Last week we finalised our second internship programme. So we asked Leyla, our Social Media Marketing Executive, to share her experience about the internship. Tell us a little about yourself. Why did you apply for the social media marketing internship?   I am a...

In this blog, we share six tips on presenting research to a non-academic audience. Our insights are based on reviewing the top 12 presentations on Slideshare about this topic. This blog post is written from the perspective of a non-academic audience member, with a...

Happy Easter. In this blog, I share how we recharged during the holiday and used this time to truly disconnect from work. These five small but important ways have had a tremendous positive impact on our physical and mental wellbeing. My hope is that this can give you...

In this blog, we share our insights from the Festival of Ideas in Leeds. The event took place on Monday the 8th of April and was organised by the University of Leeds. The Festival of Ideas is an annual event that brings together academia and industry for a day of...

In this post I share a review of our first quarter in 2019, in terms of our content, community, team, events and client projects. This post comes as a reflection on the five intentions for 2019 that I published in January. I'd categorise these first three months as a...

Creating events is one of the business resolutions I set out for 2019. I knew that when the right opportunity would come along I'd be excited to bring it to life. In this blog, I share our journey of collaboration to create our 'Alternative facts: fake news and...

Whenever anyone asks me to share my journey about starting Research Retold I’m usually very open. Yet, when Jamie asked me to do this during the Business Live radio show I knew it would be a completely new experience. In many ways, the radio interview felt like a...

Hiring our first employee was something I thought about since day one of Research Retold. After 1 year and five months, it happened. In this post, Isabel shares her experience of becoming our first employee. Isabel's journey to Research Retold Isabel shares: "My...

Happy International Women’s day! I hope you are having a wonderful spring day.  To celebrate both women and being international, we want to introduce you to our new marketing interns. Leyla and Carmen are joining us for three months to help with social media, content...

In this blog post, we share 5 communication tips for academic researchers. We sourced these tips from 5 researchers who have published articles in The Conversation. These are 5 of the 20 researchers we reached out to a month ago to ask for insights. Communicating...

If you work in health and social care, engage with older residents or newly arrived migrants, this blog post is for you. “Loneliness is on its way to becoming Britain's most lethal condition” reported Joe Smith in The Independent last April. He highlights Julianne...

Another week, another exciting event to share with you. We spent this week in London attending NEF Live 2019, organised by the New Entrepreneurs Foundation, and meeting with several people involved in research communication. In this blog post, I share some insights...

Happy Friday! I hope you’ve all had an amazing week. It’s been quiet in our office today. I took it as an opportunity to reflect on the event I went to yesterday at the University of Manchester. The event included a workshop on communicating research to wider...