Awaiting several imminent grant application outcomes. The adrenaline spike when funders drop non-critical email. I’m looking at you UK Metascience Unit 👀

Cat's Hilarious Reaction to a Cucumber

ALT: Cat's Hilarious Reaction to a Cucumber

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Research funders using metaresearch to monitor and improve their policies and processes and their analytical and experimental capabilities to optimise the research base. Our piece in @resprofnews.bsky.social following our panel at #metascience2025 www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Funders’ self-analysis is building better research culture - Research Professional News

Internal metascience is helping make scholarship fairer and more open, say Catherine Davies and colleagues

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Yesterday I gave oral evidence at the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social, based on our report 'Little Lives, Big Changes: How Covid-19 Shaped Early Years Services and Children’s Development from Birth to Five Years'. (1/11)

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Prof Catherine Davies (Expert in Child Development) is giving evidence to the Inquiry today. You can view it on the live stream (and via playback) through our YouTube channel 📺 now 👇 www.youtube.com/@UKCovid-19I...

After two really enjoyable days at #Metascience2025, I wrote about how one 🌶️ moment encapsulated the controversy over metascience's issues 📑, inclusivity 🤗and future public value 🔮 #STS #AcademicSky All feedback welcome on here, or by email 😀 warrenpearce.pika.page/posts/what-i...

What *is* metascience? Issues, inclusion and future public value - Warren's blog: Publics, politics, science and technology

This week, the biennial Metascience Conference came to London’s “Knowledge Quarter” with around 800 participants from a wide range of roles, including researchers, librarians, research funders, publis...

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I had a thoroughly lovely time at #Metascience2025 but was struck by the lack of explicit mention of research culture or environment. What gives? And what’s the difference anyhow? Some train-journey thoughts on the symbiosis between metaresearch and research culture. www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-he...

Two hemispheres: Metascience vs Research Culture

Just back from Metascience2025 in London, its fourth global gathering and the first outside of the US (held online in 2021). 830 participants representing 65 countries, some better acclimatised to the...

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My letter outlining some of the essential underpinnings of the rollout of 300 new nurseries as part of the opportunity mission: ✔️Workforce professionalisation ✔️Family engagement ✔️Research-to-policy routes, including a dedicated scientific advisory committee. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Good news at last for early years support | Letter

Letter: Dr Catherine Davies celebrates government funding for nurseries in England’s schools

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Five years ago lockdown was coming, and families with kids facing what would be months of juggling work, family and illness, homeschooling, screens, and (at my homeschool at least) epic amounts of rolling around on the floor. (1/). www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Panorama - Lockdown Kids: Five Years On

Branwen Jeffreys meets with families and teachers to find out how they are helping some of the youngest children impacted by lockdown to catch up on their education and social development.

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New paper, in which we report on our trial of partially randomised internal allocation of Research England funding at @universityofleeds.bsky.social (1/4) academic.oup.com/rev/article/...

Sceptics and champions: participant insights on the use of partial randomization to allocate research culture funding

Abstract. As part of the shift towards a more equitable research culture, funders are reconsidering traditional approaches to peer review. In doing so, the

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Three resolutions for improving research cultures in 2025: 1. Work from the data 2. Be brave, be dogged 3. Crack on and make it the norm. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2025...

2025 is the year to deliver meaningful improvements to research culture

Claims that efforts are tokenistic must be countered with bold actions to retain buy-in, make progress and maintain momentum, says Cat Davies

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Twixtmas publication: How did COVID-19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review. With @cecizuniga.bsky.social @drasko-kascelan.bsky.social Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez and Laurie Ligoxygakis. OA publication doi.org/10.1111/jcpp... Project files osf.io/4u8dw/

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

A diverse body of research conducted since the start of Covid-19 has investigated the impact of the pandemic on children's environments and their language development. This scoping review synthesises...

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At the sumptuous @britishacademy.bsky.social for a meeting on randomisation in research funding. Highlights: -Diversification of applicants to BA's Small Grants scheme through 5 rounds of randomisation -Randomised right to apply by Villum foundation Plus distributed justice, weighting+ much else

Thanks team.. Looking forward to helping integrate the national assessment of what we research and how we do it – inclusively, openly, and supportively. Hoping to influence REF in ways that will provide a progressive, practical approach for the entire HEI sector.

Research Culture Leeds@researchcultureuol.bsky.social · 2y ago

The keen beans 👀 among you will have seen that last week the REF confirmed their panellists for the People, Culture and Environment pilot: 2029.ref.ac.uk/people-cultu... Some very familiar names on the list, including our own @catdavies.bsky.social. We're excited to see what happens next!

Hot date in this year's mission to engage more with non-English research cultures.

Research Culture Leeds@researchcultureuol.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’re at the Celtic Academies Alliance’s research culture conference today. Wisdom from the research integrity panel (1/3) www.ria.ie/events/resea...

Changing the narrative about failures has been on my mind for years. And now as #REF2029 PCE is firming up, should we mandate honesty about what hasn't gone to plan in research practice and policy?

Research Culture Leeds@researchcultureuol.bsky.social · 2y ago

Is it important to acknowledge our "failures" in research? In this @lseimpactblog.bsky.social, @sallywyatt.bsky.social discusses how embracing setbacks can lead to a healthier research environment. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #ResearchCulture #OpenResearch #AcademicSky

Shiny new account from my awesome team. Let's get bedded in here. 🌞

Research Culture Leeds@researchcultureuol.bsky.social · 2y ago

We’ve flown the Twitter nest! 🐦 The culture there wasn’t quite our vibe. As we get comfy here on BlueSky, explore our work on our website and tune into our Research Culture Uncovered Podcast wherever you get your podcasts 😊📻 researchculture.leeds.ac.uk

@BBCNews TV coverage of our @BICYCLE_Study to support children born during the first year of the pandemic as they start primary school this week. youtu.be/o6TC3l87mLk

Pandemic babies starting school: BBC News Channel 010924

YouTube video by Cat Davies

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Pandemic babies - those born into 'strange times' - are starting primary school this week. BBC News reports on their experiences and how we're investigating #Covid_19 effects through the @BICYCLE_study www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pandemic babies starting school now: 'We need speech therapists five days a week'

Aqil and his twin were eight weeks old when lockdown hit - both are starting school with speech and language needs.

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