In recent years, there has been a big focus on researchers being able to demonstrate the impact of their research.  One great way to get your research out there, or to have an input into the public dialogue around your field of interest, is to appear on television or radio.

Through this bitesize webinar learn about why you need to maximise the reach of your research; how to measure the reach of your research and develop your brand as a researcher.

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This webinar provides helpful hints and tips when presenting your research to different stakeholders. 

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Here we talk about why we need to target our message and customize it for different audiences- namely, students, academics, practitioners in your field, and the public. Tune in to our webinar to learn more.

This module talks about how to present at an international conference, something you’ll want to do regularly in your academic career. Tune in to our webinar to learn more.

In this module, we’ll talk about tools and methods that help you communicate the wider impact of your work. Tune in to our webinar to learn more.

In this module we look at how to maximise your impact as a researcher and how to select journals effectively and target the ones you want to publish in.

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This module talks about how to promote your research by working with media teams; how to write press releases and get them published.

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This bitesize webinar will help you build engaging blog content around research. Learn about - Why blog? Where to blog ? How to write an engaging blog post.

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This webinar will help you to sell yourself as a researcher. This can be done with the help of a strong CV or resumé, keeping your institutional webpage up to date, finding social media sites that researchers from your field actively participate on, discussing your subject area on the press and networking with other colleagues and supervisors.

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Module 4 is about the skills that you need to present and promote your research. It takes you through some important interpersonal skills that help with making the right impact on your audience. Tune in to our bitesize webinar to learn more.

This module provides guidelines for increasing visibility, measuring and tracking impact.

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There are many ways to share the results of your research. Building a profile as a researcher can help you to become more well known in the field, enhance the visibility of your work, and increase the number of researchers who read your work when it is published in journals. You can share information about your research through a professional website, Twitter, social media platforms such as LinkedIn and by maintaining a research blog.

As a researcher it is important to build a reputation and name recognition in your field. You want to share your research with others, and you want to demonstrate the impact of your publications. There are many reasons why researchers build a profile including, building their CV, networking with colleagues, sharing the results of their research, and being invited to participate in academic events and activities like keynote talks and serving on boards. For academics today having an online presence is very important. So here are some tips for building a research profile.

ResearchGate is a professional networking site for research scientists that enables researchers to connect with one another professionally, and allows them to share and promote their work. ResearchGate also allows users to upload preprints, or author’s versions, much like a standard preprint server. This article discusses whether it's fine to post preprints on ResearchGate.

A preprint is a non-peer-reviewed version of a paper that is posted to a publicly accessibly preprint server, before or instead of submitting to a traditional peer-reviewed journal. Preprint publishing is standard in some research fields, while in other fields it is still misunderstood or looked on with suspicion. This article discusses the various advantages and disadvantages of posting your work as a preprint, and whether preprints are the best way to go in research.

As scholarship has moved online and Open Access has gathered momentum, there is growing consensus that alternative metrics are needed. A variety of research metrics are currently used, and the number of different metrics is growing every day.

Blog posts are short, easy reads usually intended for non-specialist audiences. Because of their short format, it can be a challenge to distil the main essence of a large topic into only a few hundred words, so here are some tips on how to break down this task and what to look out for.

Writing about complex science can be challenging, especially when you’re used to speaking to other professionals in your field every day, where a common understanding of the language you use is taken for granted. Here, we discuss some helpful tips around what to do, and what not to do.

Commercialisation of innovative ideas and technologies is an often-necessary step to having real impact, but can be a daunting prospect, especially as an academic researcher. Here, we discuss how to present research to industry, whether it’s to establish collaborative partnerships or seek investment.