Blogposts
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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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A review of our first quarter in 2019
Read more: A review of our first quarter in 2019In this post I share a review of our first quarter in 2019, in terms of our content, community, team, events and client projects. This post comes as a reflection on the five intentions for 2019 that I published in January. I’d categorise these first three months as a ‘slow season’ in terms of new client […]
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Our fake news and disinformation event in Leeds
Read more: Our fake news and disinformation event in LeedsCreating events is one of the business resolutions I set out for 2019. I knew that when the right opportunity would come along I’d be excited to bring it to life. In this blog, I share our journey of collaboration to create our ‘Alternative facts: fake news and disinformation’ event in Leeds, why we are […]
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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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The journey of hiring our first employee
Read more: The journey of hiring our first employeeHiring our first employee was something I thought about since day one of Research Retold. After 1 year and five months, it happened. In this post, Isabel shares her experience of becoming our first employee. Isabel’s journey to Research Retold Isabel shares: “My journey with Research Retold began in September 2018, a few days after […]
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Meet our new marketing interns!
Read more: Meet our new marketing interns!Happy International Women’s day! I hope you are having a wonderful spring day. To celebrate both women and being international, we want to introduce you to our new marketing interns. Leyla and Carmen are joining us for three months to help with social media, content and PR tasks. What does the Research Retold internship involve? Running Research […]
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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. […]
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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 […]