Join me for a 30sec visit to the Festival of hiddenref.bsky.social at ThinkTank Birmingham on 8 October 2025. Listen to the latest podcast episode for a full event report pod.link/1663857550

Tangible work benefits with a side of pizza and yoga? Who else wants to hop on plane to Austria right now for one of Johanna Stadlbauer's programmes? The PostDoc Office has recently been named as an example of best practice in researcher supervision so this approach is definitely doing things right.

The most valuable thing that a freelancer can bring to your research endeavours is themselves. You get support from a real person and can forge connections in a way big corporations or AI just can't replicate.

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Join me for a wander around the International Research Culture Conference #IRCC25. The latest podcast episode is a report from the conference - topics include hidden labour in research teams, and professional development (or the lack of) for research adjacent roles. buff.ly/tBStCUO

Who do we need to talk to to make that happen???? Podcast guest Esther Lisk-Carew's love of film means that she knows how impactful iconic role models can be. She would use her Research Adjacent magic wand to turn mentor Rupert Giles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer into an academic researcher 🗡️ 🧛

Precarity isn't just an issue in academia. It's also baked into how the cultural sector operates. Having patched together her own career from short term contracts, Esther Lisk-Carew now mentors others so that they can find a balance between their own creative practice and more stable income streams.

The research world loves to debate about exactly what to call things. The term impact is sometimes used to talk about engagement, translation, knowledge exchange and the rest. I'm with Tamika Heiden - what we call it is less important than what we actually DO!
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