Q. for #MastodonAcademic

my research is archival/text-based/hermeneutic. I get pushback (from reviewers) for claiming 'my research shows' or 'provides evidence of'. In each case, I base my empirical conlusions on what I read.

Why do reviewers ask I interview people as 'proof'?

In case of interest, the #OpenUniversity #GraduateSchool has just published its guidance on the use of #GenAI in #DoctoralWriting:

https://www5.open.ac.uk/students/research/ou/services/position-statement-and-guidance-generative-ai-and-doctoral-education

Informed comments are welcome as this document has been conceived as a 'living document' responsive to change in an evolving tech landscape.

#AcademicMastodon #MastodonAcademic
#AcWri
#phdThesis

The Open University

Authors: Julia Molinari (Graduate School); Daniel Gooch (Computing); Nicoleta Tipi (FBL) Critical readers: Inma Alvarez (WELS) Approved by: Clare Warren (Director of the Graduate School); Michel Wermelinger Updated: Wednesday, 21 May 2025. Version 2.0. Key messages

Excellent talk from Dr. Brooke Coley at #ASEEAnnual. Engineering and tech should absolutely take the #CCRRKT approach and #innovate with love.

I'm already thinking about how to integrate this in my #teaching and #research.

#AcademicChatter #MastodonAcademic #enged #engineering #design #highered #bellhooksquotes

Too much is still on X re. #HigherEducation denouncing the #GazaGenocide and the assault on #AcademicFreedom relating to speaking up.

Where are the #MastodonAcademic voices?

#GlasgowUniversity VC has stood up
#UniversityGalway calls for a permanent #CeaseFire
#DavidMiller has won his landmark case

#UCU

I'm glad I left the site 'formerly known as' a while back now and that the jury's still out on the best academic social media platforms. For now, I'm sticking with #MastodonAcademic, although I know many who are on other platforms. Personally, I can't keep up, and wonder if building fewer but stronger and perhaps more diverse or like-minded synergies is a way to counter information and mental overload. On verra.

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Hello #AcademicMastodon #MastodonAcademic,

when applying for government funding to do research (in the #UK, but I'm interested in other national contexts & policies, too), what sort of 'outputs' are valued most?

Grateful for more nuanced & specific replies in addition to poll responses.

Thank you for your insights

#ResearchFunding
#SocialJustice
#HigherEducation
#AcWri
#Philosophy #ArtificialIntelligence #CriticalRealism
#UKRI
#ESRC
#Interdisciplinarity

Single-authored monograph
14.3%
Co-authored monograph
0%
Journal articles
78.6%
Open Access
7.1%
Poll ended at .

@WiseWoman @drsaraheaton This is really helpful, thank you!

Another example of #MastodonAcademic at work, sharing and caring ✊🏽

Who else is doing research on artificial intelligence and academic writing that is policy and ethics-oriented?

Please boost, if you can, as I am hoping to reach #interdisciplinary voices & approaches to this, especially from the so-called #GlobalSouth, namely communities that don't seem to be getting much of a look-in right now on this 'western' concocted concern.

#AcWri #AI #gpt #AcademicLiteracies #tleap #AcademicChatter #ResearchWriting #WhatMakesAcademicWritingHuman(e) #MastodonAcademic

Dear #MastodonAcademic, have any you budgeted for *writing time* when applying for research funding? I've never seen a grant bid that does so, which suggests that writing is not recognised as the #MethodOfEnquiry it is and is not accounted for in grant time. For example, budgeting for a #WritingRetreat or a project assistant to ensure grant holders have time to at least draft for the dissemination of their findings would seem reasonable to me but ....?#ResearchWriting #AcWri #HigherEducation

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#AcademicPublishing #AcademicWriting #ECR #AcWri #MastodonAcademic

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