Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
How Will Zero-Hour Contracts Change UK’s Academic Culture?
‘I did not contemplate the possibility that academics might rewarded for years of study, teaching, hard work with a no-obligations, no-guaranteed-income employment contract,’ says Daniel Nehring. And yet with zero-hour contracts entering academe, that un-reality is now here.
Women’s Own Behavior Boosts Gender Disparity in Academia
Concerns about gender equity in academia are persistent and sadly not new. A recent paper details evidence that women may inadvertently contribute to gender disparities in conference presentations by requesting lower profile roles. What can be done to address that?
How to Use Screencasting to Improve Students’ Research Methods
If you could make a movie of sorts as you talked over a presentation being made on your computer screen — not […]
Mentoring Plan Aims at Women Theology Researchers
A new mentoring scheme for women in academia researching religion has been launched in the wake of a report which highlighted the […]
We All Have a Dog in the Fight When Researchers Lie
Looking specifically at Australia, the author of the book on research integrity wonders how rampant plagiarizing and fabricating may be among researchers.
Mission Possible: Be an Ethical Social Scientist
The author of a book on research ethics for social scientists suggests that issues such as antagonism with university review boards and new complexities introduced by Big Data can make integrity a sometime elusive quality.
How Do You Say, ‘Read Me?’ Or Choosing Keywords to Retrieve Information
So you’ve written a snappy and yet accurate and informative title for your journal article, and so after your victory lap you spend just a few seconds thinking about the keywords. That’s probably a mistake, argues the just-retired editor of an important political science journal.
Sociologist Jane Elliott In Place at Head of ESRC
As announced earlier in the year, sociologist Jane Elliott took the reins of Britain’s Economic and Social Research Council on October 1. […]
