@laurabreen
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.
Super proud that to finally be able to share this. We really wanted to spotlight the relationships, teamwork and effort that often underpin #researchimpact and talk about it in ways that reflect that mutual benefit and shared learning ❤️ Thanks to all who helped to make this happen!
I think 12, with others hovering, is the most that have managed to cram themselves onto ours at once. Love them.
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.
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They’re one of the main HE sector news publications and very much real.
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
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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
That ear. Hope you had lots of cosy cuddles when you got home.
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!
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.
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
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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...
@ryangwilkinson.bsky.social - the Auntie Pat test!
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-...