On 12th December 2017, in the middle of that period of heavy snow and ice which brought the West Midlands to a halt, I found myself sitting in front of my laptop being interviewed by Skype for the position of REF Panel Adviser. A couple of weeks later, I was delighted to hear I had … Continue reading “REF Panel Adviser. Again.”
Category: Think: Research
PERspectives: ENCOMPASS – Notes from the project kick-off meeting
Piece by Derren Cresswell, ENCOMPASS Research Fellow As we waited for the primary school children to finish up their session in the education room, it was clear that the network that is being created by the ENCOMPASS project was well under way. People introduced themselves as they filled out name tags and chatted about bits of public … Continue reading “PERspectives: ENCOMPASS – Notes from the project kick-off meeting”
PERspectives: Encounters in Art and Science at Think Corner, Helsinki
Piece written by: Melissa Grant, Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences, School of Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham I recently had the pleasure of visiting Think Corner (or Tiede Kulma in Finnish*) in Helsinki for the launch of the Encounters Across Art and Science events courtesy of the Finnish Bioart Society. The idea for the … Continue reading “PERspectives: Encounters in Art and Science at Think Corner, Helsinki”
PERspectives: Notes from the Genome Editing Public Engagement Synergy (GEPES)
By now many of you will have heard the term ‘CRISPR’ in the news. CRISPR-Cas9, often shorten to ‘CRISPR’ (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) is a revolutionary genome editing technique that allows permanent modification of genes within organisms. To date much of the conversation around the use of this technology has been around its potential for treating … Continue reading “PERspectives: Notes from the Genome Editing Public Engagement Synergy (GEPES)”
New report on Russian-speaking Foreign Fighters
New report on Russian-speaking Foreign Fighters by Cerwyn Moore and Mark Youngman Existing data on Russian-speaking groups and individuals linked to the Islamic State is often inaccurate, according to CREST Researcher Cerwyn Moore and ESRC-funded PhD Student Mark Youngman. They have released a substantive report on Russian-speaking foreign fighters and Islamic State’s influence in the … Continue reading “New report on Russian-speaking Foreign Fighters”
The use of social media in my research
The first in a series of blogs on using social media in research by Professor Anna C. Whittaker @brainsnstyle @PANINI_EU https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/generic/panini/index.aspx I use social media in a work setting for three main reasons: 1. Dissemination of our research findings more widely 2. Building a network of useful contacts within and beyond academia 3. Engaging in … Continue reading “The use of social media in my research”
Introduction from our new DPVC Research Impact
written by Professor Heather Widdows Impact matters Impact matters. For research to matter at all, it should, in some form and at some time, have impact in the world. This might not be immediate or direct, but if our research does not have impact – on how we understand ourselves and our world, on how … Continue reading “Introduction from our new DPVC Research Impact”
Launch of a New Support Website for British Pensioners in Spain
By Kelly Hall, Lecturer in Social Policy Over the last two years I have been working with the British Consulate in Malaga to undertake research exploring the vulnerabilities facing British pensioners living in Spain. This research originated from concerns by the Consulate that they were receiving a considerable increase in vulnerable older people (and more … Continue reading “Launch of a New Support Website for British Pensioners in Spain”
The Industrial Strategy
Written by guest blogger Dr Steve Taylor, Head of Strategic Research Development UK Governments since Neville Chamberlain’s in the 1930s (and I am sure scholars will offer examples from before) have sought some form of Industrial Strategy – policies that support growth in the economy through enabling UK industry. So, the idea is nothing new, … Continue reading “The Industrial Strategy”
Successful Transitions
Written by Rachel Hewett (PI – Graeme Douglas and Co – I Rachel Hewett) For the past seven years I have been working as the primary researcher on the ‘Longitudinal Transitions Study’: a longitudinal qualitative investigation into the post-16 transition experiences of young people with visual impairment. This project, which is based at Visual Impairment … Continue reading “Successful Transitions”