Influencing policy and generating impact is not just on a national level. Our own @lizzysuch.bsky.social & @andytattersall.bsky.social have written a short piece on the importance of ‘Thinking local’ in public health policy for @transformevidence.bsky.social transforming-evidence.org/blog/thinkin...

A big team win for @know-ph.bsky.social Well done @lizzysuch.bsky.social @joelangley.bsky.social et al

My @know-ph.bsky.social team has won 1st prize for the video comp at the UPEN Conference in London. The prize was 5k funding and some hoodies. I produced the satirical video called: 'Knowing What We Know' which captures a day in the life of a knowledge mobiliser. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GV4O... 1/5

New: Burnham: ‘UK can be world’s leading innovation nation’. PM-in-waiting wants universities “at heart of local economies”, but pledges education shift beyond “university route”. Free to read. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Another clip ahead of next week's Under Review podcast where the topic is conferences. One of my two guests Russell Arnott discusses the issue of communication and jargon and that at language can make the difference between a good talk and one where delegates are left feeling lost.

That was a very hot day of cricket #EngvNZ

A clip from next week's Under Review podcast with @researchadjacent.bsky.social and Russell Arnott where we dig deep into conferences. That important part of the academic and professional calendar where talks are given and comments that are not a question are made. Watch this space!

My back room office is running at over 30 degrees with a fan blowing at the thermometer so I needed a solution to help with the sun beating down on me. I present, my latest and possibly greatest invention. The office chairsol.

Today is Clean Air Day and hopefully every day will have clean air in the future. Nice to see the inclusion of our @know-ph.bsky.social knowledge mobilisation work in the @nihr.bsky.social evidence campaign relating to clean air and public health. @lizzysuch.bsky.social @joelangley.bsky.social

Myself and @lizzysuch.bsky.social have written for the @transformevidence.bsky.social blog. 'Thinking local’ in public health policy. We debunk the idea that making better use of evidence in policymaking often implies making a difference on a grand scale. transforming-evidence.org/blog/thinkin...

Latest episode of my Under Review podcast is out and this time we look at how generative AI has changed the research funding landscape beyond recognition with @jameswilsdon.bsky.social @rorinstitute.bsky.social Ep 7: The death of the funding bid as we know it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbp... 1/2

New FREE UKSG webinar: "Minimising the environmental harm of AI through principle thinking". Led by Andri Johnston and Daniel Schien dub.sh/9uOJpyO

If human editors can’t control who reviews science, it’s no longer peer review — it’s a rubber-stamp machine designed for volume and profit, not quality. I have no intention of attaching my name to it. So I’m out.

Anonymity of social media posts highlights the subjects that doctoral candidates feel unable to discuss publicly, researchers say https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/mental-health-supervisory-issues-taboo-phd-students

I've been getting reports of a person reaching out to academics with an offer to edit or create Wikipedia pages for them. In one case, they already had one (right so), the other didn't and doesn't make the case for one. Surely this goes against Wikipedia's ethos? @richardnevell.bsky.social

A new episode of my Under Review podcast is out and we're discussing how generative AI has changed the research funding landscape beyond recognition with @jameswilsdon.bsky.social from @rorinstitute.bsky.social Ep 7: The death of the funding bid as we know it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbp... 1/2

communities are coming to Bluesky this year. today, Bluesky is one big space. communities will be smaller spaces inside that where you can go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff.

RoRI’s @jameswilsdon.bsky.social joins @andytattersall.bsky.social’s Under Review podcast to discuss how generative AI could transform research funding, challenge traditional grant systems, and force a rethink of how excellence is assessed: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWbp...

I asked Google Gemini a very simple question, to rank teams in the 2026 World Cup based on their expected goal scoring ability. It gave me 48 teams broken up into groups based on goal scoring success. It included Italy.... Italy are not in this edition of the World Cup. Note the feeble reply

Creative generative AI tools could learn a lesson from the Web 2.0 generation. Why aren't more generative AI tools offering a 'pay as you go' model rather than wholly going down the subscription route. A few thoughts by me. www.linkedin.com/pulse/creati...

A clip from next week's Under Review podcast where I chatted with @jameswilsdon.bsky.social about the rapid change to the research funding landscape due to generative AI. We discuss many things including how AI-generated grant proposals have increased vastly in number and what to do about that.

Today, I’m launching a High Court claim against xAI, the company behind Grok. I am just one of thousands of women and even children who have been the victim of abusive and sexualised AI deepfakes. This should never have happened – and xAI must be held accountable. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Hosting an Altmetric session today at the university to remind everyone that research doesn’t stop when the paper is published. That’s when the conversation starts. #impacttracker #researchcommunication

You spend months organising an engaging event, bringing together the brightest minds in academia. Once the closing remarks end, that incredible knowledge and energy leaves the room. I've come up with Conference Sound Notes to help capture those conversations. Interested? www.andytattersall.com

I've been interviewed as part of a Higher Ed Jobs piece on 'How To Build a Strong Scholarly Presence and Professional Brand Online'. Pretty much me banging on about a few points I've been saying longer than I can remember, but here you go. www.higheredjobs.com/Articles/art...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly accelerating scientific output, but risks narrowing inquiry, weakening judgement and undermining how scientists are trained go.nature.com/3RiE5HN

And then there were 53 left. I’ve taken another look to see which UK universities remain on X/Twitter out of 141 original accounts. When I last checked earlier in the year there were 64 universities still actively posting on the platform. Who's gone? Who will be last one Tweeting? 1/8

💥New | Is it really bad that only 50% of social science papers are reproducible? ✍️ Ilka Gleibs (@lsepbs.bsky.social) #SocialScience #AcademicSky #OpenResearch

6 WEEKS TO GO! You've still got time to take this FREE course that every learner has been positively raving about! Use your Bank Holiday weekend to complete it under 3.5 hours and become a future library leader! Register now: https://www.cilip.org.uk/page/futurelibraryleader

ICYMI Doing Open Social Science is out now 🎉 "A much-needed invaluable guide to help academics and students better understand open research through the lens of social sciences." — @andytattersall.bsky.social Consultant, Open Research Communications Expert 🔗 https://bit.ly/4bKnowA

If web 1.0 was "read-only" and web 2.0 was "read-write" then we might think of this new paradigm in scholarly publishing as "write-only" where fewer people care about actually reading the literature, only care about writing new papers and perhaps not even reading the papers that they submit

I used to teach students how to search for and manage their research references, and how to cite papers in their work. Now in the age of AI and hallucinations, I am gobsmacked to read that academics are citing fictional references. Like, this is research, you know, underpinned by evidence.

A new Under Review podcast episode is out exploring academia's good, bad and ugly as we turn our attention to the REF. In this episode I am joined by @lizziegadd.bsky.social Listen and watch: Apple Podcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u... YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseO... 1/3

Most-read on our site this week: UKRI urged to be ‘transparent’ after adopting grant lotteries. The introduction of partial randomisation as an optional tool for making funding decisions prompts questions, and support, among research policy experts. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

I’ve totally refreshed my website to highlight my range of consultancy services. If you want to know the range of things I can help you with, create for you or teach you to do yourself. Head over to my site for examples. Over two decades worth of knowledge. www.andytattersall.com/previous-work

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

Wonderful Freudian Slip just now. I was writing an email and accidently wrote Elon Muck, when of course I meant Elon Musk. So tempted to keep it as Muck

A snippet of next week's Under Review podcast where I spoke to @lizziegadd.bsky.social on the topic of metrics, morals, and the next REF. You can catch the episode on Apple, Spotify, YouTube and other platforms early next week. 1/2

Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers The fabrication rate increased more than 12 times between 2023 and early 2026. Possible causes: Paper Mills, AI use etc www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

A student who sets out to write a research paper will now encounter chatbots who will offer to do their work in their word document, in their learning management system, in their email, in their web browser, and in certain library database interfaces.

Having one of those afternoons where all the technology is either gaslighting me or broken. So I had to make this to lift the mood.

Google's email grammar suggestion tool is equally useful as it is infuriating. It's like having reviewer 1 and reviewer 3 sitting over you as you type. Their little virtual pen at the ready to make suggestions for the sake of their own existence. 1/4

Being made redundant has a profound impact on people. Read Part 1 of our analysis of Times Higher Education’s UK University Redundancy Survey here: https://ow.ly/5ZhE50YQp1p #jobcuts #highered #edusky

Let’s take positive action on negative results.

Grant systems ‘could collapse’ with rise in AI-driven demand. Experts warn that funders should rethink research funding before system becomes “unworkable”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

A new episode of my Under Review podcast is out. I spoke to Professor @scurry.bsky.social about 'The high cost of hiding negative and null results.' How can it be fixed, what incentives are needed and what needs to go into the Under Review bin? YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Ps... 1/3

If you go down in the woods today

A first-author slot on an article sold by a paper mill costs a median value of nearly US$800. Price range from $57 to > $5,600. @miryamnaddaf.bsky.social in @nature.com on @reeserichardson.bsky.social, @abalkina.bsky.social analysis of thousands of papermill ads www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'More than two-thirds of the public believe at least one false or unproven health claim — such as the idea that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism — a new survey finds. The results hint that a large, and potentially growing, number of people are questioning scientific evidence.' 1/2

💥New | What policy citations “do” and “do not” reveal about the societal impact of research ✍️ Marion Poetz, Christoph Grimpe & Andreas Distel #PolicyCitations #EvidenceBasedPolicy #ResearchImpact