Category Archives: bid writing

Help! Someone’s working on my topic

The agonised cry of a researcher worried that they are going to be scooped. Pipped at the post. Someone else is going to get in and do what they are doing and publish beforehand.  OK. It’s alarming at first. But … Continue reading

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me, myself and I

Sherry Turkle wrote the words – Who am we – in 1996. She described how one person and their various persona were distributed across multiple platforms.  She talked about ‘distributed’ knowing and knowledge production. Hold onto that idea of distribution. It’s … Continue reading

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how to make sure your research funding bid is rejected

I’ve been reviewing funding bids. For days. And still more to go. I’ve seen some interesting ideas. But also, so many basic issues that could so easily be sorted out. AAARGH. So, how does setting up your bid to fail … Continue reading

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