🎧 Listen to Kay Guccione talk to Heledd Jarosz-Griffiths about the origins, evolution and future of REDS on the Research Culture Uncovered podcast.
🆕 Listen to the latest episode of the Research Culture Uncovered podcast, 'Kay Guccione Reflects on 10 Years of the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship (REDS) Conference'. 🔗https://lnkd.in/euTy_HnU 🥇 Heledd Jarosz-Griffiths, in her debut episode as host, met with Kay Guccione from the University of Glasgow to discover the origins, evolution, and future of the Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference. 🎧 If you're passionate about researcher development and research culture, this episode is a must-listen! Here are the top three takeaways: 🔎 Building a Scholarly Community from Scratch: Kay Guccione shared the inspiring story of how REDS started with the aim to provide a dedicated platform for researcher development professionals to explore, present, and publish their work. The conference has fostered a growing, inclusive community over the past decade. 🔎 Adaptation and Innovation Through Challenges: The shift to online during COVID-19 broadened REDS' reach, making it accessible to a global audience. Attendance skyrocketed from 60 to over 600 registered attendees, highlighting the power of adaptability and the benefits of virtual conferences in building a global research community. 🔎 Visioning the Future: Kay underscored the importance of formalising the REDS mission with a written document to steer its future trajectory. Exciting initiatives on the horizon include launching a dedicated blog space to nurture early-stage research ideas and securing funding for small research seed grants to propel new scholarly work. 💡 It's exciting to see where REDS will go next! If you have ideas for the future of REDS - or would like to get involved - Kay and the team at the University of Glasgow would love to hear from you. https://lnkd.in/eGZ4xpXJ #ResearchCulture #ResearchDevelopment #REDSConference #HigherEducation #ProfessionalDevelopment #PodcastRecommendation