In a heartfelt farewell episode of the Research Culture Uncovered podcast, we celebrated Tony Bromley's influential career in research development as he steps into a well-earned retirement. 🎉During his conversation with Ged Hall, Tony shared insights and reflections from his journey in academia and researcher development.🔍 Key Takeaways:Transformative Impact of Robert's Funding: Tony highlighted the pivotal role of Robert's Money in expanding the researcher development sector, bolstering support for early career researchers, and fostering a lastingculture change.Embracing the Evidence-Based Approach: A passionate advocate for evidence-based development, Tony underscored the importance of grounding researcher development in solid research, ensuring impactful and meaningful outcomes.Dynamic Personal Growth: Through his concept of dynamic development, Tony encouraged researchers to be introspective, analysing their personal drivers and values to align better with their career paths and make informed decisions. Links to items mentioned in the episode:To find out more about Dynamic Development and download the practitioner guide: https://researchersupport.leeds.ac.uk/dynamic-development/Tony’s personal website: https://tonybromley.com/Vitae’s Impact and Evaluation Framework https://vitae.ac.uk/resource/library-of-resources-for-researcher-developers/vitae-impact-and-evaluation-framework/developed by the Rugby Team (see https://vitae.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/The-Impact-Framework-Revisiting-the-Rugby-Team-Impact-Framework.pdf)Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework https://vitae.ac.uk/vitae-researcher-development-framework/Researcher Education and Development Scholarship Conference and listen to (Episode 92) Kay Guccione Reflects on 10 Years of Researcher Education and Development Scholarship (REDS) conferenceStudies in Graduate and Postdoctoral Education - the new name for the International Journal for Researcher DevelopmentTony's greatest hit - 'The podcast song' - The Bonus episode you never knew you wanted! He also plays the background music in our intro and outro.  Here’s to Tony's incredible journey and a big thank you for his contributions to research culture. 🙌 Let's continue to build upon these foundations to create a thriving academic environment.All of our episodes can be accessed via the followingplaylists: 

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