The Early Career Researcher Podcast

Charlie and Rosie return in our latet episode, where we are joined by our mutual friend, Rob, to talk about a not very exciting but very important job: making an index for your book. Anyone who has written their own book or anyone who has produced an edited volume, will be familiar with the dreaded INDEX. These days, authors and editors are usually responsible for producing their own index. This may sound like a simple task, but you may be surprised at how tricky and time consuming it can actually be. As academics, we aren’t always aware of what an index is actually for and what role it plays in the publishing process. So we thought we would ask Rosie (our resident publishing expert), some questions, including: - What is an index FOR? - How does the process of making an index work? (What do publishers ask for, and do they give any help?) - What makes a good and a bad index for a publisher? - How have we, as academics, found the process of prudicing our index? Please do 'like', and follow/subscribe to the podcast, and feel free to offer your feedback and comments (reviews increase our visibility, so please do leave us your thoughts). You can follow us on BlueSky @ecrpodcasters

In this episode, Charlie an Rosie are joined by our new guest Jo, who had a successful academic career before starting her own business as a freelance copyeditor. Anybody who wants to publish academic research will probably at some point find themselves working with a copyeditor. The copyeditor has traditionally been an essential toolkit in academic publishing – they are the person who takes your text and polishes it up, gets rid of embarrassing typos, and makes sure your document makes sense. In this episode, we dive a bit more deeply into this role, and talk about what copyediting really involves, and the value it brings. But we also wanted to talk about copyediting as a career, in case this is something that you might be thinking about. We also talk about the state of the field, and if AI can ever really replace the human touch... Links discussed in the episode: - Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP): https://www.ciep.uk - Chartered Institude of Linguistics (Translation): https://www.ciol.org.uk - Trio Mandilli: https://www.instagram.com/trio_mandili?igsh=MW1iejU1MTJydXp6Ng==

This week, Charlie and Rosie are joined by new friends Jo and Ben, as we discuss the HUGE and multifaceted topic of neurodivertiy in academia. Jo, Ben, and Charlie reflect on our experiences of late diagnosis, managing the impact of our spicy brains on our academic lives, working relationships, and our lives outside of work, and then we give some advice and definitions on where to get support if you think you may need help on topics relating to this week's subject. Then we hear more about Ben and Jo's amazing work for the UK UCU (Universities and Colleges Union) specificaly relating to the links between casualisation and neurodiversity in academia. We hope you like our episode: give us a follow, subscribe, or write us a review! Links discussed in the show: UCU 'Survival Guide' for neurodiverse people: https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/13562/UCU-Casualisation-and-neurodiversity-guide/pdf/UCU_Casualisation_Neurodiversity_guide.pdf UCU Neurodiversity and Casualisation Manifesto: https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/13560/UCU-Anti-casualisation-and-Neurodiversity-Manifesto/pdf/UCU_Casualisation_Neurodiversity_Manifesto.pdf UCU 'Supporting Neurodiversity and Colleagues on Casualised Contracts': https://www.ucu.org.uk/media/13558/Supporting-neurodiversity-and-colleagues-on-casualised-contracts/pdf/UCU_Casualisation_Neurodiversity_Supporting_staff.pdf National Health Service home page on 'Exploring Neurodiversity': https://nhsdorset.nhs.uk/neurodiversity/explore/

Inspired by recent life events, Charlie and Rachael meet to discuss what it is like to leave a job (or a degree programme) in academia, and what ECRs should be thinking about when starting a new role. As we know well, leaving an academic post can be very stressful: it can involve a lot of uncertainty, self-doubt, and pressure. But there are also huge positives to starting in a new post, and we want to emphasise these and embrace the challenges! We talked about: how it can feel to be leaving a job and starting a new one (and how it feels when you don't have a new role to go to immediately); things you can do to make the transition easier; our reflections on what makes it starting a new job more enjoyable and easier. Discussed in the show: Jennifer Polk, From PhD to Life: https://fromphdtolife.com

In this episode, we welcome back Rosie, and witness the long-awaited return of one of our founders, Olivia! Like many people who are coming to the end of their time as PhD researchers, Olivia is now exploring the ways in which she can start publishing her research. One of these potential avenues, is to turn some of her research into an article for an academic journal, and so we thought it would be worth having a discussion about how that process works, from deciding which journal to publish with, understanding the effect that the host journal may have on the way the article is written, getting some insight into how the process of peer review works, and gaining all sorts of useful additional tips along the way. If you enjoy the episode and the show, then please do follow us on your podcast platforms, follow us on social media (@ecrpodcasters) and leave us a review! Links discussed in the show: Scopus journal metrics: https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.elsevier.com%2Fproducts%2Fscopus%2Fmetrics&data=05%7C02%7CC.Rozier%40uea.ac.uk%7C8dc245c322fe486fa66708dde63588be%7Cc65f8795ba3d43518a070865e5d8f090%7C0%7C0%7C638919839782327379%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=lMqI3IDajI0TI1HE%2FWntgx%2BCzdJ7rLAYWuye445Yrvo%3D&reserved=0 Web of Science Arts and Humanities Citation Index: https://clarivate.com/academia-government/scientific-and-academic-research/research-discovery-and-referencing/web-of-science/web-of-science-core-collection/arts-humanities-citation-index/