Drs Scott McDonald & Sarah Knight at Newcastle University are seeking a PhD in Psychology of Ageing: Understanding the dynamics of the hearing loss/cognition relationship in chronological vs. biological ageing. Closing date: 16th April www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-hear...

We just published research project with the deaf community in Nigeria…GDRI’s first research publication! It’s a big milestone for us, and we’re proud to contribute to empowering deaf communities through research. Thanks to everyone who supported this project! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

University of West London is seeking a Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow to work within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West London. Closing date: 20th March www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/knowledg...

Apply for one of our Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows posts – providing funding for 0.5 WTE to support you to work half your time on research impact and translating high quality research evidence into practice. bit.ly/4ingBtc

From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain. www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...

Access to Work application takes most of my afternoon, and then I see their cheery response that they’ll reply in the next… 24 weeks. That’s a third of my contract. (I think I knew this but had repressed it, as you do.) Academic ableism is structural, I mutter, as I get back to reading about it

Merry Christmas everyone! Sending love xxx

Public service announcement. Anyone who trots out the "not all men" line after the sentencing of 51 rapists in France will be blocked. 50 'ordinary blokes' thought what they did was ok. Violence against women has been socially acceptable for too long. Either stand with us or get tae...

Do you have strong analytical and research skills, and expertise in health economics and policy? We are looking for a Head of Secretariat to join our new NHS Productivity Commission. Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 5 January ⬇️ https://buff.ly/3DkWNHG

Research Assistant for the Dementia Community Research Network Closing 5 Jan 2025 my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...

New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...

Just had my first Christmas do with a new team 4 months after joining a new university research group. What a fab bunch! My gast was flabbered to find that there are 2 ex-DJs in the team - haha!

🎅🏻 🏴‍☠️ 🎤

Really? @theguardian.com

My fantastic colleagues at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (and me) recently did a Webinar with NIHR on coproducing research with people living with dementia, and now you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyJ0...

@mrswynne.bsky.social @sarkpowell.bsky.social @mrsisabelreid.bsky.social @beccytad.bsky.social @jorob534.bsky.social

@abigailgorman.bsky.social @info-sally.bsky.social @iainsutherland.bsky.social @wlmager.bsky.social @natalyad.bsky.social @noeloconn.bsky.social @saltbar.bsky.social

@dr-celia-hulme.bsky.social @robynswannack.bsky.social @tyronwoolfe.bsky.social @drrobwilks.bsky.social @aud2526.bsky.social @zjayres.bsky.social @deaferinna.bsky.social @frankiemclean.bsky.social

#DeafSky #A11y #BSL #BritishSignLanguage #Research #AcademicSky @charlhyde.bsky.social @bramleytweets.bsky.social @selinajkbsl.bsky.social @emmafc.bsky.social @jeminanapier.bsky.social @lmcampbell.bsky.social @annelieskusters.bsky.social @noeloconn.bsky.social Please share!

Postdoc post at University of Oxford exploring alcohol-related dementia, investigating the degree to which alcohol-related dementia has a unique clinical profile, genetic susceptibility and molecular basis to other types of dementia. Closing: 13 Jan www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...

As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚

dinnertable trauma therapy my therapist suggests an empty chair activity so i can share my anguish But, i say, i am the empty chair. ala nov 2024 *for all the deaf children -past and present -whose families don't sign with them. You are loved.*

@dr-celia-hulme.bsky.social FYI x

Exciting opportunity to undertake a fully-funded PhD on #QueerData and #Resillience with Lexi Webster and Kristen Schuster @unisouthampton.bsky.social 🌈 #LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #research pirs.soton.ac.uk/apply/

I don’t yet know many infosec folks on Bluesky and not sure if any follow but on the off chance any does…

Email from someone I met at a conference recently (we chatted briefly and I emailed to follow up): "nice to meet you too - I was particularly impressed by the competence with which the interpreters conveyed your contributions and questions". #impostor acadeafic.org/2022/04/25/i...

Very excited to see our Doctoral Training Centre open for applications for 6 PhD students starting next October. Lots of amazing projects to pick from including hospital at home, integrated health & social care, Parkinson’s #dementia, diagnostic inequalities. Do reach out to the named supervisors.

I am thrilled to share our new paper which investigates the role of continuous measures in linguistic diversity research. We found that children who are exposed to more linguistic diversity (e.g., language, dialect, accent) are perceptually more flexible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This is everything that is wrong in the bloody world. Poverty, homelessness, famine, and some rich sod throws away nearly £5 million for this. 🤬 Eat the rich not the banana. BBC News - Duct-taped banana artwork sells for $6.2m in NYC www.bbc.com/news/article...

My advice as someone who does a lot of academic writing is - don’t feel you have to write as per the plan, as in there is no need to “start at the beginning and go on til the end”. Start with whichever section feels juiciest and most appealing to you. Intro/background can come later 🙂

The Clock Drawing Test which helps to spot any neurological challenges a person might be experiencing:

And may we just add ...'Fabulous training to boot'! Paul's your man for this piece of quality training 👌 Our lipspeakers from the #ALS had a marvellous session with you, discussing the healthcare domain in relation to our prof. Lipspeaking service 👏🏿👏🏼👏🏼Have a good un Paul :) #SpokenWordsMadeVisible

@jorob534.bsky.social yoohoo welcome!

Octavia Butler being a time traveler or seer, will forever be a hill I'm willing to die on, because there's just no way. Parable of The Sower was published in 1993. Look at this date. #BlackBookSky #BookSky

Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Loving the clean, fresh space this platform offers. Sadly, some dregs of society have tried to interrupt my peace here but luckily, I’ve been able to mute, block and report them with no difficulty.

#academicsky let's learn more about our work! Quote this with 1. your work now and 2. what you're thinking about but not yet working on.... 1. Developing research programme abt ageing & dementia for Deaf BSL users & 2. empowering Deaf people with dementia to present their stories publicly.

Endowed Professorship of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, closing date 13 January 2025: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru... #jobs #sociolinguistics #linguistics #professor

Join us on 29th November at 12:30 pm online to find out more about postgraduate study at GIAM, including #MScDementiaStudies and #CPD courses. www.uwl.ac.uk/whats-on/pos...

@dr-celia-hulme.bsky.social yoohoo! Hopefully see you more easily here than wading via crap on the dark side x

UK readers, we need 65,000 signatures to make parliament talk about rejoining the European Union. We're doing Bluesky, we can do this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Sign languages are not universal. Just like spoken languages, they are tied to specific people and places and are not nutually intelligible. To date, over 200 independent sign languages exist across the globe (and counting).

New press release today featuring our manuscript that sets forth recommendations to make dementia research more inclusive. I am so happy to get this work into the scientific register. I am so proud to serve as senior author. #GSA2024 #geronsky www.alz.org/news/2024/pu...

🚨Job Opportunity!🚨 Prof Cath Mummery seeks a Manager for the NIHR Dementia Translational Research Collaboration (D-TRC). Lead partnerships and collaboration across top dementia research centres and industry. Apply by 11th Dec 2024! 🌐 www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/nihr-dem...

Join us - come and work with us!

Join me if you wish on a much safer and friendlier platform:

Co(l)laboratory PhD studentship: Establishing and Evaluating a Person-centred Approach to Supporting Individuals Living with Cognitive Impairments in Nottingham @UniofNottingham. Closing date: 8th December www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/collabor...

Ever wanted to do a PhD? UWL has PhD scholarships available: VC Scholarships at University of West London