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NCDS WEBINAR 19/05/15

May 21, 2015

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The future of social science: Is the paradigm shifting?

I could not believe the news that my eyes spotted on the Research Professional - 'Elliot steps down as ESRC Chief.' Why? I believe it is a part of the move that UK Research Councils will be integrated into one body, the UK Research and Innovation. Appointing Sir Mark Walport as the Chief Executive , the Board members have been recruited, which application closes at the end of this March. This is all based on the Higher Education and Research Bill 2016-17 and the White Paper on future research in the UK. The themes here are 'cutting edge', 'inter/multi-disciplinary' and 'partnership with industries (i.e. commercialisation)' (See Box 3.3, pg 69). What does this mean to social/health inequalities? I do not have a clear picture to offer here, but I could say that we need to think hard to get new research ideas to secure funds. We have to think outside of the box to find a partnership elsewhere t...

Networking for your career

UCL offers a series of staff development course which I attend often. Let me tell you about my experience of attending a networking course the other day, which forced me to exercise engaging with other people to establish a network point. This networking course is using networks for our advantages, especially when we are trying to find a job. The lecturer emphasised, 'People are likely to offer a job to those who they already knew or recommended by whom they trust.' I had two occasions that were not true, but there was one definitely true. I cannot overgeneralised from n= 1 experience, extending our circle of contacts can be a key to find a job, and networking means extending the circle of our contacts. For academic researchers, the most obvious opportunity to extend our circle of contacts is at conferences. But, we can look at our workplaces, too. What about colleagues in our department who do similar work, but not published a paper together? What abou...

How your science to be heard: REF2021

REF is coming. We were just asked to identify 5 best article published since 2014. 'Best' means likely to have an impact because of the scientific merit. So, here I am looking at school's publication database for citations to justify my choice. Then hard reality hits my head. My recent work has been struggling to be cited even though they were looked at and talked about. I asked the head of my institute for advice about increasing citations. And here they are: 1. Work with many colleagues. i.e. Networking The best audience is your colleagues who are working in the similar subject areas. Let them know what you have published. 2. Communication, i.e. Blogging, SNS It is too much to do everything by yourself. Work together with colleagues (see the first tip) to divide the workload. More practical advice are: 3. Having a long title including keywords in the abstract. This will help the work to be identified easily through a literature search. 4. Have a clear...

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