In conversation with Dr Jawiria Naseem (University of Birmingham). In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we cover:

1. Materialised belonging
2. Consciously deciding not to belong
3. Opportunities to teach and belonging
4. Neoliberal culture, 'I don't want to belong to all of that'
5. Most positive experience of belonging in a post-92 University

Related links from the podcast: 

https://educationobservatory.co.uk/academicunbelonging/

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Professor Richard Hall (De Montfort University). In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we cover:

1. Dimensions of decolonisation at the postgraduate research level.
2. Self-audit guide
3. How to approach decolonisation at the postgraduate research level
4. Impact at De Montfort University

Related links from the podcast: 

About Decolonising DMU

Decolonising DMU: A self-auditing guide for Research Centres and Institutes - applying a decolonising lens

Decolonising DMU: a working position

Humanity and Identity are Inextricable from Astrophysics: a Review of the Disordered Cosmos by Dr. Chandra Prescod-Weinstein

Decolonising methodologies: research and indigenous peoples 

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Annamaria Carusi (Interchange Research). In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we cover:

1. The 'Emerging Research Cultures' project with 23 Wellcome funded PhD programs
2. Origins of toxic research culture in doctoral study
3. Giving feedback to supervisors
4. Working hours, taking leave, mental health
5. Community of practice in improving research culture
6. ‘We consider everybody equally important in the community and everybody has their say’

Related links from the podcast:

https://inter-changeresearch.com/projects/project-one-wellcome-research-culture

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter?

Be sure to check out all the episodes in our seasons!

Links:

• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Paula Espeche and Laura Colombo (Centro de Investigaciones Cuyo, Argentina and Universidad de Buenos Aires, respectively). In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we cover three key questions:

1. What are the causes of loneliness in doctoral studies? 
2. How virtual writing groups can help combat loneliness
3. How virtual writing groups provide safe spaces to address wider issues of research culture.

Related links from the podcast:

Colombo, L., & Rodas, E. (2020). Interdisciplinarity as an opportunity in Argentinian and Ecuadorian writing groups. Higher Education Research & Development, 40(2),1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/07294360.2020.1756750

Rodas, E., & Colombo, L. (2018). Writing groups in Ecuador as support for academics on the road to publication. Revista Pucará, 29, 147-167. https://publicaciones.ucuenca.edu.ec/ojs/index.php/pucara/article/view/2690

Rodas, E. L., Colombo, L., Calle, M. D., & Cordero, G. (2021). Looking at faculty writing groups from within: some insights for their sustainability and future implementations. International Journal for Academic Development, https://doi.org/10.1080/1360144X.1362021.1976189.

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Dr Tanvir Ahmed: In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we look at changing the culture of researcher development programmes:

• Individualised approach to researcher development
• Workshops and lack of learning 'sticking'
• Heutagogy - self determined learning
• No workshops!?

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Dr Katie Nicoll Baines: In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we look at a University of Edinburgh project to retain precariously employed research staff. Our conversation covers topics including:

• Precarity of contracts
• Qualitative interviews with research staff identifying pinch points in research career paths with recommended interventions around
• Navigating 'mid career' in research
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths disciplines

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In conversation with Professor Louise Owusu-Kwarteng (https://twitter.com/louisekwarteng): In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? In Season 2, we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode we cover three key questions:

1. How do we redress the balance to ensure that there is equality in terms of opportunities for research? 
2. Do we need to re look at what counts as an ‘expert’ in HE? And also re consider what is seen as ‘valuable’ work in this context?
3. With regards to students from marginalised groups – how do we reframe the narratives which assume their ‘underattainment’?  Do initiatives aimed at addressing the attainment ‘issue’ need to go wider and include opportunities for research?

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode is part of Season 1, where we get to meet the hosts in a bit more detail before they go on to host seasons on their specialist topic. In this episode we mix things up a bit and bring you the insights from one of the driving forces in the work on Research Culture across the sector.  Your host Emma Spary is joined by Professor Catherine (Cat) Davies.

Cat Davies is the Dean for Research Culture at the University of Leeds, leading on our work to create and implement a Research Culture Strategy to drive cultural change, built around 5 areas:

• Professional Development, Reward and Recognition
• Open Research and Impact
• Responsible Research and Innovation
• Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Research
• Collegiate and Supportive Environment

You can connect to Cat on Twitter (@Cat_Davies or @ResCultureLeeds).

I ask Cat what she thinks the biggest challenges are for cultural change, what is happening across the sector, where she thinks we can improve and what she hopes to see in the future. Her main messages include:

• What interested her in this new Dean for Research Culture role at Leeds, her personal and professional motivations
• The acknowledgement across the sector that poor research culture results in a loss of great talent and failure to attract other great talent
• The enormous role research technicians play in delivering research and how this needs to be better recognised
• In taking stock of her first 12 months in role, she is most proud of the grassroots initiatives and what they are achieving
• How she hopes the gains we have made in Open Research will become business as usual over the next few years, and that Research Culture is more prominent in funding calls

Cat also references several initiatives including:

• A case-study we produced at Leeds on sharing interview questions in advance
• The Black Women Professor scheme
• Our Research Culture Awards
• Research Culture Crucible

Be sure to check out the other episodes in this season to find out more about the hosts Emma Spary, Ged Hall, Tony Bromley, Ruth Winden and Nick Sheppard with a few special guest appearances.

Links:

• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]

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In our weekly Research Culture Uncovered conversations we are asking what is Research Culture and why does it matter? This episode introduces Season 2, where we are in conversation with a number of presenters from the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship International Conference of 2022. In this episode, your host for this season, Tony Bromley, explains the background to the conference and talks you through the 11 podcasts upcoming in the season including the main aspects of research culture that each conversation will cover. Tony will let you know the release date for each podcast in the season so hopefully you can earmark the ones you most want to listen to. The season will cover many aspects of research culture including:

• Do we need to re look at what counts as an ‘expert’ in HE? And also re consider what is seen as ‘valuable’ work in this context? 
• Retaining precariously employed researchers
• Loneliness and isolation in doctoral research
• The student supervisor relationship
• Decolonising postgraduate research
• Progression of women in research careers
• and many more...

Be sure to check out all the episodes in this season!

Links:

• Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference
• Researcher Development and Culture Website
• Our Concordat Implementation plans and progress
• University of Leeds Research Culture Statement
• University of Leeds Responsible Metrics Statement
• University of Leeds Open Research Statement

Follow us on twitter: @ResDevLeeds, @OpenResLeeds, @ResCultureLeeds

If you would like to contribute to a podcast episode get in touch: [email protected]