Dr Bridget Sealey

Consultant, trainer, facilitator, coach supporting collaboration between academics, gov, business & 3rd sector. Likes football. COYS

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

1) It's a full two years since I set up Sealey Associates, right at the start of the pandemic.

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

@AmoghDS Congratulations!

[Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) @PolicyUpen]

📅 Sign up for @UCLPublicPolicy's event 'Building Partnerships & Fellowship Schemes' to hear from experts in university policy units who’ve successfully set up fellowships.

🗓️ 16 Dec, 2-3pm

👉https://t.co/WBILwTdvsb #PolicyFellowships #PolicyInnovation #AcademicPartnerships

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

We have decades of research evidence about how change happens in organisations & systems. Yet mostly, we don't use this knowledge in practice. The biggest misconception is that once people understand change, they'll embrace it (almost never true). 4 principles that should inform our change efforts:
1) Transformational ideas typically come from outside the community & incur resistance: We build attachments to ideas, people & ways of working - when those attachments are threatened, we tend to act out in ways that don’t reflect our best selves
2) Transformations follow an “S curve” pattern: Innovations take hold slowly amongst a group of enthusiasts, then hit an inflection point at 10%-20% participation, then accelerate exponentially - it's why we should concentrate on building the 10-20% through enthusiasts rather than getting everyone on board with the change
3) There is a common, persistent “KAP-gap”: (the difference between what we say & what we do) - it's because we only change our views/practice when the people around us do & it's why we need to shape networks rather than opinions
4) Transformational ideas are propagated socially: It's not the mode of communication or even the individual influence of early adopters but the structure of the network that determines how fast and far an idea travels
https://t.co/Wgwo3KOwzG. By @digitaltonto.

[Helen Bevan @HelenBevan]

When we're action planning for change, we need to think about relationships & connections, not just about changing processes & pathways. The "Collaboration Spectrum" is a useful tool for discussing where we are now in our relationship with key partners & where we want/need to be in the future to deliver our improvements. We can use it for thinking about other teams in our organisation or other partners in our system: https://t.co/rDfRsp0CZx. Thank you @TCI_ca

[Chi Onwurah 💙 @ChiOnwurah]

Incredibly proud to be chairing a committee with so much science and tech expertise across the board.

We will be working hard to ensure the Government delivers on the potential of science to drive sustainable growth, health and well being in the public interest.

[Ana Pineda, PhD @ana_pineda_]

We’re having a new FREE guest interview 🎊 On Thursday 10th October we´ll be talking with @HigherEdPR about having an online presence. She´s THE expert on helping academics with this, so don't miss it! Register at the link and we'll send you a replay👇🏼 #AcWri #ECRchat #NewPI

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

@aledsingleton @cardiffbusiness Congratulations Aled! Enjoy the commute :)

[Leading Routes @LeadingRoutes]

🎉 Exciting News! 🎉 Join us for an evening @britishlibrary to discuss The Black PhD Experience: Book Launch on Mon 21 Oct 📚✨

Enjoy a keynote from Jason Arday & a panel discussion w/ the editors!

Secure your FREE ticket now—spaces are limited! 🔗🎟️ https://t.co/RmQeydrTLa

[Universities Policy Engagement Network (UPEN) @PolicyUpen]

New blog 📝

@AliceTofts2 reflects on convening @UCLPublicPolicy's capability-building workshop, facilitated by @BridgetSealey for university knowledge mobilisers working on policy engagement activities, including fellowships 👇

https://t.co/C7U4IS2euW

[Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP @TanDhesi]

Historic moment in our @UKParliament when all 11 elected #Sikh Members of Parliament gathered together for the first time.

[Sarah Smith MP @sarahsmithlab]

Did you know they have a family room in Parliament? While I get a nursery place organised I’ll be bringing Eli plus a carer for him with me and using this room a lot!!

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

@C_Goodfellow_ @UofGSHW Congratulations Claire!

[Rochelle A. Burgess @thewrittenro.bsky.social @thewrittenro]

Well, it’s official: I have been promoted to full Professor @ucl I am well aware of what this means; that as a Black Woman I am one of a few. To the students over the years who told me it meant the world to see me at the front of a room- I am still here.

[Susan Banducci @femalebrain]

📊66% wanted to see more women elected & thought inequality within political parties led to women being selected for unwinnable seats. A majority thought parties should take action to ensure more women elected.

@CentenaryAction @WomenCountUK @ERC_Research @TwiceAsGood_ERC

[Doctoral College @QMUL_DC]

Join us on May 30th for an insightful workshop on building effective relationships with policymakers, led by @BridgetSealey!

🗓️May 30, 2024
🕐 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
📍 iQ East 1.04
🔗 https://t.co/sOqYp054hO

Learn skills in negotiation, influencing, and pitching your research!

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

@colinrtalbot @damien_page My mother in law worked in that canteen! (County Hall)

[Dr Bridget Sealey @BridgetSealey]

@emily_marchant @WelshAthletics @LondonMarathon @FrontRunEvents Wow that is so brilliant! Many congratulations Emily xx

[Y-PERN @Y_PERN_]

With the @Y_PERN_ website now live, we’re due to launch a monthly email newsletter, with all the latest updates, blogs and opportunities from our community.

Sign up here: https://t.co/lYjcQ05JiB #policy #collaboration #Regional

[Sabrina Bajwah 💙 @SBajwah]

Please retweet and help us recruit people from the Black Caribbean community whose voices are currently under-represented in our Bereavement study. Everyone deserves equitable bereavement care 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽