The doctoral experience doesn’t have to be isolated. Here, Maisha Islam and Natasha Palmer share four recommendations to enable an inclusive, collaborative #research culture and communities for postgraduate researchers: https://ow.ly/6sQm50YNwng #ECRchat #AcademicChatter #Academia
the “combing through and finding weird little details that interest me” part of research is so crucial
In case you missed it 👀 ❗
FORRT has launched the Open Research Games Portal — a collection of games and interactive activities for teaching open and reproducible science !
Explore it here: forrt.org/games/ and feel free to browse and use ✨
My 18yo takes copious handwritten notes at A-level and my 15yo has to make flash cards for revision in GCSE Dance, joyously, so they’re getting a lot of subtle practice. But then I helped her with a web search and she was shocked no one had taught her, so the curriculum is failing in other areas!
Same here - we took notes at A-level and maybe GCSE, shifting from mostly copying from the board to more note taking. Definitely remember in History we were taught a form of shorthand, which helped at uni. But I went to a state comp and was woefully unprepared for lectures and tutorials generally.
Strong statement from UCU on principles for implementing AI in teaching, research and administration. This is much more reflective and comprehensive than the pervasive catch-all of 'responsible AI'.
www.ucu.org.uk/media/15656/...
Let’s hope so. 10+ years to settlement is a terrible, terrible policy. Workers trapped in tied visas, families in relative poverty, massive damage to integration and social cohesion. This really matters.
Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.
The Spectator published this attack on me & colleagues just as the High Court is considering Sussex’s request for review of the Office for Students fine. It accuses us of ‘repressing’ our students. The magazine ignored my request for to reply. Please disseminate.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/smearin...
DORA has launched an introductory course on responsible research assessment! 🤩
🤓 What is it? A free online self-paced course
❓ Who is it for? Anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of research assessment, regardless of career level or discipline
🌐 Explore the course 👉 bit.ly/DORA-Intro-C...
We had our specialist subjects!
Gavin plus Linda for the odd obscure 80s music track and we could sit back!
Always a good night when we had Gavin on the team!
Women remain underrepresented in leadership, particularly in traditionally masculine work settings. At the same time, the visibility of this imbalance has led to growing calls for diversifying leadership. This research examines how both men and women contribute to the preservation or disruption of gender inequality in masculine organizational contexts. Men remain the gatekeepers of change—deciding who rises to the top and under what conditions—while women face the strategic dilemma of fitting in by downplaying inequality (supporting the status quo, sometimes called ‘queen bee behaviour’) or ‘rocking the boat’ by advocating social change (challenging the status quo). Across five experimental studies (total N = 887), we examined how evaluators assessed male and female leadership candidates who either supported or challenged the status quo. Results revealed that although men favoured female over male candidates, they consistently preferred women who reinforced the status quo over those who advocated equality. By contrast, male candidates who supported the status quo were penalized, and female evaluators showed no such preferences. These findings highlight subtle mechanisms through which gendered power dynamics are maintained, underscoring both the strategic trade-offs women must navigate to advance and the conditional nature of men's support for gender equality.
Women Leaders
"Women are expected to promote gender equality and show communal behaviour, yet those who do so...are less likely to be selected for leadership."
Derks et al. (2026). Don't rock the boat! Do men prefer women leaders who support the status quo?
doi.org/10.1111/bjso...
No cameras required. No talking unless you want to. Free PhD co-working every Wednesday. #PhDSky
The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...
'Researchers have published the recipe for an artificial-intelligence model that reviews the scientific literature better than some major large language models (LLMs) are able to, and gets the citations correct as often as human experts do.' 1/2
We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26
Labour's plans to "reform" SEND in schools will not only will deny children much needed support, but they aren't even fiscally practical. It is well documented that better funding of SEN and support early on helps reduce later life costs, e.g. with healthcare.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
An egg slicer, thin metal wires stretched across the centre of a white plastic frame.
Zeigt her eure Eiershneider! Ich habe das von meinem Opa
Minnesota is defining the power of nonviolent resistance against a militarized force that is incentivized to do harm.
They both learned German at school, I think the nickname started when mum first learned it ☺️ When gran’s memory started to go she’d often say German phrases, it stuck with her.
My mum’s pet name for her mum was Mutti 🥰
John Klassen’s books are the best children’s books! My daughter made a version for my brother a few years ago (she’d stolen/inherited his hat the year before, excellent trolling).
Yep, won’t work for us either
"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
so it begins
Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
Devastated by this decision, which goes against the very essence of Girlguiding as an inclusive space for all girls. As a guiding parent I was so impressed with their stance before now. The ‘risk of harassment’ comes from the GC movement, not from trans members of the guiding community. Solidarity
