Category Archives: writing

Developing the Culture of Publication

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Image source: marissabracke This is a guest post by Moira Tyas, who is the project team member for the ‘Developing the Culture of Publication’. This is one of the 2013  Teaching and Learning Innovation Projects funded by TALI. It is the sixth of 11 … Continue reading →

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Top tips for writing research funding bids

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Just read a great tongue-in-cheek blog post listing 14 ways to ensure that your research funding bid is rejected. The post has some excellent advice to research bid writers about the most common traps to avoid, such as using technical … Continue reading →

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Tips on How to Secure Research Grants

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Image (c) Images_of_Money A panel of experts during a Guardian HE live chat were asked to share tips on how best to secure research grants. Eliza Anyangwe of the Guardian has collated the best bits of this online discussion and … Continue reading →

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Tools for storytelling

Posted on November 2, 2011 by

This useful tool to easily create stories was highlighted by Andrew Walsh (one of the many benefits of Twitter is that you get to know about interesting activities and tools). You can follow Andrew who is a Librarian at Huddersfield … Continue reading →

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How to get published and formulate your article

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

A 15 min presentation by Professor M Hashem Pesaran, Editor, Journal of Applied Econometrics at the Econometric Society World Congress in Shanghai, August 2010. There is some generic relevant information on getting published for which academics in other subject fields … Continue reading →

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Close reading: Using metaphors in data analysis

Posted on February 18, 2011 by

The workshop was organised by Realities – part of the ESRC National Centre for Research Methods Why analyse metaphor? Metaphor is recognised as an important way of thinking – constructing analogies and making connections between ideas – and an important … Continue reading →

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The mysterious process of academic writing

Posted on November 26, 2010 by

A video attempting to depict the complex nature of the academic writing process. We all know that it is not as easy as simply sitting down in front of the screen and words come out and the essay or writing … Continue reading →

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