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How we help

Our clients work in engineering, infrastructure, and sustainability.


We help our clients to communicate scientific, professional, and technical content to either specialist or non-specialist audiences.


In particular, we help them to:

  • present their work effectively
  • win business and gain funding
  • manage projects efficiently
  • communicate in-house effectively
  • publish successfully

What we provide

We help our clients achieve their aims by providing:

  • consultancy
  • mentoring
  • editing and writing
  • training

We work on presentations, bids and proposals, and publications (for example, reports and papers).


How to contact us
  • External link opens in new tab or window01638 663456
  • External link opens in new tab or windowadmin@frontinus.org.uk


Karen Haynes




Karen Haynes is Director and Company Secretary. Karen is a co-founder of Frontinus Ltd.


Karen's publications include What do research staff do next? (Vitae, 2016).


Previously, Karen worked for the Department of Employment and the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC).


Email: External link opens in new tab or windowkaren@frontinus.org.uk




Anthony Haynes


 


Anthony Haynes is Creative Director. Anthony is a co-founder of Frontinus Ltd.


Anthony's publications include Writing successful academic books (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2010) and Writing successful textbooks (A&C Black, 2001).


Previously, Anthony was Visiting Professor at University of Hiroshima and Beijing Normal University.


Orcid no. External link opens in new tab or window0000-0002-1756-166X.


Email: External link opens in new tab or windowanthony@frontinus.org.uk


Our stakeholders

Our clients include: ANSYS; Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership; CRAC; Cranfield University; Crofton Consulting; Dyson; Engineering UK; Griffith University; Heriot-Watt University; IfM; Laing O'Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering and Technology; University of Luxembourg; and World Economic Forum.


Our suppliers and associates include Dr Engy Moussa (podcast host), Dr Bart Hallmark (audio production); and Ashby Berry Coulsons (accountants).

Examples of projects and publications that we have assisted with include:
  • External link opens in new tab or windowAugmented workforce: empowering people, transforming manufacturing
  • External link opens in new tab or windowEnergy Efficient Cities Initiative
  • External link opens in new tab or windowThree decades in the long grass: the story of Global Pacific & Partners
Our content

Our white paper, Research communication and grey literature, is available External link opens in new tab or windowhere.


Our podcast, Grey Lit Café, is available on Buzzsprout, External link opens in new tab or windowhere.


Our resources on writing and publishing include:

  • External link opens in new tab or windowAll-purpose tool for research writing
  • External link opens in new tab or windowDeveloping your paper
  • External link opens in new tab or windowPublishability: how to develop yours

Books we have published include:
  • Daly & Haney (eds), External link opens in new tab or window53 interesting ways to communicate your research
  • Daley et al. (eds), External link opens in new tab or window53 ways to enhance researcher development
  • Burns, External link opens in new tab or window53 interesting ways to assess your students

Our YouTube channel is available External link opens in new tab or windowhere.

Writing protocols

Writing protocols is a series of postcard-sized resources.


The series comprises the following titles: External link opens in new tab or windowBuilding your platform ||  External link opens in new tab or windowDealing with publishing contracts || External link opens in new tab or windowDeveloping your style || External link opens in new tab or windowEditing your work || External link opens in new tab or windowGiving a presentation || External link opens in new tab or windowHarnessing the power of grey literature || External link opens in new tab or windowIncubating ideas for writing || External link opens in new tab or windowMaking an impact with research || External link opens in new tab or windowPlanning || External link opens in new tab or windowPrinciples of effective writing || External link opens in new tab or windowResponding to peer review || External link opens in new tab or windowSelecting a journal || External link opens in new tab or windowTailoring your paper to the target journal || External link opens in new tab or windowTen top resources for writers || External link opens in new tab or windowThinking critically || External link opens in new tab or windowTop 10 communications resources || External link opens in new tab or windowUsing figures || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting about method || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting a conclusion || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting a grant proposal || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting a literature review || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting a paper || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting a press release || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting, designing, and presenting a poster ||  External link opens in new tab or windowWriting in the plain style || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting productively || External link opens in new tab or windowWriting scorecard.



Corporate info & policies

Frontinus is a limited company registered in England. Our registered number is 6777037.


The address of our registered office (not our routine correspondence address) is 2 Belgrave Crescent, Scarborough, YO11 1UB.


The T&Cs for this website are available External link opens in new tab or windowhere.


Our privacy policy is External link opens in new tab or windowhere.


The company is named after a Roman, Sextus Julius, Frontinus, author of De AquaeDuctu.


Social responsibility


We are pleased to support the following organisations:

  • John Schofield Trust
  • Practical Action
  • Pump Aid
  • Himalayan Trust; Britain-Nepal Medical Trust; Doctors for Nepal






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