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Collaboration, Communicating research

Jo Mitchell

Open access: how to turn notions of equity into reality

Open Access to published research seems like a quick win to get research results to where they are most needed – quickly. In reality the problem is messy and complex and the research publication industry has not yet settled on an equitable model to make this happen.

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Interviewing

| Carina Rampelt

How to master the academic informational interview

International careers

| The GA Jobs Team

Leaving and returning to academia

Though returning to academia can be a challenging move, it can also be extremely rewarding. Read this post to hear from individuals who have made the return….

Disability in HE: building on recent breakthroughs

Remote working, asynchronous timetables, a reduction in presenteeism – developments that disabled academics have spent years calling for have been swiftly and widely adopted in the light of the pandemic….

International careers

| Wendy Stone

What makes a person effective in an international or cross-cultural work setting?

Your international experience is undoubtedly a benefit for your next employer. Our article on cultural intelligence gives you language you can use to explain these benefits in your application….

Equality and inclusion

| Jo Mitchell

Disability and neurodiversity in HE: how to tackle discrimination and champion diversity

Ivory towers, steep career ladders: it’s revealing that concepts associated with academia as a profession often carry strong notions of exclusion and inaccessibility….

C-19 2020

| Wendy Stone

Fault lines and conflict in virtual teams: a research brief for academic leaders

Diverse teams undoubtedly perform better, but virtual working can increase the risk of ‘fault lines’ and conflicts….