By Pamela Knoll, Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, School of Physics and Astronomy    Most postdoctoral measuring sticks are based on research output. Whether it is the number of publications, conference presentations, or grants awarded, these are all assumed to directly correlate with scientific productivity. However, the focus needs to […]

Reading Time: 4 minutes By Professor Jane Hillston, CSE Dean of Research Culture and REF   Before we address the question of who is responsible for research culture, we should perhaps first clarify what research culture is.  The term “research culture” can seem a bit vague.  Of course, as a University, we hope that we […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes By Jack Lee Smith, GeoPhysics PhD student About me I’m Jack, the creator and editor-in-chief of the Edinburgh Student Journal of Science. I am a second year PhD student studying geophysics with the aim of using data collected from fibre-optic cables to monitor the environment, particularly investigating the possibility of using […]