘honour thy hashtags’ to ‘thou shalt live-tweet at events’
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4minutes
By Miranda Prynne, 31 March, 2022

How to develop a graphical framework to chart your research

Advice on developing graphical frameworks to explain your research
Graphic representations or frameworks can be powerful tools to explain research processes and outcomes. David Waller explains how researchers can develop effective visual models to chart their work
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4minutes
Outreach and public engagement