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Valentine’s day is fast approaching and individual researchers may be seeking out new researcher collaborations, or romancing their ideas, or even getting themselves ready for a night in with those grant applications! Okay, so perhaps not the typical Valentine’s day. As you are already aware, from my fellow correspondent’s blog post … [Read more...]
We're delighted to feature this guest post by Dr Sharon McDonough: she offers her perspective on both the academic life and farming.a All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure Two years ago armed only with my PhD and the Twain quote from above, I became an accidental olive farmer. You might wonder … [Read more...]
Phil Baty is the editor at large of Times Higher Education magazine and editor of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Phil has been with the magazine since 1996, as reporter, chief reporter, news editor and deputy editor. He received the Ted Wragg Award for Sustained Contribution to Education Journalism in 2011, … [Read more...]
It's the time of year when people hold Halloween parties, when they dress in ghosts, skeletons and other scary figures. And it's also the time, as some would say, when the world of the living and those of the dead collide and so we hear those creepy Halloween tales. But at Piirus, we wanted to hear stories that will surely raise the hair … [Read more...]
Join us for a live chat on Twitter at 11am UK time on 22 October 2015: Piirus is going to be hosting ECRchat. You can check your local time here, so you know what to mark on your calendar! ECRchat is a Twitter hashtag and live chat for early career researchers, also known as postdocs or adjuncts, and it is a great way to share and learn … [Read more...]
Last week, we heard from our Social Science correspondent, Bernie Divall, about how she has warmed up to Twitter but still has reservations. Here, I share some of my advice. As a new academic, how do you find your community on Twitter? Hashtags can help you to do this. They sometimes have a broad audience of listeners, or an active … [Read more...]
Piirus is both pleased and privileged to be hosting this week's Early Career Researcher (ECR) chat event, on Twitter. (See below for an explanation of what ECR chat on Twitter actually is!) The chat takes place on Thursday 23 April at: London 8pm BST, Amsterdam 9pm CEST, New York 3pm EDT, Vancouver 12pm PDT, Auckland Fri 7am … [Read more...]