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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

InFrame Culture Catalyst Fund Reflections | A thread🧵

🚀 We launched our Culture Catalyst Fund (CCF) this month and I've been busy meeting lots of enthusiastic colleagues with exciting ideas, compassion for others and a drive to improve our research cultures!

🗓️ CCF round 1 closes: 17/01/25 @ 3pm

InFrame – an Inclusive Framework for research leadership: testing a new model for creating culture change

The universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews have been awarded £3m by Wellcome, to create a new framework for research leadership – InFrame – recognising that a skilled collegial approach to

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Apr 17

Buzzing (figuratively) to have my Hidden Curriculum blog posted today, I really enjoyed writing it!

Have a read to find out why I think the research culture we actively create helps or hinders equitable access to the hidden curriculum 👇

Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Apr 17

NEW POST ALERT! 'Visibilising the invisible: towards an inclusive Hidden Curriculum' by the brilliant @lisabackwell.bsky.social who analyses her lived experience, and comments on equitable access to hidden learning in the PhD. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/04/17/v...

Visibilising the invisible: towards an inclusive Hidden Curriculum

Lisa Backwell (she/they) is a Community Knowledge Analyst for the InFrame Project based at the University of Edinburgh. Read more about the InFrame project; developing an inclusive framework toward…

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Ooooooh 🤩

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Learn more 👇

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Seek, Find, Celebrate

We want you to tell us about the people who make a positive difference to you.

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Nominate here 👇
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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

How it works:

Open to all roles and career stages

Fill in the form linked below to make your nomination

Deadline: 16 April 2025

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

This initiative is not competitive. It's a public thank you to those at the University of Edinburgh who make research better for everyone.

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Who has positively impacted your research experience? Who has helped you navigate challenges or thrive in your role? Who has shared opportunities, or made things more inclusive, accessible or navigable?

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Behind each of these examples are people. Our colleagues who put time and effort in to making our working environments better

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

However, this means our focus is often shifted away from the pockets of really good stuff. The inclusive, ethical and sustainable practices, supportive environments and transparent processes. These examples are important too and we can learn from them.

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

When we talk about #ResearchCulture, it's often about the less positive side of things. Which is important, as it can help us identify the problems in order to make positive changes.

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Feb 19

Seek, Find, Celebrate - Now open for nominations at #TheUniversityOfEdinburgh

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Cathy Abbott @cathyabbott.bsky.social · Jan 29

Fair point: “Sometimes there’s an expectation that simply inserting a narrative CV will result in long-term impacts...without having to address any barriers to achieving this in all the other steps of the process, such as interviews". Excellent quotes from @profrachelgan.bsky.social too!

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Jan 29

Narrative CVs: Can telling stories change research culture?

Funders are enthusiastically adopting narrative CVs, but some worry they could further disadvantage certain researchers. @fionamcintyre.bsky.social writes.

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Narrative CVs: Can telling stories change research culture? - Research Professional News

Funders are enthusiastically adopting narrative CVs, but some worry they could further disadvantage certain researchers

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 16

Thanks! :)

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

❓And if you're wondering what InFrame and the Culture Catalyst Fund are: here's a poster I created for Edinburgh's Research Support Services Conference that explains a little about this collaboration with the Universities of Edinburgh, Glasgow and St Andrews.

Introducing InFrame Poster

Text reads:
An inclusive framework for research leadership: testing a new model for creating culture change

The universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews have been awarded £3M from Wellcome to create a new framework for inclusive research leadership – InFrame.

Our collaboration aims to understand how collegiality can be fostered, recognised and rewarded, as well as expanding the definition of who is viewed as a research leader .

The InFrame project started in September 2024, led at Edinburgh by Prof. Christina Boswell and Dr Sara Shinton.

Meet the Edinburgh Team:
- Ros Attenborough, Evaluation Manager
- Lisa Backwell, Community Knowledge Analyst
- Francesca Pagni, Leadership Developer
- Theoni Massaara, Project Coordinator
- Andrew Unwin, Community Knowledge Manager
- Sara Shinton, Institutional Lead

InFrame has three work packages:

1. Collegial Research Leadership Framework: we will develop a toolkit that applies across all roles and job families.
2. Culture Catalyst Fund: funding to support new ideas from anyone seeking to make change in research cultures, testing and developing the co-created framework.
3. Community Knowledge Hub: bespoke pre- and post- award support and critical cross-linking of funded projects.

Changing Research Cultures at the University of Edinburgh: InFrame will support and mainstream initiatives towards a positive research culture, which in turn supports our capacity to deliver world-leading research.

Our approach
1. Building evidence to inform decision-making
2. Embedding sustainable change, overcoming barriers
3. Building trust that the culture work is responding to the people who experience our cultures

Get in touch
If you are interested in developing a research culture project or have a query you would like to get support from, we'd be happy to hear from you.

Email: InFrame@ed.ac.uk

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

💬 It's been an incredibly motivating start to my job getting to talk with so many people who are passionate about equity, access, inclusion and community building. People who want to #PutPolicyIntoPractice #SetTheTone and #ChangeWhatCounts

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

🕸️ I've met researchers, students and research enabling & adjacent staff and noticed how often similar themes such as community building come up. We've been connecting people with similar interests together and I'm excited to see how this web of culture change leaders grows

Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

I provide support to potential funded applicants to help shape their ideas into sustainable and receivable culture change projects capable of leaving a legacy.

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

InFrame – an Inclusive Framework for research leadership: testing a new model for creating culture change

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

This is such a useful resource @alexpeden.bsky.social Thanks so much for putting this together, I'd be grateful to be added too - building a body of Research Culture and Collegial Leadership evidence through InFrame :)

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Lisa Backwell (she/they) @lisabackwell.bsky.social · Dec 13

#ResearchCulture contacts from @alexpeden.bsky.social

Alex Peden @alexpeden.bsky.social · Aug 20

I've had a go at starting a starter pack for #ResearchCulture, I'm pretty new here so please don't be offended if I haven't found you yet. Happy to add people to this, let me know!

#Research #ResearchDevelopment #OpenResearch #ResearcherDevelopment #ResponsibleMetrics
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