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28 Sep 2016 | 21:10 GMT

Seeking out stronger science: An incomplete, non-systematic list of resources

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Admin, Ask the expert, Blog, Data, In the news, Report, Technology

Seeking out stronger science: An incomplete, non-systematic list of resources

As I reported in a Nature feature published this week, I found more online courses that were being developed than were actually in place. Resources to help scientists do more robust research are set to expand quickly. For example, the National Institute of General Medical Sciences has a competitive program that awards funds to institutions to enhance graduate student training; of 15 such supplements awarded in 2015, a dozen involved data analysis, statistics, or experimental rigor. You can find more here, and that is only a fraction of what is available. Some courses are still being developed and piloted to select students; others are being offered only to those in a particular department or training grant. If you find one that interests you, it can’t hurt to ask.  Read more

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21 Jul 2016 | 14:00 GMT

Craft your connection

Posted by Karen Kaplan | Categories: Academia, Blog, Careers articles, Collaboration, Communication, Data, Faculty, Multimedia, Open access, Postgraduate, Publishing, Relationships, Social media, Technology, Uncategorized

Craft your connection

Don’t forget that you need to nurture your online persona – the summation and entirety of every bit of online information about you or that involves you, both written and visual. Someone may well have already posted some of this. But you can still shape and guide a great deal of the accessible online information about you — and the image that this information creates — by actively managing the content over which you have some control.  Read more

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28 Jun 2016 | 12:00 GMT

A day in the life of a Scientific Reports publishing assistant

Posted by Jack Leeming | Categories: Academia, Admin, Ask the expert, Blog, Career paths, Communication, Mobility, Open access, Perspectives, Publishing, Research

A day in the life of a Scientific Reports publishing assistant

Every day in this job, I learn something new.  As a publishing assistant, I guide manuscripts through the peer review process at Scientific Reports.  As such I handle manuscripts at multiple stages of the process. I like to think of it as following a manuscript’s journey from the lab up out into the world. Each day brings new challenges. Organisational skills are a must.  Read more

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28 Sep 2012 | 10:08 GMT

Social media tips for scientists

Posted by Catherine de Lange | Categories: Academia, Relationships, Social media

Social media tips for scientists

For many scientists, the thought of spending time on social media sites is distinctly unappealing. To some it’s just a question of time: why add to that to-do list which is already long enough? For other’s it’s more to do with social media itself, finding the idea of sharing thoughts and ideas with the whole world pointless or self-indulgent.  Read more

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17 Apr 2012 | 09:50 GMT

How researchers network

Posted by Rachel Bowden | Categories: Collaboration, Relationships, Research, UK

Researchers rely heavily on networking at conferences and seminars and make little use of personal introductions, online social networking or proactive self-promotion, according to a report published by UK researcher development organisation Vitae.  Read more

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