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Head of analytics for Networked Data Lab @AbdnCHDS + @NHSGrampian. Love useful, rigorous, open science and good #ResearchCulture. Local lead for @UKRepro
May 10, 2023 4 tweets 1 min read
The House of Commons has released a thoughtful, critical report on UK research quality

The recommendations to government are excellent, both practical and progressive

publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmse…

Highlights: Make all research open access

Require data and code accompany all publications

Move peer-review and publication acceptance before of data collection
Sep 21, 2021 10 tweets 3 min read
It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! #NPAW2021 #LovePostdocs

Who are postdocs?
Researchers with PhDs who work for universities but don't have permanent job contracts.

Here are concrete actions for funders & institutions to appreciate their postdocs: Do a census and make it public!

Funders: how much of your money is spent funding short-term research contracts?
Who are you funding in these posts?

Age, gender, nationality are key to know, since there are strong biases in who can accept a job with a temporary contract