BU Research Blog

Interesting research related webpages that were bookmarked on the BU Research Delicious pages this week:

• Is the crowd opening up or dumbing down research?
  Alastair Dunning of JISC looks at some of the many ways that the public is contributing to digital research today, including the current trend for ‘crowd sourcing’.
  (tags: research, crowd sourcing, community engagement, public engagement, research methods)

• Research round-up: we’re not getting smarter but we do know our whiskey
  From crowd sourcing honey to drinking whiskey in the name of research, here are The Guardian’s picks from last week’s research news.
  (tags: research news, media)

• The post-doc diaries: what does academic life hold after graduation? 
  Sarah-Louise Quinnell, writing for The Guardian, wonders how sector reforms and fees hikes will affect future cohorts of postgraduates and the research climate in the UK.
  (tags: phd, post-doc, careers, postgraduate, research)