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| Jo Mitchell

Money counts: some tips for researchers and academics

Research takes time AND money. We rarely have enough of either commodity, so our article looks at ways to find funds, cut costs and invest in a more financially resilient future….

conference, finance

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| Jo Mitchell

Open access: how to turn notions of equity into reality

Open Access to published research seems like a quick win to get research results to where they are most needed – quickly. In reality the problem is messy and complex and the research publication industry has not yet settled on an equitable model to make this happen….

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| Jo Mitchell

Disability in HE: building on recent breakthroughs

Remote working, asynchronous timetables, a reduction in presenteeism – developments that disabled academics have spent years calling for have been swiftly and widely adopted in the light of the pandemic….

networking, disability

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| Jo Mitchell

Is science all that matters? The importance of humanities in a post-Covid world

Policy to counter COVID-19 sits between science and politics, so we need humanities as well as scientific research to beat the disease….

funding, humanities

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| Jo Mitchell

Four things to consider before booking your next conference

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| Jo Mitchell

Precarity in HE: what you need to know about fixed term contracts

Higher education is now one of the most casualised sectors in the UK, according to the University and College Union (UCU). In France, a third of academic staff are employed on short term contracts….

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