<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hello all</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Following on the discussions recently about the cost and accessibility of academic conferences, I approached Craig Lundy about his post here and he generously agreed to work it into a blogpost for The Research Whisperer. It was published yesterday and has already generated a fair amount of social traffic and some interesting comments. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Here it is: <a href="https://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/free-the-academic-conference/">https://theresearchwhisperer.wordpress.com/2016/07/12/free-the-academic-conference/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks, Craig and others, who've participated in this conversation. I think it brings up very important issues for the academic sector all round.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Cheers</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Tseen</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:"trebuchet ms",sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailAutoSig"><b><span style="color:gray">Dr Tseen Khoo | @tseenster</span></b></a></p>
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