Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards
@vickiye.bsky.social
Senior Research Data Steward at UCL's Advanced Research Computing department @ucl-arc.bsky.social, sometime clinical trial conduct methodologist, palaeopathologist, archaeologist, & food historian | #DataSharing #OpenScience #HealthcareSystemsData
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"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
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Free access to British Newspaper Archive
BTW some of you may know this but others won't. If you're in a place that's free WiFi is _TheCloud then it will give you unlimited credits to the BNA.
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
Key places are Wetherspoons (which is cheap and quiet during the day) and Cafe Nero (who don't do booze and whose coffee is good)
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Free access to British Newspaper Archive
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Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Postgraduate opportunities
The RSPB is offering a variety of exciting research projects for postgraduate students in 2026.
www.rspb.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Studying for an MSc in the UK this year and looking for a research project? 🧪🌍
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
Check out our list of available MSc projects now live: www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...
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Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Latest update from @britishlibrary.bsky.social says they are launching a new version of their main catalogue on Monday 8 December and around that time also launch an interim version of their Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue. Hooray!
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
www.bl.uk/stories/news...
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Good to see the BL's problems finally getting attention. But research libraries are also crucial components of our national STEM infrastructure, managing access to digital content, open access repositories, and research data. Libraries are a lot more than the laboratories of the arts & humanities.
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Good to see the BL's problems finally getting attention. But research libraries are also crucial components of our national STEM infrastructure, managing access to digital content, open access repositories, and research data. Libraries are a lot more than the laboratories of the arts & humanities.
I made the mistake of having a look at the rest of the paper. It was never going to go well with the opening line of "The unpalatable truth must be faced that all postmenopausal women are castrates". But somehow it just keeps on getting worse....
Science is objective, you said? Screenshot from R.A. Wilson & T.A. Wilson, ‘The Fate of the Nontreated Postmenopausal Woman: A Plea for the Maintenance of Adequate Estrogen from Puberty to the Grave’, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 11, no. 4 (1963): 347–62, doi.org/10.1111/j.15....
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I made the mistake of having a look at the rest of the paper. It was never going to go well with the opening line of "The unpalatable truth must be faced that all postmenopausal women are castrates". But somehow it just keeps on getting worse....
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"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds
Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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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 6:27 AM
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-...
Enjoying catching up with RDA friends and making new friends at the Research Data Alliance in Europe Summit, while finding out what's happening across the region. Hopefully the first summit of many #RDAEurope #OpenScience
☕ Good morning from CNRS, Paris!
The RDA Summit is officially underway.
🎥There is still a bit of time for online participants to join! The live stream starts at 09:00!
cnrs.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#RDA #OpenScience #FAIRdata #RDAFrance #RDAEurope #ResearchData #EOSC #RDACommunity
The RDA Summit is officially underway.
🎥There is still a bit of time for online participants to join! The live stream starts at 09:00!
cnrs.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#RDA #OpenScience #FAIRdata #RDAFrance #RDAEurope #ResearchData #EOSC #RDACommunity
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Enjoying catching up with RDA friends and making new friends at the Research Data Alliance in Europe Summit, while finding out what's happening across the region. Hopefully the first summit of many #RDAEurope #OpenScience
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We are thrilled with the renewed attention that The Carpentries has received for deciding to withdraw a $1.5 million proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF), thanks to a recent similar decision made by the @python.org (PSF) and the generous shout-out they gave us when they announced it. 🙏
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We are thrilled with the renewed attention that The Carpentries has received for deciding to withdraw a $1.5 million proposal to the National Science Foundation (NSF), thanks to a recent similar decision made by the @python.org (PSF) and the generous shout-out they gave us when they announced it. 🙏
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Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Not enough attention is being paid to the effective closure of the bulk of one of the 2 or 3 most important public archives for modern British history. A terrible own goal for the BBC as a public-service agency.
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Yes, it would be obsolete the moment it was written. Why not just teach statistical literacy and critical source evaluation.
A new GCSE in artificial intelligence stemming from the curriculum review could date quickly, warns @aqaeducation.bsky.social chief Colin Hughes in an exclusive interview
AI qualification at risk of rapid obsolescence, warns exam chief
In an exclusive interview, AQA chief Colin Hughes warns that an AI qualification stemming from this week’s curriculum and assessment review may not have a long-term future
www.tes.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Yes, it would be obsolete the moment it was written. Why not just teach statistical literacy and critical source evaluation.
Now, that's a workshop I would totally want to attend! 😋
Sometimes academics get email notifications for conferences or workshops that, when shown only partially, sound like very different sorts of events. #academicsky
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Now, that's a workshop I would totally want to attend! 😋
That feeling when you get an email telling you you didn't get a research grant, & then you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down, & get on with working out your next steps (sadly no individual feedback either).
(Why do they always tell you on a Friday...?)
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
(Why do they always tell you on a Friday...?)
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
October 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
That feeling when you get an email telling you you didn't get a research grant, & then you have to pick yourself up, dust yourself down, & get on with working out your next steps (sadly no individual feedback either).
(Why do they always tell you on a Friday...?)
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
(Why do they always tell you on a Friday...?)
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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Matt has one final show for 2025, and it's a big 'un!
He's heading to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End for one night only!
More than half the tickets are already gone, and we know you can sell this one out!
standupmaths.com/shows/
He's heading to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End for one night only!
More than half the tickets are already gone, and we know you can sell this one out!
standupmaths.com/shows/
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Matt has one final show for 2025, and it's a big 'un!
He's heading to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End for one night only!
More than half the tickets are already gone, and we know you can sell this one out!
standupmaths.com/shows/
He's heading to the Cambridge Theatre in London's West End for one night only!
More than half the tickets are already gone, and we know you can sell this one out!
standupmaths.com/shows/
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🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report
Celebrating the work of researchers, innovators & partners from UCL and beyond, the report highlights how innovation can improve lives and benefit humanity.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4niclx3
Celebrating the work of researchers, innovators & partners from UCL and beyond, the report highlights how innovation can improve lives and benefit humanity.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4niclx3
Launch of the Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report
UCL Grand Challenges has launched the Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report, celebrating almost a decade of pioneering research and collaboration exploring how innovation and tech...
bit.ly
October 28, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🚀 Just launched! UCL's Grand Challenge of Transformative Technology Impact Report
Celebrating the work of researchers, innovators & partners from UCL and beyond, the report highlights how innovation can improve lives and benefit humanity.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4niclx3
Celebrating the work of researchers, innovators & partners from UCL and beyond, the report highlights how innovation can improve lives and benefit humanity.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4niclx3
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📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
📢 As one of the next round of TRMP PhD students (below) you could join me, Clare Robinson, @averoniki.bsky.social and @marionkcampbell.bsky.social to work on developing a typology of research outputs in trials methodology, based at @wiphcem.bsky.social. Details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
October 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
We’re hiring! We are recruiting for Associate Professor in the Material and Public Cultures of Science to join our Department from January 2026. For more info and to apply, please visit: http://bit.ly/48Ll8nU
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
Closing Date: 9th November 2025
#WeAreSTS #education #lecturer
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This is really important. Policy driven research which then influences policy risks falling into a blinkered feedback loop.
Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is really important. Policy driven research which then influences policy risks falling into a blinkered feedback loop.
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DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
October 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!
Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔
Sign up to attend IN PERSON: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/is-ai-the-...
A great start to the Health Data Research UK Conference in Glasgow. Really enjoying Gerrit Meijer's presentation about the European Health Data Environment #HDRUK 🧪📊
October 15, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A great start to the Health Data Research UK Conference in Glasgow. Really enjoying Gerrit Meijer's presentation about the European Health Data Environment #HDRUK 🧪📊
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Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Y'all. I just got ChatGPT to do everything in R for this manuscript. I mean EVERYTHING. And it's all legit and reproducible. I'm shook.
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
How are we mentoring our trainees in statistics now? Who needs to learn coding in R line by line, and who doesn't?
scienceforeveryone.science/statistics-i...
Statistics in the era of AI
How do we mentor, teach, and do stats when AI can do so much of the work?
scienceforeveryone.science
October 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Just because an LLM can produce a report with various figures & charts doesn't mean it is good at statistics.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
Because good statistics is not about producing code.
It's about deep knowledge of study design & conduct. In my opinion, 95% of all data science problems come from poor questions & design.
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💡 Did you know we run a free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service?
Our next workshop is on ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing:
📅 16 October 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Our next workshop is on ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing:
📅 16 October 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing - UK Data Service
16 Oct 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am - Data management is essential to make sure that well-organised, well-documented, high quality and shareable research data can be produced from our research…
ukdataservice.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 8:07 AM
💡 Did you know we run a free introductory training series every spring and autumn to introduce different aspects of the UK Data Service?
Our next workshop is on ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing:
📅 16 October 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
Our next workshop is on ethical and legal guidelines in data sharing:
📅 16 October 2025
⏰ 10:00-11:30
📍 Online
🧷
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In case you missed it, British Library E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update from Sept 3: https://www.bl.uk/collection/ethos
EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.
EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.
E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update
EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is the British Library’s database of UK doctoral theses.
www.bl.uk
October 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
In case you missed it, British Library E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update from Sept 3: https://www.bl.uk/collection/ethos
EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.
EThOS is the national database of UK doctoral theses.
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I think it’s a kofta kebab!
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
October 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I think it’s a kofta kebab!