At the University of Leeds, we believe that all members of our research community play a crucial role in developing and promoting a positive and inclusive research culture. Across the globe, the urgent need for a better Research Culture in Higher Education is widely accepted – but how do you make it happen? This weekly podcast focuses on our ideas, approaches and learning as we contribute to the University's attempt to create a Research Culture in which everyone can thrive. Whether you under ...
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Research careers are complex and unpredictable, but the lives of researchers are fascinating.On this podcast, Dr Sandrine Soubes interviews researchers, academics and professionals with research background about their journeying through research lives and professional transitions.Bringing these stories to you listeners is about illustrating the diversity of approaches in navigating the complexities of the research environment. Stories from our guests show that there is never a set path for r ...
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(S9/E5) Northern Gritstone: Balancing Profit with Purpose
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In our fortnightly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode, host Ged Hall dives into the fascinating world of academic innovation and investment with special guests Duncan Johnson, CEO of Northern Gritstone, and Andy Duley, Director of Commercialisation at the Universit…
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74- Prof. Jenny Clark- Modelling parenthood in research careers
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Prof. Jenny Clark is a Materials Physics research leader in the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences at The University of Sheffield. Jenny has sailed the fellowship boat to build her research career while putting her family as one of her priorities. She is an example to showcase that whilst no one can ever “do it all”, researchers with pare…
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(S9/E4) Scottish Policy Research Exchange: Empowering Equitable Decision-Making
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In our regular Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode, host Ged Hall dives into the transformative work of the Scottish Policy Research Exchange (SPRE), an organisation dedicated to developing a strategy and building a culture for engagement and decision-making in the …
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(S9/E3) Postdocs as Innovators: Shaping Research Culture at the University of Leeds
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In our regular Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking - "What is Research Culture and why does it matter?" This time, we focus on How Postdocs at Leeds Are Shaping Research Culture. Ruth Winden is speaking to three dedicated postdocs - Laurin McDowall, Jessica Swanson, and James Warren – who have just secured Research England fundin…
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73- Dr Phil Elks- Joining a thriving community
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Dr Phil Elks is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Medicine and Population Health at The University of Sheffield. His research career has been dedicated to using Zebrafish as a model to study human diseases. Being part of a vibrant community using this animal model has shaped his career. Listening to our conversation will prompt your thinkin…
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(S9E2) LIBER2024: New approaches to measuring prevalence and impact of Open Science
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In this episode Nick speaks to colleagues at the LIBER 2024 Annual Conference which took place in Limassol, Cyprus from 3-5 July 2024. In three separate conversations we hear from Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Director, Open Science Solutions at the Public Library of Science (PLOS), Laetitia Bracco, Head of the Research Data Support Service in the Bibliomet…
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72- Dr Cariad Evans- Integrating research into your clinical practice
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Dr Cariad Evans is a virology consultant for the NHS, as well as an infectious diseases specialist. After a period of working in Africa, Cariad returned to the UK to work as a consultant. A corridor conversation with a senior colleague kick-started her engagement in doing research via an MD. The recent pandemics have been fertile grounds to contrib…
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(S9E1): Show Some Appreciation and Change Your Research Culture for the Better, with Ruth Winden
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In our fortnightly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode, Ruth Winden, the University's Careers with research Consultant, shares ideas for how we can help researchers feel more appreciated at work. She covers topics such as: 🔹 **Embrace Core Values**: Establishing and…
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(S8E8) Research Impact Heroes: Stories and Learnings from the AESIS Conference
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In our fortnightly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode Ged Hall discusses the enlightening time he had at the Network for Advancing & Evaluating the Societal Impact of Science ‘Societal Impact of Scientific Research’ Conference in Dublin in June 2024. The conference…
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71- Dr Deanne Bell- Weathering the white gaze and inventing post-colonial higher education
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Deanne Bell is Associate Professor in Race, Education and Social Justice at the University of Birmingham. When I interviewed her, she was working at Nottingham Trent University as Associate Professor of Critical Psychology and Decolonial Studies. Her research has the potential to shift higher education towards an era where the colonial past is addr…
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(S8 Bonus) Celebrating Success: Research Culture Uncovered Shortlisted for a Vitae Impact, Culture and Engagement Award
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Exciting News for Research Culture Uncovered! We are delighted to announce that the Research Culture Uncovered podcast has been shortlisted for Vitae's Research Culture Impact through Researcher Development Award! As we await the award ceremony on 23 September, we wanted to look back on our progress and the incredible community that has helped us g…
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70- Prof. Jo Richardson- Helping people feel at home
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Professor Jo Richardson is Associate Dean of Research for Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University and Professor of Housing & Social Inclusion. Her expertise on homelessness and methodological stance in co-production have created solid and value-based foundations for her leadership style. Jo’s career was not planned from the start …
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69- Dr Cristina Nostro- Demonstrating research independence
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Dr Cristina Nostro is a Senior Scientist at the McEwen Stem Cell Institute at the University Health Network (UHN), a research hospital, as well as Associate Professor at the University of Toronto. She recalls challenges in demonstrating research independence. Cristina started her research career not taking no for an answer. As an undergraduate stud…
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(S8E7) Improving Research Quality with the UK Reproducibility Network: A Conversation with Marcus Munafò
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In this week's episode of Research Culture Uncovered, Nick Sheppard speaks with Marcus Munafò, Professor of Biological Psychology at the University of Bristol and co-founder of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN). Formally launched in 2019, Marcus discusses how UKRN evolved over several years from discussions with colleagues including Lara Fortun…
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68- Prof. Milica Radisic- Creating interdependence in teams
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Prof. Milica Radisic is a Functional Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (University of Toronto, Canada). Her work sits at the interface of engineering, stem cell biology and chemistry. Her ethos as a PI is to create interdependence between team members to build a collaborative and effective resear…
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(S8E6) How Generative AI could shape the future of career development
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In this episode, host Taryn Bell speaks to Chris Webb (Careers Consultant, University of Huddersfield) about the potentials and pitfalls of GenerativeAI (or GenAI) in supporting researchers' career development. We discuss what GenAI is, what tools researchers and researcher developers can use, and where we need to be careful about their use. The ma…
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67- Dr Catarina Henriques- Drilling down what to focus on
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Dr. Catarina Henriques is a Wellcome Trust/Royal Society Sir Henry Dale Fellow at The University of Sheffield. Her journey into a research career was ignited by a TV documentary on telomeres she watched as a teenager, which fueled her enduring interest in the biology of aging. Transitioning from Portugal to the UK to pursue her research ambitions i…
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(S8E5) Promoting Positive Research Culture: Why Every Lab Needs a Handbook
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode, our host Nick Sheppard talks to Benjamin Tendler, Maddie Welland and Karla Miller about their Lab Handbook initiative at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging in Oxford. We discuss how they have pioneered the im…
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66- Prof. Kristen Brennand- Transitioning out of the sprint
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Kristen Brennand is Professor of Psychiatry and Genetics at Yale University School of Medicine. She first set up her own research group in 2012 at Mount Sinai, after a Postdoc at the Salk Institute and a PhD at Harvard University. She reflects on balance in research careers. From the outside, Kristen’s research career looks like the perfect traject…
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(S8E4) Role Models On Your Doorstep: Celebrating inspirational voices across the research community
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In our latest episode, Taryn Bell talks to the We Are Role Models team, who have just launched the new Research England-funded “Role Models On Your Doorstep” podcast. Episode highlights: The #WARM team (Jacki Willson, Tao Jiang, Marjorie Boissinot, Karen Tsui and Marianne Talbot) discuss the origins of their podcast, and explore the power of sharin…
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(S8E3) The Power of Group Based Career Development Programmes
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In this solo episode, Ruth Winden, the Careers with Research Consultant at the University of Leeds, shares her insights of designing, facilitating and expanding the range of group-based career development programmes for the university's researcher community. Over the last decade, Leeds has built a strong track record of creating impactful cohort-ba…
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65- Dr Dawn Scholey-Cheerleading the career progression of others
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Dr Dawn Scholey is a Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham Trent University. She never intended to become a researcher. After working for an extended period in industry, she returned to academia as a technician. It was the cheerleading of her manager that convinced her to embark on a PhD. Dr Dawn Scholey’s career is a good example that for some peop…
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64- Dr Ahmed Iqbal- Challenging the status quo of understanding
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Dr Ahmed Iqbal is a Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Healthat The University of Sheffield and Honorary Consultant Physician in Diabetes for the NHS. His research interests emerged from challenging the status of understanding of the physiological impact of diseases and how this could be managed for bet…
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(S8E2) From Collaboration to Innovation: How the N8 is leading the way shaping Research Culture
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 8, our host Emma Spary is speaking to Dr Annette Bramley, the director of the N8 Research Partnership. We discuss the how the N8 Research Partnership aims to transform research culture within universities in the N…
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63- Dr Sowmya Viswanathan- Incorporating Equality, Diversity and Inclusion principles in teams and research approaches
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Dr. Sowmya Viswanathan is a Scientist at Schroeder Arthritis Institute and the Krembil Research Institute (University Health Network) and an Associate Professor at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering and at the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine (University of Toronto). She built her industry experience developing regenerative medic…
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(S8E1) Exploring Research Impact Coaching with Ged Hall at the University of Leeds
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In our regular Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this solo episode Ged Hall discusses the increasingly significant role of research impact coaching in academia. **Episode Highlights:** - How Impact Coaching sits in the wider research impact development framework at Leeds - Ged…
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62- Dr Iryna Kuksa- Designing green personalisation
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Dr Iryna Kuksa is a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University. She describes herself as a cross-disciplinary researcher, having studied and worked, in departments as diverse as History of Arts, British Politics and Theatre, Performance & Cultural Studies. The common thread in her research interests is Dig…
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61- Dr Sara Vasconcelos- Starting with curiosity
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Dr Sara Vasconcelos is an Associate Professor based at the University of Toronto in the Institute of Biomedical Engineering with a research team in the Toronto General Hospital: University Health Network (UHN). Her research focuses on tissue engineering approaches to address cardiovascular problems. Imagine getting your first grant as a PI and not …
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(S7E8) Evolution of Research Culture: Career Paths and Strategic Roles
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 7, our host Emma Spary is speaking to members of the Research Culture Enablers Network about the various paths they took to enter their current research culture roles. We hear from Yasmine Rhoseyn (connect on Link…
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60- Prof. Thushan de Silva- When building compartiments between clinical and research practice creates better focus
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Prof. Thushan de Silva is an Infectious Diseases Clinician Scientist at The University of Sheffield. His research journey started during his medical training and continued thanks to several clinical fellowships that have allowed him protected time to build his research portfolio alongside continuing clinical work. Thushan is currently working as a …
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(Bonus) Research Impact & Engagement: Liz Danner's PhD Exploration of UK University Culture
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In our fortnightly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In our latest episode ‘Research Impact & Engagement: Liz Danner's PhD Exploration of UK University Culture’ we had the pleasure of catching up with Liz Danner to discuss the progress of her PhD research on the impact of the UK'…
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59- Dr Rebecca Dumbell- Reflecting to gain perspective
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Not everyone can say that their PhD recruitment interview took place from an exotic place; well Rebecca started her research career following a phone interview whilst she was travelling in Borneo. To me, this is an interesting career trait of not seeing limitations in a less than perfect situation, but a positive attitude in believing in positive o…
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(S7E7) The Research Culture Enablers Network: Building a Better Culture Together
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 7, our host Emma Spary is speaking to Rika Nair (LinkedIn), Elisa Clemente (LinkedIn), and Cathal Rogers (LinkedIn), members of the Research Culture Enablers Network. We discuss the origins and aspirations …
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(Bonus) Unveiling the Art of Podcasting with Hannah Preston and Jana Javornik
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In our fortnightly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this bonus episode, Ged Hall, Academic Development Consultant for Research Impact, chats to Hannah Preston, Research Communications Manager from Leeds University Business School, and Dr Jana Javornik, Associate Professor of …
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(S7 E6) From setback to success: supporting researchers after unsuccessful funding applications with Anna Pilz
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In episode 6 of season 7, Anna Pilz (Academic Developer and Trainer at the University of Edinburgh) once again joins Taryn Bell (Researcher Development Adviser) to discuss research fellowships. This time, we're taking a slightly dif…
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(Bonus) Exploring Grimpact: The Other Side of Research Impact with Gemma Derrick
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this bonus episode, Ged Hall, Academic Development Consultant for Research Impact, chats to Dr Gemma Derrick about her current research project "At What Cost Societal Impact? How Research Culture and Governance Inspires Grimpact." Gemma…
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(S7E5) From Idea to Application: Supporting Research Fellowship Applicants with Anna Pilz
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In episode 5 of season 7, Anna Pilz (Academic Developer and Trainer at the University of Edinburgh) joins Taryn Bell (Researcher Development Adviser) to discuss research fellowships. We discuss the added value researcher developers …
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58- Dr Joby Cole- When Covid changed the story
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Dr Joby Cole is an Infectious Disease and Acute Medicine Consultant for the National Health Services and an honorary lecturer at the University of Sheffield. He has held several clinical fellowships to enable him to undertake research alongside his clinical work. His current interest to give all patients the opportunity to get involved in clinical …
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(S7E4) Meet the Culturositists: Introducing Taryn Bell and careers
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode is part of Season 7, but we go back to the format we used in Season 1 where we got to meet the hosts in a bit more detail before they hosted seasons on their specialist topic. In this episode of Research Culture Uncovered, hos…
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57- Dr Ruth Payne- When flexibility mattered
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Dr Ruth Payne has a dual professional identity as a Consultant Microbiologist for the National Health Services (UK) as well as a Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Sheffield. Her interest in malaria vaccines may have been the starting point for her research career, but her expertise in vaccines became the corner stone of her ability to c…
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(S7E3) Changing Behaviour with Daryl O'Connor: A Psychology Professor's Journey through Open Research
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In episode 3 of Season 7, Daryl O'Connor, Professor of Psychology at the University of Leeds joins Nick Sheppard, Open Research Advisor and Ruth Winden, Careers with Research Consultant, to discuss all things Open Research, Research…
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(S7E2) The Concordat and manager engagement: A closer look at the challenges
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 7, we explore the challenges of engaging managers of researchers in supporting their teams, especially in implementing the Researcher Development Concordat. We discuss the pressure and expectations faced by…
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(S7E1) The RCU Roundtable: Our Predictions and Strategies for Research Culture in 2024
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 7, we start 2024 with an episode featuring all of the hosts, discussing our predictions for how research culture may evolve as we step into 2024. Each host lays out what they think is coming, and how they m…
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(Bonus) Nick's review of the year: open research, knowledge equity and Wikimedia
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered podcast we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode Nick Sheppard looks back at a year in open research, reflecting on some of the projects he has been involved with including the Knowledge Equity Network and a successful Wikimedia Champions project. Nick is Open Research A…
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(Bonus) Embodying Impact: A Conversation with Early Career Impact Prize Winners
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In our Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this really special bonus episode Ged Hall talks to Dr Vicki Jenneson and Dr Fran Pontin. Vicki is a Research Fellow and works in the School of Food Science and Nutrition and her research interests are focused on nutrition and lifestyle…
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(S6E7) The Bee's Knees: Uncovering the Secrets of Research Culture in the Hive
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this short 10 minute episode of Season 6, Emma Spary is taking a unique approach by combining her passion for research culture with an unexpected subject: bees. As a new beekeeper, Emma has been reflecting on the similarities bet…
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(S6E6) Unlocking Researchers' Career Success Through Group Programs
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 6, Emma Spary is joined by Ruth Winden, shedding light on the power of group dynamics in career development programmes. How do group dynamics add value to the career development process? This episode emphas…
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Research for All: The "How to Fix..." podcast offers actionable solutions.
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🎧 Bonus Episode! 📢 Recently Ged Hall had the pleasure of talking to Kersti Mitchell, External Communications and Campaigns Manager, and Dr Jim McQuaid, Associate Professor of Atmospheric Composition, about the University of Leeds's new podcast “How to fix …” It was an insightful conversation that explored the importance of research culture and how …
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(S6E5) Virtual Cafés, Real Conversations: Findings from our Research Culture Cafés
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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In this episode of Season 6, Emma Spary discusses how research culture cafes can help institutions better understand their current research culture. Emma explains how we created an open and inclusive environment where people could s…
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(Bonus) From Lay Summaries to Impactful Engagement: Uncovering the Potential of the Collaborative Library
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🔍 The Collaborative Library where we can all collaborate to share knowledge 🎙️ Are you passionate about open and impactful research? Looking for a platform that connects researchers, students, and the broader audience? The look no further! 📢 Nick Sheppard and Ged Hall, had the privilege of speaking with Anja Harrison, the Chief Executive of the Col…
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