Author talk: Making the most of your research journal
As part of the fabulous Phd Life Raft symposium organised by the magnificent Dr Emma Brodzinski, I was invited to an author talk about my book Making the Most of Your Research Journal. It was a great pleasure to oblige, and I thoroughly enjoyed that exciting experience.
FRSA: Fellowship of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Nicole Brown is FRSA, a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
Keeping a research journal that works for you
This is an extract from my contribution to the LSE Impact blog discussing how to keep an effective research journal, thereby busting some of the myths surrounding research journaling.
Challenging unconscious bias
This post is a link to a recording from a presentation for AdvanceHE on the topic of how to challenge unconscious bias.
Supervising PhDs: Dealing with ‘atypical’ students
This is an extract from a guest post on the Supervising PhDs Community Blog, where I explore the experience of "atypical" students, and what research supervisors can do to better support those "atypical" students.
Conferencing “disabled style”
This is an extract from a guest post on the Conference Inference blog published upon invitation in relation to my ableism in academia work. In this post, I illustrate what it means to do conferencing "disabled style", when your body and/or mind are not typical, and what the realities are of navigating and negotiating conference spaces under the influence of visible and invisible conditions.
Using creative methods to collect data in social research
Workshop to explore creativity within research and to identify opportunities to use creative methods within the research process.
Article: Creative and embodied methods to teach reflections
This article describes a project at the Rambert School of Dance that introduced the use of creative methods for teaching reflection and reflective practice.
Creative methods – messy data?
This is to stimulate a discussion around boundaries of research, ethics and ownership of "messy data" resulting from creative methods.
Providing feedback for learning
Providing feedback is important to improve learning. So here are some examples for providing feedback that foster students' engagement.
Findings from RefME survey on plagiarism
RefME survey findings show how students are affected by plagiarism. More needs to be done to prevent plagiarism by raising awareness.
Playing games in lessons
Games are often used as motivators in lessons, but games shall not become the main focus. We are teachers and learning needs to be central to lessons.
Presentation from the Islam and Peaceful Relations conference
Download my presentation from the "Islam and Peaceful Relations" conference from here.
Plagiarism workshop resources
Download some resources for a plagiarism workshop from here.
Plagiarism
What is plagiarism? What are the consequences of plagiarism? What can you do to avoid plagiarising work? A brief introduction.
Reflective model according to Gibbs
This is a brief description of how the reflective cycle according to Gibbs works.





