James Sundquist

Benefits realisation, Impact and Knowledge Exchange @BBSRC - UKRI. He/him. Likes spreadsheets. Tweets my own.

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus.

Data: Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet.

Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

How research is improving bioproduct performance - Farmers Weekly, featuring @BBSRC and @Rothamsted spin-out @Sugarox . https://t.co/VAloX0ZF39

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Research park's secret to attracting scientists from around the world - featuring @NorwichResearch and @BBSRC 🧪🧫🧬🔬https://t.co/3ZlTLL5cWn

[Faculty of Environment - University of Leeds @EnvLeeds]

It’s not only edible products that food waste can become.

@Keracol is the spin-out by @UoLDesign and @chemleedsuni researchers that transforms fruit and vegetable byproducts into high-value, sustainable cosmetics and skincare.

https://t.co/Sy0KriLTqn

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Just a heads-up that the next @BBSRC FoF call is live - closing 15 October. #Bioscience #Innovation

https://t.co/czkACmcnd4

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

BMA calls for ban on puberty blockers [which only applies to particular under-18s] to be lifted: https://t.co/y3LiNGDYzU

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Eight people dying in a train or coach crash would be national news, but is apparently an average weekend on the roads in Scotland...
https://t.co/7aEIAGMOBa

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Just a warning about using off-the-shelf AI to summarise stuff for you: it cuts important stuff and makes extra things up. https://t.co/yQnVaszgdI

[Oxentia @oxentia]

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[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

How it's going:
#IoY18 @BBSRC
https://t.co/KFJVXWOze4

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

How it started...

[Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research @BBSRC]

Next on there! @Sab_CohenHatton #IoY18

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Still need to speak with someone @Official_STFC about this...

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

So, I have a longstanding gripe to pick with my beloved @Official_STFC - more specifically, the hallowed badge (since 2007, anyway). I believe* the club's relative lack of success since then is strongly linked to an unforgiveable oversight: the train image used at the top. #STFC

[Department for Science, Innovation and Technology @SciTechgovuk]

“We’ll take the world-class scientific community we have here and be the partner they need to get to the next level.”

@peterkyle sets out his priorities to maximise the UK’s potential in science and tech to grow the economy, transform public services and improve people’s lives👇

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Another reminder that land doesn’t elect governments and these geographic results maps can look very misleading:

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

@CieslaMike @barrett17tom @IanvRogers He's been played as a central midfielder for them - and done very well - so I don't think he solves that problem for us, though flexibility is useful.

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

@efl_hub We do not need a left back...

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

Obviously teams like Crawley and Crewe over-performed, while Gillingham, Salford, Bradford and a few other bigger budgets also failed (some worse than us), but it was always a long shot with our resources. Rebuilding started in January and the interim manager makes some sense...

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

If I were planning a PR retcon of #STFC's rubbish season, it would be that we didn't want to risk our more modest budget competing with the likes of Wrexham, Stockport, Mansfield, et al. and decided this year would be a better bet to give it a proper go. But you can't say that.😏

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

I'm in a Teams meeting again and, just like every time, it reminds me that if I had to regularly use Teams I would probably quit my job in annoyance and frustration. How was such a terrible piece of software was allowed out into the world? Why do I need to use it?

[James Sundquist @JamesBBSRC]

This is an interesting graph. Shows that tax isn't as progressive as it says it is, but is actually a lot more 'equitably' distributed than people probably think...in terms of percentages anyway.