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UNESCO's Open Access Curriculum

By | Aug. 12, 2015
...nd one for library and information professionals. From UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).

Presentation:Public Science Communication

By | May. 29, 2015
Presentation on presenting science to the public. Adapted from material presented at a scientific-communication capacity-building working in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2015.

Presentation:Preparing Proposals

By | May. 29, 2015
Presentation on preparing grant proposals. Adapted from material presented at a scientific-communication capacity-building working in Nairobi, Kenya, in May 2015.

Web resource:SciRev

By | May. 13, 2015
...peer review process more efficient. This process is one of the weakest links in the process of scientific knowledge production. Valuable new knowledge lays untouched at reviewers' desks and editorial ...

PKP School

By | Jan. 03, 2015

Topics: Scientific writing

Article:Bringing African research out of the shadows

By | Nov. 14, 2014
...le adds to other studies showing that the number of papers by African researchers published in scientific journals (almost always based in the North) has grown significantly; more than quadrupled betw...

SciDev.Net Practical Guides

By | Oct. 25, 2014
From SciDev.Net. Topics include how to write a scientific paper, how to submit a paper to a journal, and how to apply for a research grant. A list providing links to 21 Practical Guides that may espec...

Topics: The publishing process, Grant proposal writing, Communicating outside academia, Scientific writing