Ruth Winden
@ruthwinden.bsky.social
#Careers with #Research Consultant @ University of Leeds | Fascinated by all things work and careers | European based in Sheffield | Facilitator | Adventurer at ❤️
Give our Research Culture Uncovered podcast a listen https://research-culture.captivate
Give our Research Culture Uncovered podcast a listen https://research-culture.captivate
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission 👏
President of the European Commission 👏
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Ursula von der Leyen
President of the European Commission 👏
President of the European Commission 👏
Estimates of the economic costs of Brexit continue to grow. Now showing UK economy between 6 and 8 percent smaller than it would have been. That in turn means £60bn lost tax revenue every year. Think what a difference that would have made to tax & spend decisions …
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Anyone in HE - we have been warned.
Straight out of the Trump playbook.
Straight out of the Trump playbook.
To be clear they approached the debating society.
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Who does thar?
I'll tell you - people who are deliberately engineering controversy in the hope that it will get talked about on talk radio stations and GB News
Reform UK approached Bangor University to ask whether Sarah Pochin (Reform MP) could come to debate. They said no, and this is the response they get
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
Reform would behave exactly as Donald Trump. Don't agree with them, and they will penalise, threaten, defund, and cancel you. They are proto fascists.
February 11, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Anyone in HE - we have been warned.
Straight out of the Trump playbook.
Straight out of the Trump playbook.
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Hundreds of early career researchers have warned the UK will lose a generation of scientists after the announcement of significant cuts to physics projects and research facilities. #AcademicSky #ECRs
UK ‘could lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities
Researchers say best scientists are taking posts overseas because of lack of job stability at home
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Hundreds of early career researchers have warned the UK will lose a generation of scientists after the announcement of significant cuts to physics projects and research facilities. #AcademicSky #ECRs
Utterly brilliant ...
How we draw the age of Trump and turmoil: two cartoonists go head-to-head | Martin Rowson and Ella Baron
How we draw the age of Trump and turmoil: two cartoonists go head-to-head | Martin Rowson and Ella Baron
Martin Rowson has been drawing for the Guardian since the 1980s; Ella Baron since 2022. In paint and pixels, each is tasked with capturing the chaos and absurdity of our political moment
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Utterly brilliant ...
Fused glass birds by Emma Butler-Cole Aiken, a stained glass artist working in the Scottish Borders #WomensArt
January 24, 2026 at 7:35 AM
I have been called old-fashioned because I do a lot of my thinking with pen and paper.
Now it's hack number 1 in this list of tips to stop us from losing our brains to AI.
Feeling smug 🤣.
Now it's hack number 1 in this list of tips to stop us from losing our brains to AI.
Feeling smug 🤣.
AI is replacing tasks we have grown reluctant to do ourselves – thinking, writing, creating, analysing.
Is AI hurting your ability to think? How to reclaim your brain
AI is replacing tasks we have grown reluctant to do ourselves – thinking, writing, creating, analysing.
tcnv.link
January 23, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I have been called old-fashioned because I do a lot of my thinking with pen and paper.
Now it's hack number 1 in this list of tips to stop us from losing our brains to AI.
Feeling smug 🤣.
Now it's hack number 1 in this list of tips to stop us from losing our brains to AI.
Feeling smug 🤣.
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🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 PM
🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Finally, your winner of the Best of 2025 is… Emma Barnsley. Her Greenhill mural is clearly well loved. Congratulations Emma. 💚
The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you.
#Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you.
#Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
January 21, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Finally, your winner of the Best of 2025 is… Emma Barnsley. Her Greenhill mural is clearly well loved. Congratulations Emma. 💚
The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you.
#Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
The Best of 2025 is voted for by you, Street Art Sheffield's supporters. Thank you.
#Sheffield #StreetArt #SheffieldIsSuper #SheffieldStreetArt2025
This one is for you, @nickshepp.bsky.social
Twenty-five years after its launch, Wikipedia now competes with chatbots — but its creator Jimmy Wales still has faith in humans when it comes to sourcing facts
go.nature.com/4pEwf6T
go.nature.com/4pEwf6T
‘We’re humans — brilliant and a mess’: Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales on trust and optimism
Twenty-five years after its launch, the online encyclopedia now competes with chatbots — but its creator still has faith in humans when it comes to sourcing facts.
go.nature.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
This one is for you, @nickshepp.bsky.social
This ⬇️ is why we need investigative journalism:
Thank you, @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your curiosity, tenacity and superb journalism to uncover this scandal:
exploiting loopholes in the law and causing misery, angst and financial hardship for so many people in #Sheffield.
Thank you, @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your curiosity, tenacity and superb journalism to uncover this scandal:
exploiting loopholes in the law and causing misery, angst and financial hardship for so many people in #Sheffield.
The case of Andrew Milne, the London solicitor who has been demanding thousands of pounds from Sheffield leaseholders, has just been raised in Parliament.
Phil Brickell MP said Milne had been “bullying, harassing and threatening” homeowners and called on the SRA to crack down on “crooked lawyers” 👀
Phil Brickell MP said Milne had been “bullying, harassing and threatening” homeowners and called on the SRA to crack down on “crooked lawyers” 👀
January 8, 2026 at 1:36 PM
This ⬇️ is why we need investigative journalism:
Thank you, @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your curiosity, tenacity and superb journalism to uncover this scandal:
exploiting loopholes in the law and causing misery, angst and financial hardship for so many people in #Sheffield.
Thank you, @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social for your curiosity, tenacity and superb journalism to uncover this scandal:
exploiting loopholes in the law and causing misery, angst and financial hardship for so many people in #Sheffield.
I hope this is just the beginning.
#ERASMUS literally changed my life, in 1990. Am still so grateful for the extraordinary opportunity to study in the UK.
Absolutely the right step in the right direction - for UK/EU students AND UK/EU universities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
#ERASMUS literally changed my life, in 1990. Am still so grateful for the extraordinary opportunity to study in the UK.
Absolutely the right step in the right direction - for UK/EU students AND UK/EU universities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Students react to UK rejoining Erasmus scheme as Tories accuse ministers of caving into EU - live updates
British students will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I hope this is just the beginning.
#ERASMUS literally changed my life, in 1990. Am still so grateful for the extraordinary opportunity to study in the UK.
Absolutely the right step in the right direction - for UK/EU students AND UK/EU universities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
#ERASMUS literally changed my life, in 1990. Am still so grateful for the extraordinary opportunity to study in the UK.
Absolutely the right step in the right direction - for UK/EU students AND UK/EU universities.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
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December 17, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
December 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
YES YES YES thank you @georgemonbiot.bsky.social 🙏
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
😩AT LAST someone rasiing the alarm about what Europe's plummeting brith rates really mean!!
"In reality, without immigration there will be no Europe, no civilisation and no one left to argue about it."⚠️
It's. that. simple.
📚 Gentle reminder ...📚
Who doesn't like a good book for Christmas?
Especially when they are as stunningly beautiful and unique as from Longbarrow Press.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
#Sheffield #Publisher #books
Who doesn't like a good book for Christmas?
Especially when they are as stunningly beautiful and unique as from Longbarrow Press.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
#Sheffield #Publisher #books
A seasonal reminder that you can order our titles from our website; orders are despatched within 24 hours (last dates for Christmas orders: UK: 17 Dec. Sheffield: 23 Dec). Recent hardbacks inc. Steve Ely's 'Eely' and Angelina D'Roza's 'The Blue Hour'. Order here:
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📚 Gentle reminder ...📚
Who doesn't like a good book for Christmas?
Especially when they are as stunningly beautiful and unique as from Longbarrow Press.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
#Sheffield #Publisher #books
Who doesn't like a good book for Christmas?
Especially when they are as stunningly beautiful and unique as from Longbarrow Press.
@longbarrowpress.bsky.social
#Sheffield #Publisher #books
77 years ago today, men and women from every country and every culture, every religion and worldview, came together to agree that some values were shared and should forever be protected as rights for all. They created The Universal Declaration of Human Rights. #HumanRightsDay #HumanRightsDay2025
Celebrating Human Rights Day
Human Rights Day offers the opportunity to reflect on what an enormous human achievement ‘human rights’ are and on the commitments they entail, from the empathy which underpins them, to the rule of la...
andrewcopson.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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It’s just one hour to go to get your typing fingers ready :) Read the blog lthechat.com/2025/11/14/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat. It’s that easy.
LTHEChat 344: AdvanceHE fellowship: what are the benefits for different educator roles and how can we evidence our practice?
Join us on Bluesky with guest Rich Bale (@richbale.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 19th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The Professional Standards Framework (PSF) and gaining professional recognition through…
lthechat.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It’s just one hour to go to get your typing fingers ready :) Read the blog lthechat.com/2025/11/14/l... and follow the hashtag #LTHEchat. It’s that easy.
This was such a thought-provoking conversation!
"Reclaiming Your Research Career after Maternity Leave"
with Dr Elizabeth Faulkner (Keele) and Dr Cathal Rogers (Manchester).
Give it a listen ... and read the accompanying research article (link in show notes).
#ResearchCulture #HE #Careers
"Reclaiming Your Research Career after Maternity Leave"
with Dr Elizabeth Faulkner (Keele) and Dr Cathal Rogers (Manchester).
Give it a listen ... and read the accompanying research article (link in show notes).
#ResearchCulture #HE #Careers
💭In this new episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, @ruthwinden.bsky.social chats to Dr Elizabeth Faulkner & Dr Cathal Rogers about exploring systemic inequalities in UK HE for researchers returning after maternity leave, why support matters & what needs to change.
(Episode 138) Reclaiming Your Research Career After Maternity Leave
Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!
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November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
This was such a thought-provoking conversation!
"Reclaiming Your Research Career after Maternity Leave"
with Dr Elizabeth Faulkner (Keele) and Dr Cathal Rogers (Manchester).
Give it a listen ... and read the accompanying research article (link in show notes).
#ResearchCulture #HE #Careers
"Reclaiming Your Research Career after Maternity Leave"
with Dr Elizabeth Faulkner (Keele) and Dr Cathal Rogers (Manchester).
Give it a listen ... and read the accompanying research article (link in show notes).
#ResearchCulture #HE #Careers
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At a time when humanities and social science courses are facing severe cutbacks I’ll be mounting a defence of them and their role in shaping a better future at this lecture at De Montfort University on 27 November. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 PM
At a time when humanities and social science courses are facing severe cutbacks I’ll be mounting a defence of them and their role in shaping a better future at this lecture at De Montfort University on 27 November. All welcome
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
💨☀️Where there's a will, there's a way ☀️💨
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
💨☀️Where there's a will, there's a way ☀️💨
Something we can only dream off, in the UK.
The Deutschland-Ticket provides unlimited travel on regional public transport across Germany for a low monthly fee (currently €58/month).
The German parliament has voted to secure ticket’s funding until at least the end of 2030.
The German parliament has voted to secure ticket’s funding until at least the end of 2030.
November 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Something we can only dream off, in the UK.
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Does German really sound aggressive? Why do some people find the sound of French romantic and sexy? And how about the friendly-sounding Geordies?
In this talk we will explore where these attitudes come from and if there is any truth.
Booking on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/ta...
In this talk we will explore where these attitudes come from and if there is any truth.
Booking on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/ta...
November 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Does German really sound aggressive? Why do some people find the sound of French romantic and sexy? And how about the friendly-sounding Geordies?
In this talk we will explore where these attitudes come from and if there is any truth.
Booking on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/ta...
In this talk we will explore where these attitudes come from and if there is any truth.
Booking on: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/ta...