The Conversation

We are always looking for academic staff to write articles for The Conversation and join colleagues who already share their research on this international platform.

The University subscribes to The Conversation along with over 80 universities from across the UK and dozens more across the world.  The Conversation helps to raise the profile of the University of Huddersfield as a thriving research community, as well as promoting your individual research. Please note that being featured on The Conversation is not a research output and therefore does not contribute to the REF, however, it is a great way to share your research with a wider public audience.

Did you know?

Key Facts about The Conversation for 2018-19:

  • 125 million readers
  • 3 million monthly unique users
  • 10 million monthly readers of UK content (on average, including republication)


Here are some recent examples of the varied content from our academics this year:

Michael Jackson: as an expert in child sexual abuse here’s what I thought when I watched Leaving Neverland by Nadia Wager 
Football referees: death threats, physical violence and verbal abuse are all part of the job by Dara Mojtahedi 
Luxury fashion brands are making a splash in the art world by Alessia Grassi 
Consumerism in crisis as millennials stay away from shops by Brendan Canavan

 

What to do next

If you already write for The Conversation, or perhaps it’s been a while since you last wrote for them, please consider writing for them again and help to spread the word to your colleagues.

If you would like to write your first article for The Conversation it is a quick and simple process to sign up and submit your first pitch to them. One of their editors will then assess your pitch and if they decide to feature it they will work with you to develop the final article.

 

Further help

If you would like to discuss your ideas, find out more about writing a successful pitch or take a look at other blogs written by colleagues please contact either Tanya Horan or Nicola Werritt.

Andrew Ball
Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise)

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