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Laura Breen

@laurabreen.bsky.social

Research Development and Impact Manager - Research Strategy Team @University of Manchester. All things research, meaningful engagement, impact, co-production, collaboration and collegiality. And cheese, wine and gigs.

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Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’.

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

This article is now free to access.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

12.09.2025 12:27 — 👍 2    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 3

They’re one of the main HE sector news publications and very much real.

13.09.2025 10:28 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Co-Production Futures: Call for Evidence and Ideas
YouTube video by The University of Manchester Co-Production Futures: Call for Evidence and Ideas

If you want to know more about the Co-Production Futures Inquiry (the people and motivations behind it), we’ve put this film together: youtu.be/AFbuelvzkAU

Watch and share evidence and ideas for how we can address barriers to participation in the Higher Education sector. @coprofutures.bsky.social

25.01.2025 11:33 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🚀 Exciting News! The first SALIENT Funding Call is now LIVE! 🚀
Apply now: universityofmanchester.flexigrant.com

📅Key Dates:
· Call opens 09 Dec. 2024
· Call closes 07 Feb. 2025 @ 4pm GMT
· Announcement of Results: April 2025

11.12.2024 09:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

That ear. Hope you had lots of cosy cuddles when you got home.

29.11.2024 22:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

If you’re interested in how we can better support co-production/participatory research across the HE sector, follow the inquiry here & LinkedIn and sign up for the launch. There’s an amazing team behind it and a real opportunity to create meaningful change. Excited to be a small part of it!

25.11.2024 22:10 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Echoing this. We’ve been shortlisting large amounts of applications for some posts lately and this makes life so much easier. Especially if you address the criteria in order/group things clearly. Seeing some very experienced candidates failing to demonstrate how they meet criteria and it’s tough.

24.11.2024 10:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A second piece out today in The Big Issue by @hannahjtw.bsky.social ft yours truly, continuing to push the government & DWP about austerity + winter fuel cuts.
✊️ @austerityalters.bsky.social
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

24.11.2024 09:25 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0
Gazan Humanitarian Scholarship We offer scholarships for citizens of Gaza who have been displaced as a result of the ongoing conflict in the region and are living in a different country (outside of the UK).

The University of Leeds in the UK is offering scholarships for Palestinians from Gaza who have been displaced and are living in a different country (outside of the UK). www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...

21.11.2024 11:13 — 👍 243    🔁 157    💬 0    📌 2

@ryangwilkinson.bsky.social - the Auntie Pat test!

23.11.2024 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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'Cruel' winter fuel benefit cuts will send pensioners to hospital, DWP warned Axing the winter fuel payment for nearly 10 million pensioners will drive down old people's health and hit the NHS, the DWP has been told.

Proud to join other voices pushing for an overhaul of yet more divisive spending cuts amidst everyday austerity. Thanks @hannahjtw.bsky.social @ The Big Issue for your work on this: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

22.11.2024 07:22 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

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