Looking after your online presence as a researcher: academic platforms (for Biological Sciences)

This session discusses the benefits and challenges of maintaining an online presence as a researcher. Part of two sessions on this topic, this first session looks at setting up your academic persona and using academic platforms. Starting with exploring what comes up through a quick Google search all the way through to maintaining profiles on academic sites, we will look at the pros and cons of online engagement. This will include tools such as ORCID, and networking sites such as academia.edu and ResearchGate.

Participants should expect to have the opportunity to critically evaluate the various options presented in this session with the overall aim of being better informed when deciding where to invest their time and efforts when building an academic presence online.

Postgraduate researchers based in the School of Biological Sciences departments and institutions.

Number of sessions: 1

This session will be delivered using Zoom so please ensure you have it installed ahead of the session. A joining link will be sent out as part of the booking confirmation process.

If you require any help before the session, such as accessibility support, please email the Genetics Librarian, Lucy Woolhouse (lew48@cam.ac.uk), for further assistance.

There is a second part to this course discussing the pros and cons of using social media platforms for academic purposes, including Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn. You don't need to attend both sessions but you may wish to!