Researcher Development @ Leeds

📢 Final call! Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme and develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0

Bringing Black stories to the fore The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible.

The University of Leeds is championing the use of Wikipedia to make education and history more accessible

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Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care? The N8 Research Partnership launched its Rights Retention statement in January 2023. Now nearly three years later and with the sector in the midst of a financial crisis, the...

Open Access for All: What Is Rights Retention and Why Should You Care?

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025, 1pm - 2pm

With Thom Blake @uoyopenres.bsky.social and Professor Stephen Eglen, Universty of Cambridge

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(Episode 135) Rethinking Research: Building Collaborative Environments Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

🆕#ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!

We're tackling the question: Is research culture just about kindness or is there more? 🧐 Join @emmaspary.bsky.social, @nikogryzko.bsky.social and Kelly Vere to find out. buff.ly/HE4MXaN

#ResearchCulture #TeamBasedResearch #TechnicianCommitment #HiddenREF

📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 9 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4ogFcn0

(Episode 134) Lab Coats and Lunch Boxes: Navigating a Research Career and Motherhood Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

Ever wondered how researchers juggle motherhood & science? In this new episode of #ResearchCultureUncovered Dr Hema Viswambharan talks about finding balance, staying abreast of science, & creating a support network. Her story is honest, encouraging & full of tips for academic parents

📢 Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme, helping you to develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 2 November 2025
🗓️ Runs December 2025 to March 2026
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4apHwC4

Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme (December-March) to help develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 2 November 2025
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4apHwC4

🌐UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!
📙Webinar 5 ‘Handling Rejection in Academia’ with @heleddhaf.bsky.social.
🗓️11 November 2025 |⏰9:00-11:00am |🌏Zoom
⬇️Register now!
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Join us for this special online event that brings together a panel from two universitiess, separated by the Atlantic Ocean while joined by a common history. We’ll hear from academics and archivists with an interest Black history and how libraries and archives support these histories 👇

(Episode 133) Promoting Open Knowledge at the University of Leeds with Lucy Hinnie and Richard Nevell Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
🏛️@richardnevell.bsky.social and "Wikimedian in Residence" @yclepit.bsky.social join host @nickshepp.bsky.social to discuss @wikipedia.org and the importance of human curated knowledge in the age of Artificial Intelligence. 🤖

What’s Next? Career Exploration for Established Researchers - OD&PL Researcher Development and Research Culture This peer-to-peer programme explores opportunities and challenges in the next stage of your research career.

🔎 Are you an established researcher at the University of Leeds? Join the What’s Next? Career Exploration for Established Researchers programme to explore career options and create a plan.
📅 Apply by 31 October 2025.
More info👇

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🔩 Are you a member of research staff or academic staff at the University of Leeds? Join the ‘Navigating your role and responsibilities as a Principal Investigator’ (PI) workshop to reflect on the real-world issues of a PI.

✅ Register now uolr3.leeds.ac.uk/temcatsearch...

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(S4E6) From Research to Consulting: Inspiration, Strategies and Tips from Dr Simon McNair Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

🗓️ In this previous episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, @ruthwinden.bsky.social spoke with Dr. Simon McNair on leaving academia for consulting & helping people make better financial choices. A powerful episode for researchers rethinking career paths!

🪂 Our very own intrepid research culture wrangler and correspondent @emilyennis.bsky.social has parachuted into Hidden REF armed with nothing but a lanyard, a sharp eye for research culture, and a dangerously well-organised notebook.
Follow along for live sightings of academic value in the wild...

Research Professionals' Career Conversations - OD&PL Researcher Development and Research Culture The next programme runs from December 2025 to January 2026, with an optional follow-up session in April. The deadline to apply is 5pm on 31 October.

🛣️Are you a #ResearchProfessional at the University of Leeds? Join the Research Professionals’ Career Conversations programme with @ruthwinden.bsky.social & @hallged.bsky.social to explore career options & create a plan.
Apply by 31 October 2025.
More info👉 buff.ly/nBkCPgv
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(Episode 129) UKRN Train the Trainer: accelerating the uptake of open research practices across academic disciplines - Research Culture Uncovered This week Nick speaks with his Library colleague Kikachukwu Oluonye about the UKRN Train the Trainer programme.Like Nick, Kikachukwu is an Open Research...

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UKRN Train the Trainer: accelerating the uptake of open research practices across academic disciplines research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/ukrn...

Quick plug for a couple of relevant podcasts:

Valuing Diverse Research Outputs: The Hidden REF and the 5% Manifesto with Simon Hettrick research-culture.captivate.fm/episode/valu...

Register your interest in our Building Impact Momentum programme (December-March) to help develop concrete ideas for impact which can be applied to research projects or in grant applications.

⏰ Deadline: 2 November 2025
➡️ Find out more: bit.ly/4apHwC4

(Episode 132) Sparking Impact: The People, Values, and Vibe of the UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum with Dr Vicky Ward Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

🆕 New #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast episode!
🎙️Dr Vicky Ward shares the vibe, values & impact of the UK Knowledge Mobilisation Forum with host @hallged.bsky.social.
🌎Dive into collaboration, community & change! buff.ly/3AxHecb
#KnowledgeMobilisation #ResearchImpact #ResearchCulture

🎉Happy #InternationalPodcastDay!
We asked the #ResearchCultureUncovered team: What’s the last podcast you listened to?
🕛Ged: Midnight at the Casablanca
🧪Heledd: Zoe Science & Nutrition
🏃‍♀️Katie: Running Commentary
⏳Taryn: This is History
🎧Share yours, we’d love to hear what you’re tuning into!

Boosting Research Visibility: Highlights from the 2025 Research Profile Bootcamp* From 10th to 14th March 2025, researchers across disciplines came together for a practical and insightful week of professional development during the Research Profile Bootcamp. This week-long initi…

Boosting Research Visibility: Highlights from the 2025 Research Profile Bootcamp leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2025/09/26/b...

(Episode 131) The Art of Failing Well, with Ireen Litvak-Zur Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

In a🆕episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast, host @tarynbell.bsky.social chats with Dr Ireen Litvak-Zur from @advancehe.bsky.social about how we can fail well in academia.
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This event is a bit different from usual and instead of just one or two speakers, we've got...loads!

Through a series of lightning talks we hope to give you a sense of the teams and services available across the University of Leeds to support your open practice👇

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Open to collaboration: supporting open research at the University of Leeds Join us for this first open lunch seminar of the year as we welcome you back after the Summer. This event is a bit different from usual and instead of just one or two speakers,...

📢Open Lunch is back🍕🌮🍰

Open to collaboration: supporting #OpenResearch at the University of Leeds

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All welcome, though this event will mostly be relevant to staff and students at the University of Leeds.

(Episode 130): Postdocs Leading Research Culture Change at the University of Leeds - what have we learnt? Quickly and easily listen to Research Culture Uncovered for free!

🦉In the latest episode of the #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast with host @ruthwinden.bsky.social, hear all about how postdocs at the University of Leeds are reshaping research culture! From ECR Hubs to chartership & project management certifications - real impact, led by postdocs.

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WUN ECR Webinar Series 2025 - WUN Register for the upcoming webinars in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, facilitated by the Researcher Development and Research Culture team at the University of Leeds. Who can join: All early…

🌐 UOL colleagues: Register for the #WUN #EarlyCareerResearchers Webinar Series!

📙 Webinar 4 ‘Career Planning with Purpose’ with @tarynbell.bsky.social.

🗓️ 15 October 2025 |⏰8:00-10:00am | 🌏 Zoom

⬇️ Register now!
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