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News round-up: July 2025

11 September, 2025

This news round-up captures key headlines and discussions from across the research landscape in recent months. From UKRI, Horizon Europe, DSIT and Research Culture and Environment, catch up on the news you may have missed.

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RMA Spotlight: Alice Caryer

7 August, 2025

From dodging a Philosophy PhD to juggling ethics, compliance, and funding bids – research support professional Alice Caryer shares her journey to leadership and how she learned to stay calm (and occasionally thrive) in dynamic environments.

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Unlocking your potential through a coaching mindset

17 July, 2025

Adopting a coaching mindset – focussed on empathy, open questioning and purposeful challenge – can transform your approach to research development. Doug Brown, a leadership coach, recently worked with Stephen Roberts and Cathy Boucher at King’s College London to implement a 4-step toolkit to help RMAs develop the skills necessary to support others in navigating complexity and reach their goals more effectively.

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RMA Spotlight: Kirsty Grainger

12 June, 2025

Welcome to RMA Spotlight, a new article series celebrating inspiring career journeys of professionals in research management. In our first feature, we catch up with Kirsty Grainger, Director of Research and Impact Services at the University of Bath.

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News round-up: April / May 2025

4 June, 2025

This news round-up captures key headlines and discussions from across the research landscape in recent months. From artificial intelligence to REF, funding challenges, Open Access and research culture, catch up on the news you may have missed.

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Now we are one

26 March, 2025

This time last year I was nervously biting my nails. I’d taken over the Editorial Working Group from the mighty Alicen Nickson, who had steered the august members’ magazine, The Protagonist, for many years, producing a beautiful and informative periodical that was a wonderful shop window to our profession.

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