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Kay Guccione
@kayguccione.bsky.social
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I listen to stories and I think about them. Head of Research Culture & Researcher Development, Co-Director of Lab for Academic Culture. PFHEA. National Teaching Fellow. UCU 🆒 Papers here: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/staff/kayguccione/#publications
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jan 2
Written for all who mentor or coach in universities, this book addresses a critical question: how can mentoring and coaching conversations be effective and accessible ways to support researcher and academic development?

#ResearchCulture #ResearcherDevelopment

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Coaching and Mentoring for Academic Development
Learning through dialogue brings a powerful opportunity to navigate professional demands and meet the challenges of a turbulent world. Written for all who mento
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After 20+ years in research I’m still experiencing hidden practices — from the unspoken, to the concealed. New hidden curriculum post where Dr Alice Gibson shares her experiences of bringing the researcher community together to surface what is hidden. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/09/11/t...
The Hidden Curriculum in publishing: a creative and participatory zine
By Dr Alice Gibson, Independent Researcher In his study, Life in Classrooms(Jackson, 1968), Philip Jackson used the term the ‘hidden curriculum’ to refer to the unwritten rules and norms in educati…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Sep 3
Does getting through ethical review in a creative practice discipline present a hidden curriculum? @sianvaughan.bsky.social shows us how it represents at least two...

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The Hidden Curriculum of ethical review for creative practice in the doctorate: learning across disciplines
Dr Sian Vaughan, Associate Professor in Research Practice, Birmingham City University In this post I consider how using the concept of a hidden curriculum in the doctorate (Elliot et al 2020) might…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Sep 1
What can researchers and research teams do to be more failure-friendly? Just ask our guest bloggers Johanna Stadlbauer, Anna Pilz and Taryn Bell!

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Why talking about failure matters
This is a guest post by Dr Taryn Bell, Researcher Development Advisor for Careers and Fellowships, University of Leeds), Dr Anna Pilz, Research Development Manager, University of Edinburgh, and Dr …
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 31
The Glasgow Way stage 2/12: Possilpark to Glasgow Fort via Springburn Park, Robroyston Park, Riddrie Park Cemetery, Hogganfield Loch & Seven Lochs Wetlands Park, Stepps Playing Fields.
A Strava map of a 13k walk in Glasgow
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 31
The Glasgow Way stage 1/12: George Square to Possilpark via Port Dundas, Spiers Wharf, Clay Pits, Firhill, Ruchill, Maryhill, Lambhill. (+5k home).

The Glasgow Way is a 106-mile walking route within the Glasgow City Council area. theglasgowway.substack.com/about
A Strava map of a 19 km walk in Glasgow
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 25
Our PhD Intern Fátima Sal has some important words for us all on slowing down — taking them in might be the antidote to a Monday morning we are all looking for.

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Slowing down to find my own academic speed
By Fátima Sal, PGR Intern for Research Staff Events, and PhD candidate in International Law. As a first-year PhD student and intern with the Research Culture and Researcher Development Team, I have…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 20
Interesting! One question we’ll be asking about Glasgow’s ‘People Make Research’ project. is whether being nominated increases subsequent inclination to nominate others. — RE: bsky.app/profile/kayg...

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Mike Young @mkeyoung.bsky.social · Aug 20
3/ So how would their theory apply to scholarly social media?
• Do kind actions really proliferate on social media?
• How do algorithms help or hinder them?
• Do scholars' generosity on the platforms make academia a better place?
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 19
Who’s out here comparing Meredith Belbin to A. A. Milne? It could only be the inimitable Joanna Royle! Read more for the who’s who! theauditorium.blog/2025/08/19/k...
Know thyself: Or how Winnie the Pooh can make your team work better
Dr Joanna Royle, Researcher Development Manager What work tasks are you just naturally not very good at? I’ll go first. My capacity for embedding factual errors in emails is legendary in my team. I…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 18
Fantastic new contribution to the hidden curriculum and research culture series by Adira Daniel— on methodological learning and making methodological choices.

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The Hidden Curriculum of Methodological Culture
By Adira Daniel* (she/her), Doctoral Researcher in Social, Personality, and Developmental Psychology at University of Western Ontario, Canada. Let’s go back in time. Think about when you were in yo…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 16
Out for my shift as Ruchill parkrun Director this morning. The addition of a tiny hop-on-hop-off dancefloor went down a treat and added to my mileage!
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 14
Research culture is a matter of perception and mental and emotional processing, as much as values and behavior. The excellent Carrie-Anne Sturt, uses personal experience to illuminate how this looks and feels as a neurodivergent researcher. drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/08/14/m...
My Journey Through the Labyrinth: Neurodivergence and the Hidden Curriculum
Carrie-Anne Sturt is a PhD student and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Edge Hill University. She is also an FE lecturer and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Specialist, with over tw…
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Aug 7
Here to toot the horn for every person who comes to work to be awesome, inclusive, collegial and supportive. You totally rock! At Glasgow we run the People Make Research project to recognise and thank culture makers. Read more and get free materials: theauditorium.blog/2025/08/07/p...
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 29
Adding my new Oregon stickers to my work laptop.
A MacBook covered in brightly coloured stickers, including the Race number 1521 from the Salem ironman, a banana slug, add a cartoon of a dog with the caption ‘live laugh Mackey’ A laptop keyboard with a lucky cat sticker covered in roses from Portland Oregon’s Japanese Gardens
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 26
Time to travel home and get back to work on Monday. We hiked, we road tripped, we laughed, we did the IRONMAN. But this is what I came for — to see old friends. Photos 25 years apart — the first taken in Maine, Camp Pinecliffe, Summer 2000. The second taken yesterday, Lincoln City, OR.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 24
Salem IRONMAN 70.3 — before/after.
Kay in a wetsuit with googles around her neck. Kay and her partner Ed, smiling after both completing the Salem Oregon 70.3 triathlon.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 15
Power pose / Portland OR
Kay posing between two large pine trees
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 14
CYCLE JERSEY!! 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 10
Packing for Salem 70.3… about to forget something and pay expo prices for it.
A pile of triathlon sportswear with a Glasgow Triathlon Club trisuit on top.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 10
Packing for Salem 70.3… about to forget something and pay expo prices for it.
A pile of triathlon sportswear with a Glasgow Triathlon Club trisuit on top.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 10
No work for now please and thank you.
A graphic reading out of office multiple times overlayed with a photo of Kay and the words ‘back on 28th!’
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 9
This new piece by Ricardo Morais contributes to our (now quite extensive) Hidden Curriculum and research culture series. In this post he discusses a deeply hidden curriculum, putting the 'Ph' back in 'PhD': drhiddencurriculum.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/p...
Philosophy of science as hidden curriculum in doctoral education
Ricardo Morais, married and father of three daughters, is Assistant Professor of Management at Católica Porto Business School, and Director of Idea Puzzle. Workshop ‘Philosophy of science and resea…
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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · Jul 8
❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy?

The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.

Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 8
Ready and prepared for today’s meeting for @wellcometrust.bsky.social Institutional Research Culture Funded projects! Let’s get into it!
Kay in running kit at Salford Keys A Strava map of a 15k run in Salford Name tag reading Kay Guccione, University of Glasgow A full coffee cup.
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Kay Guccione @kayguccione.bsky.social · Jul 8
Re-authoring the hidden curriculum: authentic connections and essential boundaries -- the brilliant @galafrommexico.bsky.social and @dr-jules.bsky.social offer us the latest in the HC and Research Culture series.

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Re-authoring the hidden curriculum: authentic connections and essential boundaries
Dr Gala Campos Oaxaca recently completed her doctoral degree at the Pennsylvania State University. Her new chapter starts in August as a postdoc at Cornell University College of Engineering. Find h…
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Higher Education Research and Development @herdjournal.bsky.social · Jun 15
Supporting neurodiversity in higher degree research supervision: a relational approach
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Supporting neurodiversity in higher degree research supervision: a relational approach
The numbers of neurodivergent HDR candidates are increasing, but there is little guidance for higher-degree supervisors on working with these students. We report on qualitative data from surveys co...
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