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Cartoon gallery: Safety unicorn, office hours and G&T
Here are all the cartoons you might have missed over the last few weeks. Follow on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook to see daily cartoons from ErrantScience.
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Navigating science on social media
Whether you’re a science communication professional, a scientist or simply a science-enthusiast, social media is one of the best places to go for your science fix. But with thousands of potential ways to digest online content, how do you know what to look at without becoming overwhelmed? There are a Read more…
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Clutter 2018 round-up: The guest posts
This year has been a bit of a hectic one for the Clutter overlords, so we’re especially grateful to our guest writers who have helped keep the blog going. Below is a round-up of 2018’s brilliant guest posts, from managing supervisors and juggling motherhood and research, to advice on making Read more…
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The love for your subject
When starting on the path to academia, you generally know, broadly what subject area you like. First you realise you like science. Then you figure out that you prefer biology to chemistry or physics. Somehow a few years later you’re studying the intricate details of spider gait (and realise that Read more…
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Finding my science communication style
Ten years ago, I was in the final year of a biochemistry PhD, with no clue how to move into a career in science communication (SciComm). Two months ago, I wrote a workbook and career guide for other people in a similar predicament. It includes a lot of the things Read more…
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Clutter 2017 round-up: The guest posts
In February this year, Clutter lept onto the web with all eight legs. Since then, we’ve featured blog posts from 10 lovely guests, on wide-ranging topics all the from troublesome fellowship applications to science tabletop gaming.
Below is a round-up of this year’s fantastic guest posts. But we would love to have more for next year! Would you like to write for us in 2018? Please get in touch – we’d love to hear from you!
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It’s all fun and games until someone learns something
As a Senior Lecturer in Science Communication, my research is primarily concerned with helping to develop dialogue between experts and non-experts. One of the ways that I do this is through games, specifically through tabletop games1. I play (a lot of) both tabletop games and videogames. The videogames that I Read more…