Researcher Blog

Top Tips for Researchers to Energise, Reset and RestoreTop Tips for Researchers to Energise, Reset and Restore

Top Tips for Researchers to Energise, Reset and Restore

During times of change, it can be hard to stay calm, react wisely and protect our wellbeing.

Posted on: 25 June 2021

How to Work Collaboratively in HumanitiesHow to Work Collaboratively in Humanities

How to Work Collaboratively in Humanities

Being a researcher in the Humanities can often be a solitary experience.

Posted on: 10 May 2021

Making an Impact, the University’s flagship annual researcher development activity – 4 years on and still Making an Impact!Making an Impact, the University’s flagship annual researcher development activity – 4 years on and still Making an Impact!

Making an Impact, the University’s flagship annual researcher development activity – 4 years on and still Making an Impact!

Dr Angela Midgley talks about the Making an Impact series, initially developed in 2018 and 2019 to provide development activities focused around the Industrial strategy priorities.

Posted on: 7 May 2021

Pathfinder: Adventures in researcher landPathfinder: Adventures in researcher land

Pathfinder: Adventures in researcher land

Dr Angela Midgley launches the researcher development newsletter, exploring and celebrating our diverse researcher communities.

Posted on: 8 March 2021

Making Sense of Hybrid Practice: Provocations on new ways of workingMaking Sense of Hybrid Practice: Provocations on new ways of working

Making Sense of Hybrid Practice: Provocations on new ways of working

Dr James Howard, Director of The Academy, talks about how we as an organisation are making sense of ‘hybrid forms of practice’.

Posted on: 12 February 2021

Behind the Screens: images of research in the time of coronavirusBehind the Screens: images of research in the time of coronavirus

Behind the Screens: images of research in the time of coronavirus

Dr Katherine Roscoe writes about her experience of being an organiser for the Images of Research in the Time of Coronavirus competition as part of the Research Staff Conference 2020.

Posted on: 18 December 2020

Existence is not an individual affair: Reflections of a new postdoc starting their role during the pandemicExistence is not an individual affair: Reflections of a new postdoc starting their role during the pandemic

Existence is not an individual affair: Reflections of a new postdoc starting their role during the pandemic

Caroline Redhead reflects on the experience of starting a new postdoc role during the pandemic.

Posted on: 11 December 2020

12 Days of Researcher Development12 Days of Researcher Development

12 Days of Researcher Development

Dr Angela Midgley looks back on 2020 with gratitude.

Posted on: 10 December 2020

Creating a “new normal”: Can we narrow the gender and ethnic inequities in academia made worse by COVID-19?Creating a “new normal”: Can we narrow the gender and ethnic inequities in academia made worse by COVID-19?

Creating a “new normal”: Can we narrow the gender and ethnic inequities in academia made worse by COVID-19?

Dr Kris Subramaniam discusses the question of whether we can narrow the gender and ethnic inequities in academia made worse by COVID-19.

Posted on: 2 December 2020