Bad Science: Spotting Distorted Research

Pressures in academic publishing leads to bad science being published. Bad science being published leads to people making bad decisions. Knowing some of the signs of bad science enables you to spot, avoid, and critique science that looks reliable, but in reality, is flawed.  
 
Join the Academic Skills Team for a Skills Seminar discussing bad science, so you can find out what the replicability crisis is, how it impacts on what good science is today, and why it’s important to think deeply about the journal articles you read. 

2 December 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Virtually using Microsoft Teams

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