Jess Butler

The House of Commons has released a thoughtful, critical report on UK research quality The recommendations to government are excellent, both practical and progressive publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cmse… Highlights:

Apply to become a chair for the REF 2029 main panels.   We welcome and encourage applications from diverse groups. @ResEngland @ScotFundCouncil @Economy_NI @MedrCymru #REF2029 ref.ac.uk/news/ref-2029-…

COME TO ABERDEEN AND BE RADICAL ABOUT SCOTTISH RESEARCH CULTURE Scottish Research Cultures Collaboration Manager £58-65k Research Cultures Collaboration Managerresearch cultures. This strategic position, hosted by the University of AberdeenS" abdnjobs.co.uk/vacancy/scotti…

My paper on knowledge of the future is out now in AJP (Open Access): tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… (1/4)

Do you have excellent technical problem-solving skills of #databases and #Linux systems, and are looking for an exciting new job? We have a great opportunity for a Senior Technical #Data Manager to join our team - apply by 16 August. bit.ly/4cUs8h9 @adr_uk @SLS_DSU

Two great jobs on a great team Nice salaries plus the sweet NHS pension Data scientist, £44-57k Lead data scientist band £59 to £69

Head of Research Strategy at Uni Aberdeen £58-65k, permanent "play a vital role in shaping and implementing research strategy, managing the REF process, and promoting the quality and impact of research" Come and be radical about how we reward research! abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies…

Splink is a great tool for any poor folks suffering with the job of linking people across big administrative datasets (is this Mary Jones in the NHS the same Mary Jones as this Pension record?) Splink, a Python library for probabilistic record linkage and deduplication

Stats is broken. Causal inference is broken. Together they are less broken. I will teach a 3h online course in September, aimed at ppl who have tried to understand connections btw causal inference & statistical inference but were discouraged by notation & puffery. @StatHorizons

Excited to announce that the AI Snake Oil book is now available to preorder in many different formats. Thank you to everyone who has already preordered! Ebook: press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/97… amazon.com/Snake-Oil-Arti… Audiobook (with a bonus track featuring commentary by @sayashk and me): press.princeton.edu/books/audio/97… amazon.com/Snake-Oil-Arti… Reduced price Indian edition: amazon.in/Snake-Oil-Arti… And of course the hardcover print book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove… amazon.com/Snake-Oil-Arti… bookshop.org/p/books/ai-sna… This is the first time we’ve written a mass-market book. We learned that preordering a book, as opposed to ordering after release, can make a big difference to its success. Preorder sales are used by retailers to decide which books to stock and promote after release. They help books get recognized on best-seller lists. They allow our publishers to anticipate how many copies need to be printed and how the book should be distributed. They are also used by online booksellers to make algorithmic recommendations. In short, preordering early is the best way to support our work. 🙏

Crystal clear talk by Neil Walton on maths for managing waitlists in the NHS youtube.com/watch?v=NWthhW… R package nhs-r-community.github.io/NHSRwaitinglis… Thanks #HACA24

Public Health Intelligence Lead £67-76k + sweet NHS pension hybrid / London "someone who is committed to improving population health and tackling health inequalities, inquisitive about health challenges, and able to see how data and evidence can be used to address these."

Statement from the new Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: "From today, the policy of this department is that the NHS is broken." gov.uk/government/spe…

🚨 Come and work with me and our fabulous team 🚨 Senior Data Vis Developer(s) [£42k - £56k] civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/jobs.cgi?j… Generic job advert because we're in a pre-election period - reach out to find out more. Applications close very precisely at 11.55pm Thursday 11th July.

Costs when PhDs take up a job offer in the UK: "A researcher granted a five-year global talent visa and who has a partner and two children would be liable to pay £20,974 upfront" theguardian.com/education/arti…

⭐️Open Research Summer School⭐️ Needless to say, we're all very excited to have @deevybee give what will no doubt be a barnstorming critical reflection on the scope and scale of academic fraud! Register & Programme Here: tinyurl.com/49x793yf

🚨New analysis from @royalsociety UK visa costs for researchers: 🫣 21x higher than France (Talent passport for researchers) 😱34x higher than Germany (Scientific visa) 😬Have increased by 126% since 2019 while other countries have made theirs cheaper royalsociety.org/news-resources…

@SCADR_data I agree, it's heartbreaking! Even worse, it's nothing new at all, a well-studied result of publish-or-perish incentives. Can recommend these papers on reducing waste and increasing value in medical research thelancet.com/series/research

@JessButler284 If this was created after a public networking event or a public panel meeting, everyone clearly needs to listen to #PEDRI's advice. Work with the public to give transparency and to hear and respond to their feedback. When did you create this Jess? I find it very sad :(

Open Science folks are the best Had a lovely time in sunny Cork at the first meeting of Irish Data Stewards with @CoffeyAoife & @statsepi My take: library staff can radically influence researchers' rewards Slides: osf.io/6ubvk #sonrai2024

@emma_j_francis It was created *while I was talking* by the amazing artist @hazelahurley