This course introduces the reasons why PhD students might consider blogging, looks at some tips for academic blogging, and addresses some of the practicalities and considerations in starting a blog.
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Professor David James, ESRC Wales DTP Director, looks at the non-academic collaboration from a theoretical perspective, providing some history and context and proposing a three-dimensional view of social science non-academic collaboration.
Watching this video will take around 40 minutes.
You can also download the slides.
Recorded at the Wales DTP Careers and Capabilities Event “Collaboration, engagement and impact in social science research: approaches, challenges and benefits” on 15 March 2019
Dr Danlu Cen, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiff University & ESRC Wales DTP, whose research involves virtual reality technologies, talks about working with industry including her placement with Vicom.
Watching this video will take around 30 minutes.
You can also download the slides.
Recorded at the Wales DTP Careers and Capabilities Event “Collaboration, engagement and impact in social science research: approaches, challenges and benefits” on 15 March 2019
Dr Rachel Aldred, University of Westminster, introduces her research in the sociology of transport to talk about engagement with stakeholders and media.
Watching this video will take around 35 minutes.
Recorded at the Wales DTP Careers and Capabilities Event “Collaboration, engagement and impact in social science research: approaches, challenges and benefits” on 15 March 2019
Dr Dawn Mannay, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University looks at opportunities arising from the impact agenda to move beyond the academic article.
Watching this video will take around 35 minutes.
You can also download the slides.
Recorded at the Wales DTP Careers and Capabilities Event “Collaboration, engagement and impact in social science research: approaches, challenges and benefits” on 15 March 2019
Bruce Etherington, Manager for Cardiff University’s Impact Acceleration Account, considers why you should care about what “impact” is and how it is relevant to PhD students.
Watching this video will take around 20 minutes.
You can also download the slides.
Recorded at the Wales DTP Careers and Capabilities Event “Collaboration, engagement and impact in social science research: approaches, challenges and benefits” on 15 March 2019
A look at getting your research into the media, and getting started blogging your research.
Video recording of talks at the Wales DTP Induction event, Autumn 2017.
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Erin Leahey, Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona, discussed “Prominent But Less Productive: The Impact of Interdisciplinarity on Scientists’ Research” with Wales DTP students at the Hadyn Ellis Building on 20 March 2017. Continue reading
Professor Martin Weller examines the impact of digital technologies on academic practice.
Video recording of a talk at the ESRC First Year Student Conference in Cardiff, January 2015. Continue reading
Richard Thurston introduces the role of social science research in policy processes, including evidence-based policy making. He considers the origins and theory underlyingevidence-based policy making and the challenges of implementing this in everyday practice.
Video recording from a talk at the ESRC First Year Student Conference in Cardiff, January 2015. Continue reading