Not quite unicorns and rainbows outside my office but this'll do going into the long weekend 🙂

Loving today's dreamy, goosebumpy moments courtesy of BBC Radio 6 Music celebration of Disintegration. 35 years and still head over heels in love with this band 💋

Brilliant response to our call for families with kids born during the first UK lockdown, who are now receiving their Amazon fire tablets and getting started on our games. Places still available for kids born in 2020 between March 23rd - June 23rd Signup at cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9F…

Want to reward 💰and recognise 👀 colleagues working for a more collaborative, open, diverse, and supportive research culture?

Just over a week remaining to nominate for the University of Leeds 2024 Research Culture Awards across 6 categories.

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Excited to start recruiting to our Born In Covid Year - Core Lockdown Effects investigating the development of kids born during Covid lockdowns. If you had a child Mar 23-Jun 23 2020 and live in England please consider joining our study. Scientific progress, fun games + Amazon fire in return 😊🚲

We may have lost our Sure Start centres but we can learn from their approach to working with communities to support our children and families Sheffield Hallam University Save the Children UK

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#NowPlaying Blossomise by @LYRband

Lectureship vacancy BristolUniPsych focusing on metaresearch. Interesting opportunity for academics working towards a more open research culture.

The 2nd University of Leeds Research Culture Awards are now open for nominations. Categories:
🌟Diverse forms of research activity
🌟EDI in research practices
🌟Open research practices
🌟Supporting and developing research teams
🌟Success through adversity
🌟Unsung heroes

You probably know that reading with your baby is important. But do you know why?

There’s actually a long list of reasons, but today let’s focus on one of the most important of them all: the development of a rich vocabulary.

Your baby develops language by taking in the…

Looking to publish our first metaresearch paper (on randomised allocation of research funding). Which journals should I be targeting? Is Research Evaluation a good call? #researchculture

Vacancy. A few more days to apply for this leadership position in research culture, open to University of Leeds Grade 9 / 10 academic or professional services colleagues. Closes 22/03.
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Over 100 nominations for good eggs displayed at the University of Leeds RIS away day today. With thanks to designer Andy Guy. We're gonna need a bigger wall. 😁

It's been a 23-meeting week.. Happy Friday all

This week's highlight so far: Understanding the cultural commons. Alice Borchi introduced me to some useful models of cultural commons and ownership, e.g. Hardin’s requirement for state intervention (e.g. UKRI in the case of #openresearch ) vs Ostrum’s model of self-management.

Today I was privileged to hear Leeds ChildrensMayor Mohammed Hussein represent kids in Leeds and beyond, and reminding us of the awesome city we live in

President of RCPCH Camilla Kingdon wrapping up an inspiring session at CHORAL launch using Don Berwick's farsighted quote on tackling social determinants of health

The first report sets out a new plan to support #autisticchildren , revealing a crisis in children’s #autism assessment, warning that thousands of autistic children and young people are waiting months – or years - for support. Read in full: tinyurl.com/2f9ff797