From Bernd.Stahl at nottingham.ac.uk Mon Jun 1 08:23:39 2026 From: Bernd.Stahl at nottingham.ac.uk (Bernd Stahl (staff)) Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2026 07:23:39 +0000 Subject: [Rdf-internal] Canceled: RDF internal Message-ID: Hi all, This week?s RDF meeting clashes with the School RKE meeting, so I need to cancel. Kind regards, Bernd Hi all, Due to the conflict with teaching COMP3020 and in light of feedback on availability, I am rescheduling the weekly meeting for 1pm. We can discuss at Christmas time whether we want to go back to12. Bernd Dear RDF members, This is the invitation for the weekly group meetings for next year. Please accept the invitation, even if you are not there for the first slot, so you have the subsequent meetings in your calendar. Bernd ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help? 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I am writing to raise an issue regarding the Appraisal and Development Conversations (ADC) process in the School, which I believe warrants attention ahead of the coming academic year. This topic came up at today?s RKE Committee meeting, and Andy asked me to write this up so that it can be fed into school discussions. As Heads of Research Groups, we carry formal line management responsibility for members of our groups. However, ADCs are currently conducted by colleagues allocated on a 'best fit' basis, sitting outside the line management relationship. I understand this reflects the university-wide ADC guidelines for the R&T job family, which acknowledge that direct line management structures 'may not be in place' in all cases. In our School, however, clear research group structures and line management responsibilities are in place ? and the current arrangement, in which the line manager is excluded from the ADC, creates a significant disconnect. In practice, this means that as a Head of Research Group I do not know what my group members agree in their ADC meetings, cannot contribute to the objectives they set, and cannot align those objectives with the strategic direction of the group. This matters not only for coherence but for accountability: research group leaders are expected to report on and answer for the performance of their group. That accountability is hollow if we have no meaningful way to shape how group members contribute, develop, and align their work with the group's direction. The ADC is precisely the mechanism through which those conversations should happen ? and at present we are excluded from it. This is a structural problem that is difficult to justify under any circumstances, but it is particularly difficult to reconcile with the University's and the School's current increased focus on performance and the alignment of individual contributions with institutional priorities ? values that the ADC process itself is explicitly designed to serve. My proposal is straightforward: research group leaders, as line managers, should be the default appraiser for members of their group. This is already the norm for other job families at the University. Exceptions to this rule should of course be possible ? there will be circumstances, such as where a staff member and their group leader have a significant personal conflict, where a different arrangement is appropriate and should be accommodated. But these should be exceptions to a clear default, not the current situation in which the line manager has no formal role in the process at all. Given that the FN2 consultation is ongoing and new structures will not be in place before the start of the next academic year, I would ask that the School takes this forward as a local arrangement with immediate effect, so that it can be operational for the 2025?26 ADC cycle. This does not require any change to university-level policy ? the ADC guidelines already provide for local flexibility in appraiser allocation ? and it would bring the School into closer alignment with the spirit of the ADC framework. I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further, and I am happy to work with colleagues to develop a simple set of principles for implementation, including how exceptions would be managed. Many thanks for considering this. Best wishes, Bernd Bernd Carsten STAHL Professor of Critical Research in Technology Responsible Digital Futures Group School of Computer Science UNIVERSITY of NOTTINGHAM T: +44 7952 875 862 E: bernd.stahl at nottingham.ac.uk W: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/bernd.stahl [cid:image001.jpg at 01DCF362.7D8931C0] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 33075 bytes Desc: image001.jpg URL: From Bernd.Stahl at nottingham.ac.uk Wed Jun 3 16:06:19 2026 From: Bernd.Stahl at nottingham.ac.uk (Bernd Stahl (staff)) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 15:06:19 +0000 Subject: [Rdf-internal] FW: UoN School of Computer Science PGR Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi again, I will not be in the country on 22 July. Is anybody going to be around to give an overview of the RDF to our PGR students? Kind regards, Bernd From: Jeremie Clos (staff) Sent: 03 June 2026 16:01 To: Chris Greenhalgh (staff) ; Praminda Caleb-Solly (staff) ; Dario Landa Silva (staff) ; Steven Furnell (staff) ; Graham Hutton (staff) ; Bernd Stahl (staff) ; Andrew French (staff) ; Christian Wagner (staff) ; Colin Johnson (staff) Cc: Rong Qu (staff) ; PS-CS-PGR Subject: UoN School of Computer Science PGR Conference Dear all, I am e-mailing you because you are the heads of your respective research groups (at least according to what I could find online - feel free to correct me if I made a mistake). We are trying to organise an event in the summer in order to improve interactions between PGR students of different research groups, and we were wondering whether you (or a nominated replacement) would be open to give a short talk (5-ish minutes) explaining the research happening in your research group aimed at people who might not be familiar with it? The event would be on Wednesday the 22nd of July, in room A07 (School of Computer Science), and the talks would be between 10:15 and 11:30. Kind regards, Jeremie Dr Jeremie Clos https://people.cs.nott.ac.uk/pszjc1 ----------------------- Assistant Professor School of Computer Science University of Nottingham ----------------------- Deputy PGR Director | Book time with me: PGR drop-in session MSc Data Science Lead | Book time with me: MSc Data Science drop-in session For other queries, see my general booking page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Helena.Webb at nottingham.ac.uk Wed Jun 3 17:17:23 2026 From: Helena.Webb at nottingham.ac.uk (Helena Webb (staff)) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 16:17:23 +0000 Subject: [Rdf-internal] =?windows-1252?q?ADC_Process_and_Research_Group_L?= =?windows-1252?q?ine_Management_=96_Proposal_for_School-Level_Change?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Bernd Dear RDF members, This is the invitation for the weekly group meetings for next year. Please accept the invitation, even if you are not there for the first slot, so you have the subsequent meetings in your calendar. Bernd ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams Need help? 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As a result, we will now need to rely on external trainers which will lead to additional training opportunities. We are also rolling out a new incentive scheme for trainers. During the planned update meeting, I will go through these changes in more detail and there will be opportunities to ask questions and make suggestions. Please fill in the poll by close of business next Wednesday, 17/06/2026. I will then send out a meeting invite for the best option. I will also record the session for those who cannot make it. Kind regards, Bernd Bernd Carsten STAHL Professor of Critical Research in Technology Responsible Digital Futures Group School of Computer Science UNIVERSITY of NOTTINGHAM T: +44 7952 875 862 E: bernd.stahl at nottingham.ac.uk W: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/computerscience/people/bernd.stahl [cid:image001.jpg at 01DCFA9F.0857AD20] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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One of the topics that has come up repeatedly at both ECR and senior level is the use of AI in academic life. So, I have been very peripheral to the organisation of, what looks like being a great event. I'm pleased to share the details of the date and agenda with a link for booking. 09:30 - 09:45 Welcome and overview of the event 09:45 - 10:00 Keynote presentation: Professor Jeanette Woollard 10:00 - 10:30 Q&A session 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee and networking 11:00 - 11:45 Panel discussion: Key issues regarding AI in research 11:45 - 12:00 AI and Career Development: Kirstin Barnard 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch & networking 13:00 - 14:00 Workshops 14:00 - 14:30 Coffee and networking 14:30 - 15:30 Session 2 TBC 15:30 - 15:45 Summary and Closing Remarks When Monday, 13 July 2026 09:30 ? 16:00 (UTC) Dublin, Edinburgh, Lisbon, London Where Great Hall, Trent Building, University Park Campus Link Register for the event Dr Rob Goodwin ?Post-Doctoral Research Fellow Injury, Recovery and Inflammation Sciences School of Medicine University of Nottingham EC1720, QMC Nottingham NG7 2UH ?Email: rob.goodwin3 at nottingham.ac.uk [cid:image001.png at 01DCFFCF.91F359F0] Follow us Facebook.com/UniofNottingham Twitter.com/UniofNottingham Youtube.com/nottmuniversity Instagram.com/uniofnottingham Linkedin.com/company/university-of-nottingham -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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