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Heather Slater
@hslater2.bsky.social
Research policing, aikido loving cat and bunny parent
Heading to London for the STM Research Integrity day, not having fun with LNER wifi 😏

Say hi if you're around!

stm-assoc.org/events/stm-i...
stm-assoc.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A few photos from Durham Lumiere
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Heather Slater
Over 2,000 signatures in the last 60 minutes! Add your name! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
November 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Heather Slater
An extra 16.5 million people in the UK, and two billion people globally, could be fed every year if governments prioritised food for people rather than feeding grain to factory-farmed animals.

Our new report outlines how.

#FoodNotFeed
Factory farming wastes enough food to feed two billion people, shocking new report reveals
New report shows two billion people could be fed each year if grain was grown for people, not animals.
www.veganfoodandliving.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I wonder why they'd keep it so close to their chest before it's a "done deal"

@cmckinnellmp.bsky.social
tacc.org.uk TACC @tacc.org.uk · Sep 19
@equalityhumanright.bsky.social are withholding their consultation report till after the Code is a “done deal”

@transactualuk.bsky.social with our help sent copies of the public’s submissions directly to
@bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
&
@niagriffith.bsky.social

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The EHRC don't want your views; TransActual are challenging Government Ministers to do better!

We had no faith that the EHRC would conduct this consultation professionally, fairly or transparently. We asked individuals and organisations to send us copies of their consultation responses.
September 19, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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The lynx could return to Northumberland after 800 years. A new report shows strong local support and suitable habitat, opening the door to reintroducing this native species to Britain's wild places.
August 7, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network
Frontiers to retract 122 articles, links thousands in other publishers’ journals to “unethical” network
The publisher Frontiers has begun retracting a batch of 122 articles across five journals after an investigation found a network of authors and editors engaged in “unethical actions” such as manipu…
retractionwatch.com
July 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Reposted by Heather Slater
Paperpal Preflight by @cactusglobal.bsky.social and Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm & Oversight are now integrated with Frontiers’ AIRA submission-screening system, adding new layers to research integrity screening.

Read the press release for more details ⬇️ fro.ntiers.in/HMJN
Frontiers broadens AI‑driven integrity checks with integration of Cactus’ Paperpal Preflight and Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm and Oversight into AIRA
Frontiers announced today that external industry‑leading fraud‑screening tools – Cactus Communications’ Paperpal Preflight and Clear Skies’ Papermill Alarm and
fro.ntiers.in
July 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Looks like the EHRC have opened the consultation on the changes to it's COP following the Supreme Court ruling on the definition of gender for the purposes of the Equality Act.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/equality/equ...
Code of practice for services, public functions and associations: consultation 2025 | EHRC
This page is part of our consultation on our code of practice for services, public functions and associations.
www.equalityhumanrights.com
May 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"The Supreme Court can kid itself all it likes about this decision not being bad for trans people. Trans people know it is the latest savage blow against a community that is already reeling"

- @jolyonmaugham.bsky.social for the Independent
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trans...
We left it to the Supreme Court to decide ‘what a woman is’ – they chose wrong
The Supreme Court’s decision regarding trans women has made me ashamed of my profession – and ashamed of what our law has become, writes Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KC
www.independent.co.uk
April 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Heading home after a lovely few days at the FAIRs conference in Oxford learning all about the wider world of Research Integrity and talking to some very clever people about how to fix it. Even had time to sneak in a quick trip to the castle! Now let's try not to fall asleep on this train.....
April 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Only just managed to see Helios at Seaton Delaval Hall before it left. Looks better in the dark judging by others' photos but still very impressive!
April 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Howay the lasses! Record attendance at SJP ⚽️
March 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Oh excellent, he's coming for RI now too. 🫠
January 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM