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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · 23h

Our council has signed up to the imagination library so now my toddler proudly announces that "I've got a book from Dolly". She's such a legend

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Software Sustainability Institute @softwaresaved.bsky.social · 15d

📄 A reminder that we are seeking writers (£600) and reviewers (£210) to support the development of new guides on:
- AI in research software
- Green Computing
- EDI in research software

Application deadline: Friday 3 October 2025

Find out more at www.software.ac.uk/news/writers...

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · 20d

Of course! That's a real tragedy, we need a #gfsausagerolls4kate campaign

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · 20d

TBF, Sheffield's sausage rolls are excellent, he's made a good choice

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Alice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 29d

Absolutely delighted to invite applications from prospective HEI supervisors for four Collaborative Doctoral Partnership opportunities, to start October 2026.

Deadline for applications Fri 28th Nov, 5pm.

Further details below and here: www.bl.uk/services/res...

Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships

The Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme offers PhD studentships fully funded by the AHRC and supervised jointly by a university and the British Library.

www.bl.uk

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Finished my PhD fortnight with survey analysis completed, written up and shared with supervisors. Didn't get into the Discussion chapter as planned, but good progress nonetheless.

Back at it in the day job with 360 emails to work through!

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Aug 24

6k words written and the 1st draft of the 4th theme is done. Taking tomorrow off with the kid before starting on my quant analysis

Very grateful for Wikipedia editors. It makes deciphering the acronyms used by govts, libraries, funders and HE across 3 countries much easier to navigate #phdsky

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Aug 24

The guest does this in this prom ("that section was played a bit fast") and you can hear the host have no idea how to handle it www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · Aug 23

Love Radio 3, love that the Proms are all just on there for free, love the halftime chat that has the same structure as halftime chat in sport but where they are never, ever going to actually go “well, he’s not a *great* Finnish conductor, is he?”

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Haha!

Flanker, badly, but I did enjoy a rolling maul and miss it when the Roses get some momentum going

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Aug 22

I don't know, that Kildunne-Dow link up for the try was pretty sweet (and I'm saying that as an ex-forward)

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Aug 22

Out of office on, Teams and work emails removed from my phone and 2 weeks of full-time PhD-ing ahead! Starting slightly late as I needed to do some peer reviewing this morning, but hoping to write up the 4th theme in my thematic analysis over the next 2.5 days #PhDSky

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Alison Hicks @alisonhicks0.bsky.social · Aug 22

The Journal of Information Literacy has announced a new special issue on information literacy and censorship- please consider submitting your work! Given political tensions, we will be permitting pseudonymous submissions. Please contact me or @bookelf.bsky.social with questions- DMs open!

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Helen Williams @helskrw.bsky.social · Aug 13

Exciting new role of Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion at @lselibrary.bsky.social, working with me & @rosiehigman.bsky.social as well as colleagues across the School, including @lizstokoe.bsky.social. Closes 17 Aug 2025 - do take a look!

Wikimedia UK @wikimediauk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Exciting opportunity for a FT Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion to join LSE Library’s Digital Scholarship and Innovation Group for 2 years, working with both the Metadata and Open Research Services teams.
More info: tinyurl.com/WMUK-LSE

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Helen Williams @helskrw.bsky.social · Aug 5

Exciting new role @lselibrary.bsky.social for a Wikimedian in Residence & Research Visibility Champion! Working with me & @rosiehigman.bsky.social, as well as colleagues across the School, including @lizstokoe.bsky.social. Closes 17 Aug 25 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Jul 31

It's Joe Hill (murder, union-busting) for me, although R is unimpressed by my singing as I can't hit the low notes like Paul Robeson youtu.be/n8Kxq9uFDes?...

Paul Robeson, "Joe Hill"

YouTube video by Backroom Window Press

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · Jul 30

its funny cos Chloe Kelly kicked a ball harder than any man in the premier league last season and GCers are hella quiet about the limitations of the female body aren't they

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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · Jul 29

Come and work with brilliant @lselibrary.bsky.social colleagues @rosiehigman.bsky.social @helskrw.bsky.social @niamhtumelty.bsky.social and me (in my #impact role) as our Wikimedian in Residence and Research Visibility Champion!

Closing 17th Aug 2025

#OpenResearch

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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LSE Library @lselibrary.bsky.social · Jul 23

We are excited to share a new opportunity to research with our unique archive collections. Our 3 Library Fellowships offer up to 6 weeks to conduct original research that will provide new perspectives on our collections.
Applications open until 22 September. Read more
www.lse.ac.uk/library/what...

LSE Library Fellowships

Apply for our funded six week research fellowship designed to support researchers wanting to use our unique archives and special collections.

www.lse.ac.uk

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Jul 21

I thought we had got it down to a few hundred and then discovered we have another 5-6 boxes at my in-laws house 😬 definitely trying to run a one-in, one-out system at the moment and most fiction gets regifted to live on other people's shelves

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Eli Erlick @elierlick.bsky.social · Jul 17

This is the end result of anti-trans bigotry: more harassment of girls and women, more policing of gender roles, more gender McCarthyism.

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Holly Ranger @themauvedesert.bsky.social · Jul 15

📣 We are recruiting for a fixed-term Research Data Steward in the University of Sheffield Library. Closing date 5 August, full details at the link below: jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Research...

Research Data Steward

jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Jul 10

We had our stuff in storage for a year after planning for it to only be 3 months. I'd say go all in on tetris-esque stacking to make good use of the vertical space and make sure you leave stuff that you will need if it's longer than a couple of months at the front.

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LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Jun 23

💥New: What does “Open Research” mean for qualitative research?

Jo Hemlatha & Thomas Graves (thomasgraves.bsky.social)‬ answer this qtn, exploring wh#opennessss looks different whe#researchch is context-dependent & involves marginalised communities

⁉️lselibrary.bsky.social‬

What does “Open Research” mean for qualitative research? - Impact of Social Sciences

Open research has become a buzzword in university research, but Jo Hemlatha and Thomas Graves argue that when it comes to qualitative research, considerations around replicability, context-dependent…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Samuel Moore @samuelmoore.org · Jun 25

"Perhaps the most overlooked open research practice is interpersonal openness. This is an attitude of transparency about the aims and process of the research project, and about the researchers’ motivations and backgrounds – their positionality – when communicating with research participants."

LSE Impact Blog @lseimpactblog.bsky.social · Jun 23

💥New: What does “Open Research” mean for qualitative research?

Jo Hemlatha & Thomas Graves (thomasgraves.bsky.social)‬ answer this qtn, exploring wh#opennessss looks different whe#researchch is context-dependent & involves marginalised communities

⁉️lselibrary.bsky.social‬

What does “Open Research” mean for qualitative research? - Impact of Social Sciences

Open research has become a buzzword in university research, but Jo Hemlatha and Thomas Graves argue that when it comes to qualitative research, considerations around replicability, context-dependent…

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Rosie Higman @rosiehigman.bsky.social · Jun 12

Really interesting day of discussions at the UKRI research data policy consultation event in Birmingham, and I'm clearly fulfilling some kind of librarian stereotype as I'm across the aisle from @kirstywallis.com in the quiet coach

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