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Value and recognition for all contributions to research
This post is by Nick Sheppard, Open Research Adviser based in the Edward Boyle Library Back in October I was amongst the delegates at the Festival of Hidden REF held at the Birmingham Science Museu…
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Value and recognition for all contributions to research
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Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
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Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
“Do not despair. It’s a privilege to despair. Don’t lose sight of the fact that resistance takes a lot of different shapes and you know whatever you are able to do, even if it feels small, is something.” @rouhiroo.bsky.social
Guest Post — DEI Under Threat: Collaborative Strategies to #DefendResearch scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/12/22/g...
Guest Post — DEI Under Threat: Collaborative Strategies to #DefendResearch - The Scholarly Kitchen
Today's guest post reflects on the recent panel discussion, "Collaborative strategies to #DefendResearch and ensure academic freedom," by speakers and organizers of the event.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
December 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Do not despair. It’s a privilege to despair. Don’t lose sight of the fact that resistance takes a lot of different shapes and you know whatever you are able to do, even if it feels small, is something.” @rouhiroo.bsky.social
Wellcome’s vision for improving research culture: Perceptions and impacts in research organisations doi.org/10.21955/wel...
@catdavies.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@catdavies.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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December 23, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Wellcome’s vision for improving research culture: Perceptions and impacts in research organisations doi.org/10.21955/wel...
@catdavies.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
@catdavies.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
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An excellent exploration of ethnic disparities in sentencing in the magistrates' and Crown Courts – now available to read #OpenAccess in @crimrxiv.com
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
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@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
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New preprint: "Widening the Lens: Exploring Ethnic Disparities in Sentencing in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts"
www.crimrxiv.com/pub/9a70adbm...
Led by @eoinguilfoyle.bsky.social, with Ana Morales & Sara Geneletti.
We compare the Crown Court and the magistrates' courts for the first time...
www.crimrxiv.com/pub/9a70adbm...
Led by @eoinguilfoyle.bsky.social, with Ana Morales & Sara Geneletti.
We compare the Crown Court and the magistrates' courts for the first time...
December 17, 2025 at 11:34 AM
An excellent exploration of ethnic disparities in sentencing in the magistrates' and Crown Courts – now available to read #OpenAccess in @crimrxiv.com
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
👇
Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
(1/4) Wiki Science UK photography competition has launched 🎉🎉🎉 the ideal way to get some recognition for those amazing images that are waiting for new audiences 🔬🔭🧪🧬🧫👩🏻🔬
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
We're so excited to see what you submit! PRIZES sponsored by @universityofleeds.bsky.social
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
commons.wikimedia.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very pleased that @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social is able to sponsor this competition👇
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
📸We’d love to see your photos of science and scientists in the UK.
Categories are:
🧑🤝🧑People in Science
🔬Microscopy images
📊Non-photography media
🖼️Image sets
🐛Wildlife & nature
🌃Astronomy
👀General
It’s a wrap: a year of Wikimedia
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A recap of the year from Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser @yclepit.bsky.social
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/i...
A recap of the year from Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser @yclepit.bsky.social
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
It’s a wrap: a year of Wikimedia
This post is by Dr Lucy Hinnie, Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser with the Research Services Team based in the Edward Boyle Library What we’d really like to see is Wikimedia work being u…
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December 12, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s a wrap: a year of Wikimedia
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/i...
A recap of the year from Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser @yclepit.bsky.social
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/12/12/i...
A recap of the year from Wikimedia & Open Knowledge Adviser @yclepit.bsky.social
@wikimediauk.bsky.social
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Happy REF un-pause day to those of you who celebrate! After a wonderful last-minute scheduling change (a last-minute increase to one hour from 30 mins, and a change to proposed timelines -- you might say this was a theme of the announcement), we had the following things confirmed:
December 10, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Happy REF un-pause day to those of you who celebrate! After a wonderful last-minute scheduling change (a last-minute increase to one hour from 30 mins, and a change to proposed timelines -- you might say this was a theme of the announcement), we had the following things confirmed:
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🤔Curious about Wikimedia’s role in research & education? Listen to this episode from the archives of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with host @nickshepp.bsky.social and guest @mlpoulter.bsky.social.
(S3 E4) The open knowledge revolution: contributing to the global commons with Wikimedian Dr Martin Poulter
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🤔Curious about Wikimedia’s role in research & education? Listen to this episode from the archives of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with host @nickshepp.bsky.social and guest @mlpoulter.bsky.social.
"we want to draw attention to a troubling trend in the promotion of #OpenScience: the leaking of standards relevant only to quantitative research to all paradigms"
New preprint with Thomas Graves and @annayahprosser.bsky.social: "Getting Creeped Out? Open Science, Qualitative Methods, and the Dangers of Positivism Creep".
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
OSF
osf.io
December 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"we want to draw attention to a troubling trend in the promotion of #OpenScience: the leaking of standards relevant only to quantitative research to all paradigms"
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💡 The editorial process and the role of peer review / with Marcus Munafò
youtu.be/wdefp9zch9g?...
@ukrepro.bsky.social
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@ukrepro.bsky.social
Marcus Munafò - The editorial process and the role of peer review
YouTube video by ReproducibiliTea Global
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December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
💡 The editorial process and the role of peer review / with Marcus Munafò
youtu.be/wdefp9zch9g?...
@ukrepro.bsky.social
youtu.be/wdefp9zch9g?...
@ukrepro.bsky.social
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Great to see this excellent article now published in the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess 👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess 👇
'Estimating Discrimination in Sentencing: Distinguishing between Good and Bad Controls', with Melissa Hamilton & @pwgtennant.bsky.social, just out at the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl...
publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl...
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Great to see this excellent article now published in the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess 👇
@ccjsleeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social @openresleeds.bsky.social
Read #OpenAccess 👇
"I think we need to start working together more as a sector to trust each other more"
In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
(Episode 139) Championing Change: Vicky Williams on Impact, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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November 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"I think we need to start working together more as a sector to trust each other more"
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#CriminalJustice and #Legal scholars working on #empirical topics, do submit your work here. I had a fantastic experience, thorough reviews, short waiting time, great communication with the editorial team, and it is all 💎OA, so my university doesn't have to send £3K to Springer Nature stakeholders.
'Estimating Discrimination in Sentencing: Distinguishing between Good and Bad Controls', with Melissa Hamilton & @pwgtennant.bsky.social, just out at the European Journal of Empirical Legal Studies.
publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl...
publicera.kb.se/ejels/articl...
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
#CriminalJustice and #Legal scholars working on #empirical topics, do submit your work here. I had a fantastic experience, thorough reviews, short waiting time, great communication with the editorial team, and it is all 💎OA, so my university doesn't have to send £3K to Springer Nature stakeholders.
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Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
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In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
(Episode 139) Championing Change: Vicky Williams on Impact, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In this new episode, the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast dives deep with Vicky Williams, CEO of @emeraldpublishing.bsky.social about:
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
✅ Her 25-year journey shaping research culture
✅ Zero-embargo green OA & impact initiatives
✅ Challenges & opportunities for sustainable open access
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...
Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...
Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
This post is by Nick Sheppard, Open Research Adviser based in the Edward Boyle Library Back in October I was amongst the delegates at the Festival of Hidden REF held at the Birmingham Science Museu…
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Value and recognition for all contributions to research
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...
Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/v...
Blogpost by @nickshepp.bsky.social about Festival of @hiddenref.bsky.social held in Birmingham in October
This is a work in progress and grateful for any ideas for other suitable data sets, in particular qualitative data. Thank you! 💚🌎
Excited to announce the launch of a sustainability data repository library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1110/re...
Statistics and data sources
library.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is a work in progress and grateful for any ideas for other suitable data sets, in particular qualitative data. Thank you! 💚🌎
Excited to announce the launch of a sustainability data repository library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1110/re...
Statistics and data sources
library.leeds.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Excited to announce the launch of a sustainability data repository library.leeds.ac.uk/info/1110/re...
Here's the article discussed:
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education (2025)
doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education (2025)
doi.org/10.1080/1360...
💭In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, @ruthwinden.bsky.social chats to Dr Elizabeth Faulkner & Dr Cathal Rogers about exploring systemic inequalities in UK HE for researchers returning after maternity leave, why support matters & what needs to change.
(Episode 138) Reclaiming Your Research Career After Maternity Leave
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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November 20, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Here's the article discussed:
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education (2025)
doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Confronting the lack of support for academics returning to research from maternity leave in UK higher education (2025)
doi.org/10.1080/1360...
Interpreting UKRI Environmental Sustainability Guidance for the Digital Humanities doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Interpreting UKRI Environmental Sustainability Guidance for the Digital Humanities
Climate transition spans all aspects of society, including the Digital Humanities. Researchers and research development professionals will need to play their part. However, as yet UK funders do not pr...
doi.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Interpreting UKRI Environmental Sustainability Guidance for the Digital Humanities doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Diversification of Reading Lists Toolkit @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social campuspress.leeds.ac.uk/diversificat...
Diversification of Reading Lists Toolkit
campuspress.leeds.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Diversification of Reading Lists Toolkit @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social campuspress.leeds.ac.uk/diversificat...
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SPARC Europe advocates for an integrated open strategy. To set our compass for connecting the opens, we interviewed many leaders at a number of European universities. Read our newly-published The Case for #ConnectingTheOpens: A SPARC Europe Position Paper zenodo.org/records/1757... 🧵 1/2
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
SPARC Europe advocates for an integrated open strategy. To set our compass for connecting the opens, we interviewed many leaders at a number of European universities. Read our newly-published The Case for #ConnectingTheOpens: A SPARC Europe Position Paper zenodo.org/records/1757... 🧵 1/2
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