Under Review

Andy Tattersall

Academia has a 'wicked problem' - actually, it has several. Welcome to Under Review, the podcast where I give guests an opportunity to stop tweaking the edges and start reimagining a future where things might work better. What would stay, what would we build from scratch, and what needs throwing into the Under Review rubbish bin? It’s time to put the system ‘under review'. I’m Andy Tattersall and I’m a research communications consultant and in this podcast I will speak to some of the sector’s boldest thinkers to bring us their most radical, left-field and blue sky ideas for change.

Episodes

  1. TRAILER

    Under Review episode 2 trailer: The AI rat and fabricated research detection. Elisabeth Bik

    Trailer for the forthcoming second edition of Under Review where renowned microbiologist and academic fraud investigator, Elisabeth Bik talks about how easy it has become to get fabricated images within academic papers through peer review and into journals. Using the example of the rat with the big testicles and penis, that was published in a Frontiers journal, highlighting the extent of the problem. Hosted and produced by Andy Tattersall Elisabeth Bik Elisabeth Bik on Bluesky Science Integrity Digest

    1 min

  2. 2 FEB

    Under Review with Professor Dorothy Bishop - Elon Musk and the Royal Society, academic fraud and the publishing model

    Academia has a 'wicked problem' - actually, it has several. Welcome to Under Review, the podcast where I give guests an opportunity to stop tweaking the edges and start reimagining a future where things might work better. What would stay, what would we build from scratch, and what needs throwing into the Under Review rubbish bin? It’s time to put the system itself... ‘under review. What happens when one of the world’s most prestigious scientific institutions chooses to ignore a widespread call to remove Elon Musk from its fellowship at the expense of its own integrity? For the first episode of Under Review, we aren't pulling any punches. My guest is the esteemed academic and science communicator, Professor Dorothy Bishop. She is a leader in developmental neuropsychology, and an Emeritus Professor at the University of Oxford, and a tireless champion for open science. In 2024, Professor Bishop did something that sent shockwaves through the academic world by resigning from the Royal Society over Elon Musk’s continued inclusion as a fellow (Spoiler alert! Musk goes in the Under Review Bin). We explore academic reputation as a whole, making the right decisions and what the Royal Society should do to prevent future problems. We also discuss academic publishing, fraudulent practices, bad actors and the issue of peer review. Dorothy gets to be in charge for the day, picks where we should start again and what gets tossed into the Under Review Bin. Bishop Blog: https://deevybee.blogspot.com/ Dorothy Bishop Oxford University page https://www.psy.ox.ac.uk/people/dorothy-bishop Dorothy Bishop on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_V._M._Bishop Relevant blog posts from Dorothy’s BishopBlog https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/11/why-i-have-resigned-from-royal-society.html   https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2025/02/seven-reasons-for-keeping-elon-musk-as.html   https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2018/05/how-to-survive-on-twitter-simple-rule.html   https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2020/01/research-funders-need-to-embrace-slow.html   https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/07/whistleblowing-research-misconduct-and.html   https://deevybee.blogspot.com/2026/01/an-open-letter-to-bmj-editorial-board.html   Books featured in the conversation  Elliott, C. (2024). The occasional human sacrifice. Norton.   Bazerman, M. (2025). Inside an academic scandal. MIT press. Hosted and Produced by Andy Tattersall I’m Andy Tattersall and I’m a research communications consultant with 25 years previously working at a Russell Group university and over the course of this podcast I will speak to some of the sector’s boldest thinkers to bring us their most radical, left-field and blue sky ideas for reform.  Music courtesy  PineAppleMusic  https://pixabay.com/music/beats-sky-up-hip-hop-166453/

    1h 26m

  3. TRAILER

    Under Review Trailer

    I made a break for the outdoors and between the continual winter rain and gloom to head out into the fields near home. It was a good opportunity to talk about a new podcast series I am hosting called Under Review, where I invite esteemed guests from across academia to talk about how they would envisage the higher education world free of all the wicked problems that currently blight it. From publish or perish to predatory journals, from academic esteem to the REF. Expect bold ideas and reinvention and what doesn't work, gets thrown into the Under Review waste paper bin, never to be seen again. To find out what my guests suggest to save or bin, follow and subscribe to this podcast, here or on my YouTube channel.

    3 min

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Academia has a 'wicked problem' - actually, it has several. Welcome to Under Review, the podcast where I give guests an opportunity to stop tweaking the edges and start reimagining a future where things might work better. What would stay, what would we build from scratch, and what needs throwing into the Under Review rubbish bin? It’s time to put the system ‘under review'. I’m Andy Tattersall and I’m a research communications consultant and in this podcast I will speak to some of the sector’s boldest thinkers to bring us their most radical, left-field and blue sky ideas for change.

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  • Creator
    Andy Tattersall
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Andy Tattersall
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