An academic conference catered to working-class and first-gen students is coming to Durham ...

Academic conferences get a bad press. For the Friday night regulars in your local, they are a talking shop where the simple is made incomprehensible. For your supervisors, they are places where ...

A lively lecture full of insight, wit and passion for a subject can linger long in the memory. So, too, can a truly awful presentation. Having watched her fair share of terrible academic talks, as ...

Men tend to dominate the question-and-answer sessions at academic conferences, potentially wielding a significant influence over the future trajectory of scientific research. Recent research sheds ...

OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In scientific research, academic communication is indispensable. With the help of new media platforms and online meeting software, conference organizers gradually ...

Academic conferences worldwide face scrutiny due to their perceived lack of integrity and relevance. Scholars today face challenges from the “publish-or-perish” culture, “pay to present” model, and ...

On Sunday, 30 September, a debate began on Twitter – later dubbed #Twittergate – about the etiquette and ethics of live-tweeting academic conferences. Summarising the crux of the matter, journalist ...