Staff Notices

Are you interested in sharing your expert opinions with higher education colleagues across the globe? Get published in THE CAMPUS brought to you by Times Higher Education and Inside Higher Ed.

The current call for content explores practical advice from and for Higher Education professionals on:

Citizen science/public research engagement | Deadline for content: Monday, 2 December

-          Advice for working with non-academic partners

-          Strategies for conceptualising or running effective citizen science projects

-          How to work with Wikimedia as an institution or individual academic

-          How to get people involved

-          Ways to measure policy impact of citizen science or public research engagement (for example, You are Welcome Here campaign)

-          How to amplify the impact of citizen science

-          Tackling disinformation/misinformation

-          How to train up citizen scientists

-          Ensuring value for all research participants

-          Quality control of research practices

A guide to academic publishing | Deadline for content: Monday, 16 December

-          How to start your own journal

-          Navigating or improving peer review

-          How AI will affect academic publishing

-          When, what or why of academic publishing

-          REF: open access issues and other controversies

-          How to work with a publisher

-          How to write your pitch

-          How to write an abstract

-          How to do a literature review for your paper

-          IP and knowing your rights as an author

-          Promoting your papers

Bringing generative AI into higher education | Deadline for content: Monday, 30 December

-          How to write a university-wide AI policy

-          How to use AI effectively in teaching/research/student support

-          Pros and cons of each generative AI programme

-          Is AI detection reliable? Or worthwhile?

-          Using ChatGPT to analyse student data

-          Responsible development of AI tools

-          What are the best uses of AI in teaching/research?

-          How can educators keep up with students’ technology use/knowledge? 

To view a comprehensive guide on how to do a Campus Opinion Piece, click here

To view a comprehensive guide on creating a video resource for Campus, click here

To view the Campus written resource template, click here

We kindly ask that submissions are emailed 48-24 hours ahead of the deadlines to allow for acknowledgement and forwarding to the Times Higher Education team by UK time. For more information, including guides to preparing resources, contact University Marketing & Communications at unimarkcom@sta.uwi.edu

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