Research funders using metaresearch to monitor and improve their policies and processes and their analytical and experimental capabilities to optimise the research base. Our piece in @resprofnews.bsky.social following our panel at #metascience2025

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

Yesterday I gave oral evidence at the @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social, based on our report 'Little Lives, Big Changes: How Covid-19 Shaped Early Years Services and Children’s Development from Birth to Five Years'. (1/11)

After two really enjoyable days at #Metascience2025, I wrote about how one 🌶️ moment encapsulated the controversy over metascience's issues 📑, inclusivity 🤗and future public value 🔮 #STS #AcademicSky

All feedback welcome on here, or by email 😀

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I had a thoroughly lovely time at #Metascience2025 but was struck by the lack of explicit mention of research culture or environment. What gives? And what’s the difference anyhow? Some train-journey thoughts on the symbiosis between metaresearch and research culture. www.linkedin.com/pulse/two-he...

My letter outlining some of the essential underpinnings of the rollout of 300 new nurseries as part of the opportunity mission:
✔️Workforce professionalisation
✔️Family engagement
✔️Research-to-policy routes, including a dedicated scientific advisory committee.

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Five years ago lockdown was coming, and families with kids facing what would be months of juggling work, family and illness, homeschooling, screens, and (at my homeschool at least) epic amounts of rolling around on the floor. (1/).

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

New paper, in which we report on our trial of partially randomised internal allocation of Research England funding at @universityofleeds.bsky.social (1/4)
academic.oup.com/rev/article/...

Three resolutions for improving research cultures in 2025:
1. Work from the data
2. Be brave, be dogged
3. Crack on and make it the norm.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/2025...

Twixtmas publication: How did COVID-19 affect young children's language environment and language development? A scoping review.

With @cecizuniga.bsky.social @drasko-kascelan.bsky.social Nayeli Gonzalez-Gomez and Laurie Ligoxygakis.

OA publication doi.org/10.1111/jcpp...
Project files osf.io/4u8dw/

At the sumptuous @britishacademy.bsky.social for a meeting on randomisation in research funding. Highlights:
-Diversification of applicants to BA's Small Grants scheme through 5 rounds of randomisation
-Randomised right to apply by Villum foundation
Plus distributed justice, weighting+ much else

Thanks team.. Looking forward to helping integrate the national assessment of what we research and how we do it – inclusively, openly, and supportively. Hoping to influence REF in ways that will provide a progressive, practical approach for the entire HEI sector.

Hot date in this year's mission to engage more with non-English research cultures.

Changing the narrative about failures has been on my mind for years. And now as #REF2029 PCE is firming up, should we mandate honesty about what hasn't gone to plan in research practice and policy?

Shiny new account from my awesome team. Let's get bedded in here. 🌞

@BBCNews TV coverage of our @BICYCLE_Study to support children born during the first year of the pandemic as they start primary school this week. youtu.be/o6TC3l87mLk

Pandemic babies - those born into 'strange times' - are starting primary school this week. BBC News reports on their experiences and how we're investigating #Covid_19 effects through the @BICYCLE_study www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...