Daily Archives: 18 November 2018

Worrying about Deserts of Nothingness

Posted on 18 November 2018 by Athene Donald

Recently a website calling itself UKRI Observatory published two blogposts analysing information obtained by them under FoI regarding assessments of EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training. The point the blogpost was making was that it appeared at first sight that many … Continue reading →

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Tracking less tangible research outputs

Posted on 18 November 2018 by Frank Norman

When I spot a problem then I start wondering what the solution is. It might be a bottleneck in some workflow, or a process that requires excessive effort to achieve a small effect. So I feel that there must be … Continue reading →

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Ten papers for ten years

Posted on 18 November 2018 by Erika Cule

Scientific paper clip-art Blogging Beyond is about ten years old now.  To celebrate, here are ten papers I like, in chronological order by publication date. Each is accompanied by a short justification for its inclusion in this list. 

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