Weekly electronic bulletin - submission for inclusion

The weekly electronic bulletin is a short digest of all that is new in the world of nursing R&D. Of course it is only as comprehensive as the information we receive, and we welcome input from anyone who would like to impart information to a wider nursing R&D audience. Below you will find some general criteria to help you decide how to best submit your item. We hope you understand that we cannot guarantee to include every item of news that is submitted, although we do our very best.

The Weekly Electronic Bulletin is separated into the following headings. We hope that whatever you are trying to disseminate, there will be a logical heading to place it. We are of course only human, and you may want to suggest an alternative heading. Whilst we cannot guarantee to comply with your choice, we can’t consider it if you do not ask!

RCN Research & Development Co-ordinating Centre

This heading is reserved for the use of the staff of the RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre

RCN Research Society

This heading is reserved for the UK Steering Committee of the RCN Research Society, and the national and regional groups of the RCN Research Society.

Career development opportunities

This section, whilst not intending to be comprehensive, will give details of job opportunities we are asked to promote, organizations that specialize in nursing research, and organizations who encourage ad hoc expressions of interest in job opportunities. Additionally, there is general information about careers in research, and Agenda for Change for research nurses. If you would like to publicize a post here, please see the following criteria. Occasionally, professional organizations and funding bodies request nominations for peer reviewers and membership of scientific boards, and these requests are listed in this section too.

Research funding

This section promotes funding opportunities of all descriptions. This includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Grants
  2. Projects
  3. Prizes
  4. Bursaries
  5. Travel Awards
  6. Seminars/Conferences
  7. General
  8. Small Scholarships/Fellowships

If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.ukwith the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Funding”

Current research commissions

Current research commissions for major pieces of work are listed here. These tend to be issued by Government departments or large funding bodies. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Current Research Commissions”

Fellowships/ studentships

This section promotes larger fellowships and studentships, for instance funding for Masters or PhD studies, or post-doctoral studies. Please note that if you wish to publicize in this section, built-in funding of some sort must be available. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Studentship/Fellowship”

Research training

This section provides details of the following:

  1. Research & Development Support Units (RDSU)
  2. Government training
  3. Postgraduate training
  4. e-learning
  5. Distance Learning
  6. Short Courses

If you would like to promote something via this section, please read the criteria set out in the training pages.

Research policy/strategy

This section tends to provide information about Policy documents from the 4 countries of the UK. However, any work of strategic importance to the nursing R&D community may be disseminated via here. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Policy/Strategy”.

Research governance/ethics

This heading should be fairly self-explanatory, research governance and ethics being such important elements of the research endeavour. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.ukwith the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Governance/Ethics”.

Consultation documents

This section predominantly gives information about consultations that the RCN have been asked to comment. However, this is not exclusive, and there may well be other consultations of relevance to the nursing research community which you would like to reach a wider audience. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.ukwith the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Consultations”.

Research networks

This section promotes Research Networks. You can find examples of what they are in the Research Networks pages If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Networks”.

Research in progress

A classic example of an entry in this section would be the research team that is looking for evidence, and wants to search the so-called "grey literature"; research that is being conducted, and hasn't been reported in any of the usual dissemination channels. You may also like to know we have a specific section on academic institutes and their current research interests. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Research in Progress”.

Completed research & development (open access publications)

The RCN R&DCC weekly electronic bulletin is a dissemination vehicle for knowledge and information relevant to the nursing profession. This section includes information which is open access, and includes for example, reports published by the Department of Health's SDO, HTA, and NEAT programmes. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Open Access”

Completed research & development (subscription based publications)

The RCN R&DCC weekly electronic bulletin is a dissemination vehicle for knowledge and information relevant to the nursing profession. This section includes information from the RCN or not-for-profit organizations, such as Bandolier, as well as journal articles or books of relevance to the nursing research community. Please note that entries are included at the discretion of the RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Subscription based”

Practice development

This section is intended for practice development initiatives. If you wish to include an item here, please email Dave O’Carroll, email: david.ocarroll@rcn.org.uk with the Subject Heading, “Weekly electronic bulletin: Practice Development”

Disseminating your research (call for papers)

This section is intended to help you find information on submitting abstracts and papers for conference presentation, a key part of disseminating your work. If you would like to include details of a call for papers here, please read the following guidance for inclusion.

Events

This section contains information about diary dates of interest to nurse researchers. These can be major international conferences down to local seminars and lectures. If you would like to include details of a conference here, please read the following guidance for inclusion.