Partnerships in practice

With funders increasingly backing big collaborative projects, how can researchers forge the partnerships that are essential for securing these? Alison Lundbeck of the University of Leeds has some practical tips.

Last week, Ross McLennan at the University of South Australia wrote about partnership building. He said it was essential that academics stop pushing their own agendas, listen actively to others and commit to making their partnerships work. This is certainly true, but this week I want to expand on these points and look at what we need to do in practice to make this happen.

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