Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards
@vickiye.bsky.social
Senior Research Data Steward at UCL's Advanced Research Computing department @ucl-arc.bsky.social, sometime clinical trial conduct methodologist, palaeopathologist, archaeologist, & food historian | #DataSharing #OpenScience #HealthcareSystemsData
Here's one of my colleagues, Nick Owen, talking about his role as a Research Data Steward in @ucl-arc.bsky.social #DataSteward #DataStewardship #ResearchDataManagement #OpenScience #UCL
🎁 16 A day in the life of a UCL research data steward – a personal FAIRytale by Nick Owen.
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A day in the life of a UCL Research Data Steward | ELIXIR-UK
Nick Owen shares his journey into data stewardship at UCL, highlighting how the role supports researchers through better data practices.
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January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Here's one of my colleagues, Nick Owen, talking about his role as a Research Data Steward in @ucl-arc.bsky.social #DataSteward #DataStewardship #ResearchDataManagement #OpenScience #UCL
I was definitely engaged and distracted!
A potentially engaging distraction: watch me close out a conference on AI in LAM by talking about how all the vagaries of archival description and discovery that LLMs can't address
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Closing Keynote Address (Day 2) - Dorothy Berry, Smithsonian Institute - Fantastic Futures 2025
YouTube video by AI4LAM
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January 7, 2026 at 1:49 PM
I was definitely engaged and distracted!
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If you or your students are new to DH, ACH has earned its reputation as a friendly, welcoming space. They also put a lot of thought into online activities beyond Zoom to get some of that "hallway conversation" effect, and it's extremely affordable especially for students. Please propose something!
ACH 2026 welcomes proposals on all aspects of digital humanities work. Share your research, tools, pedagogy, or community projects with our vibrant DH community. Virtual conference June 24-26. Deadline: Feb 2
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January 6, 2026 at 4:26 PM
If you or your students are new to DH, ACH has earned its reputation as a friendly, welcoming space. They also put a lot of thought into online activities beyond Zoom to get some of that "hallway conversation" effect, and it's extremely affordable especially for students. Please propose something!
(but feeling impressed with my past self, who wrote a to do list for this week, rather than just assuming I'd remember everything)
January 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
(but feeling impressed with my past self, who wrote a to do list for this week, rather than just assuming I'd remember everything)
Back to work today, and wondering why I gave myself such a mountain of things to do, including grant writing and a report for a funder on a previous project! Oh well, maybe a week focussed on writing will be a route to developing good habits for the new term #AcademicSky
January 5, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Back to work today, and wondering why I gave myself such a mountain of things to do, including grant writing and a report for a funder on a previous project! Oh well, maybe a week focussed on writing will be a route to developing good habits for the new term #AcademicSky
(that or win the lottery so I can just spend my days just doing archaeology and history.....!)
January 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
(that or win the lottery so I can just spend my days just doing archaeology and history.....!)
Awwww.... That means a lot to hear you say that! I do feel an itch to get myself a project... In the meantime there are some possibilities in the pipeline to work on some archaeological projects on the data side... I just need to persuade some digital humanities bods that they want to work with ARC!
January 4, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Awwww.... That means a lot to hear you say that! I do feel an itch to get myself a project... In the meantime there are some possibilities in the pipeline to work on some archaeological projects on the data side... I just need to persuade some digital humanities bods that they want to work with ARC!
I absolutely love this thread! Problem is, it's making me feel all nostalgic for doing work in archives....
I think we need a mega thread of everyone's craziest archive stories.
January 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I absolutely love this thread! Problem is, it's making me feel all nostalgic for doing work in archives....
Always happy to talk through options! It's something we're discussing a lot at UCL these days. Though sadly it tends to not mean long-term preservation of whole websites, but simplifying right down to the data itself in as basic a format as possible.
January 4, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Always happy to talk through options! It's something we're discussing a lot at UCL these days. Though sadly it tends to not mean long-term preservation of whole websites, but simplifying right down to the data itself in as basic a format as possible.
Was at the filming of the #TaskMaster New Year's Special second episode. Just saw the first episode and now know why we stood outside in the freezing cold waiting for the first episode to finish..... (I kid you not) for hours.....
January 2, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Was at the filming of the #TaskMaster New Year's Special second episode. Just saw the first episode and now know why we stood outside in the freezing cold waiting for the first episode to finish..... (I kid you not) for hours.....
Yup, I'm fine with dogs, but as I'm allergic to them, have to avoid touching them. I get some appalling reactions to my not enthusiastically greeting their dog's wish to climb all over me (dogs seem to absolutely love me, which makes it all the more difficult)
January 1, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Yup, I'm fine with dogs, but as I'm allergic to them, have to avoid touching them. I get some appalling reactions to my not enthusiastically greeting their dog's wish to climb all over me (dogs seem to absolutely love me, which makes it all the more difficult)
As with all these things, they rarely ask people what they need to do the work they do... I wish 'mood' even vaguely topped my needs, but being able to take online meetings without disturbing everyone else, while everyone else also needs to take a meeting seems beyond such consultants....
December 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As with all these things, they rarely ask people what they need to do the work they do... I wish 'mood' even vaguely topped my needs, but being able to take online meetings without disturbing everyone else, while everyone else also needs to take a meeting seems beyond such consultants....
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We are now at 75k signatures, with many messages of support on Instagram, Facebook and here.
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
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This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
Home - Not in our name
Not In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community
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December 29, 2025 at 1:09 AM
We are now at 75k signatures, with many messages of support on Instagram, Facebook and here.
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
This is a genuine groundswell of love over hate, and a call to focus on the real harms faced by women and girls.
Thank you all who’ve signed and shared. Let’s keep it going 💜
notinourname.org.uk
This is exactly the sort of wonderful thread that I'm on Bluesky for!
Archivists/librarians please share the coolest thing in your collections that will never be digitized.
I live in the heart of California gold country. One of the richest mines ever in CA is nearby. Opened circa 1860 closed 1942. A local foundation has preserved the records on site. I know not a stitch has been digitized and am confident no more than 2 pro historians have ever been in there.
December 28, 2025 at 10:57 AM
This is exactly the sort of wonderful thread that I'm on Bluesky for!
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
December 27, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!
Web of Science? Unfortunately it doesn't cover a large range of journals, let alone other formats, such as monographs, chapters and books. For certain areas of study it's not an option at all.
December 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Web of Science? Unfortunately it doesn't cover a large range of journals, let alone other formats, such as monographs, chapters and books. For certain areas of study it's not an option at all.
Happy Christmas everyone! Have a wonderful day!
December 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Happy Christmas everyone! Have a wonderful day!
That's about to be my evening....... And part of tomorrow I fear!
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
That's about to be my evening....... And part of tomorrow I fear!
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Help protect our access to historical English & Welsh wills! Follow the link (genealcymru.com/2025/11/12/p...) to a template you can use to email the UK Ministry of Justice (mojfeespolicy@Justice.gov.uk) to oppose their 1000% price increase for buying wills! See below for the email I sent #Genealogy
Protect our Access to Wills!
Do you want to help protect our access to Welsh and English wills? Family historians use wills all the time and our ability to access them through the Probate Search Service is an invaluable boon t…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Help protect our access to historical English & Welsh wills! Follow the link (genealcymru.com/2025/11/12/p...) to a template you can use to email the UK Ministry of Justice (mojfeespolicy@Justice.gov.uk) to oppose their 1000% price increase for buying wills! See below for the email I sent #Genealogy
The pickle of champions! Argh: I want one now! I have a feeling we've run out.... (goes off to search through cupboards)
December 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
The pickle of champions! Argh: I want one now! I have a feeling we've run out.... (goes off to search through cupboards)
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People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind
Actual academics:
Actual academics:
I wonder how many UK universities have very similar policies around workplace stress to those of Birmingham......?
'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2
Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I wonder how many UK universities have very similar policies around workplace stress to those of Birmingham......?
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Next event: Connecting research data and software communities, Tue 10 February 2026, in person in Cambridge.
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Keynotes from Gita Khalili Moghaddam, CEO of TumourVue Ltd, and Martin O'Reilly, Director of Research Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Next event: Connecting research data and software communities, Tue 10 February 2026, in person in Cambridge.
Keynotes from Gita Khalili Moghaddam, CEO of TumourVue Ltd, and Martin O'Reilly, Director of Research Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute.
Sign up here: tinyurl.com/3hskyku7
Keynotes from Gita Khalili Moghaddam, CEO of TumourVue Ltd, and Martin O'Reilly, Director of Research Engineering, The Alan Turing Institute.
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DisCouRSE Focus Group: How can leadership influence a healthy team culture in a dRTP context? Settle on a shared language, document valuable practices, refine the DIRECT competencies framework.
Date: Mon 19 January 2026
Location: King's College London
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Date: Mon 19 January 2026
Location: King's College London
Register here: tinyurl.com/yr7vewhc
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
DisCouRSE Focus Group: How can leadership influence a healthy team culture in a dRTP context? Settle on a shared language, document valuable practices, refine the DIRECT competencies framework.
Date: Mon 19 January 2026
Location: King's College London
Register here: tinyurl.com/yr7vewhc
Date: Mon 19 January 2026
Location: King's College London
Register here: tinyurl.com/yr7vewhc