Hi, it is very relevant but it is only 1 page long. It is a 1 page special short issue from a reputable journal so presumably had a peer review. But I can't see what measures they used etc in any detail so I can't access its quality and so feel reluctant about citing it (by citing I mean saying "Blake et al (1995) examine the rate of..." ). But then again, since they say they looked at what I am looking at, it is highly relevant. Hmm... predicament!

Hi folks,

Do you normally cite conference papers or short reports that have limited information when writing an academic paper? I kind of want to talk about this one study but it seems sort of pointless or at best limited when it is a one page report and so I can't see anything about how methodologically sound the study was (reliability ratings etc). It didn't find a bunch of stuff that we would expect to find (and what it did find is contradictory to what I found - so you can see why I would want to talk about it if it were a full paper with enough detail to appraise...) Any advice would be appreciated!

Tudor

Oh here we go...
"The most common method of indirect observation involves interviewing
adults who know the target children well enough to provide meaningful information."

Whereas I suppose direct is observing a video or the actual child.

Thought I'd just follow up with the answer in since I'd asked the question!

Cheers

In the context of analyzing say parent-child interactions, what is a direct observation vs indirect?

Thanks anyone! Google isn't helping!

Yes , it's fine - just be open about it and ask if he/she is happy to act as reference.

Mine did act a bit funny but she was a funny one... and even she did it in the end!

Hi! Sounds a bit stressful to say the least! Only general advice from me though... think about what you could do and what you would like to do (career wise). Do you need a PhD to get there? Also seeing a careers adviser and visiting those sorts of websites could help.

cheers Engm I'm happy with my cv that I use for jobs. I am wanting to tweak this version quite a lot for the fellowship application. Cheers Nad75 - I think I will do something similar to that. I do want to showcase my research skills somehow, since I don't yet have much of a publication record. I like the idea of using commas instead of space consuming bullet points and new lines!

Ps. I don't have time to see a careers advisor. I'm submitting an application for a really competitive fellowship pretty last minute. I know... ... .... but still - it's an experience and you never know!

Thanks - this is useful to hear! I might do something similar with "objectives" - just to reinforce my personal statement. I also like the advice about putting the attractive stuff first. My publication record is almost non existent (but I think it is OK given that I haven't finished my PhD yet). And it feels so disappointing when that is the first thing I show. I kind of thought I had to with it being an academic CV. But maybe with me being so early career stage I could put my departmental activities and research experience first (I have more of that stuff - so the start of the CV won't look so meagre if I put that at the top - after education history of course).

This is just out of curiosity really... Do you include a blurb (a few statements about you, your work, your ambitions, whatever) at the top of your CV before you put your education and roles etc?

I don't tend to but I am thinking of adding one...

Thoughts appreciated!

Thanks pm133. To be honest, I am writing it to help me get the funding. I will look more into it when it actually comes to it though - so cheers for the tip.

Thank you both!!!!

Hello folks,

I'm writing a dissemination strategy, and I'm wondering how people end up getting to talk about their work on things like Radio 5 and Radio 4 (albeit it tends to be in the middle of the night that I hear such snippets!), and in quite general newspapers/magazines? Presumably you contact them and tell them about your work to see if they'd be willing to do a piece? And if that is the case, I'm guessing on the dissemination strategy you might simply state that you will do that?

Cheers anyone!

Hi! I am applying for a fellowship. I have no clue what it should look like (what I mean by "should" is what kinda style is appropriate etc - how a good well written one might look like). I wondered if any one on here has an example of a successful grant / fellowship application that they could share with me? If so, please pm me... Thanks...

I think it only needs to be so detailed when you actually need that info for the main part of the review - you know the studies that are really relevant to your own. The more general background ideas can have much more general notes (if any at all) - I don't take notes on everything I read. When it is more contextual and less an issue of contention / that I am specifically addressing then there is much less need for detailed notes. Taking notes to the same level on all the literature you read could certainly be inefficient. Be selective.

Best of luck with it all.