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March 2025 work highlights

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For a retired person, work-wise March 2025 has been a super-busy month for me. I have:

  • Helped edit a draft journal article manuscript
  • Provided feedback on documents related to the next Research Excellence Framework in 2029 (REF)
  • Prepared and delivered a presentation for archives and records professionals with Dr Bruce Ryan on our work on the Lorna Lloyd archive
  • Joined in the reboot of the Edinburgh Coffee Morning
  • Attended lectures on a range of topics ranging from radical thinking to dark matter
  • Written an award nomination for a former student who has achieved great things since graduating from Edinburgh Napier University in 2009
  • Submitted an abstract for a talk to be delivered in May 2025

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Opportunity for LIS academics to contribute to BAILER response to #REF2021 consultation: London 26th September 2018

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REF2021 logoThis post is about the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021. If you are a UK academic who undertakes research in Library and Information Management (as covered in Unit of Assessment 34), this is for you. Continue reading →

Appointments to Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021 panels #REF2021

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REF2021 logoOn Friday 23rd March the UK higher education funding bodies announced the appointment of members to the panels for the first stage of the REF 2021 exercise. The panel members were selected from over 4,000 nominations submitted last year by subject associations and other organisations with an interest in research. The panels comprise leading researchers, and individuals with expertise in the wider use and benefits of research.

I am delighted to have been appointed to serve as one of the members of Sub-panel 34: Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management Continue reading →