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Bridget Russell-Calvert
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I'm a research culture and impact support and development professional, interested in everyone's research - methods, results, findings, surprises, etc. - how research helps the world and how I can help researchers achieve their goals.
If we don’t act now, many child refugees will be left in war zones or unsafe camps, away from their mums and dads.

Email the Home Secretary now to stop the suspension of refugee family reunion – it just takes a minute >>

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Stop the attack on family reunion: Email the Home Secretary
URGENT: The Government is cracking down on refugee families’ right to be together. As part of a major immigration shake-up, the Home Secretary plans to restrict the right to family life, protected und...
act.safepassage.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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NEW on Wonkhe: A new dawn has broken has it not? James Coe looks at the politics of the government’s new approach to research and a change of direction for UKRI buff.ly/NUc7eqn
November 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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“…a tax on a major UK export" says @theifs.bsky.social on the government’s proposed international student levy.

It would cost the uni sector £780m a year, hampering its contribution to economic growth and opportunity 👇
https://loom.ly/EE6_2l0
IFS
Funding, finance and reform
loom.ly
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Fellows of the Royal Historical Society are historians working in a wide range of sectors (in and beyond education) in the UK and worldwide.

We've a new guide about becoming a Fellow: bit.ly/48iH0oG If you'd like to join a 4000+ community of historians, please consider an application #Skystorians
November 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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“We will invest strategically in areas where the UK can achieve a significant market share globally. Research and innovation must be central to boosting the UK’s economy and delivering real improvements to people’s lives and livelihoods.”

Read his speech 👇

#InnovationForGrowth
Ian Chapman’s speech at the Innovation for Growth Summit
www.ukri.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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UKRI CEO Professor Sir Ian Chapman closed yesterday’s Innovation for Growth summit by sharing UKRI’s plans to pivot investment to deliver against the government’s R&D priorities.

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#InnovationForGrowth
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Attending to #ImpactIgnite2025 ? Come have a chat about the connections between #ResearchImpact and #ResearchAssessment ! Thank you to @researchimpactacademy.com for hosting us for the next couple of days in Southampton, UK.
November 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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From every corner of the country, our supporters are shouting with one voice: Tax the Rich, Fund our Public Services. Are you listening @teamlabouruk.bsky.social?
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The organisers of a recent witness seminar @ihr.bsky.social on Conservatism and Unionism reflect in this new opinion article on the tensions that emerged in the final third of the twentieth century and their implications for the present. historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...
Conservatism and Unionism in the UK - History & Policy
The team of historians behind an AHRC-funded research project reflect on the fracturing of Conservatism and Unionism in the the UK in the final third of the twentieth century, and the insights into th...
historyandpolicy.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Discover how the first women’s refuge in the UK, founded in 1971 by Chiswick Women’s Aid, sparked a movement for change.
Read the full story here:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-....
How the first women's refuge enacted change in the UK
The founding years of Chiswick Women’s Aid saw the opening of the world's first women's refuge, disputes with local government, and creating change in the UK.
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Why do Black people face disproportionate risks of homelessness?

Our new inquiry seeks to understand the key drivers for Black homelessness and what the Government should do about it.

Send us your written evidence by 12 January: committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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RHS Fellows based in universities come not just from History depts but from across HE bit.ly/48iH0oG

In the past 12 months, we've welcomed historians based in (among others) Accounting, Education, English, Film Studies, Law, Media Studies, Modern Languages, Political Theory & Theology #Skystorians
November 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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The House is now sitting, starting with questions to Health and Social Care ministers.

Watch live ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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Science as Story, Memory as Infrastructure: A Conversation with Trevor Owens, Part 2 - The Scholarly Kitchen
Science as Story, Memory as Infrastructure: A Conversation with Trevor Owens, Part 2 - The Scholarly Kitchen
In today’s guest post, Wendy Queen (JHUP) continues her conversation with Trevor Owens (AIP) about how the tools and sensibilities of the humanities are helping to preserve the record of the physical sciences.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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We’re expecting the Child Poverty Strategy any day.

We asked children what they’d like to say to the PM about their hopes and concerns.

Robyn said: 'I’m writing to you since some families are going through something called poverty, which is not okay!'
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Health research partners strike £27m deal to boost talent

Academy of Medical Sciences and Wellcome reach five-year agreement to back researchers against tough backdrop

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
Health research partners strike £27m deal to boost talent - Research Professional News
Academy of Medical Sciences and Wellcome reach five-year agreement to back researchers against tough backdrop
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The plan to take jewellery from refugees is a new low for the Labour government. Reverse this inhumane policy. Sign the petition: r.ippl.es/refugees-jew...
Petition: Taking refugees’ jewellery: stop the cruelty
I’ve just signed to support this campaign – join me
r.ippl.es
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
38d.gs
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM