Tom Flint
@tomflint.bsky.social
Junior Vice Dean of Vibes, or better known as the Research Culture Engagement Officer at the University of Leeds.
https://researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/about/
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If you like insightful takes on the Hidden REF from others and immense vocal fry from me, why not listen to Sarah's most recent episode of the Hidden REF podcast?
New episode: Join me at the Festival of Hidden REF in Birmingham on 8 October. I meet Simon Hettrick, James Baker, Elisa Collado, Lorraine van Blerk, Laura Henderson, Alix Brodie-Wray, Dr Emily Ennis, Jo Williams and Nick Sheppard about hidden roles and non-traditional outputs buff.ly/skpJuUR
November 5, 2025 at 9:27 AM
If you like insightful takes on the Hidden REF from others and immense vocal fry from me, why not listen to Sarah's most recent episode of the Hidden REF podcast?
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Inclusive research culture starts with solidarity - and that means showing up for everyone.
📅 Nov 17 | Nov 24 | Dec 19
#TransLiberation #ResearchCulture #UniversityofLeeds
📅 Nov 17 | Nov 24 | Dec 19
#TransLiberation #ResearchCulture #UniversityofLeeds
November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Inclusive research culture starts with solidarity - and that means showing up for everyone.
📅 Nov 17 | Nov 24 | Dec 19
#TransLiberation #ResearchCulture #UniversityofLeeds
📅 Nov 17 | Nov 24 | Dec 19
#TransLiberation #ResearchCulture #UniversityofLeeds
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This Nov & Dec, @universityofleeds.bsky.social hosts Act! - a 3-part trans-led series on the fight for trans liberation in the UK.
Each session brings lived experience, research insight & policy expertise to the stage.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/cc/act-for-t...
Each session brings lived experience, research insight & policy expertise to the stage.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/cc/act-for-t...
Act! For Trans Liberation
Act! is a series of three trans-led events focussed on the struggle for trans liberation here in the UK, drawing on the experience and knowledge of activists, academics and politicians :) Join us, and...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This Nov & Dec, @universityofleeds.bsky.social hosts Act! - a 3-part trans-led series on the fight for trans liberation in the UK.
Each session brings lived experience, research insight & policy expertise to the stage.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/cc/act-for-t...
Each session brings lived experience, research insight & policy expertise to the stage.
🔗 www.eventbrite.com/cc/act-for-t...
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FANTASTIC piece on research culture and what needs to change here:
📢 New Blog: “Why My Success Is Your Success” - A Personal Vision on Research Culture
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
Why My Success is Your Success: A Personal Vision on Research Culture | Research Culture at Leeds
researchculture.leeds.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
FANTASTIC piece on research culture and what needs to change here:
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📢 New Blog: “Why My Success Is Your Success” - A Personal Vision on Research Culture
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
Why My Success is Your Success: A Personal Vision on Research Culture | Research Culture at Leeds
researchculture.leeds.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 12:43 PM
📢 New Blog: “Why My Success Is Your Success” - A Personal Vision on Research Culture
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
🔗 Read the full piece: researchculture.leeds.ac.uk/why-my-succe...
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📢 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
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 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
⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0
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Break from work posts to mention that I've just completed Stride for Gaza, walking 98km for MAP. Pre-arthritis, I'd have run it. But my sore knees are nothing compared to ongoing suffering and atrocities in Palestine. 🇵🇸You can still donate here: medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/emily-ennis
October 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Break from work posts to mention that I've just completed Stride for Gaza, walking 98km for MAP. Pre-arthritis, I'd have run it. But my sore knees are nothing compared to ongoing suffering and atrocities in Palestine. 🇵🇸You can still donate here: medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/emily-ennis
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“Positive action funds like REDI matter… but they are not substitutes for structural reform.”
💡 Soo has written a bold and timely reflection on our REDI Fund at Leeds, not just what we did, but why it matters now more than ever ‼️🔥
📰 Read the full piece here and join the conversation:
💡 Soo has written a bold and timely reflection on our REDI Fund at Leeds, not just what we did, but why it matters now more than ever ‼️🔥
📰 Read the full piece here and join the conversation:
Equity In Research Communities – Resisting The Backlash | Research Culture at Leeds
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October 17, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Positive action funds like REDI matter… but they are not substitutes for structural reform.”
💡 Soo has written a bold and timely reflection on our REDI Fund at Leeds, not just what we did, but why it matters now more than ever ‼️🔥
📰 Read the full piece here and join the conversation:
💡 Soo has written a bold and timely reflection on our REDI Fund at Leeds, not just what we did, but why it matters now more than ever ‼️🔥
📰 Read the full piece here and join the conversation:
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@soofougere.bsky.social Well Done for such a wonderfully reflective piece! 💡❤️
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
@soofougere.bsky.social Well Done for such a wonderfully reflective piece! 💡❤️
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🗣️Speakers:
🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)
💂♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)
🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)
💂♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)
💂♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)
🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)
💂♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
📚 “Archives across the Atlantic: Unearthing Black History”
🗓️ Thu 23 Oct, 4-5pm (BST)
Explore anti-slavery, resistance & archival activism from @universityofleeds.bsky.social and University of Rochester.
Online - register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4443892
#BlackHistory #Archives #Leeds #Rochester
🗓️ Thu 23 Oct, 4-5pm (BST)
Explore anti-slavery, resistance & archival activism from @universityofleeds.bsky.social and University of Rochester.
Online - register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4443892
#BlackHistory #Archives #Leeds #Rochester
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...
leeds.libcal.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
🗣️Speakers:
🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)
💂♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)
🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)
💂♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
🗽Melanie Chambliss, Assistant Professor of History (Rochester)
💂♂️Bridget Bennett, Professor of American Literature and Culture (Leeds)
🗽Autumn Haag, Assistant Director, Rare Books, Special Collections and Preservation (Rochester)
💂♂️Kate Dossett, Professor of American History (Leeds)
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🎉 Happy International Research Software Engineers Day! 🎉
Today we celebrate the incredible work of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who empower researchers through expert coding support, collaboration, and training.
Today we celebrate the incredible work of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who empower researchers through expert coding support, collaboration, and training.
October 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
🎉 Happy International Research Software Engineers Day! 🎉
Today we celebrate the incredible work of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who empower researchers through expert coding support, collaboration, and training.
Today we celebrate the incredible work of Research Software Engineers (RSEs) who empower researchers through expert coding support, collaboration, and training.
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🔩 Are you a member of research staff or academic staff at the University of Leeds? Join the ‘Navigating your role and responsibilities as a Principal Investigator’ (PI) workshop to reflect on the real-world issues of a PI.
✅ Register now uolr3.leeds.ac.uk/temcatsearch...
@unileedsodpl.bsky.social
✅ Register now uolr3.leeds.ac.uk/temcatsearch...
@unileedsodpl.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
🔩 Are you a member of research staff or academic staff at the University of Leeds? Join the ‘Navigating your role and responsibilities as a Principal Investigator’ (PI) workshop to reflect on the real-world issues of a PI.
✅ Register now uolr3.leeds.ac.uk/temcatsearch...
@unileedsodpl.bsky.social
✅ Register now uolr3.leeds.ac.uk/temcatsearch...
@unileedsodpl.bsky.social
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I found this an excellent way to end #HiddenREF2025 yesterday. While it's important we get diverse roles and outputs the recognition they deserve - i.e. through the REF - often the REF itself can feel anti-research culture. For me, REF is a competition, but research culture is about community.
In the final session of the day, Tim Newton, Dean of Research Culture at King's College London, reflects on the connection between research culture change and PCE:
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I found this an excellent way to end #HiddenREF2025 yesterday. While it's important we get diverse roles and outputs the recognition they deserve - i.e. through the REF - often the REF itself can feel anti-research culture. For me, REF is a competition, but research culture is about community.
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In the final session of the day, Tim Newton, Dean of Research Culture at King's College London, reflects on the connection between research culture change and PCE:
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
October 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
In the final session of the day, Tim Newton, Dean of Research Culture at King's College London, reflects on the connection between research culture change and PCE:
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
"It's important to do what's right and good, and not necessarily what's pragmatic for REF."
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You'll maybe hear us reflecting on the festival on video and podcast sound bites (don't worry, we'll *definitely* signpost these as they come out). But we've already got some ideas percolating on how to enhance research culture at Leeds with a focus on hidden roles and diverse outputs.
October 8, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You'll maybe hear us reflecting on the festival on video and podcast sound bites (don't worry, we'll *definitely* signpost these as they come out). But we've already got some ideas percolating on how to enhance research culture at Leeds with a focus on hidden roles and diverse outputs.
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In a way that feels very on brand for the idea of the #HiddenREF, there have been 4 of us from Leeds at the festival over the last two days and we didn't know we'd each be here. But that won't stop us collaborating on and coordinating our next steps!
October 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
In a way that feels very on brand for the idea of the #HiddenREF, there have been 4 of us from Leeds at the festival over the last two days and we didn't know we'd each be here. But that won't stop us collaborating on and coordinating our next steps!
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Holly Ranger from University of Sheffield asking us whether "non-traditional" outputs is itself biased: non-traditional to whom???
Of course, using the phrase "non-traditional" accidentally centres the structures we're attempting to dismantle ("traditional").
Of course, using the phrase "non-traditional" accidentally centres the structures we're attempting to dismantle ("traditional").
October 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Holly Ranger from University of Sheffield asking us whether "non-traditional" outputs is itself biased: non-traditional to whom???
Of course, using the phrase "non-traditional" accidentally centres the structures we're attempting to dismantle ("traditional").
Of course, using the phrase "non-traditional" accidentally centres the structures we're attempting to dismantle ("traditional").
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Gareth Bish from Coherent Digital discussing how they are preserving materials at risk of being lost, including the data and resources being lost due to political censorship in the US and elsewhere (think, CDC content). coherentdigital.net
A true example of something simple and revolutionary.
A true example of something simple and revolutionary.
Coherent Digital
Coherent Digital
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October 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Gareth Bish from Coherent Digital discussing how they are preserving materials at risk of being lost, including the data and resources being lost due to political censorship in the US and elsewhere (think, CDC content). coherentdigital.net
A true example of something simple and revolutionary.
A true example of something simple and revolutionary.
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@nickshepp.bsky.social is here too...but the camera on his phone is broken, he's a bit tired, and far less organised than Emily (he did take some notes once at a lecture in 1995. But lost them.)
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
@nickshepp.bsky.social is here too...but the camera on his phone is broken, he's a bit tired, and far less organised than Emily (he did take some notes once at a lecture in 1995. But lost them.)
🪂 Our very own intrepid research culture wrangler and correspondent @emilyennis.bsky.social has parachuted into Hidden REF armed with nothing but a lanyard, a sharp eye for research culture, and a dangerously well-organised notebook.
Follow along for live sightings of academic value in the wild...
Follow along for live sightings of academic value in the wild...
October 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🪂 Our very own intrepid research culture wrangler and correspondent @emilyennis.bsky.social has parachuted into Hidden REF armed with nothing but a lanyard, a sharp eye for research culture, and a dangerously well-organised notebook.
Follow along for live sightings of academic value in the wild...
Follow along for live sightings of academic value in the wild...
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Dr Raysa Rocha delivered a lightning talk on generating actionable insights to support neurodivergent workers and their wellbeing. We at Leeds are having conversations on how to support neurodivergent people in the research community, so this is exciting!
October 8, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Dr Raysa Rocha delivered a lightning talk on generating actionable insights to support neurodivergent workers and their wellbeing. We at Leeds are having conversations on how to support neurodivergent people in the research community, so this is exciting!
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Day 2 of ##Hiddenref2025 and a reminder that people are as important as outputs.
October 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Day 2 of ##Hiddenref2025 and a reminder that people are as important as outputs.
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We tried some thinking aloud with kpop, then traditional outputs. And now...non-traditional outputs from REF2021.
October 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We tried some thinking aloud with kpop, then traditional outputs. And now...non-traditional outputs from REF2021.
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First stop for thinking about the mechanics of evaluating non-traditional outputs: thinking aloud. This is where my (Emily’s) neurodivergence finally comes into its own 😎
October 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
First stop for thinking about the mechanics of evaluating non-traditional outputs: thinking aloud. This is where my (Emily’s) neurodivergence finally comes into its own 😎
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Yes, it's a fancy word. But heuristics (our shortcuts for making decisions) are everywhere. But this is a problem for output evaluation! This is why recognising diverse outputs and understanding responsible use of research metrics are important. #HiddenREF
October 7, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Yes, it's a fancy word. But heuristics (our shortcuts for making decisions) are everywhere. But this is a problem for output evaluation! This is why recognising diverse outputs and understanding responsible use of research metrics are important. #HiddenREF