This is a crucial report, shining a spotlight on the funding links between Russia, Hungary and the British mainstream right

What does HTA look like when the condition is ultra-rare and the evidence is anything but straightforward? In our latest blog, YHEC's Stuart Mealing shares his experience as a member of NICE’s Highly Specialised Technologies Evaluation Committee (HSTEC). Read more: www.yhec.co.uk/resource/a-s...

40 Years of Impact: The YHEC March Update From the halls of the WEPA Congress in Amsterdam to the latest peer-reviewed insights in #HealthEconomics, March has been a great month for the YHEC team. Read our latest newsletter to find out more! createsend.com/t/y-81DD459B...

🧵And we're off, ladies and gentlemen! It's "they're banning the word EASTER" week. Regular as clockwork... So here comes a history lesson and media lesson all rolled into one thread! PS, I can't believe there's no easter egg emoji? This was the best I could do - 🗿🥚 🤣 I digress! 1/19

“A Tennessee library director is drawing national support after refusing to relocate LGBTQ+ children’s books, citing the First Amendment.” apple.news/AEgwuiGArT_m...

If (as Andrew Neil says) GB News has become Reform TV then maybe there’s a case for the @ElectoralCommUK to start taking an interest app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/72784/...

It’s amazing how quickly Black women have been targeted by these laws and doubly so how little this factors into the analysis around the sexual and gender politics of this movement.

Recommended Books for Year 13 including titles by Qais Akbar Omar, Zadie Smith, Wole Soyinka, Tom Pollock, Richard Feynman, Alastair Campbell & more. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/secondary-ks... #YA

UK contemporary sculptor known as Anna & the Willow creates nature-inspired sculptures made from rods of willow #WomensArt

Good to see a media literacy plan from govt, and one that recognises the vital role of different types of libraries, next we need investment in updating staff skills

This is a decisive moment in the push to give Harriet the recognition she deserves. I actually gasped when I read the headline.

This is absolutely brilliant. Instigated by Gordon Brown, delivered today. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Eid Mubarak to all those celebrating Eid al-Fitr in the UK and around the world 🌙✨ Shelfmark: MS. Bodl. Or. 793 Take a look at the manuscript on Digital Bodleian: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/1d091ec9-33f8-42d9-a620-141dfc7b1816/surfaces/368d0391-3f85-43df-9b07-869638189692/

Because... 👏Countries with more female leaders have less inequality. (WEF) 👏Countries with more women in parliament have lower levels of corruption. (European Journal of Political Research) 👏Female participation in parliament has a positive effect on the economy. (Frontiers in Political Science)

This #InternationalWomensDay, we asked women leading global health and evidence organizations one question: what's the most valuable thing you can give as a leader? 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... @jbiebhc.bsky.social @gincomms.bsky.social

Another wonderful article by Jess DeCourcy Hinds and I am happy to see so many librarians that I’m honored to know, being recognized! lithub.com/8-badass-lib...

There is “no evidence that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is overdiagnosed in the UK” and the condition could even be “underdiagnosed”, a team of experts has said www.itv.com/news/2026-03...

📢 We’re hiring: Project Director - Reviews & Evidence Synthesis We are seeking a senior leader in evidence synthesis to direct & deliver complex literature-based research & consultancy projects. 🕒 Full time, permanent 🗓 Closing date: 08 March 2026 🔗 Find out more: www.yhec.co.uk/careers/vaca...

I enjoyed it too. And agreed with it 100%.

Watching Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. Makes me think so much about the book. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was 21 when it was published. 21! It’s remarkable.

This year marks 40 years since YHEC first set up offices in Market Square. From those early days, we’ve grown and evolved as a long-established, university-based organisation working at the forefront of health economics. Colleagues share their memories: 🔗 www.yhec.co.uk/resource/40-...

This is Dorian. He refuses to come inside from this rainstorm. Just really wants his mom to watch him jump in puddles. 13/10 good job buddy (TT: kirstengarrison)

Come and work with me! There’s a fabulous team working on reviews at YHEC 🙂

The Librarians documentary is available to watch over on @pbs.org's youtube page: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywQO... 📚📜

Are you interested in how environmental sustainability can reshape HTA practice? Join YHEC Senior Research Consultant, Melissa Pegg, as she chairs an engaging webinar: INESSS Strategy for the Integration of Environmental Considerations. 📅12 February 2026 🕒 2pm GMT us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Fascinating thread on productivity growth differentials between regions. 👇

I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com

Free lunchtime webinar: join YHEC's Melissa Pegg for the first webinar in a series exploring the foundations of sustainable healthcare. Friday 27 February at 1pm UTC Sign up and learn more about this important topic. www.yhec.co.uk/product/free... #EnvironmentalSustainability #HTA #HEOR

As we mark our 40th anniversary, we are launching a special blog series reflecting on the past, present and future of health economics. In our first post, YHEC CEO, Professor Matthew Taylor, goes back to basics: www.yhec.co.uk/resource/bac... #HealthEconomics #40YearsOfYHEC #HEOR

Rachel and Stephen have actually come dressed as Traitors. Lady MacBeth in sequins from Rachel and Stephen as an evil Thunderbird. How many amazing outfits does he have? #TheTraitors

To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we are offering all YHEC in-house training courses free-of-charge for one year only in 2026! Our training covers core topics in health economics and evidence synthesis, drawing on four decades of applied experience. Find out more: www.yhec.co.uk/training/

This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo

Nothing that happened today makes a single word of this out of date. In fact, what has happened makes it even more salient. And that is the benefit of having real conversations, rather than chasing the news, in order to offer the same obvious 'insight' as everyone else, like the dullest town crier.

Staffer: "Can you move on?" Smith: "I'll ask the questions I would like to ask, thank you." Offord: "But that's not what we want to talk about." Staffer: "I'm asking you nicely now."

If you are having a difficult January for any reason, I’d like to recommend my annual treat #JuniorBakeOff. It’s funny (Harry Hill is hilarious as presenter) and life affirming (these kids help each other like no-one in the adult version). All episodes streaming on Channel 4 in the UK. Enjoy!

The mummified remains of dozens of cheetahs hidden deep in caves in Saudia Arabia shed light on where the animals lived in the past, which might inform rewilding efforts

With the PM saying he wants to go further on aligning with the EU, I’ve written for the Guardian about what’s possible: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The comments on this are making me feel so much better about my general inability to stay upright or avoid knocking things over… mine is probably the time I got my foot stuck under a children’s roundabout in a park whilst other children were using it… 🙄

This from @aarontay.bsky.social is excellent - challenging people to be more subtle in where AI is in our tools and which parts of that are an issue for us as individuals or a service aarontay.substack.com/p/what-do-we... 📚

I didn’t know until now that in the original Rosie the Riveter painting, she is crushing a copy of Mein Kampf under her foot. Happy feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, remembering all the women who crush the serpents of Satan under their heel.

Double James is always a delight. 🎧👇

I don’t know about you. But I’m having a Rob Reiner Christmas. So far: This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery, When Harry Met Sally (my favourite - it is the loveliest film. About old friends). I have Princess Bride & Spinal Tap 2 ready for tomorrow/Monday 🙂

Amazing and thoughtful present from my bestie. What else do you get someone who loves films? My very own projector. Love it.

The last YHEC newsletter of 2025 is out! Inside, we share updates on our recent research, reflections from ongoing projects, and news from across the team: createsend.com/t/y-631224A3... To receive future editions directly to your inbox, sign up here: confirmsubscription.com/h/y/04F61A47...

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

We’re proud to be part of the Libraries Alliance - a new partnership working to strengthen libraries of all kinds. Our Head of Public Engagement, Dr Chris Burgess, recently joined other members of the Alliance to share progress with Libraries Minister Baroness Twycross at the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Free or subsidized school meals lead to modest gains in math and school enrolment, according to a new Cochrane review. 🔗 www.cochrane.org/about-us/new...