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Reducing loneliness with an app and a map: Careview
Read more: Reducing loneliness with an app and a map: CareviewIf you work in health and social care, engage with older residents or newly arrived migrants, this blog post is for you. “Loneliness is on its way to becoming Britain’s most lethal condition” reported Joe Smith in The Independent last April. He highlights Julianne Holt-Lunstad’s research which states that loneliness significantly increases the risk of premature death. 1 in 20 people always or often feels lonely (ONS, 2018). Therefore, the negative effects of social isolation and loneliness cut across many aspects of life. First of all, social isolation can be as damaging to health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day (Holt-Lunstad, 2015).…
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NEF Live 2019 – A story about my entrepreneurial journey
Read more: NEF Live 2019 – A story about my entrepreneurial journeyAnother week, another exciting event to share with you. We spent this week in London attending NEF Live 2019, organised by the New Entrepreneurs Foundation, and meeting with several people involved in research communication. In this blog post, I share some insights from NEF Live 2019 and how it ties to my entrepreneurial journey. The start of my entrepreneurial journey creating Research Retold can be traced back to London. In particular, the New Entrepreneurs Foundation (NEF). It was during the last year of my undergraduate that I learned about this organisation. The story of how I found out about…
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Communicating research to wider audiences: three insights from practice
Read more: Communicating research to wider audiences: three insights from practiceHappy Friday! I hope you’ve all had an amazing week. It’s been quiet in our office today. I took it as an opportunity to reflect on the event I went to yesterday at the University of Manchester. The event included a workshop on communicating research to wider audiences. Today I want to share three insights from the event with you. But first, some background. It was mid-December last year that I got an email from Sara Reis, Research and Policy Officer at the UK Women’s Budget Group (WBG). She was inviting me to speak at WBG’s early career network launch event…
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5 must-read articles on research communication in 2018
Read more: 5 must-read articles on research communication in 2018There are more and more interesting articles on research communication available online. This is because more and more academics find ways to get stakeholders to engage with their research findings. Moreover, the beauty of research communication is that its tools and practices can be applied to every single research area. This blog post highlights the 5 must-read articles on research communication in 2018. The articles collated here were published in Euroscientist, Scientific American, The Daily Texan and The Hindu. 1. Communicating Science in a Complex World Ziegler’s article talks about a recent conference in Brussels that gathered 75 stakeholders…
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Second part of the interview with Mihaela Gruia
Read more: Second part of the interview with Mihaela GruiaFollowing on from our last post, this week we share the second part of the interview with Mihaela Gruia, founder and CEO of Research Retold, about the ‘Guide to Communicating Research Beyond Academia’. The guide provides practical tips on how research could be visually disseminated and presented in a more engaging way to the stakeholders. In this part of the interview, Mihaela talks about the impact of the guide on the research community and her company, the process of promoting the guide, what entrepreneurs should keep in mind when deciding to write a guide and where you can get your…
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Publishing our first ever guide: an interview with Mihaela Gruia
Read more: Publishing our first ever guide: an interview with Mihaela GruiaIn this blog post, Anca Coman, our Outreach Communication Officer, sits down for an interview with Mihaela Gruia, the founder and CEO of Research Retold, to talk about Research Retold’s ‘Guide to Communicating Research Beyond Academia’. The guide was officially launched at the first year anniversary of Research Retold on November 8th 2018. The guide provides practical advice and tips on how research could be visually disseminated and presented in a more engaging way to stakeholders. In this interview, Mihaela shares insights about the process of creating the guide, its format and content, and how the guide will further support…
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Second #TheyDoComms event in Leeds: 3 Takeaways
Read more: Second #TheyDoComms event in Leeds: 3 TakeawaysIn this blog post, we share three takeaways from the second #TheyDoComms event organised by Branswer on the 22nd of November 2018 at the Natwest Business Accelerator Hub in Leeds. Branswer is a Leeds-based startup that strives to connect marketers to their clients, by offering them a platform to present their stories through accessible digital methods. At the #TheyDoComms events, professionals offer insights into the marketing and communications industry through their own experiences. In an intimate setting, the attendees of the #TheyDoComms event learned several useful tips from industry experts and were able to network, laugh and have a good…
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Maintaining a work-personal life balance for academics
Read more: Maintaining a work-personal life balance for academicsIn this blog post, we share some insights, tips and practical resources about maintaining a work-personal life balance as an academic. A work-personal life balance is essential for overall good quality of life. It also brings many benefits both to scholars’ work productivity and their personal activities and relationships (source). It’s not news that academics have a lot on their plate. Thus, they may struggle to find time for their personal life and leisure activities. Committed researchers find it difficult to narrow down their working programme. The work never stops and they are always thinking about new ideas. A Times…
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#TheyDoComms event in Leeds: 3 Takeaways
Read more: #TheyDoComms event in Leeds: 3 TakeawaysThis blog post talks about three takeaways from the #TheyDoComms event, which took place on the 25th of October 2018 at the Natwest Accelerator Hub in Leeds. This event was hosted by Branswer, a Leeds-based start-up whose mission is to empower marketers to share their stories through accessible digital tools that will help them connect with their clients. The #TheyDoComms event is part of a campaign that aims to bring integrity and passion back into the communications and marketing industry by sharing empowering stories from professionals around the world. This intimate event provided its live audience with networking opportunities and a…