Today's LinkedIn DM (from an account that has possibly been compromised or a bot).
'Hi, have a nice day, your profile looks great, I think you have a unique insight into your field, let’s build a friendly connection!'

The vast majority of HE and FE organisations are yet to explore the potential of embedding podcasting into their teaching curriculum. It offers another avenue to learn and collaborate.
I've created an affordable course which organisations can licence.
andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/academ…

You’ve heard of Capture The Flag. In my department SCHARR I like to play capture the pint of milk on a Friday afternoon

To communicate scientific research, we need to confront motivated ignorance

#Misinformation #SciComm wp.me/p4m9em-aBx

Waiting for my train and there’s two guys discussing the trains they’ve spotted. One of them has a big book he’s clearly collecting them in. The guy on the right is often here. Whatever your passion or hobby, go for it, it’s things like this that keep you going.

Was great to chat to Anthony J Ryan OBE about music, life, Sheffield and research.

Say aaaaaaaaah

Episode 32 of our Research Records podcast is out.

This time Anthony J Ryan OBE spoke to DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning Neil Lawrence at Cambridge University about his academic life and the music that soundtracked it.

Mixcloud mixcloud.com/ResearchRecord…

Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6xiRHT…

Whether you are starting your PhD journey or at the end of it, creating podcasts to document your journey or report on your published findings is a useful way to share your expertise. My infographic highlights the benefits.
How to make your own podcast:
andy-s-school-aeae.thinkific.com/courses/academ…

X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says.
independent.co.uk/tech/x-twitter…

Interested in open research? This year’s OpenFest, including our online symposium ‘Towards an Open Research Culture: Establishing, Embedding & Facilitating the Culture/s & Practice/s of Open Research’, is now open for proposals!

Details here: sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch/e…

Which papers have the most (Overton) policy citations? nature.com/articles/d4158… .... note the important caveat: 'these lists provide insight into the types of research that politicians pay attention to, but policy citations don’t necessarily imply impact or influence'

What is the value of four star REF outputs and impact case studies? blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…

✍️'We find that journalists are more likely to replace African and East Asian named authors with their institutions.'

#HigherEducation wp.me/p4m9em-cXz

Do disappearing data repositories pose a threat to open science and the scholarly record?

#OpenScience wp.me/p4m9em-cPR

Unfunded research: Why academics do it and its unvalued contribution to the impact agenda

#ResearchImpact wp.me/p4m9em-ac2

Andy Tattersall Marie E McVeigh : @[email protected]

An academic on their deathbed, surrounded by their loved ones, gestured for their family to come closer before whispering their final words....

'What's my h-index?'

True story

Helen Moore from University of Sheffield Library opening the first Open Educational Resources forum at Sheffield. Good progress in relation to OERs and lots more work to be done

Study reveals scale of ‘science scam’ in academic publishing.
ft.com/content/76abf9…