Blogposts
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3 reasons why interns boost your business
Read more: 3 reasons why interns boost your businessIn this post, I talk about 3 reasons why interns boost your business. I will also introduce you to our two new marketing interns who will be with us for the next 3 months. — Running a business as a solo founder can be really tough. I manage a network of 13 associates across the […]
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Communicating research to policymakers for action – Workshop
Read more: Communicating research to policymakers for action – WorkshopIn this post, I share three key success factors for researchers to engage with policymakers. I also offer three lessons from delivering a workshop to high-level members of the National Institute of Policy Studies in Nigeria. This workshop on communicating research to policymakers for action took place at the University of Sheffield. Communicating research […]
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The juggling act of a PhD student
Read more: The juggling act of a PhD studentHello and we hope you’re all having a nice summer! We took a vacation break and are now back in the office with renewed energy and fresh ideas. To get us out of the summer blues and to kick off the blog posts again, we sat down with Gemma Bridge, PhD student in Public Health […]
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Tips for communicating research to stakeholders
Read more: Tips for communicating research to stakeholdersIn this blog post, we share insights from two researchers and one impact consultant on communicating research to stakeholders This is a follow-up post from our blog on communication tips for academic researchers sourced from five published authors in The Conversation. What do we mean by stakeholder? We’ll pay homage to our academic inclinations […]
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Presenting research to a non-academic audience
Read more: Presenting research to a non-academic audienceIn this blog, we share six tips on presenting research to a non-academic audience. Our insights are based on reviewing the top 12 presentations on Slideshare about this topic. This blog post is written from the perspective of a non-academic audience member, with a background in Integrated Marketing Communications, Events Management and Public Relations. […]
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Insights from the Festival of Ideas
Read more: Insights from the Festival of IdeasIn this blog, we share our insights from the Festival of Ideas in Leeds. The event took place on Monday the 8th of April and was organised by the University of Leeds. The Festival of Ideas is an annual event that brings together academia and industry for a day of talks and discussion. Academics from […]
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5 things I learned during my first radio interview
Read more: 5 things I learned during my first radio interviewWhenever anyone asks me to share my journey about starting Research Retold I’m usually very open. Yet, when Jamie asked me to do this during the Business Live radio show I knew it would be a completely new experience. In many ways, the radio interview felt like a conversation over coffee. In other ways, knowing […]
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Communication tips for academic researchers
Read more: Communication tips for academic researchersIn this blog post, we share 5 communication tips for academic researchers. We sourced these tips from 5 researchers who have published articles in The Conversation. These are 5 of the 20 researchers we reached out to a month ago to ask for insights. Communicating research can be an exciting process. It can increase the […]
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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. […]