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Researcher Development @ Leeds
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Researcher Development and Culture team in OD&PL @unileedsodpl.bsky.social at Uni of Leeds and home of the Research Culture Uncovered Podcast.
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☕ The #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast team is taking a break over the festive period. We'll be back with a new episode on 7 January 2026! 🎄We'd like to take this opportunity to thank our listeners and guests for their support in 2025 and wish them a restful and refreshing break.
December 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
🎄#ResearchCultureUncovered Festive Podcast Special!
🎊 Get ready for laughter & surprise as we welcome Emily Ennis & jump into our festive quiz. Play along with the chaos and find out how you score against our hosts! Help spread the holiday spirit with a research culture twist! 🐝
(Episode 141) A Festive Quiz: Research Culture Uncovered Holiday Special
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December 17, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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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
(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...
Commons:Wiki Science Competition 2025 in the United Kingdom - Wikimedia Commons
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December 16, 2025 at 3:12 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.
(S3 E4) The open knowledge revolution: contributing to the global commons with Wikimedian Dr Martin Poulter
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December 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode alert! @tarynbell.bsky.social talks to @sarashinton.bsky.social and Katie Nicoll Baines about their work supporting researchers and institutions at the Future Leaders Fellows Development Network.
(Episode 140) Inside the FLF Development Network: Enabling Leaders, Supporting Institutions, Shaping Research Cultures
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December 3, 2025 at 12:01 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
(Episode 139) Championing Change: Vicky Williams on Impact, Inclusion, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing
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November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
There are two related issues that @hiddenref.bsky.social is looking to address, that of the diverse range of roles associated with research production, not just researchers themselves, but also data stewards, librarians, and technicians.
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
💭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
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November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌐 UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!
📙 Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter? With @marjorieboissinot.bsky.social‬.

🗓️ 4 December 2025 |⏰2:00-4:00pm | 🌏 Zoom
⬇️ Register now!
wun.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar Series - Research Culture: What is it and why does it matter?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email ...
This session is designed to help you understand how research culture has an impact and what you can do to positively influence the culture around you. You will also explore how diverse cultures influe...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🆕 New episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast available!
✨ Dr James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social discusses challenging academic norms and how co-production and creative, community-led research with drag artists has led to impactful, meaningful research.
(Episode 137) Drag, law, and the value of collaborative knowledge sharing
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Talking of Wikipedia and Academic Libraries👇

@yclepit.bsky.social is running an event next Monday @leedsunilibraries.bsky.social as part of @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social

Workshop: World in Translation: beyond English Wikipedia:

leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/world...

All welcome😀
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: an analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers doi.org/10.1007/s409...
Maintaining research integrity in the age of GenAI: an analysis of ethical challenges and recommendations to researchers - International Journal for Educational Integrity
Background This paper is a practice‑informed rapid review that maps the complex ethical challenges arising from the growing use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) tools across the research ...
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November 12, 2025 at 8:16 AM
🆕In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast @heleddhaf.bsky.social talks to Dr Neko Mellor about how chronic pain, disability & neurodiversity reshape research & writing.
💬Pain is more than numbers
🧠Embodied knowledge matters
🤝Inclusion starts with understanding
(Episode 136) Beyond the Pain Scale: Embodied Research — with Dr Neko Mellor
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November 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚀 Our November OD&PL Development Roundup is here! Explore opportunities from across OD&PL, all in one place.

👇 Check it out and see what's coming up!
📢 Our November OD&PL roundup is now live!

Find out what's coming up and explore a variety of ways you can develop your skills, confidence and career.

Read the roundup on the #UniversityofLeeds Staff Intranet.

▶️ bit.ly/3JkOSh4 (requires UoL login)
November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
📢 Final call! Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme and develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
November 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible

www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

@wikimediauk.bsky.social
Bringing Black stories to the fore
The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible.
www.leeds.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?

leeds.libcal.com/event/4436818

Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm

With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge

@akadidymus.bsky.social
Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?
The N8 Research Partnership launched its Rights Retention statement in January 2023. Now nearly three years later and with the sector in the midst of a financial crisis, the...
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October 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!

We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN

#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF
(Episode 135) Rethinking Research: Building Collaborative Environments
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October 29, 2025 at 12:03 PM
📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ever wondered how researchers juggle motherhood & science? In this new episode of #ResearchCultureUncovered Dr Hema Viswambharan talks about finding balance, staying abreast of science, & creating a support network. Her story is honest, encouraging & full of tips for academic parents
(Episode 134) Lab Coats and Lunch Boxes: Navigating a Research Career and Motherhood
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October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 2 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4apHwC4
October 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme (December-March) to help develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 2 November 2025
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4apHwC4
October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🌐UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!
📙Webinar 5 ‘Handling Rejection in Academia’ with @heleddhaf.bsky.social.
🗓️11 November 2025 |⏰9:00-11:00am |🌏Zoom
⬇️Register now!
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October 16, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Join us for this special online event that brings together a panel from two universitiess, separated by the Atlantic Ocean while joined by a common history. We’ll hear from academics and archivists with an interest Black history and how libraries and archives support these histories 👇
Exciting trans-Atlantic collaboration between the libraries at Universities of Rochester and Leeds:

🌎 Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester ( 🗓️ Thursday 23 October at 🕓 4pm BST / 🕚 11am EDT)

leeds.libcal.com/calendar/ope...
Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History. A conversation with the University of Rochester.
Leeds has a rich, though still under-discussed, history of anti-slavery activism. For instance, the Leeds Anti-Slavery Association was established in 1853 at The Leeds Library on...
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October 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
🏛️@richardnevell.bsky.social and "Wikimedian in Residence" @yclepit.bsky.social join host @nickshepp.bsky.social to discuss @wikipedia.org and the importance of human curated knowledge in the age of Artificial Intelligence. 🤖
(Episode 133) Promoting Open Knowledge at the University of Leeds with Lucy Hinnie and Richard Nevell
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October 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM