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John Whitfield @johnwhitfield.bsky.social · Sep 5

Everyone with the internet has access: it's free to read.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a really astute analysis. Read it if you have access.

University crisis is forcing the REF to lower its expectations - Research Professional News

When dauntingly complex plans meet cash-strapped institutions, something’s got to give, says Anna Grey

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Sep 5

Another exciting milestone 📢

UCL Research Data Repository has reached over 1 million downloads 🎉

A fantastic achievement - huge congratulations to the staff and research students who have published and shared their research outputs. The repository team are very proud! 👏

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Sep 5

I have taken to requesting them in the accessibility box of everything that I go to nowadays. Although I went to an in person thing and found myself wishing I could slap subtitles on the 3D person at the front of the room…

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Aug 5

New blog post ✨

Ever wondered about platforms available for Citizen Science projects? Wonder no more.

Our latest blog post explores several platforms and spotlights one in particular - iNaturalist - with reflections from Professor Muki Haklay
@mhaklay.bsky.social

Have a read 👉 buff.ly/ycjW0TT

From Observation to Impact: Exploring Citizen Science Platforms | UCL Open@UCL Blog

UCL Homepage

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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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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Jul 27

My cartoon for this week’s Books pages in @theguardian.com

Image: A small, pretty English village. A girl with a bag on her shoulder runs towards a van on the other side of the village green. She says to herself "I've got to follow my heart and leave this sleepy village behind. A new life awaits on the open road, touring from town to town in a merry band of brilliant eccentrics!"

Title: “Rebecca runs away to join the travelling library”

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Caroline Rowland @carorowland.bsky.social · Jul 23

A more accurate headline would be "... but find it difficult to get them published". I try to publish every null result that I am sure is robust (e.g., not due to me making a stupid mistake in the method) and it is always harder than with positive results.

Nature @nature.com · Jul 23

Scientists overwhelmingly recognize the value of sharing null results, but rarely publish them in the research literature

go.nature.com/450KElr

Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them

Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.

go.nature.com

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 23

Because research with exciting headlines trumps quality research that doesn’t… publication biases are real!

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 22

It’s the place to be!

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Jul 22

A few months ago, UCL hosted its first ever Replication Games📝

💡Three teams working together to reproduce the results of a published paper in one day - how hard could it be?

Read on to find out how it went 👉 buff.ly/OpHgiTk

#Reproducibility #OpenScience #ResearchData

A classroom, in which several people are sat around two desks with laptops in front of them. Some are looking at their laptop screen and others are looking at each other, as though they are discussing something.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 22

@constntdreamer.bsky.social she has arrived!!! Welcome to Bluesky my friend!! 💜💜💜

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 14

We did that too - I played it with some co-working friends online this morning, purple was a giant shrug from all of us! Also Wordle this morning also sucked.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 14

Agreed! That one was very… whu?!

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 6

Happy 16th Wedding Anniversary to my partner in crime and greatest support @archwubs.bsky.social - thanks for putting up with me! Pics of then and now, time flies!

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jul 1

I have been told that the venue is ‘not too bad’ heat wise by someone in my team that was there yesterday. Have a great time!

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 29

Because then nothing unexpected can touch you, at least that’s my theory/logical explanation to myself, especially when there is a window open. And it deters the monster under the bed, obviously.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 28

What’s the verdict?

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 26

Couldn’t resist this really weird Kandinsky inspired double serving moka pot when I saw it while ordering my usual coffee beans! Look at it!!

A box branded from bialetti. The box shows a blue coffee pot with two spouts.

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UKSG @uksg.bsky.social · Jun 13

Don't forget to submit your presentation idea for #UKSG2026 in Glasgow! dub.sh/lGMfvyz

UKSG Conference and Exhibition 2026 30 March-1 April Scottish Events Centre

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 23

So this past week or so I have been experimenting with body doubling and co-working while working from home. How you say? Using Twitch. It might not be for everyone but it is actually helping me focus and get stuff done. Recommended for my @nlisn.bsky.social friends especially.

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Jun 17

🏆 Applications and nominations are open for the UCL Open Science & Scholarship Awards! 🏆
Celebrating exceptional areas of Open Science practice across the university, all UCL students, PhD candidates and staff can apply buff.ly/CbTEhoS
You have until 22 August - spread the word and get applying!

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Samantha (Samanthahalf) @samanthalf.bsky.social · Jun 17

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Those journal articles, ebooks, bits of data you found? The uni library paid hundreds of thousands, perhaps even millions for all that, depending on size of uni. Then we hooked it all up mostly seamlessly so you didn't notice.

Karie Ghoulish @kariebookish.bsky.social · Jun 17

What's common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

No, I do not hand-knit to-order (but if I did, you wouldn't be able to afford it) but I can teach you how to knit that garment (but I expect to be paid).

Dr. Joanna and her Evil Hellhounds @jlphistory.bsky.social · Jun 17

What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?

Unless you seek it out, most professors don't learn how to teach. It's not part of the job requirements. The idea is that you're an expert in your field and that's Enough.

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 17

Make sure you have your towel…

a man in a red coat is carrying a blanket

Alt: Three men are standing in a desert, the middle man is holding a towel

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 17

I’m gonna have to get some… I like the Alice in wonderland black and red ones but there are so many good ones!!

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Kirsty Wallis (she/her) @kirstywallis.com · Jun 17

I have spent a very long time covering Hot Chocolate shoes, nits nice to know they are comfy! I have some irregular choice and they are decidedly for short durations!

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