Author: Erin Pallott // Editors: Nithya Eswaran & Vicky McIntyre I enjoy browsing social media under hashtags relating to my research fields. There are so many talented and dedicated scientists making science publicly accessible. However, tags like #parasite are being bombarded with something else entirely. Millions of posts across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok are … Continue reading Selling the Disease to Sell the Cure: Parasite Cleanses of Social Media
Author: Rebecca Light // Editor: Erin Pallott In an age where information about any subject is available at the click of a button, we have all been exposed to ‘#antivax’ information on social media, whether that be someone on a community Facebook page showing genuine concern over the side effects of the COVID-19 vaccine they … Continue reading Beyond the Screen: Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in the Age of Social Media
Author: Annet Nakkazi // Editor: Erin Pallott Teaming up with the Doctoral Academy and the Researcher Development team, I organised a podcast episode about how postgraduate researchers can start building their online presence and researcher profiles. I talked about our blog, Research Hive, and how blogging is a great way to start getting your name … Continue reading Building Your Researcher Profile and Utilising Social Media – Annet Nakkazi and Rural Great Minds
Author: Jason Chu We welcome 2019 with the usual chant - New year, new me It's time for that New Year's Resolution. This age-old tradition dates-back to Babylonians entering the new year by promising to their gods that they would return borrowed objects and to pay their debts. Today, it is more concerned with an annual … Continue reading How to Tackle Your New Year’s Resolution?
Authors: Mike Daniels, Katie-Walwyn-Brown and Kirsty McIntyre This time 4 years ago we were enjoying what was billed to be our final summer, the last hurrah, the end of fun as we knew it. We were about to embark on our PhDs at the University of Manchester and were staring down the barrel of 4 … Continue reading 20 Tips from the PhD Time Machine
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