The revised guidelines for the next Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) were released on Tuesday (21st) – they can be read in full at http://www.ref.ac.uk/news/2017/decisionsonstaffandoutputs.html. This … Read more
Category: Research & Scholarly Communication Support
Using Social Media: Top 10 tips for researchers
1) Pick your platform(s) – don’t do too much There are wealth of options… blogs, twitter, facebook, Instagram, researchgate, academia.edu, snapchat… the list goes on, … Read more
Using Social Media to promote your research: Reddit AMAs
Reddit is a social news website that has become a major driver of traffic to blog posts, videos, images and news articles. Reddit offers a significant platform for … Read more
Using Social Media: Recruiting Research Participants via Twitter
This post was written by Sarah Slowe, Head of the Office for Scholarly Communications. Sarah tweets as @HeadUniKentOSC. This is the first post on … Read more
Open Access week – Introducing “The Publishing Trap”
As part of Open Access week here at Kent we were delighted to see the launch of an exciting new board game called The Publishing … Read more
Sources of Open Access Scholarly Works: Where to Start?
Post written by Helen Cooper, our Research Support Librarian. This blog was first published on the IT & Library news blog here. What do we … Read more
Supporting Open Access at Kent: REF Assisted Deposit Service
Written by Christine Buckley (Library Assistant, Scholarly Communications) In support of Open Access week we are taking a look at some of the support … Read more
Kent Open Access week: Your Questions Answered
Following our Open Access week celebrations last week (a week ahead of the International #OAWeek, we’re keen!) we wanted to publish the questions (with answers, of course) … Read more
What has Open Access ever done for me? The benefits of Open Access
On the first day of International Open Access week (#OAWeek, for those of you on Twitter), we wanted to take the opportunity to acknowledge the … Read more
Using Social Media to promote your research: A blog on blogging (Kent blogs)
Blogs: An excellent way to open the discussion on a new publication, write up sessions or key points from a conference you’ve attended, or to … Read more