Dr Nazlin Bhimani
@nazlinbhimani.bsky.social
Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at UCL IOE. Also Canadian and a lapsed musician. Researching the history of education, teachers, interwar, eugenics and imperialism. #EduSky #LibrarianSky #HistEd https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48571-naz
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What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
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Call for Papers: Difficult Collections | UCL UCL Special Collections
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What makes historic collections difficult? And how do researchers work with “difficult” collections?
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
New CFP from Paper Trails here:
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Deadline for proposals 31/1/2026
🗃️
#CRediT rightly recognised human contributions, but we also need recognition for resources, esp. historical collections. Acknowledging them and their institutions can raise their profile, encourage further research, and attract funding. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #specialcollections #IOEIDL
A ten-year drive to credit authors for their work — and why there’s still more to do
Information about the roles of each author of a paper can help to build trust, integrity and responsible research assessment. Coordinated efforts are needed to consolidate progress.
www.nature.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
#CRediT rightly recognised human contributions, but we also need recognition for resources, esp. historical collections. Acknowledging them and their institutions can raise their profile, encourage further research, and attract funding. www.nature.com/articles/d41... #specialcollections #IOEIDL
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“Children from the poorest areas had a 13 per cent higher chance of dying”
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
“Children from the poorest areas had a 13 per cent higher chance of dying”
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
When a child is rushed to a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), families would assume that their loved one will get the same shot at survival as every other patient in the unit.
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Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are you aware of the CARE principles for Indigenous Data Governance?📑
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
www.gida-global.org/care
These principles provide guidance for handling data when working with indigenous or marginalised communities.
(Graphic from www.gida-global.org/care)
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The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history:
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
HOW TO PODCAST | David Olusoga & Alan Lester - The Truth About the British Empire
David Olusoga and Alan Lester reveal the dark realities of the British Empire, and reflect on the importance of historians amid the resurgence of nationalism and misinformation.
howtoacademy.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history:
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
howtoacademy.com/podcasts/dav...
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📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
📚 Whether you're an undergraduate, postgraduate, academic, or independent researcher, our research grants and By-Fellowships are designed to support work using our collections here at Churchill Archives Centre.
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
🔗 Click the link to find out more & apply: buff.ly/JGsTtHK
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Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence.
Meet the researcher aiming to halt use of ‘fundamentally flawed’ database linking IQ and nationality
Rebecca Sear Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence. To maintain the integrity of scientif…
retractionwatch.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Rebecca Sear is on a mission to convince publishers to retract articles that use a database that purports to rank countries based on intelligence.
ANZ #librarians are urging academics to withdraw their free labour from Elsevier. If we all stepped back … how long before the system cracks? #Paywall #IOEIDL
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
Librarians versus the world
Photo of London’s National Art Library by Sebastien LE DEROUT on Unsplash Here at the Research Whisperer, we love librarians. They are smart, dedicated people who want to help you with your researc…
researchwhisperer.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ANZ #librarians are urging academics to withdraw their free labour from Elsevier. If we all stepped back … how long before the system cracks? #Paywall #IOEIDL
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
🔗 researchwhisperer.org/2025/11/25/librarians-versus-the-world/
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Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia.
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Grokipedia falls flat, but AI is already rewriting Wikipedia’s future - Impact of Social Sciences
Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Grokipedia is one of the first LLM based encyclopaedias, but how does it compare to the last best place on the internet?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Launched as a competitor to Wikipedia, Elon Musk's #Grokipedia is one of the first LLM-based attempts to create an encyclopaedia.
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
@gildersleve.uk finds it compares poorly to Wikipedia, but the latter faces challenges as AI tools cannibalise its content and audiences.
@lseimpactblog.bsky.social
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‘“Resistance” spans the hundred years or so during which the photographic print was the primary medium of visual communication. Aesthetically and technically, this makes sense. Politically, however, it’s curious.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Daniel Trilling · At Modern Two: Protest Photography
Although the events depicted in Resistance are familiar territory for an exhibition concerned with social history –...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘“Resistance” spans the hundred years or so during which the photographic print was the primary medium of visual communication. Aesthetically and technically, this makes sense. Politically, however, it’s curious.’
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@trillingual.bsky.social on Steve McQueen.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If libraries and archives fall, so do the disciplines that rely on them. Treating some disciplines as optional weakens the entire research ecosystem. #AcademicTribes #IOEIDL
‘Many of the questionable papers Pirelli identified have yet to be retracted, including one containing a user manual for a university IT system’. That one takes the biscuit! #ACM
An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for defamation in a lawsuit filed by one of the offending authors.
Computing society pulls works for ‘citation falsification’ months after sleuth is convicted of defamation
Solal Pirelli An international computing society has begun retracting conference papers for “citation falsification” only months after the sleuth who flagged the suspect articles was convicted for …
retractionwatch.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
‘Many of the questionable papers Pirelli identified have yet to be retracted, including one containing a user manual for a university IT system’. That one takes the biscuit! #ACM
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📘 New from UCL Press: Object-Based Learning by Thomas Kador — a free, open access textbook for teaching with objects in HE.
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
September 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
📘 New from UCL Press: Object-Based Learning by Thomas Kador — a free, open access textbook for teaching with objects in HE.
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
Perfect for museum studies, history, anthropology & more.
📥 Download: t.co/5bEU2cpAU3
#OpenAccess #HigherEd #Twitterstorians #anthrotwitter t.co/HMCuUqMvds
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On 13 Nov, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson will discuss how the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)’ immigration policy enforces destitution and debt.
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
On 13 Nov, Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson will discuss how the ‘No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF)’ immigration policy enforces destitution and debt.
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
They will explore its effects on families, offering insights into anti-migrant rhetoric, social justice and belonging.
www.ucl.ac.uk/events/events/...
‘We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities …. We must stop the eugenic rationalisation of their supposed “backwardness,” “inferiority,” and of their “flawed” identity.’ Marius Turda pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
“Eugenics is an integral aspect of our global scientific and political culture:” interview with Marius Turda
Despite public condemnation after the defeat of Nazism, eugenic ideas continue to persist into the twenty-first century in different countries and contexts and with varying forms of intensity and support, as seen in events such as the covid-19 ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 AM
‘We must put an end to the eugenic dehumanisation of many people of colour, of those individuals with learning disabilities …. We must stop the eugenic rationalisation of their supposed “backwardness,” “inferiority,” and of their “flawed” identity.’ Marius Turda pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
A sneak peek at the cover of next week’s issue, which celebrates Zohran Mamdani’s historic win. #NewYorkerCovers
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/451hFM
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Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
Researcher
Runnymede is the UK's leading independent race equality think tank.
www.runnymedetrust.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Want to join our research team?
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
We're looking for an experienced professional to conduct new quantitative and qualitative research on race and inequalities in the UK.
Closing date Sunday 23 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT.
www.runnymedetrust.org/careers/rese...
A wide-ranging discussion on #OpenAccess, covering the not-so-transformative publisher agreements, #AI, #Copyright, and @UCL’s updated publications policy. Well worth a listen if you missed the webinar.
In case you missed our #OAWeek webinar, or wanted to watch it again (there was a lot to process!), the full recording is now available ✨
Find it via our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/jkI0ffa
Find it via our latest blog post 👉 buff.ly/jkI0ffa
November 4, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A wide-ranging discussion on #OpenAccess, covering the not-so-transformative publisher agreements, #AI, #Copyright, and @UCL’s updated publications policy. Well worth a listen if you missed the webinar.
Reposted by Dr Nazlin Bhimani
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The value of public R&D
www.gov.uk
October 30, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🗨️ "Those tasked with interpreting the news often come from a very narrow range of backgrounds, and there is little sign of progress"
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Half of newspaper columnists were privately educated, Sutton Trust reveals
Research from the Sutton Trust has found that the percentage of newspaper columnists who went to private school has risen to 50% in 2025.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🗨️ "Those tasked with interpreting the news often come from a very narrow range of backgrounds, and there is little sign of progress"
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
Our research found that the percentage of privately educated newspaper columnists has risen to 50%.
'Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance': "Ignorant of Africa’s own traditions and history of political economy, they believed that their own countries’ economic success was transferable to an Africa they considered a blank slate" - Bronwen Everill blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 AM
'Africonomics: A History of Western Ignorance': "Ignorant of Africa’s own traditions and history of political economy, they believed that their own countries’ economic success was transferable to an Africa they considered a blank slate" - Bronwen Everill blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...
"Our scholarly mission is not just to study justice but to enact it. Every research choice carries ethical weight. Racially just scholarship refuses epistemicide, honours multiple ways of knowing, and stands in the power of accountable, transformative inquiry." @dr-willo.bsky.social @ bit.ly/3WhnfrW
Towards racially just research and scholarship practices
In recognition of Black History Month, this reflection explores what it means to engage in racially just research and scholarship… (read more)
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"Our scholarly mission is not just to study justice but to enact it. Every research choice carries ethical weight. Racially just scholarship refuses epistemicide, honours multiple ways of knowing, and stands in the power of accountable, transformative inquiry." @dr-willo.bsky.social @ bit.ly/3WhnfrW
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I was delighted to speak to Alan Finlayson for the @lrb.co.uk's On Politics. We take on the digital right (and online left), the champions of inegalitarianism, print and social democracy, Farage as influencer and... whether the internet is just right-wing.
October 16, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"If the model behind #Grokipedia relies on the same data and algorithms, it is difficult to see how an AI-driven encyclopedia could avoid reproducing the very biases that Musk attributes to #Wikipedia." theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
Grokipedia: Elon Musk is right that Wikipedia is biased, but his AI alternative will be the same at best
Musk’s new WIkipedia rival aims to offer the same service but without the political bias.
theconversation.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
"If the model behind #Grokipedia relies on the same data and algorithms, it is difficult to see how an AI-driven encyclopedia could avoid reproducing the very biases that Musk attributes to #Wikipedia." theconversation.com/grokipedia-e...
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@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
@ucl.ac.uk Staff and Students - join us for an Open Access Week webinar in which four speakers will consider the question: Who Owns Our Knowledge?
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)
Wednesday 22 October, 11am - 12:30pm 📆
We hope you can make it! 👉 buff.ly/g0vGFc8
(Graphic from Open Access Week website, photo by Greg Rakozy)