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Top Tips: Doctoral Teaching in the Pandemic

Apart from our research project on a good day, the other thing that can potentially offer PhD students a sense of fulfilment is teaching. Teaching and learning, much like many other facets of our lives, have been deeply impacted by the ebbs and flows of this pandemic. As a doctoral researcher who has taught both before and during the pandemic, I've learnt a few things through experience as well as through the support of the teaching community at Sussex that has been a great resource for helpful tips.

Author Services, Industry NewsKimberley SimpsonMarch 3, 2021COVID-19, pandemic, online teaching, Zoom

Perspectives on Starting a PhD in a Pandemic

Starting a PhD, at the best of times, is an overwhelming combination of literature reviews, training sessions, orienting oneself to the start of a long academic commitment and, if we're lucky, the excitement of finally pursuing a passion project. But starting a PhD in a pandemic offers a whole set of emotional, technological and logistical upheavals.

Editor's Picks, Industry NewsGuest UserNovember 2, 2020sussex hive, COVID-19, PhD, research community

Social Science Preprints in the Age of COVID-19

Preprints can represent a number of points on the timeline of scholarly communications, be it posted before submission to a journal or archived after a paper is already published, or even as an end goal itself. In the simpler times before COVID-19, an author may have decided to post a paper to a preprint server in order to get credit for research or get comments from other researchers before ultimately submitting to a journal. They then would have submitted their research to a journal and waited several months for their paper to go through peer review.

Industry News, Author ServicesGuest UserSeptember 25, 2020peer review week, social science, preprints, COVID-19

How to Be a Peer Reviewer Webinar Recap

Peer reviewers elevate the quality of the work they review with the feedback they provide. They challenge their peers to higher standards of research and scholarly communication. Most importantly, their feedback protects the integrity of the academic record. They are essential contributors to the academic publishing process.

Author Services, Industry NewsGuest UserSeptember 24, 2020peer review, peer review week, webinar

Breeze Your Way Through Peer Review

After months or years of research and writing the last thing you want is an unnecessary delay with the peer review of your paper. Sometimes turnaround times are beyond your control, however, there are some simple things you can do to ensure that your paper gets through peer review as quickly and painlessly as possible.

The Future is Open – Why a transparent peer review policy is worth our consideration

Transparent peer review, where the exchanges between peer reviewers and authors accompany published articles, continues to be both lauded and critiqued by the scholarly community. Together with managing editor of Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease (TAR), Phillip Shaw, I discuss the possibilities and limitations brought by a switch to transparent peer review, how increased transparency may help us in improving the author experience and help abate increasing issues of trust in scholarly results.

Peer Review Week 2020: Fostering Trust in Peer Review at SAGE

At SAGE, high quality peer review is a cornerstone of our approach to journal publishing, which is why we’re once again supporting Peer Review Week, taking place September 21 – 25.

Author Services, Industry NewsGuest UserSeptember 21, 2020peer review, peer review week, trust, COVID-19, ORCID, Publons

Zooming into a PhD, the final episode: A conversation with Devyn Glass

In the final part of this series, Devyn talks to Aanchal and Louise about synchrony in Autism Spectrum Conditions, a new side project, and disruptions to school research.

Editor's Picks, Industry NewsGuest UserAugust 11, 2020phd, Sussex Hive, autism, research, interview

Zooming into a PhD 2.0: A conversation with Aanchal Vij

In this conversation with the Sussex Hive Scholars, Devyn and Louise ask Aanchal about her work on comics and nostalgia and her experience of being an international student at Sussex.

Editor's Picks, Industry NewsGuest UserJuly 17, 2020interview, Sussex Hive, PhD, early career researcher

Defying Darkness of Current Circumstances

So there I was... on the 9th of June, 2020, wearing work attire for the first time in three months, sitting in front of a green screen, in a video conference with 40+ people on three continents. This culminating experience went from something I was dreading to a day that could not have been more special, and it would not have happened without a pandemic.

Industry NewsTara StiversJune 30, 2020Guest post, PhD, COVID-19, research

Zooming into a PhD: A conversation with Louise Elali

How are international students affected by COVID-19? Were there any surprises when conducting interviews online? What does it feel like to be part of the group you are studying? These are just some of the topics that came up when the Hive Scholars sat down to discuss the research being done by one of our own!

Industry News, Editor's PicksGuest UserJune 19, 2020Sussex Hive, PhD, research, interview, COVID-19

COVID-19 in the UK and Occupational Health and Safety: a tale of predictable but not inevitable failures by Government when labor and nongovernmental organization offered better solutions

Global failures to protect the public from the corona virus first wave are visible for all to see. Global failures to protect the health and safety of doctors, nurses and other health professionals dealing with COVID-19 patients have been highly visible too on our TV screens and in newspapers.

Highlights from the 2020 Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit

The 3rd Annual Digital Health Promotion Executive Leadership Summit came to a close after three days of presentations by some of the leading researchers, thought leaders and innovators who are working in the digital space. There were several important highlights of the virtual Summit.

COVID-19: A Renewed Call to Improve the Nation’s Health Literacy

Although digital strategists from government, academia, and industry are collaborating to improve access to accurate COVID-19 information on social media, citizens in a democratic society need guidance today on sorting out fact from fiction.

Industry News, Editor's PicksKimberley SimpsonJune 11, 2020COVID-19, healthcare, health literacy

How on earth can you help healthcare workers cope during the Covid pandemic?

We asked this question ourselves many times, as we worked as front line medics, psychological support staff and leaders in the heart of the outbreak in London. We shared what we learned in our recent article “Mental health care for medical staff and affiliated healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic”

Research, Industry NewsKimberley SimpsonMay 20, 2020healthcare, COVID-19, pandemic

To Remain Indian or Become International: On the Positioning of Indian B-Schools

Effectively strategizing B - Schools is important because their graduates serve as business practitioners and shall be responsible towards social and economic development of the country. Currently, approximately 89 percent of B-School in India are private (self-financed) and receive no aid from the government. In this challenging environment, this becomes very important for a B - School to utilize each resource not only to save their own business also to balance the concept of business and society.

Sussex Diaries: Coping with COVID-19 as a Research Community

When COVID-19 came around, an obvious joke went around in academic circles: PhD students are already isolated, so nothing will change for them. But nothing could be further than the truth. COVID-19 lockdown and university closures mean a big aggravation to the isolation already experienced by researchers.

Editor's Picks, Industry NewsGuest UserMay 4, 2020COVID-19, PhD, Community, researchers, Sussex Hive

What does an Online Lecture Look Like? Tips for Virtual Engagement

It’s a Wednesday morning, and I grab a seat, preparing myself for the SOPHE (Society for Public Health Education) Annual Conference’s Opening Plenary session. But something is different. I’m wearing gym shorts and my favorite public health t-shirt, which is not my usual conference attire.

Tools to Support Researchers, Grad Students, and Instructors in this Mess-of-a-Time

What is the best way to publish my research on COVID-19? How can I continue my PhD research while off campus? Where can I learn more about virtual teaching and learning solutions?