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UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 2d

💡 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
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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

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Digital Scholarship @ British Library @bldigischol.bsky.social · 6d

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.

E-Theses Online Service (EThOS) update

EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is the British Library’s database of UK doctoral theses.

www.bl.uk

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Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 7d

I think it’s a kofta kebab!

Danielle Clarke @rhetorician.bsky.social · 7d

Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 7d

They changed it later, badly, because they left an extra "with" in, that no longer made sense.

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 8d

Great explanation for how a really obviously dodgy statistic was probably created. @the-independent.com really should know better than to publish this, but the newspapers are all pursuing click-bait.

doctor eek [free link arc] (alt decorative gourd season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 8d

i looked at the methodology for this and it is
a. sex addiction counseling group in texas did a surveymonkey and extrapolated the results to the entire us population which is the sort of research design that earns you an ff on an intro methods class (the extra f is for extra effort), and
b. p-hacked

The Independent @the-independent.com · 8d

Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

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The Dreaded Lurgy @thedreadedlurgy.bsky.social · 8d

Unusually comprehensive listing entry for this.
"A world class cinema - without doubt the most lavishly decorated interior of any cinema in Britain and among the most lavish in Europe." historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-...

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 9d

Congratulations!!!!!! 🥳

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 13d

Because there are parents out there who will make complaints if their children aren't constantly being sent home with homework. And unfortunately they're the noisiest parents

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 14d

It basically is unnecessary. Last time I looked at the literature it showed that homework doesn't have any benefits. I'd much rather they just said "find a good book and read"

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 14d

(still don't work in archaeology)

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 14d

As someone who did a BA in the late 90s, MSc in the early 2000s, & whose 1st job was in commercial archaeology, this was hard reading. I was lucky with my 1st job & felt supported, but pay was awful & when I needed to move back to London, I couldn't stay in the profession. Still did a PhD though...!

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 14d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 16d

Autumn is officially in the air, and so is copyright 🍂©️

Whatever way you are using text and images this term, UCL copyright team has a session to support you 💻

Take a look at the programme and register for a session 👉 buff.ly/o1y0g15

(Image AI-generated from Microsoft Copilot)

Several cards on a wooden surface, where the following are printed on each: 'using images', 'copyright and GenAI', 'including materials in dissertations', 'publishing contracts', 'social media and copyright', 'protecting your copyright', 'permissions', 'Creative Commons'.

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 17d

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European Medicines Agency @ema.europa.eu · 17d

Paracetamol remains an important option to treat pain or fever in pregnant women.

Following rigorous assessment of the available scientific data, we find no evidence that taking paracetamol during pregnancy causes autism in children.

Read more 👉 www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/use-...

Use of paracetamol during pregnancy unchanged in the EU | European Medicines Agency (EMA)

Paracetamol medicines can be used in pregnancy, in accordance with official recommendations

www.ema.europa.eu

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18d

History curious? You don't need to be in London (or the UK) to attend many Institute of Historical Research seminars, although if you're in Bloomsbury you'll enjoy doing so. Most are hybrid (online/in person). They're free, usually fortnightly and open to the public.

Starting this week:

Events

Stay up to date with the upcoming events organised or hosted by the Institute of Historical Research

www.history.ac.uk

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 19d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Prof. Jonathan Nichols @jnic.bsky.social · 20d

House of Commons briefing: “the simplest way of improving the financial position of the UK’s higher education providers would be to raise the tuition fee cap for undergraduate students <ugh no thanks> and/or increase the amount of funding provided through teaching and research grants”. <- YES!

Higher education finances and funding in England

This briefing covers how higher education is funded, concerns about providers' financial stability, alternative funding models, and international comparisons.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 20d

I was just looking through all the replies to see if anyone had mentioned him! Love his writing

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 21d

We want the media and politicians to recognise there's a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community. We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name

notinourname.org.uk

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 21d

The UK’s first Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) dedicated to neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing hardware will be led at UCL with £12.8 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) @ukri.org @uclengineering.bsky.social

UCL to lead UK’s brain-inspired computing push with new innovation centre

The UK’s first Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) dedicated to neuromorphic (brain-inspired) computing hardware will be led at UCL with £12.8 million funding from the Engineering and Physical Scien...

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 22d

Very allegedly seeing as the had their own version of haggis themselves (in fact the earliest reference ever to haggis 'hagese' is in a Lancashire cook book from 1430 called the Liber Cure.) Scotland was just smart enough to keep making theirs! (It's delicious and I heartily recommend! 😋)

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 22d

Very proud of Shiva Taheri who passed her PhD viva today! Congratulations Dr Taheri! Her thesis was on "Uplifting the standard of monitoring in clinical trials – developing evidence and tools" Here's one of her papers: doi.org/10.1186/s130... #AcademicSky #ClinicalTrials 🧪

A new trial monitoring plan (TMP) template for clinical trials: output from a Delphi process - Trials

Background Monitoring is a crucial part of trial conduct and ensures that participants’ data is fairly represented, and future healthcare information is enhanced. This project aims to improve trial mo...

doi.org

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 23d

Looking forward to a day of listening in to the launch of The Careers and Skills for Data-driven Research (CaSDaR) Network+ casdar.ac.uk Sorry not to be able to be there today casdarnetwork.bsky.social #AcademicSky

CaSDaR

casdar.ac.uk

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step-up.bsky.social @step-up.bsky.social · 23d

NEW mentoring scheme for research software, data, & computing infrastructure professionals in London and the SE.
💬 Monthly meetings for 6 months
👥 Mentees & mentors welcome
🎯 Career planning, skills development etc
📅 Start in Nov 2025
🔗 Sign up: step-up.ac.uk/mentoring/
#dRTP #Mentoring

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Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards @vickiye.bsky.social · 23d

Quite! (Wow... Couldn't she have softened the blow though?!)

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