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7 brief lessons on learning (and teaching) research methods and statistics

Jenna Steventon on the challenges of learning research methods and statistics

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Jenna Steventon on the challenges of learning research methods and statistics

7 brief lessons on learning (and teaching) research methods and statistics

If you teach psychology, it will come as no surprise that many of your students greet research methods and statistics with some trepidation. It’s a far bigger surprise to them that so much of their de…

12 Jan. 2024
Anna Sutton on the benefits of green Human Resources Management

How green HRM can help businesses mitigate climate change

Should we admire an organization’s economic success if it comes at the cost of our planet and human lives? For too long, many organizations have adopted a narrow definition of success and performance.…

05 Jan. 2024
Alex Jeffery on creating a camp classic

A 33 1/3 Christmas Music Guide

There’s a simile, beloved by the British and Australians in particular, which likes to view certain things as ‘as camp as Christmas’. Of all the things that might refer to – Liberace, Ferrero Rocher T…

15 Dec. 2023
David Avital on 40 years of I.B. Tauris

The importance of I.B. Tauris – “A university press without a university”

In 2023, I.B. Tauris is celebrating its 40th birthday. I.B. Tauris was founded in 1983 by Iradj Bagherzade, a publisher of immense energy and charm who we sadly lost earlier this year. For Iradj, I.B.…

08 Dec. 2023
Michael Newton on why we need this holiday classic now more than ever

Is it still a wonderful life?

That title, It’s a Wonderful Life challenges us; the very premise of the film provokes. In the weeks after my BFI Film Classics book on the movie was published, I posted copies to those of my friends…

01 Dec. 2023
Jordan Frith on the hidden history of the barcode

What you may not know about your holiday gift shopping

This holiday season, almost every gift you buy is going to have one thing in common: a barcode. If you do your gift shopping in a physical store, you’ll likely buy items with barcodes that are scanned…

24 Nov. 2023
Fiona Green on marketing’s (healthy!) obsession

The silent sell: Understanding metadata

Fiona Green, our Senior Metadata Manager from our award-winning metadata team, goes through the crucial difference that metadata makes for selling and marketing a book – and what you, as an author, ca…

17 Nov. 2023
Mike Bottery, Nigel Wright and Mark A. Fabrizi on supervising PhDs

Supervising your PhDs: Getting the best out of the supervisory relationship

Sometimes the meaning of supervisor or advisor is taken as read, perhaps meaning something like the role of someone observing and directing another in the execution of a task or activity, and that it…

10 Nov. 2023
Pooja Aggarwal guides you from PhD to manuscript

Publishing tips for early career researchers

It is important to remember that your PhD and your monograph should be – and are – different.  When it came to your PhD, the audience was one of your dissertation committee and supervisors who were ve…

03 Nov. 2023
Winn Austin on her private fashion collection

Trans model Winn Austin: “Clothing brings me to life”

From 1989 to 1994, London nightlife was defined by a single nightclub: Kinky Gerlinky. The party was sporadic, growing from a one-off and effectively private gathering at a small space in Mayfair to a…

27 Oct. 2023
Tips from Open Access Manager, Charlotte Bruce

Publishing your book open access: The ‘why’ and ‘how’ for authors

There are a multitude of benefits to publishing your research book open access, such as increased dissemination, visibility and readership. Open access publications can be profile-raising for new rese…

20 Oct. 2023
Lisa M. Anderson on Black Women and the Changing Television Landscape

How Black women are shaping the television landscape

From Hattie McDaniel to Issa Rae, Lisa M. Anderson explores how Black women are continuing to shape today’s television landscape, and how their inclusion among the ranks of writers, directors, and pro…

13 Oct. 2023

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