From Organiser to Participant: Reimagining the Role of Professional Services in Researcher Training (I have a clash, but it's being recorded). When: Thursday 23rd October Time: 12:00 - 13:00 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/225e21...

Signed. occamstypewriter.org/scurry/2025/...

"One key finding is that the postdoc period seems more important than the doctoral training to achieve [...early career...] success." www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Appalled to hear that my alma mater is planning to reduce staff in East Asian Studies. Please sign and share: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sh... #japanese #eastasianstudies #sheffield

New blogpost: deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-...

Research terms confuse most people. Many confuse preliminary with exploratory. Or mix up basic and applied research. Or mistake validity levels. But research terms are simpler than you think. Here are the key differences explained: (Poster source: Hermosillo, Ryan, Gupta)

London bound! It’s brilliant having a direct line from #Mirfield.

Starter pack for Martial Arts Studies created by @paulbowman.bsky.social go.bsky.app/VpctyoL

Catching up on some important stuff now I'm better... “Ethics is not just about avoiding evil,” he says: “It’s also about promoting good.” The declaration is “quite silent” on potential benefits to participants, says Caesar Atuire www.science.org/content/arti...

An introductory KE starter pack is here: do ask me to be added to the pack (or removed from it!) and we'll try to build a community of those with interests in, or related to, knowledge exchange, knowledge transfer, technology transfer and KE-mediated research impact. go.bsky.app/8sC4hAL

How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example). 1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company. 2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly. 🧵

Dr Karen Hinxman, Head of the White Rose University Consortium, argues that university consortiums will have a vital role to play in responding to the higher education sector’s financial woes. whiterose.ac.uk/news/karen-h...

Calder Navigation near Mirfield this morning. #72seasons #autumnleaves #bluesky

The reality is that you can't mandate RTO without losing talent. To the larger companies that are trying, the smaller ones say "Go ahead, take remote work away. Make your employees angry enough to quit, as doing so helps me attract your talent." www.theguardian.com/business/202...

#72seasons #Mirfield #autumn

Surveying precarity - researchers with a PhD doing research in all scientific domains, all sectors, including academia, business, public administration and non-profit private sector, all career stages, early-stage postdoctoral to senior researchers. icorsainternationalsurvey24.limesurvey.net/536168

Free webinar on research careers: www.inspiring-era.eu/event/europe...

A fantastic resource from @andytattersall.bsky.social for anyone involved in research and new here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

The Yorkshire Consortium for Equity in Doctoral Education have a programme of online events information, advice and guidance on PhD application and study. For Black, Asian and minority ethnic graduates and undergraduates with UK fee status interested in a PhD. ycede.ac.uk/new-programm...

Pleased to share the 'Whose Rainbow?' research project report! We asked LGBT+ students, staff & those considering themselves 'allies' what they thought of the use of LGBT+ symbolism in universities. Full report here: shura.shu.ac.uk/34366/1/2024... Or continue this thread for the headlines... 1/8

It’s that time of year folks! Please apply to join our interdisciplinary community of Visiting Fewllows at the heart of @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social !

Do you want to learn how to communicate your research using lay summaries, blogs, infographics, social media, podcasts and animations? I've updated my website and created a short animation that explains more about the affordable training and services I offer. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKIq...