And that’s a wrap! 🎓Just finished an incredible semester teaching at The Institute of Foundation Studies at Arden University Leeds. Two brilliant student groups, a supportive team, & a truly rewarding experience from start to finish. Now to tackle the marking! #University

One of my favourite things to do! Drawing comics with Steve and Bryan for our research! 🙂 Love how technology can bring us together from Ireland, the U.K and the U.S.A! #LoveResearch #Comics #SexEducation #DisabilityStudies #CreativeMethods

Had a fantastic time at the Inclusive Creative Research Symposium @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Grateful to share our research & learn about fantastic projects. Thanks to Matthew, Daniel & Kelsie for an inspiring event!
#LearningDisabilityWeek #CreativeResearch #InclusiveResearch #Disability

Amazing session w/ @drjessmannion.bsky.social on Creative Collaborative Data Analysis. Feeling playful, inspired, excited to keep embedding creative practice at every stage of my PhD!

I had such a lovely day at @sheffielduni.bsky.social with The Participatory Research Network. I really enjoyed facilitating the workshop on Creative Collaborative Data Analysis with such a fantastic group of PGR’s & ECR’s. #DataAnalysis @kirstyliddiard1.bsky.social

Grateful to see the R&S Research Teams work featured in Sandboxing in Practice by Prof. Dawn Mannay & Dr. Victoria Timperley. Huge thanks to Dawn for introducing me to this method & for her ongoing support and encouragement. #sandboxing #research policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/sandboxing-i...

I am looking forward to being a panellist on the forthcoming #webinar Unlocking Creative Data Analysis talking about a creative collaborative data analysis method the R&S Research Team created. Organised by Policy Press with presenters from the recently published Handbook of #CreativeDataAnalysis.

My new university profile ahc.leeds.ac.uk/staff/9648/d...

RESEARCHING TOGETHER: RESEARCHERS WITH AND WITHOUT DISABILITIES ENGAGE ACROSS NATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY BOUNDARIES Mannion, J. et al / British Journal of Learning Disabilities #openaccess #socialwork doi.org/10.1111/bld....

If you need me I’ll be in the beautiful Brotherton Library FOREVER!! ♥️ 📚

Had the best first day at the University of Leeds. So excited about this research project 🙂🙂🙂

Saying goodbye to some of the Health and Social Care students today

After 2 years at Manchester Metropolitan University, that’s all Folks! I had a lovely last day with students who also have me emotional leaving! 😭 I will miss them and the lovely staff team in the School of Social Care & Social Work, as well as academics in Manchester Law School.

I am thrilled to announce that I am joining the @universityofleeds.bsky.social as a Research Fellow, working on some fascinating research with Jade French & @pyramid-arts.bsky.social. I will definitely miss teaching & working with the amazing students & colleagues at @manmetuni.bsky.social

The Relationships & Sexuality Research Team in Ireland have been collaborating with researchers in the University of Cincinnati for some time now. We decided we needed to create a name for our international research team. We are collectively now called ‘Disabilities Without Borders’. #Coproduction

I am looking forward to being a panellist on the forthcoming #webinar Unlocking Creative Data Analysis talking about a creative collaborative data analysis method the R&S Research Team created. Organised by Policy Press with presenters from the recently published Handbook of #CreativeDataAnalysis.

Happy St Patrick’s Day 🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪🍀🇮🇪

I love it when I’m timetabled to teach in unusual rooms. We took full advantage of the piano & drums in the music room to create some music at the end of class! Perfect to let off steam after covering a difficult addiction topic! #CreativeTeaching

And today’s teaching prop! We had fun in class today, singing Xmas songs, Irish dancing, ironing, dancing to baby shark, playing air guitar, it was everybody’s birthday & there was even a proposal! The best way to teach how to form an argument & write critically! 😊 #teaching

And a little hop in my step today after receiving another Teacher of the Year Award nomination from a student 😊♥️ These nominations are making my day!! @scswmcrmet.bsky.social

How lovely of students 😊 I was nominated twice for teacher of the year award today! That made me smile 😊 ♥️ @scswmcrmet.bsky.social

Here is a link to the free I’m Me festival that’s on after the symposium I just shared

Delighted to be presenting a paper ‘Why haven't we done this sooner? Clashing and grappling within a co-produced disability study using creative research methods’, at the Inclusive Creative Methods Symposium at York St John University. Free tickets here.

Late diagnosed neurodivergent people were relentlessly criticized growing up for behavior(s) they could not help. Once they figure it out suddenly everyone that’s been criticizing them their entire life has the audacity to say things like: “You don’t have autism or adhd. You are perfectly normal.”

What a great day at the British Academy Early Career Research Network event. #BAECRN #ECRNetwork @britishacademy.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social

Excited to be at the @britishacademy.bsky.social Early Career Research Network event. Delighted that my research will be showcased in this afternoons exhibition. #BAECRN #ECRNetwork @learningmet.bsky.social

3.5 hours, 3 trains & 2 Ubers later and I’m here 😊

Was so lovely to meet @autisticalchemyst.bsky.social today over coffee to talk about research, creativity and neurodiversity 😊 my first time in @official-uom.bsky.social 😊

Delighted that my conference presentation proposal ‘Comics, Co-production and change’ was accepted for the International Creative Research Methods Conference 2025 #ICRMC2025 #research #comics #disability #coproduction #creativity

It was very exciting today to have our very first editorial board members meeting for the Journal of Creative Research Methods @brisunipress.bsky.social

I received lovely news. My submission to the @britishacademy.bsky.social Early Career Researchers Network was selected for their upcoming Exhibition of Research. A sample of my comic zine produced from our recent study will be showcased #research #creativemethods #comics #disability

Excited to be at the @ncrm.ac.uk creative writing and social research event ‘whose words are they anyway?’

Had such an enjoyable collaborative writing retreat this morning @amymrussell.bsky.social @drmkirby.bsky.social #research

A video abstract introducing our most recent research & publication @bjld.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social @manmetuni.bsky.social youtu.be/eeT2jPb8VUg?...

Wrote over 3k words of my manuscript today at the @britishacademy.bsky.social Winter Writing Warm-up. Rough words which need to be drafted & cut! But such great progress 😊 #research #writer

This morning I attended the @britishacademy.bsky.social Early Career Researchers Winter Writing Warm-up. I did have to pop out for a marking moderation meeting. But I wrote 795 words, the methods section of my manuscript. Looking forward to writing this afternoon. #research #writer

Had such an enjoyable workshop meeting with the editors & contributors of our book project from universities in the U.K. & USA today. I so enjoy & feel lucky to work with such amazing academics on such a fun project! #LoveResearch #writer

An exciting day back at work. Was asked to facilitate a research workshop in another uni. Lovely meetings, one with the committee of a research network we are setting up, another with the co-editors of a research book we are writing. & our PI submitted our bid application 🤞🏻🤞🏻

I enjoyed redrafting my article today. It’s been a productive writing week despite the school being unexpectedly closed. My manuscript will soon be written. I am going to treat myself to a day off tomorrow before my annual leave finishes & I start back at work for the semester!

I got lots of redrafting of my manuscript completed this afternoon. Another productive writing day! But still have more to do! Hopefully I can get back to it this evening! Love having this time to write. #research #writer

Our international research team have a new journal article published & its open access @bjld.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social #research #coproduction #disability #univeristy #inclusive onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Slightly distracted by the beautiful pheasants & boisterous squirrels outside my snowy study window this morning. But managed 2,543 rough words of my manuscript #research #writer

Another 2,160 words of my article written this afternoon, that I will redraft later this evening! A productive writing day! Now out to play in the snow with my 7 year old!

Good to be back! It’s been a while. @londonwriterssalon.bsky.social #WritersHour

I’m back on a roll with writing again. Did some redrafting last night. This morning wrote another 1,767 words & my article is starting to take shape 😊 so great to have the space to write 😊 #research #writing

Not a bad first day of writing! 1,242 words. May come back later this evening 😊

Took an extra weeks annual leave to write a journal article. Nice to be back at my desk on this snowy morning. Here we go! #writer #researcher

Our international research team have a new journal article published & its open access @bjld.bsky.social @learningmet.bsky.social #research #coproduction #disability #univeristy #inclusive onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Whoop! My out of office is on! Guess what I’ll be doing 📚 😊 I love teaching but it’s been a tough semester. We don’t get long holidays like back home so I’ve booked extra annual leave so I can get a good break & then hide away in a library and get some writing done 🎅 #Christmas

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