Nothing like seeing Lindisfarne from the train on a sunny day! If only the train was moving… Hopefully we get skates on, and I’m not late for the @wellcometrust.bsky.social regional meeting bringing colleagues working on their funded #ResearchCulture projects together - looking forward to it!

Thanks to colleagues from @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @ucddublin.bsky.social for inviting me to talk about the work that the #ResearchCulture team at @newcastleuni.bsky.social have been doing to evaluate and track change in culture. Great talks and lots to reflect on! #REF2029PCE

Arrived in Manchester for our first People, Culture and Environment (PCE) assessment panel meeting tomorrow - looking forward to meeting colleagues from across the UK and our discussions about evaluating #ResearchCulture for #REF2029. #BackToWork #HolidayOver

A week of leave starts tomorrow with these little beauties…. Getting #AllotmentReady #GoodToGrow

Some lunches are just made better than others…. #HappyLunch #HungryAlready

First article co-authored with @annettebramley.bsky.social published today in @timeshighered.bsky.social - Five Top Tips to help you lead change in research culture. Hopefully it’s helpful, or maybe you’ve got more tips to add…? #ResearchCulture www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/five-...

Today, with @annettebramley.bsky.social, we publish our #FiveTopTips for building a more positive #ResearchCulture - take a look - maybe it could help you lead change where you are? #CultureChange #Inclusion #WorkingTogether @timeshighered.bsky.social

At @advancehe.bsky.social #EDIConf2025 listening to Prof Nicola Rollock, author of #TheRacialCode delivering a provocation about whether we view the current geopolitical challenges around #EDI as an oddity, or part of a continuation of injustice and oppression that continues to operate? #ThankYou

At the end of the first day of the @advancehe.bsky.social #EDI Conference, lots of thoughts and reflections and, of course, as always, lots of questions! Thanks to everyone who presented today-looking forward to tomorrow… #Equality #Diversity #Inclusion #StayCurious

Here is an interesting article by Newcastle University about the components that are needed to create a ‘thinking environment’ where the very best quality thinking happens - click here to watch the video! from.ncl.ac.uk/how-do-we-cr...

Great talk from Dulini Fernando @astonuniversity.bsky.social who has left us with an excellent provocation, especially for those of us in leadership positions. Lots to reflect on at @ukri.org #BBSRC Connecting #ResearchCulture Conference @earlhaminst.bsky.social

Connecting with #ResearchCulture colleagues and #EDI champions from across BBSRC Institutes (and beyond) at their first Research Culture Conference hosted at @earlhaminst.bsky.social. Learning lots, and feeling inspired to get going again on this platform and make more connections myself!

Coffee break in our discipline-specific #ResearchIntegrity training to researchers in our Biosciences Institute by colleagues from @babrahaminst.bsky.social emerging from a @ukri.org BBSRC-funded CONNECT project. Great to be #WorkingTogether and #LearningTogether to build #ResearchCulture.

Some clouds are just better than others. #AmazingSkies

Despite best efforts to get timing right, Christmas candle still burning down with 10 mins to go… Enjoy the festive holidays-back in the New Year! #HappyChristmas

Opinion: ‘Destigmatise efforts to uphold research integrity’. Focus on systems and culture rather than individual wrongdoing, say Simon Kolstoe and Stephanie Neave. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Yay! In our #ResearchRetreat today and tomorrow. No meetings. Away from the office. A time to think, research and write with a group of great colleagues. And a chocolate bear if I reach my goal for the day… #ReleasingQualityTime

Join Rachel Kendal on Dec 18 to explore how how the CES Transformation Fund advances EDI in grant applications. Key measures include: 📝 Anonymized reviews 📝 Two-stage application process 📝 Diversity scoring & review panels Register here: researchonresearch.org/afire-funder...

Sometimes, you need to slow down in order to speed up. It can be difficult to know exactly when, but I’m learning that when something’s not feeling quite right, it’s better to stop and discuss with people, find a shared sense of purpose, and move on more energised. #MyLifeInPostIts #AlwaysLearning

Call for Proposals: Metascience 2025 Be part of the biggest Metascience meeting yet! We're inviting proposals for: ✅ Virtual symposia ✅ In-person panels ✅ Talks & posters ⏰ Submit by 7 Feb 2025 🔗 Full details: metascience.info/call-for-pro...

New book just out and looks like it’s going to be an interesting holiday read. Builds on Schein’s (and other’s) work on #OrganisationalCulture and already making me think about culture change from a different perspective…. #ResearchCulture

Still reflecting on conversations we had yesterday about #AcademicLeadership with colleagues from across @newcastleuni.bsky.social - one of our first meetings as a Participatory Action Research Group for our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project, #ReimaginingLeadership. Watch this space!

In case you don’t know about Chris Harrison’s amazing work @astro-obs-ncl.bsky.social on making data more accessible through sonification..”his work exemplifies how aiming for inclusivity and accessibility of science goes hand in hand with expanding our horizons, rather than confining them” #UKRIFLF

❤️ Love this, and great to see the impact being made from projects supported by our Enhancing #ResearchCulture Fund @newcastleuni.bsky.social Please share! #ThinkingEnvironment #PGRLife

🎉 Great news! The #EHBEA2025 submission deadline has been EXTENDED by 2 whole weeks! 🚀 You now have until MIDNIGHT (UK time) on Monday, Dec 16th to get your abstracts in. Don’t miss your chance to shine! 🌟 Submit here: ehbea2025.com #EvolutionaryScience #AcademicConference @ehbea.bsky.social

Today's #N8researchculture blog is from University of York: www.n8research.org.uk/dr-david-ken...

It’s our last #ResearchCultureCafé of the year today. Come along and meet members of the @newcastleuni.bsky.social Research Culture Team and hear about the support that’s available to help you make your research more open-all welcome! Boiler House 11.00am-12.30pm #OpenData #OpenResearch #OpenAccess

Next up is what is being billed as a ‘crazy workshop’ - if you know me and my fondness of post-it’s, you will easily imagine how I’m feeling right now… 😍😍😍

Amazing perspectives and insights on #InclusiveLeadership from the @ukri.org #FLFNetwork today-thanks to everyone for their openness and honesty. Lots to think about too in the context of our own @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded project @newcastleuni.bsky.social - #ReimagingLeadership

CALL FOR BOOK CONTENT! Understanding Research Culture Through the Hidden Curriculum 🥳 HC Book 3, focuses on new ideas for how the Hidden Curriculum is linked to different aspects and conceptualisations of ‘research culture’! Full call: drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2024/11/07/c...

Happy to retweet this one @annettebramley.bsky.social - keep an eye on @n8research.bsky.social as there’s more to come in this blog series on #ResearchCulture

Welcome to the new N8 blog series, where we talk to successful researchers from a range of universities about what it takes to create a healthy research culture. Check in on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for new insights! #N8ResearchCulture

First talk of the day at Understanding Inclusive Leadership by #EnvironLaura and #ImmunoLaura from @carersinstemm.bsky.social - find out more about the challenges researcher parents face in their recent paper in #NatureCareers and what we can do about it - impactful work. #ResearchCulture

Hugely excited to be here in Leeds with colleagues from our @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded #ResearchCulture project, #ReimaginingLeadership - thanks @sarashinton.bsky.social for inviting us to speak at Understanding #InclusiveLeadership today. We’re really looking forward to all the learning!

Not sure whether I’m most excited to have discovered Bluesky or that it’s snowing! I’m obviously looking forward to linking up and finding new communities for #ResearchCulture (and all the thinking, learning and discovery that’ll come from that), but I think I gotta start with snow 🥳 #OneSmallStep…