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Professor David Sampson @ProfDDSampson

Emeritus Professor @UniofSurrey

Joined April 2018
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Truss government on research - James says "research is a long, patient game..."....Let's hope not a "long suffering soft target" - ha! wonkhe.com/blogs/engaging-wi… via @wonkhe

Engaging with a Truss government on research

The Johnson-era arguments around "levelling up" are now uncertain. James Coe asks how we make the case for research to the current crop of Conservatives

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Ten things the government could do for higher education right now - common sense, it does exist! wonkhe.com/blogs/ten-things-… via @wonkhe

Ten things the government could do for higher education right now

Mark Leach lists ten policy measures that would be cheap, practical, simple, and mean a great deal to the higher education sector

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Very welcome reflections on Peer review at UKRI; critical to our success ukri.org/blog/peer-review-cr…
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Great contribution to SDG14 - Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources.
Surrey Research Park@SurreyRP
29 Aug 2022
Thanks to a satellite-based maritime surveillance system being developed by the @UniOfSurrey and the @MRIC_2019 Mauritius Research and Innovation Council (MRIC), illegal fishing ships may soon have nowhere to hide, even at night. Read more: ow.ly/tw7350KtVqk
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Will Octopus change the way research is communicated? Improving research culture by allowing all researchers, whatever their status or career stage, to contribute on an equal and transparent footing - got to be a good thing?! wonkhe.com/blogs/octopus-wil… via @wonkhe

Octopus will change the way research is communicated

Research England is supporting a new platform that aims to allow the processes that underpin research to be shared freely. Steven Hill reckons the idea has legs.

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Great to see the Research Park @SurreyRP and Business School @sbsatsurrey as sponsors - supporting Surrey businesses
Surrey Business Awards@SurreyAwards
27 Jul 2022
The final entry deadline for the #SurreyBusinessAwards is August 31st. Don't miss this opportunity to put your business in the spotlight! Enter online today 👉 lnkd.in/dQa8DjAn
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University of Surrey in top fifteen for postgraduate research experience for second year surrey.ac.uk/news/university…
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Super worthy honorary degree recipient - keep up your fantastic work Katie!
Daphne Jackson Trust@DaphneJacksonTr
15 Jul 2022
We are absolutely delighted that our CEO @DrKatiePerry is graduating from the @UniOfSurrey with an Honorary Degree award of Fellowship of the University for her outstanding contribution and development of the Trust over the past decade. Go Katie! You thoroughly deserve this!
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Innovation heavyweights appointed to lead new Advanced Research and Invention Agency - will be fascinating to see how ARIA fires up. Innovation risk takers step up! gov.uk/government/news/innov…
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An exemplar for the innovation happening on @SurrreyRP. Well deserved - vibrant business indeed!
Surrey Research Park@SurreyRP
14 Jul 2022
Congratulations to Surrey Research Park company @NatureMetrics who have won ‘Best Investment in Sustainable Innovation' at the UK Business Angels Association Awards 2022!
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Delighted to welcome Kathy Slack OBE as new chair of the Surrey Research Park @SurreyRP - a great appointment for @UniOfSurrey - a wonderful champion of innovation in our region mailchi.mp/surrey/kathy-slac…
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Congratulations to Optica on walking the walk for parent's participating in conferences. @OpticaWorldwide #Siegman22 International School on Lasers! #PhotonicsFromPoland
D.M. Sampson@DaMaSampson
30 Jun 2022
Replying to @DaMaSampson
The words can’t express how wonderful is to see these two inspiring @OpticaWorldwide members Jen and Marcia! We all are so lucky having you! #Siegmann22
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Pandemic doctoral starters ‘need more than extensions’ - thought provoking article reminding us that issues for PGRs and early-career researchers have not gone away. timeshighereducation.com/new… via @timeshighered

Pandemic doctoral starters ‘need more than extensions’

Royal Netherlands Academy says extra funding and time cannot ‘truly compensate’ those who began their research careers in lockdown

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blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci… No wonder we are doing super well in student experience with great scholarship informing us from @_rachel_brooks

What does it mean to be a student in European higher education? - LSE Impact

Students, even those from different countries and cultures are all too often thought of as a homogenous bloc. Drawing on research undertaken for their new book, Constructing the Higher Education...

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Could not agree more - focus on making a difference where it matters!
Rt Hon Chris Skidmore@CSkidmoreUK
27 Jun 2022
The Racial Disparity Audit conducted by the government in 2018/19 demonstrated that black and ethic minority students with equal A level grades to white students perform 18 points below the average at degree level. This inequality needs to be tackled- not treated as a culture war
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Up 17 places to 18th @UniOfSurrey in the 2023 Complete University Guide thecompleteuniversityguide.c… with 13 out of 34 subjects in UK top 10 - and in some very fine company. Great synergy of teaching and research! Well done us! @osamasmkhan
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Fabulous roll up of teaching and research performance! Congratulations!
SHTMatSurrey@SHTMatSurrey
14 Jun 2022
Extremely proud to be ranked #1 for our subject in Complete University Guide league table 2023!! @compuniguide @UniOfSurrey #WonderfulSHTM #HometoGlobalLeaders @uniofsurreyVC thecompleteuniversityguide.c…
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New visa for graduates from top 50 non-UK universities launched - does this really help? independent.co.uk/news/uk/go…

New visa for graduates from top 50 non-UK universities launched

The Government’s new short-term ‘high potential individual’ visa scheme is aimed at attracting top-quality candidates to the UK workforce.

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University of Surrey announces new medical school - very exciting and will only boost our already leading health & medical research surrey.ac.uk/news/university…

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“This group [PGRs] should be at the heart of Covid-19 academic workplace transformation, with a greater focus on mental health and building of networks and communities,” Hear hear! bit.ly/3sRaF4r #AUDE
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