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Research Consulting
@researchconsulting.bsky.social
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Research Consulting is a specialist consultancy firm focused on research
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Our colleague @dylanstoran.bsky.social will be attending the Partnering for Innovation and Impact event at @tcddublin.bsky.social hosted by UIIN. If you're attending too, be sure to stop by and connect.

#UniversityIndustryPartnerships #CollaborativeInnovation #ImpactThroughCollaboration
November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Our work spans every corner of the research ecosystem - from universities and funders to societies and publishers. Explore our new sector pages to see how we help organisations strengthen research strategy, systems and impact

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#ResearchManagement #OpenResearch #ScholarlyComms
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Our colleague Liz Allen will be attending the @chashub.bsky.social Conference this week. If you're there too, don’t miss the chance to connect—Liz would love to chat about all things scholarly communication and beyond.

#CharlestonConference #chasconf2025
November 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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Our colleague, Liz Allen, will be at the
@chashub.bsky.social conference 2025 next week. Feel free to drop a line to catch up. #CharlestonConference #chasconf2025
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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@rschrobuk.bsky.social will be speaking at the @stmassoc.bsky.social ECPC webinar this afternoon at 3pm. If you haven’t booked your place yet, there’s still time. buff.ly/Euf67S2
October 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Our colleague, @drachiarelli.bsky.social, is in the UAE this week at the @forumforopen.bsky.social Conference. Feel free to connect with Andrea to arrange a catch up. #FORM2025 #UAE
October 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Join our Managing Director, @rschrobuk.bsky.social, at the @stmassoc.bsky.social ECPC webinar “Non-traditional roles in scholarly publishing”. He’ll be sharing his insights on career pathways and how he successfully pivoted into leadership. buff.ly/Euf67S2
October 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Our colleague, @drachiarelli.bsky.social, is travelling over to UAE next week to join the @forumforopen.bsky.social Conference. Feel free to connect with Andrea to discuss the conference or even arrange a catch up. #FORM2025 #UAE
October 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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At Frankfurt Book Fair? We’re taking the pulse of the academic publishing ecosystem — share your view in our 2-minute survey and see how your outlook compares in our post-event brief.

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#FBM25
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Our colleagues, @dylanstoran.bsky.social and @rschrobuk.bsky.social are in Frankfurt this week to attend the @stmassoc.bsky.social conference and the @buchmesse.de Frankfurt Book Fair. Feel free to connect with Dylan and Rob to catch up in person. #STM #FBF
October 13, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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We’ve achieved our ISO 9001 audit again! 🎉

A big thank you to our team for upholding our commitment to quality, customer satisfaction, and continuous improvement since 2016.

#ISO9001 #QualityManagement #ContinuousImprovement
BSI ISO 9001 Quality mark
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Our colleagues, @dylanstoran.bsky.social and @rschrobuk.bsky.social will be in Frankfurt next week to attend the @stmassoc.bsky.social conference and the @buchmesse.de Frankfurt Book Fair. Are you attending? Connect with Dylan and Rob to catch up. #STM #FBF
October 6, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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In a challenging landscape opportunities include making a difference to research culture, using AI in researcher development and collaboration with other institutions. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Challenges and opportunities: Challenges: financial pressures; technological changes; understanding and meeting audience needs; institutional positioning. Opportunities: positive contributions to research culture; using AI in development; collaboration.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Most activity is delivered through synchronous sessions, although asynchronous delivery is more frequently used for delivery to research students. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report undertaken with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Programmes and delivery: Programmes for research students and staff cover a wide range of topics; opportunities for professional and technical staff are more limited. Most activity is delivered through synchronous sessions.
September 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Critical barriers to engagement are lack of recognition in workload allocation and lack of awareness of available opportunities. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report undertaken with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Engagement: Barriers are lack of recognition in workload and limited awareness of opportunities. Engagement is strengthened by embedding reflections in performance reviews, targeted communications and senior leaders’ support.
September 29, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Responsibilities for #researcherdevelopment are shared across different parts of institutions, reflecting specialisation and proximity to researchers. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report undertaken with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Structures: Responsibility is shared across institutional units, reflecting specialisation and proximity to researchers. Roles involve high levels of fractional input: staff balance researcher development with other duties.
September 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Only a minority of institutions have a dedicated researcher development strategy and research committees are a key governance route. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report undertaken with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Strategy: Only a minority of institutions have dedicated researcher development strategies. Research Committees are the key governance route for researcher development.
September 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Researcher development study illustrates the importance and challenges of effective evaluation. Developing robust approaches to evaluation are key areas for development. Read more from the #researcherdevelopment public report with @Vitae-news.bsky.social: buff.ly/76YyQRl #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025
Evaluation: Evaluation is used to assess impact, inform programme development and share good practice. Key challenges include gathering longitudinal data and granularity of evaluation.
September 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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In a challenging external and internal landscape opportunities include making a positive difference to research culture, using AI in #researcherdevelopment and collaboration with other institutions. #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025 7/7
Challenges and opportunities: Challenges: financial pressures; technological changes; understanding and meeting audience needs; institutional positioning. Opportunities: positive contributions to research culture; using AI in development; collaboration.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Most activity is delivered through synchronous sessions, although asynchronous delivery is more frequently used for delivery to research students. #researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025. 6/7
Programmes and delivery: Programmes for research students and staff cover a wide range of topics; opportunities for professional and technical staff are more limited. Most activity is delivered through synchronous sessions.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Critical barriers to engagement are lack of recognition in workload allocation and lack of awareness of available opportunities. #researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025 5/7
Engagement: Barriers are lack of recognition in workload and limited awareness of opportunities. Engagement is strengthened by embedding reflections in performance reviews, targeted communications and senior leaders’ support.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Responsibilities for #researcherdevelopment are shared across different parts of institutions, reflecting specialisation and proximity to researchers. #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025 4/7
Structures: Responsibility is shared across institutional units, reflecting specialisation and proximity to researchers. Roles involve high levels of fractional input: staff balance researcher development with other duties.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Only a minority of institutions have a dedicated researcher development strategy and research committees are a key governance route #researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025 3/7
Strategy: Only a minority of institutions have dedicated researcher development strategies. Research Committees are the key governance route for researcher development.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The study illustrates the importance and challenges of effective evaluation, and developing robust and effective approaches to evaluation, including longitudinal evaluation are key areas for future development #researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon #VitaeCon2025 2/7
Evaluation: Evaluation is used to assess impact, inform programme development and share good practice. Key challenges include gathering longitudinal data and granularity of evaluation.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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At #VitaeCon2025 we launched the report from a researcher development study in partnership with @Vitae-news.bsky.social with 14 UK & Australian universities, supporting 40,000 research staff and students. See the infographic & public report: buff.ly/76YyQRl

#researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon 🧵1/7
Infographic showing the main findings from the researcher development study, covering aspects of evaluation, strategy, structures, engagement, programmes and delivery, challenges and opportunities.
September 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM