Leeds, you well and truly showed up for Leeds Pride yesterday!🌈 Our LGBT+ Staff Network marched in the official parade, and we were thrilled to be joined by Interim Vice-Chancellor Hai-Sui Yu, and Deputy Vice-Chancellors @NickPlantLeeds and Jeff Grabill @[email protected]. Enjoy some snaps below 👇

Great to have been part of this co-author team. Lots to learn about the #SEND landscape and how we can improve support and outcomes for children and young people.

🌟 Job Opening! 🌟 Join University of Leeds My First 1000 Days project as a Family Wellbeing Worker! Make a difference in disadvantaged communities by supporting parents and children. We're looking for empathetic, culturally-sensitive individuals to deliver a disability-inclusive,

Improving research culture through collaborative, inclusive, open, and supportive reviewer panels

Woo hoo! Not one, not two, but THREE media pieces released today about the 1 in 5 children struggling with talking and understanding words right now! Check out the below which features comment from us. We MUST keep talking about this.

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

Uplifting day at Warwick's Research Culture Conf #IRCC24. I got reassured we're getting somewhere (esp by PGR Maisha Islam's keynote), meaningful action from funders Shomari LW, many ideas for collabs, a terrible poster position (I was late) and THREE research culture tea towels

New research from LuCiD colleagues reveals how early learning skills in children aged 17 months to 7 years impact language & reading development. Read more: lucid.ac.uk/seminars-news-… Economic and Social Research Council

The Council for Science and Technology is seeking new members! This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your expertise to help put science and tech advice at the heart of decision making. Apply now: …for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8395. Applications close at midday on the 7th of October.

Scientists are building giant ‘evidence banks’ to create policies that actually work. Wellcome is proud to support this together with Economic and Social Research Council UK Research and Innovation, and we will engage other research funders to be a part of this collective nature.com/articles/d4158…

Congrats to University of Leeds Researcher Development team for their award winning #ResearchCultureUncovered podcast sharing candid interviews and insights into all aspects of the research environment. 87 episodes; 9491 downloads across 86 countries. 💚🎧

"Randomisation is a statistical bleach that kills unconscious biases" Pithy post that gets to the heart of randomisation: 🎱Makes explicit the role of chance in trad systems 🎱Mitigates for bias against people and ideas + an idea for evaluating outcomes of randomised acceptances.

Nursery professionals, please consider supporting this research below 👇 A research team at UCL Social Research Institute (SRI) are conducting a study exploring the reasons for nursery closures. The research is being funded by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and led by Antonia Simon and Katie Hollingworth. They are inviting

Undergrads/graduates: if you want to do a PhD, can’t afford to do a masters and know the area you want to do a PhD in, a perfectly decent alternative is to apply for a research assistant job and gain substantial research experience. Check jobs.ac.uk for job ads

New, highly requested, guidance from us Wellcome on how to discuss Research Environment in your application, and the kinds of things you might want to tell us about! wellcome.org/what-we-do/our…

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