ABSTRACT
This book has covered many of the issues that affect research. A final area worthy of discussing is: what do you do with all that data once you have it? As soon as you embark on any study you are already committed to producing something with your work. This may be a dissertation or a student project, an internal report for your organisation, a local community evaluation, or perhaps a national or international project resulting in reports and/or papers in peer-reviewed journals. Frequently in the rush to produce outcomes, evidence, or findings, we forget to consider exactly how we are going to report these findings-or leave this task to the last minute. Chapters 2 and 3 outlined the importance of thinking about research in a holistic format, and it is worth considering your end outcomes as part of this (which is why those chapters emphasised the importance of writing up your research pretty much from the outset). This chapter outlines the following:
reports, videos, information packs/sheets, etc. • Writing styles and tips for writing-papers/reports/journal
articles • Conference presentations-how to give papers (including sym-
posia), posters, and workshops • Giving and receiving feedback • Peer review and how it works • Dealing with the media
Some researchers never publish their work. This may be because the study they are working on isn’t suitable for publication. Other work is not published due to any number of factors ranging from work being badly written to missing the window of opportunity by letting work become outdated. The aim of this chapter is to help you think about when and where to publish/publicise your work, and how to go about it. The chapter will also invite you to consider the impact of any publicity on participants and researchers, so that your work is not harmful to others.
