Countdown is on - just 9 days left to register for #UKSG2026. Everyone can learn something from the programme and everyone can benefit from the unique opportunity to build relationships with people across the information community. Register now! www.uksg.org/events/confe...
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Research systems are under pressure from multiple directions at once. Knowledge exchange, research infrastructure, open access, global participation - these aren't separate trends. To find out more sign up for our next newsletter, incoming next week: www.research-consulting.com/newsletter/
The Research to Reader Conference kicks off today! @rschrobuk.bsky.social is attending today and tomorrow, joining discussions on research, publishing and scholarly communication.
We are looking forward to great conversations - do get in touch with Rob if you would like to connect during the event.
Are OA agreements just procurement with better optics or instruments of cultural change? Rich discussion in Research Information featuring our MD @rschrobuk.bsky.social with @jisc.bsky.social, @zbmed.bsky.social & Karger on participation, integrity & what "value" really means now.
Heading to @r2rconf.bsky.social on 24–25 February? So is our colleague @rschrobuk.bsky.social! Come find us for a chat about scholarly communication and research publishing, or get in touch with Rob to schedule a catch-up during the event.
👀ICYMI: "We’re losing one of the few sources of comparable cross-funder data just as we’re building up the capability to analyse and interpret it."
@rschrobuk.bsky.social #Metascience #ResearchFunding #ResearchFish
💥New | @rschrobuk.bsky.social reflects on the demise of a platform that united the UK research community in one thing: complaining about it.
#ResearchFish #AcademicSky #ResearchFunding
Three Pillars, One Mission: What Medical Research Charities Need to Thrive. Here are my reflections from Tuesday's @amrc-uk.bsky.social Charity Showcase at the House of Commons.
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It’s great to be in the room as Caroline Sutton announces the release of STM’s latest report on research integrity.
It was a pleasure to support the STM Research Integrity Committee in painting a picture of publisher efforts in this fast-evolving area.
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Check out my summary of this morning's announcements from Prof Jessica Corner and Sir Patrick Vallance on #REF2029 www.linkedin.com/pulse/ref-20...
The #REF2029 weightings are now confirmed, with 55% for contributions to knowledge and understanding, PCE renamed strategy, people and research environment reduced to 20%, and 25% for engagement and impact
Our colleague @rschrobuk.bsky.social is at BMA House, London, for the @stmassoc.bsky.social Innovator Fair. If you’re there, too, come and say hello or message Rob to meet up!
#stminlondon #ResearchIntegrity
If you missed yesterday's #UKSGForum2025 in Brighton then fear not, I have pulled together some of the highlights in the post below!
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What does good look like in AI adoption for a university? Great overview at #UKSGForum2025 from @mark-h-cymru.bsky.social
Great to be in Brighton for #UKSGForum2025 today!
Thanks for the summary Andrew, I was sorry to miss this event. The fact collaboration is slowing in the UK is no surprise but it’s always valuable to have evidence to back up these points. With universities under so much financial pressure I doubt we’ll see material improvement any time soon.
A really insightful launch of @ncub.bsky.social State of the Relationship report today.
From January 1st 2026, the CNRS will cut access to one of the largest commercial bibliometric databases, Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science, along with the Core Collection and Journal Citation Reports.
The @uksg.bsky.social Forum 2025 is happening on 3 December at The Brighton Centre, bringing together librarians, publishers & info professionals. Free for UKSG members | Still time to register! uksg.org/events/forum2025/
#UKSGForum2025 #ScholarlyComms #AcademicLibraries
Have a look at my post here, including some of the links in the comments: www.linkedin.com/posts/robjoh...
I reach many of the same conclusions in this post shared earlier this week @paulnightingale.bsky.social: www.linkedin.com/pulse/cold-c...
It was a pleasure to work with colleagues from the @openbookcollective.bsky.social, @rschrobuk.bsky.social and colleagues to help review and understand options for OBC's financial sustainability. OBC share more about this analysis from @researchconsulting.bsky.social in their annual report.
@rschrobuk.bsky.social will be speaking at the @stmassoc.bsky.social ECPC webinar this afternoon at 3pm. If you haven’t booked your place yet, there’s still time. buff.ly/Euf67S2
Look forward to the thoughts but I wouldn’t class CUP as a commercial publisher: www.cambridge.org/core/service....
This Is Fascism
Great to to see @openbookcollective.bsky.social’s annual report referencing our recent work for them on financial sustainability
Our colleagues, @dylanstoran.bsky.social and @rschrobuk.bsky.social will be in Frankfurt next week to attend the @stmassoc.bsky.social conference and the @buchmesse.de Frankfurt Book Fair. Are you attending? Connect with Dylan and Rob to catch up. #STM #FBF
“A rollback of PCE risks stalling momentum on essential efforts toward research culture change”
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Higher education and scholarly publishing are facing some tough questions. My recent conversation with Michael Upshall on the Against the Grain Podcast explores why. atgthepodcast.libsyn.com/atgthepodcas...
Infographic showing the main findings from the researcher development study, covering aspects of evaluation, strategy, structures, engagement, programmes and delivery, challenges and opportunities.
At #VitaeCon2025 we launched the report from a researcher development study in partnership with @Vitae-news.bsky.social with 14 UK & Australian universities, supporting 40,000 research staff and students. See the infographic & public report: buff.ly/76YyQRl
#researcherdevelopment #VitaeCon 🧵1/7
