Andy Tattersall
@andytattersall.bsky.social
Open Research Communications Specialist .
Trouble-shooter, techy, writer, podcaster, works in health research.
Research communications and impact trainer - consultant for hire.
https://www.andytattersall.com/
https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall
Trouble-shooter, techy, writer, podcaster, works in health research.
Research communications and impact trainer - consultant for hire.
https://www.andytattersall.com/
https://linktr.ee/andy_tattersall
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About me
This short introductory video explains who I am and what services I offer. If you want to know more, visit https://www.andytattersall.com/ or email me at [email protected]
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After 24 years of working in university research, I’m going out on my own as a research communications consultant.
My mission: helping researchers and institutions share their work clearly, compellingly, and with impact.
In case you don't know who I am, watch this short video.
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My mission: helping researchers and institutions share their work clearly, compellingly, and with impact.
In case you don't know who I am, watch this short video.
bit.ly/477I51S
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💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI - Impact of Social Sciences
Considering the legal standing of creative commons licenses & copyright, Martin Eve suggests legal protections for academic work are unlikely to be forthcoming.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
💥New: Creative commons licenses and copyright may not stop academic work being used to train AI
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
✍️ @eve.gd
#CreativeCommons #ScholComm #AcWri
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This week on Wonkhe: Richard Traini rallies the sector to use REF 2029 as the opportunity to promote and reward the expertise of technical staff
REF should be about technical professionals too
Richard Traini rallies the sector to use REF 2029 as the opportunity to promote and reward the expertise of technical staff
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November 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This week on Wonkhe: Richard Traini rallies the sector to use REF 2029 as the opportunity to promote and reward the expertise of technical staff
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Newsletter! A new paper shows just how easy, how cheap, it is to fake survey responses - jeapodising whole fields of academic and public opinion research. I write about taking the resulting threat to our self-image as a society seriously […]
Original post on mastodon.online
mastodon.online
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Newsletter! A new paper shows just how easy, how cheap, it is to fake survey responses - jeapodising whole fields of academic and public opinion research. I write about taking the resulting threat to our self-image as a society seriously […]
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'Dozens of women joined a collective LinkedIn experiment this week after a series of viral posts suggested that, for some, changing their gender to “male” boosted their visibility on the network.' 1/3
Bro boost: women find LinkedIn traffic ‘drives’ if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
'Dozens of women joined a collective LinkedIn experiment this week after a series of viral posts suggested that, for some, changing their gender to “male” boosted their visibility on the network.' 1/3
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In unrelated news, fellow night owls, we are VINDICATED: www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
Sleep Scientist Says Starting Work At 10 A.M. Is What Nature Intended
Getting up any earlier is basically torture.
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In unrelated news, fellow night owls, we are VINDICATED: www.huffpost.com/entry/what-t...
If you ever wanted to know everything about making a podcast (or how to do it better) but were afraid to ask, then fear not. I have given my 'Podcasting for Academics and Professionals' course a little refresh.
andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/acad...
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andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/acad...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you ever wanted to know everything about making a podcast (or how to do it better) but were afraid to ask, then fear not. I have given my 'Podcasting for Academics and Professionals' course a little refresh.
andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/acad...
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andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/acad...
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An academic friend has just shared his latest predatory journal request
"xxxxxxx journal is honoured to idolize your valuable article submission"
Surely this is scope for the next big TV talent show
'Academic Idol'
"xxxxxxx journal is honoured to idolize your valuable article submission"
Surely this is scope for the next big TV talent show
'Academic Idol'
November 18, 2025 at 3:33 PM
An academic friend has just shared his latest predatory journal request
"xxxxxxx journal is honoured to idolize your valuable article submission"
Surely this is scope for the next big TV talent show
'Academic Idol'
"xxxxxxx journal is honoured to idolize your valuable article submission"
Surely this is scope for the next big TV talent show
'Academic Idol'
When I left Sheffield Uni a couple of months ago, I had lots and lots of lovely and supportive messages from colleagues and close friends with the lines:
"This will be the making of you"
"You'll never look back"
"You'll fly"
"Our loss will be someone else's gain"
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"This will be the making of you"
"You'll never look back"
"You'll fly"
"Our loss will be someone else's gain"
1/5
November 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
When I left Sheffield Uni a couple of months ago, I had lots and lots of lovely and supportive messages from colleagues and close friends with the lines:
"This will be the making of you"
"You'll never look back"
"You'll fly"
"Our loss will be someone else's gain"
1/5
"This will be the making of you"
"You'll never look back"
"You'll fly"
"Our loss will be someone else's gain"
1/5
What’s that they say about ‘all work and no play’?
When I worked for Sheffield I never really gave myself the breaks when I needed them, it came at a cost.
Now I am a freelancer I take time out when the sun shines (today) and work when it rains.
So we went to Chatsworth Xmas Market for cheese
When I worked for Sheffield I never really gave myself the breaks when I needed them, it came at a cost.
Now I am a freelancer I take time out when the sun shines (today) and work when it rains.
So we went to Chatsworth Xmas Market for cheese
November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What’s that they say about ‘all work and no play’?
When I worked for Sheffield I never really gave myself the breaks when I needed them, it came at a cost.
Now I am a freelancer I take time out when the sun shines (today) and work when it rains.
So we went to Chatsworth Xmas Market for cheese
When I worked for Sheffield I never really gave myself the breaks when I needed them, it came at a cost.
Now I am a freelancer I take time out when the sun shines (today) and work when it rains.
So we went to Chatsworth Xmas Market for cheese
Sorry if the answer is obvious, but is there any way to see all of the views, downloads and citation stats in one place as part of a @figshare.com collection?
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sorry if the answer is obvious, but is there any way to see all of the views, downloads and citation stats in one place as part of a @figshare.com collection?
How ‘altmetrics’ measure the reach of business school research - interesting to see the FT covering @altmetric.com in this piece.
I have long been an advocate and would say that the potential of altmetrics remains huge.
www.ft.com/content/12aa...
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I have long been an advocate and would say that the potential of altmetrics remains huge.
www.ft.com/content/12aa...
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How ‘altmetrics’ measure the reach of business school research
The approach is growing as a way of measuring how work travels beyond academia — but it has critics
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How ‘altmetrics’ measure the reach of business school research - interesting to see the FT covering @altmetric.com in this piece.
I have long been an advocate and would say that the potential of altmetrics remains huge.
www.ft.com/content/12aa...
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I have long been an advocate and would say that the potential of altmetrics remains huge.
www.ft.com/content/12aa...
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Good news, but sets an interesting precedent given the sheer volume of this sort of discourse on X.
Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
Joey Barton found guilty of sending offensive posts on social media
Former footballer guilty of six counts of sending communications with intent to cause distress or anxiety
The ex-footballer Joey Barton has been found guilty of six counts of sending a grossly offensive electronic communication with intent to cause distress or anxiety.
A jury at Liverpool crown court found Barton, 43, had “crossed the line between free speech and a crime” with six posts he made on X, formerly Twitter. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Good news, but sets an interesting precedent given the sheer volume of this sort of discourse on X.
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REF 2029 branding ban baffles research offices.
Instruction to remove Research Excellence Framework logo from university materials prompts confusion.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Instruction to remove Research Excellence Framework logo from university materials prompts confusion.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
REF 2029 branding ban baffles research offices - Research Professional News
Instruction to remove Research Excellence Framework logo from university materials prompts confusion
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
REF 2029 branding ban baffles research offices.
Instruction to remove Research Excellence Framework logo from university materials prompts confusion.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
Instruction to remove Research Excellence Framework logo from university materials prompts confusion.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
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The House of Commons Library Open Day returns in 2026!
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
House of Commons Library Open Day
We are pleased to invite librarians, library staff and information officers to the House of Commons Library Open Day 2026.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The House of Commons Library Open Day returns in 2026!
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
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We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦.
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We’ve added 4 new countries to RoRI’s Atlas of Assessment: Latvia 🇱🇻, Portugal 🇵🇹, the Czech Republic 🇨🇿 and Namibia 🇳🇦.
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
The Atlas is designed to help compare national approaches, understand emerging trends, and support responsible assessment reform: researchonresearch.org/atlas/
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Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
Pressure to publish is rising as research time shrinks, finds survey of scientists
Researchers feel that pressures to publish are increasing, but the time and resources available to do research are decreasing, according to a survey by Elsevier.
go.nature.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Scientists feel that the pressure to publish is rising, but that the time and resources they have to do the necessary research are falling, according to a survey of 3,200 researchers
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
go.nature.com/4hNDvuN
The glorious colours on this morning’s walk to the village cafe. The shades of brown, green, amber, orange and of course the red.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The glorious colours on this morning’s walk to the village cafe. The shades of brown, green, amber, orange and of course the red.
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More useful material for the @royalsociety.org’s bio of their esteemed fellow. Though I’m still struggling to understand how a society that claims to value scientific rigour continues to honour someone who spreads so much disinformation.
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design.
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:56 AM
More useful material for the @royalsociety.org’s bio of their esteemed fellow. Though I’m still struggling to understand how a society that claims to value scientific rigour continues to honour someone who spreads so much disinformation.
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Yet mainstream parties and policy-makers are still there. 🤷🏼♂️ (also, re-read @drjennings.bsky.social’s piece observer.co.uk/news/opinion...)
November 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Yet mainstream parties and policy-makers are still there. 🤷🏼♂️ (also, re-read @drjennings.bsky.social’s piece observer.co.uk/news/opinion...)
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Full Programme for #R2RConf (London, 24-25 Feb) available r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
Keynote, Debate, Presentations, Panels, Roundtables, Case Study and Workshops
Plenary: 8½ hrs, Workshops: 3 hrs, Networking: 5½ hours crammed into 2 days!
Discounts & 50 free tickets for Academics & Librarians
Keynote, Debate, Presentations, Panels, Roundtables, Case Study and Workshops
Plenary: 8½ hrs, Workshops: 3 hrs, Networking: 5½ hours crammed into 2 days!
Discounts & 50 free tickets for Academics & Librarians
Conference Programme
R2R 2026 Conference Programme The full Programme for 2026 Conference is listed below; the timetable will be set out in November, and the Lightning Talks will be announced in January. The programme …
r2rconf.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Full Programme for #R2RConf (London, 24-25 Feb) available r2rconf.com/r2r-conferen...
Keynote, Debate, Presentations, Panels, Roundtables, Case Study and Workshops
Plenary: 8½ hrs, Workshops: 3 hrs, Networking: 5½ hours crammed into 2 days!
Discounts & 50 free tickets for Academics & Librarians
Keynote, Debate, Presentations, Panels, Roundtables, Case Study and Workshops
Plenary: 8½ hrs, Workshops: 3 hrs, Networking: 5½ hours crammed into 2 days!
Discounts & 50 free tickets for Academics & Librarians
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New episode: Join me at the Festival of Hidden REF in Birmingham on 8 October. I meet Simon Hettrick, James Baker, Elisa Collado, Lorraine van Blerk, Laura Henderson, Alix Brodie-Wray, Dr Emily Ennis, Jo Williams and Nick Sheppard about hidden roles and non-traditional outputs buff.ly/skpJuUR
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
New episode: Join me at the Festival of Hidden REF in Birmingham on 8 October. I meet Simon Hettrick, James Baker, Elisa Collado, Lorraine van Blerk, Laura Henderson, Alix Brodie-Wray, Dr Emily Ennis, Jo Williams and Nick Sheppard about hidden roles and non-traditional outputs buff.ly/skpJuUR
Here is the recording from the live videocast I recorded with @kargerpublishers.bsky.social on the Power of Scientific Storytelling, why academics should be engaging online, overcoming challenges and how to maximise your impact and manage your reputation.
www.youtube.com/live/lgq6COx...
www.youtube.com/live/lgq6COx...
Episode 14: The Power of Scientific Storytelling
YouTube video by Karger Publishers
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Here is the recording from the live videocast I recorded with @kargerpublishers.bsky.social on the Power of Scientific Storytelling, why academics should be engaging online, overcoming challenges and how to maximise your impact and manage your reputation.
www.youtube.com/live/lgq6COx...
www.youtube.com/live/lgq6COx...
I found this old photo of myself and I don't know what I find more astonishing, that I could do these kind of moves or the sheer amount of brown in my parent's living room.
November 5, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I found this old photo of myself and I don't know what I find more astonishing, that I could do these kind of moves or the sheer amount of brown in my parent's living room.