Archive for November, 2009



Writing for publication

Published on November 19, 2009

Researchers write all the time, writing is the means through which we work on and work out our ideas. We don’t just write up – we have not found a transparent truth which we then just put into words. Writing is a representation – we make choices and what we choose to write is a […]


Research Excellence Framework (REF)

Published on November 18, 2009

I’ve just been to a presentation by our pro vice chancellor, Brigid Heywood, on the REF that will be used to assess our research over the next few years. Although the REF takes place in 2013, all applications must be in at some point in 2012 – so anything we want included needs to be […]


Book proposal

Published on November 12, 2009

Kieron’s summary of the benefits offered by our current book proposal.