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- Is the quest for net-zero a form of scientism?
- Bluesky will trap academics in the same way Twitter/X did
- How to read and understand a scientific paper: a guide for non-scientists
- How to design an award-winning conference poster
- Does authorship mean anything when academic papers are simply citable tokens?
- Have ESRC’s policy fellowships been effective?
- Brave New Words: How AI Will Revolutionize Education – review
- AI can carry out qualitative research at unprecedented scale
- Open repositories cannot ignore retractions and corrections
- Why are universities ending their Elsevier open access agreements?
- What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?
- As ProQuest exits the print book market, will we see a new era of big deals for ebooks?
- How to write a killer conference abstract: The first step towards an engaging presentation.
- Misinformation is a threat to society – let’s not pretend otherwise
- Do Community Notes work?
- How Academia Resembles a Drug Gang
- Academic practitioner collaborations can tackle persistent knowledge inequalities, but they need recognition
- If we want better academic writing, we should rethink IMRaD
- “F**k the algorithm”?: What the world can learn from the UK’s A-level grading fiasco
- What or where is the ‘Global South’? A social science perspective
