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The #REF2029 pause is over. Need some help with identifying and developing the strongest impact cases for your UoA? We offer bespoke expert services across all subject areas. Email kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk or browse bulletinac.co.uk/what-we-offe...

Wishing all our clients, friends and followers a good start into the New Year and many bright new horizons for 2026!

Wishing all our friends, followers and clients a peaceful festive season and all the very best for the New Year.

See No Evil review – this delicate documentary about an Anglican’s child abuse is deeply harrowing

Excellent thread about today's #REF2029 announcements here. Do read it if this concerns you.

So for Engagement and #Impact, was Dame Jessica Corner implying that there will be no Impact Statement to accompany impact case studies after all? #REF2029 #UUK

So farewell ‘People, Culture & Environment’… And hello ‘Strategy, People & Research Environment’, or SPRE to her friends. 25% more words; 5% less weight… #REF2029

What happened to @lauratmurphy.bsky.social and her team is really quite shocking, if unfortunately not surprising. A long report here, but it merits careful reading. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment. It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers. Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.

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Need some inspiration for your #impact case studies for the #REF2029? Here, my colleague Dr Chris Bridges reviews a case study from the last REF that particularly caught his eye - and not just because of its strong impacts. #masterclass www.bulletinac.co.uk/impact-maste...

The #REF2029 has paused, but the submission deadline remains the same. For an #impact pick-me-up, here's our new masterclass by research impact consultant Dr Chris Bridges. @soasuni.bsky.social www.bulletinac.co.uk/impact-maste...

This looks like a really interesting post for the right candidate. Please share with your networks.

Wishing all our Jewish clients, friends and followers who are celebrating a sweet and joyful new year. #RoshHashana #ShanaTova

There were hundreds of university labs with highly trained staff up and down the country sitting idle that could instantly have been converted to testing, at minimal cost. It was obscene that this did not happen.

The ITV exposé on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me he’d written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a reply…

One for all francophone cat lovers...

The #REF2029 has called a #pause, so there's a delay in the publication of guidance modules. But the final submission deadline remains the same. Don't be tempted to stall - time to select and develop your front-running #impact case studies. Want any help? Email kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk.

‘Keep focus on excellence and impact,’ say v-cs after REF pause | THE www.timeshighereducation.com/news/keep-fo...

We now know a lot about what excellent ICSs look like. And it's not difficult, using information that's been in the public domain for yonks, to identify and compare stronger with weaker ICSs. So there's little need to pause on that front, nor any known reason for most HEIs to change course. 3/7

This is our reading too. It would not be sensible to pause work on #impact case studies for the #REF2029 now, particularly as there seems to be no plan to extend the final deadline.

Some (no doubt annoyingly) glass-half-full reflections on REF2029 pause, for academic and PS staff involved in HEI submission(s). If, like me, you're having to deal with the hiatus in the known unknowns, what's a viable approach to take? Some very preliminary thoughts. 1/7

So, other than taking any consultations we're invited into seriously, maybe 'pause' is a good time to step back and focus on what's actually of value. Are 'dry run' exercises on that list? Hmm. Probably not. Is actually enabling/doing/supporting research on that list? Hmm. Emphatically yes. 7/7

A really sensible thread here. Thank you, Margot.

I saw an internet post where someone was marvelling at how expensive accessing a journal article was, and how they at least hoped that the authors were being paid well by the journal for their hard work, and oh no I have some terrible news

Time for your #UoA to choose your strongest #impact case studies to develop for the #REF2029? Our expert facilitators offer tailored support to put the process on a solid footing and produce well-founded recommendations. Contact us for a no-strings chat www.bulletinac.co.uk

This recent study highlights just how great of an affect viral infections can have on our health in both the short-term and long-term.

We have also updated our guidance to clarify the definition of eligible employment relationships. This change ensures that all staff, regardless of profession, who undertake, enable, or support research, can be recognised within submissions. 2029.ref.ac.uk/guidance/cha...

New blog: Recognising all those who drive research excellence. Kelly Vere MBE writes: "One of the most exciting developments in the evolution of REF 2029 is the clear intention to recognise the contributions of everyone who enables or leads research." Read it here: 2029.ref.ac.uk/recognising-...

Cutting modern language degrees at universities is creating a “vicious cycle” and risks contributing to the continued decline of foreign language learning among children in the UK, it has been warned. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports #academicsky #languages

For all who despaired of keeping their lawns green during the dry spell in June, here's some inspiration for the #garden of the future. theconversation.com/as-climate-c...

Have you seen our new website? We built it with the research #impact community and its changing needs in mind. It’s clearer, more intuitive and packed with useful resources. If you haven’t explored it yet, take a moment to visit www.bulletinac.co.uk

Working on your #impact case studies for the #REF2029, but struggling with the #evidence gathering? Our brand-new, bespoke Masterclass may be just the ticket. For details please email kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk. Or browse our standard workshops here: www.bulletinac.co.uk/what-we-offe...

We are really interested to find out what any loosening of the portability rules may mean for the underpinning research for #impact case studies in the #REF2029.

Good to see that the Engagement and #Impact policy is still scheduled for this summer.

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Need help with shaping the #impact element of your #REF2029 submission? Keen to influence #policy with your research? Or would you like a tailored solution to grow your #research impact? Browse our full range of impact support services on our brand-new academic website: www.bulletinac.co.uk

Some really interesting research here into the fate of lesbian women in Austria under the Nazis.

Still have some of your researcher #training budget left to spend? Why not check out our #REF2029, #impact and #policy training options. You can book now and have your training when it suits. Just email kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk www.bulletin.co.uk/what-we-do/r...

What impoverished HE thinking: 'as we navigate a post-Brexit landscape and an increasingly fractured global order, this disconnect between research excellence and commercial application at scale is no longer merely disappointing – it is deeply damaging for universities and the economy.' 1/2

1954 poster promoting travel from Bremerhaven to Helgoland

Members of the #research community, how are you finding #Bluesky? Has it been worth migrating from X, or are you keeping your presence there going as well? Interested to hear whether the new platform has really caught on in academic circles.

Still have some of your researcher #training budget left to spend? Why not check out our #REF2029, #impact and #policy training options. You can book now and have your training when it suits. Just email kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk www.bulletin.co.uk/what-we-do/r...

Members of the #research community, how are you finding #Bluesky? Has it been worth migrating from X, or are you keeping your presence there going as well? Interested to hear whether the new platform has really caught on in academic circles.

"Expertise about every step of the policy-researcher interface." "So insightful and engaging." "Definitely gained a clearer understanding of writing for #policy." Great to get such feedback for our ever-popular workshops on policy #impact. Want one? Contact kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk

This winter I finished writing a full-length choral requiem for the Sycamore Gap tree, called The World Tree. The Finnish composer Matthew Whittall is setting it to music now. Premieres in Helsinki in November—sung by Helsinki Chamber Choir—then 🤞 travel to UK. www.thetimes.com/uk/arts/arti...

Today at 1100 and available online: the extraordinary stories of six ordinary people in #Germany who lived through the end of #WorldWarII. A @ctvc production. #VEDAY80 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w...

"Expertise about every step of the policy-researcher interface." "So insightful and engaging." "Definitely gained a clearer understanding of writing for #policy." Great to get such feedback for our ever-popular workshops on policy #impact. Want one? Contact kristine.pommert(at)bulletin.co.uk

The German office for the protection of the Constitution has, after a long period of monitoring, declared the AfD a “confirmed far-right party” — a landmark decision, meaning they’ve been declared a party that acts against the German Constitution and democratic order: www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...