Katy Stoddard
@katy-bird.bsky.social
Researcher developer at Sussex Uni.
academia • culture • media • archaeology • genealogy • sea swimmer • stitcher
Brighton northerner, ex-librarian @ Guardian. She/her
academia • culture • media • archaeology • genealogy • sea swimmer • stitcher
Brighton northerner, ex-librarian @ Guardian. She/her
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Katy Stoddard
@katy-bird.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Late to the party is v on brand!
I’m interested in all things researcher development and ECR/PGR support, plus info literacy, libraries and HE comms. Fan of gamification and playful learning.
Currently obsessed with archaeology and genealogy, stitching and craftivism.
I’m interested in all things researcher development and ECR/PGR support, plus info literacy, libraries and HE comms. Fan of gamification and playful learning.
Currently obsessed with archaeology and genealogy, stitching and craftivism.
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"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
December 3, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"I spoke to one 80-year-old woman who has been in our organisation for decades, who said it was one of the greatest experiences of her life, and the only place in her 80 years where she’s been treated as a woman with respect.”
What does this do for women's rights?
What does this do for women's rights?
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Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Furious at this. TERFs and Gender Critical people are a loud, radicalized, wealthy minority, forcing groups who've done the right thing for years into horrible positions that none of them want. Stop buying Harry Potter. Fight for your trans brothers and sisters. They'll come for you next.
Devastated by this decision, which goes against the very essence of Girlguiding as an inclusive space for all girls. As a guiding parent I was so impressed with their stance before now. The ‘risk of harassment’ comes from the GC movement, not from trans members of the guiding community. Solidarity
December 2, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Devastated by this decision, which goes against the very essence of Girlguiding as an inclusive space for all girls. As a guiding parent I was so impressed with their stance before now. The ‘risk of harassment’ comes from the GC movement, not from trans members of the guiding community. Solidarity
Excited for this seminar next week! There are so many barriers in HE for women/minority gender researchers. Navigating ‘traditional’ academia can be such a challenge for anyone who isn’t your ‘traditional’ academic, or who wants to prioritise anything beyond the work (including paternity leave).
🔶Don't forget - register now for the Authenticity Between Two Worlds seminar
Dr Maja Golf-Papez explores how approaches that sit outside traditional academic moulds can make academic contributions more authentic.
Wed 19 November, 10.30am-12.30pm
Sign up tinyurl.com/4uyunnec
Dr Maja Golf-Papez explores how approaches that sit outside traditional academic moulds can make academic contributions more authentic.
Wed 19 November, 10.30am-12.30pm
Sign up tinyurl.com/4uyunnec
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Excited for this seminar next week! There are so many barriers in HE for women/minority gender researchers. Navigating ‘traditional’ academia can be such a challenge for anyone who isn’t your ‘traditional’ academic, or who wants to prioritise anything beyond the work (including paternity leave).
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Delighted to share that the Open Research Games Portal by @forrt.bsky.social is now live! You can browse #Games4Research and #OpenScience and add your pedagogical feedback, even add your own #research games.
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
Open Research Games Portal
Integrating open and reproducible science into higher education
forrt.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Delighted to share that the Open Research Games Portal by @forrt.bsky.social is now live! You can browse #Games4Research and #OpenScience and add your pedagogical feedback, even add your own #research games.
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
forrt.org/games/
#GameBasedLearning #GameStudies #acadmicSky #eduSky
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My latest article, out now in Katina Magazine: 'How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing'
Basically: what if the next big idea for open access came from @archiveofourown.org instead of Els*vi*r? 👀 There's a thought...
Read here → katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Basically: what if the next big idea for open access came from @archiveofourown.org instead of Els*vi*r? 👀 There's a thought...
Read here → katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
October 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
My latest article, out now in Katina Magazine: 'How Fanfiction Can Help Us Reimagine Scholarly Publishing'
Basically: what if the next big idea for open access came from @archiveofourown.org instead of Els*vi*r? 👀 There's a thought...
Read here → katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Basically: what if the next big idea for open access came from @archiveofourown.org instead of Els*vi*r? 👀 There's a thought...
Read here → katinamagazine.org/content/arti...
Andrew Wakefield, founding father of vaccine skepticism, is apparently back
‘Scientists and clinicians soon debunked his research, finding that his ‘study’ had been based on a tiny sample size of just 12 children, suffered from a lack of controls and featured conclusions based on anecdotal reporting rather than replicable data.’
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Andrew Wakefield, founding father of vaccine skepticism, is apparently back
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If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
September 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
If you, like me, are the parent of a neuro-atypical child dreading this autism press conference, please remember: These are the people hurting our kids. Not us. They are the ones stigmatizing and pathologizing them. They are the ones peddling untested science. And we should be very, very angry.
Yesterday’s #EasternArc session on HE in Palestine felt like a direct call to action - so much can be achieved if we put effort into working with/round clunky university processes - pooling open resources, giving Gaza students honorary fellowships to enable library access… 1/2
September 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Yesterday’s #EasternArc session on HE in Palestine felt like a direct call to action - so much can be achieved if we put effort into working with/round clunky university processes - pooling open resources, giving Gaza students honorary fellowships to enable library access… 1/2
Excellent keynote from @krishk.com on engaging with right wing media to understand their language, how they generate outrage and set the political narrative. And the power of proximity, when we stop othering people, to break down barriers and enact positive change #EasternArc #SanctuarySolidarities
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Excellent keynote from @krishk.com on engaging with right wing media to understand their language, how they generate outrage and set the political narrative. And the power of proximity, when we stop othering people, to break down barriers and enact positive change #EasternArc #SanctuarySolidarities
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We're hiring: Senior EDI Officer – CHASE (Part-Time, Fixed-Term) Are you passionate about shaping inclusive academic communities? Your main duties include coordinating and consolidating EDI best practice relating to Postgraduate Research and additional research where necessary.
tinyurl.com/3vjf72zy
tinyurl.com/3vjf72zy
August 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We're hiring: Senior EDI Officer – CHASE (Part-Time, Fixed-Term) Are you passionate about shaping inclusive academic communities? Your main duties include coordinating and consolidating EDI best practice relating to Postgraduate Research and additional research where necessary.
tinyurl.com/3vjf72zy
tinyurl.com/3vjf72zy
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Deleting 1,000 emails would have a carbon benefit of about five grams CO2e. Using a laptop for 30 minutes to delete those emails would emit about 28 grams of CO2e.
Destroying the corporations responsible for climate collapse would be so much more fun and effective.
Destroying the corporations responsible for climate collapse would be so much more fun and effective.
sorry you're experiencing record breaking temperatures and drought. Have you tried deleted some of photos of your grandmother about it?
UK Asks People to Delete Emails In Order to Save Water During Drought
As Britain experiences one of its worst droughts in decades, its leaders suggest people get rid of old data to reduce stress on data centers.
www.404media.co
August 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Deleting 1,000 emails would have a carbon benefit of about five grams CO2e. Using a laptop for 30 minutes to delete those emails would emit about 28 grams of CO2e.
Destroying the corporations responsible for climate collapse would be so much more fun and effective.
Destroying the corporations responsible for climate collapse would be so much more fun and effective.
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'In February 2024, in response to an independent review of research bureaucracy, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology urged UKRI to consider alternative options on the collection of research impact data, “including no longer using Researchfish, from 2025 onwards”.' 1/3
UKRI renews contract with Researchfish, despite the government last year urging the funder to consider alternatives to the impact-tracking service.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UKRI renews contract with Researchfish - Research Professional News
Science department had previously urged funder to consider alternative options on impact tracking
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
'In February 2024, in response to an independent review of research bureaucracy, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology urged UKRI to consider alternative options on the collection of research impact data, “including no longer using Researchfish, from 2025 onwards”.' 1/3
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Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
July 24, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Joint statement on Gaza from AFP, AP, BBC News and Reuters
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New #ResearchCareers article from @cancerresearchuk.org about their initial Bridge to Academic Leadership programme which took #ECR #postdocs on a guided journey of skillsets, mindsets & growing confidence in taking the next steps (by Ally Walters)
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/07/01/r...
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/07/01/r...
Research careers – bridging the gap between postdoc and group leader - Cancer Research UK - Cancer News
Ally Walters reports back from our initial Bridge to Academic Leadership programme and talks skillsets, mindsets and growing your confidence...
news.cancerresearchuk.org
July 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
New #ResearchCareers article from @cancerresearchuk.org about their initial Bridge to Academic Leadership programme which took #ECR #postdocs on a guided journey of skillsets, mindsets & growing confidence in taking the next steps (by Ally Walters)
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/07/01/r...
news.cancerresearchuk.org/2025/07/01/r...
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Missed out on the Edinburgh Open Research Conference, or just want to rewatch the talks? No worries - we have you covered! Recordings, slides and abstracts are all available on the EOR journal:
journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...
journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...
Vol. 4 (2025) | Edinburgh Open Research
Edinburgh Open Research | ISSN 3050-2934 (Online)
journals.ed.ac.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Missed out on the Edinburgh Open Research Conference, or just want to rewatch the talks? No worries - we have you covered! Recordings, slides and abstracts are all available on the EOR journal:
journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...
journals.ed.ac.uk/eor/issue/vi...
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Please share :)
Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship 2025
Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship scheme aims to help early career academics get their book idea into a form which is ready for publication.
www.bloomsbury.com
June 15, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Please share :)
For #FamilyHistoryDay a gorgeous wax embossed seal on a will from 1869, part of my Dad’s collection of family documents that he only shared with me last week 😍 It’s ‘stitched’ in with paper/vellum, the whole structure is beautifully crafted
June 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
For #FamilyHistoryDay a gorgeous wax embossed seal on a will from 1869, part of my Dad’s collection of family documents that he only shared with me last week 😍 It’s ‘stitched’ in with paper/vellum, the whole structure is beautifully crafted
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"During a period of major economic challenges for the UK’s higher education sector, the N8 statement highlights the unsustainable nature of the current publishing ecosystem and calls for alternatives that are financially viable, transparent, and aligned with the values of open research."
N8 Research Partnership calls for urgent reform of scholarly publishing models - N8 Research Partnership
The N8 Research Partnership – the collective body for the North of England’s eight research intensive universities – has released a landmark new statement urging fundamental reform in the way scholarl...
www.n8research.org.uk
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 AM
"During a period of major economic challenges for the UK’s higher education sector, the N8 statement highlights the unsustainable nature of the current publishing ecosystem and calls for alternatives that are financially viable, transparent, and aligned with the values of open research."
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Amazing how hard it is to write: “Police shoot at journalists.”
June 11, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Amazing how hard it is to write: “Police shoot at journalists.”
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Welcome to the archives.
June 10, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Welcome to the archives.
Calling in the National Guard was inflammatory in the 1950s and 60s and it’s inflammatory now. After Newark in 1967, and other clashes over the ‘Long Hot Summer’, commissions reviewed failures in policing and systemic causes of unrest so it didn’t happen again. We’ve slid right back there.
June 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Calling in the National Guard was inflammatory in the 1950s and 60s and it’s inflammatory now. After Newark in 1967, and other clashes over the ‘Long Hot Summer’, commissions reviewed failures in policing and systemic causes of unrest so it didn’t happen again. We’ve slid right back there.
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Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.
June 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Posting this 1967 Birmingham News editorial cartoon for all the people who don't realize that this is how MLK was viewed by a big chunk of white America.