Kathryn Oliver

Shaping a Brighter Future The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy

Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...

🤷‍♀️ not my area of expertise but was genuinely shocked (and amused) by the maps. particularly liked Spancy

Really interesting exercise showing some alarmingly poor AI performance - surely maps of Europe a question with reasonably large datasets to draw on

Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

Thanks! Yes I think available in perpetuity - www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Deadline approaching 😊

Was lovely to see you in the audience Harry - thanks so much for coming!

Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...

Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us...

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

We're pleased to have launched a funding round that will test 'Research Evidence Mobilisation' approaches - methods for supporting leaders to engage with and apply evidence to classroom practice.

This blog gives some context around why.

Closing date 5th November.

@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below

transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...

With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social

No probs. Yeah I believe so. There's quite a lot through the health innovation networks funded through NIHR too.

Local Innovation Partnerships Fund: competed strand The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) will invest up to £500 million into the development and scaling of high potential innovation clusters across the UK. The fund is deployed across an Earmar...

And the Local innovation partnership funds www.ukri.org/opportunity/...

The LPIPs funded by ESRC do a lot of this lpiphub.bham.ac.uk/meet-the-lpi... ...

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

Is research really worth it? Come and hear what I think about why we do what we do.

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Ministry of Justice: areas of research interest 2025 This document sets out the high-level areas of research interest for MOJ with the aim of supporting ongoing and new engagement with the external research community.

Congratulations to all MoJ on their latest ARIs! www.gov.uk/government/p...

Is research really worth it? with Professor Kathryn Oliver | LSHTM Research is something we spend a lot of money and time on — as individuals, organisations, and states. But is it worth it? Do we get bang for our buck? Who really benefits? And does research actually

Come and hear me talk about myself! Amongst other things.

October 22nd, John Snow Lecture Theatre, 5.15-6.15

www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Quick google to check the date of Ann Oakley's famous paper on Who's Afraid of the RCT? (1989 if you're interested). AI living up to its rep here

Building Institutional Capacity for Societal Impact: Lessons from Victoria Join us for a hybrid lunchtime seminar learning from Professor Melinda Craike about how to build universities' capacity to enable impact.

Please join us on Tuesday 9th Sep at LSHTM for a seminar with Professor Mel Craike on what universities can do as organisations to maximise social impact. Should be a good discussion! Bring your lunch in person or see you online!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-i...

No worries!

Different Vicky dude.

I assume you're not talking about he knowledge mobilisation expert from Scotland. Which I am.

I'm sure I remember it being there at some point

also the TMS website (now working) ought to have a pop out scoreboard. @bbc5live.bsky.social

The adulation of Stokes! Honestly. A theist is unable to set a test their god can fail.

Radio 5 Sports Extra - Listen Live - BBC Sounds Listen live to BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra on BBC Sounds

Am I being dim or is the allegedly live TMS link actually playing the post-tea session yesterday?
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

What Actually Counts as Interdisciplinary Research? A data-driven look at which funders support knowledge integration

Interesting bit of research from @ersatzben.bsky.social suggesting QR funding is really critical for supporting interdisciplinary research
johnsonb.substack.com/p/what-actua...

How flawed data is leaving the UK in the dark Trouble at the Office for National Statistics means policymakers cannot rely on key economic numbers, including on employment

Big piece on how the UK is not getting the data it needs and how this is affecting policymaking. A key issue seems to be that the shift from surveys to admin data has not worked well as govt departments have not allowed the ONS access to the data it needs
on.ft.com/3WSCN6h

Great to hear Angela talk about the huge strategic potential of ARIs to help research funders and researchers understand how to support government. Citing our work on the ARI database ari.org.uk and our analysis of the content/matching with UKRI grant activity papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Dame Angela McLean speaking at the British Academy

Great to have Dame Angela McLean speaking about the humanities and social sciences in policymaking. ‘All problems in the end are human centred problems’