Sarah Womack is former political correspondent and social affairs correspondent for the Daily Telegraph, with a particular interest in women’s issues and social science. Here she writes about International Women’s Day, and how ESRC research contributes to its 2017 campaign…
Taken from Issue 1: Fast Track Impact The two most common reasons why stakeholders may not be interested in your research are that: Your research is too narrow, niche or specific to be of significant interest; or Your research does…
1. Remember why you started Was it career progression? To prove you could do it – or to make your mum proud? Whatever it was, use this as fuel to power you through. 2. Give yourself a break No one…
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council is to decrease the share of its portfolio allocated to medical imaging, superconductivity and seven other areas, according to its latest prioritisation exercise. The results of Balancing Capability, one of the council’s three…
The Minister for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, Jo Johnson, has announced that Professor Sir Mark Walport will be the Chief Executive Designate of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). The full Government announcement is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/business-secretary-announces-industrial-strategy-investment-in-science-research-and-innovation UKRI will,…
In 1956 Sir Richard van der Riet Woolley, the Astronomer Royal, referred to the possibility of space travel as ‘utter blige’, effectively dismissing the potential and refusing to believe in the idea. Fortunately others didn’t share his feelings and had…