Tag Archives: impact

Should academics do unpaid work to share their research? if so, when and how?

Posted on January 24, 2022 by pat thomson

This is a guest post from Dr Anna Bull, Lecturer in Education and Social Justice at the University of York and co-director of research and campaign organisation The 1752 Group. My comments on Twitter seemed to resonate with a lot of … Continue reading →

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action research with/against ‘impact’

Posted on July 30, 2015 by pat thomson

This is a version of my editorial just published in Educational Action Research, a journal I co-edit with colleagues in the UK, USA, Australia and Austria. Governments in many parts of the world are increasingly concerned with demonstrating the results … Continue reading →

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academics all write badly… another response to a familiar critique

Posted on February 17, 2014 by pat thomson

I often get asked why I left Australia to come to the UK. Apart from the obvious answers – (1) a job, (2) well it wasn’t the weather, and (3) it was a late career adventure – the question is … Continue reading →

Posted in academic blogging, academic writing, impact, media, public engagement | Tagged academic writing, impact, media, Nicholas Kristoff, Pat Thomson, public engagement, Tressie McC | 6 Comments

please – not a heroic impact narrative

Posted on April 8, 2013 by pat thomson

Recently I’ve seen and read a lot of hero/heroine narratives. But no more than is usual in journal articles I’m sent to review and edit. They now seem to be popping up in research impact plans and claims about impact. … Continue reading →

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just a letter from 100 academics – some thoughts on ‘impact’ and ‘public engagement’

Posted on March 25, 2013 by pat thomson

Last week, a letter with the signatures of 100 education academics was sent to the British newspaper The Independent. It offered a very abbreviated set of concerns about the development of the English national curriculum. The concerns expressed were not … Continue reading →

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early career researchers and the high impact journal

Posted on March 25, 2012 by pat thomson

I was recently on a shortlisting panel for the three year postdoctoral fellowships offered by my university. Each of the five faculties had produced their own priority list from which the panel was to choose a subset to be interviewed. … Continue reading →

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dissemination, public engagement and knowledge mobilisation

Posted on November 18, 2011 by pat thomson

So I’ve spent a long time doing this piece of research. Now what? Is it just a matter of writing something? Or is it more than this? And are all publications the same? What more could I do? This blog … Continue reading →