I am really proud to announce my findings paper for my #PhD looking at the impact of the infected blood scandal on the families of those infected, using a blend of #autoethnography and qualitative methodology. reference-global.com/article/10.2...

Our events are in demand—so we made them On Demand. 🎥 (Re)watch when it works for you: https://info.orcid.org/orcid-on-demand/ #ORCIDOnDemand

I'm trying to do endnote figures in my thesis - it does not work and their workaround? Change the references to plain text and edit manually. Yes, I really want not to be able to do the single point of using endnote...

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI. We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research! Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

I'm hiring! A 2-year postdoc on my ERC project "KNOW-HOW" at the Cogito: Epistemology Research Centre University of Glasgow. (Deadline for applications 9 November.) Please share with anyone you think might be interested. Details below www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

UCL researchers warn that UK agencies safeguarding science, health and data – that keep government honest – are vulnerable to political interference. Trump’s America shows they need better protection. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

The entire HR department at the CDC is gone. Everyone at the IRB, which makes sure studies are conducted ethically and rigorously, and the ethics office, which oversee conflicts of interest for CDC leaders and advisory committee members, were also let go. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Or read Italian history - the anti-fascist movement and subsequent constituent assembly was made up of the entire non-fascist political spectrum, from catholics to royalists to democrats to liberals to communists

Terrifying.

The hardest part isn’t the research.
It’s learning to be patient with yourself. This morning’s #PhDDailyThought. #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky

There is literally one lamppost on our high street without a flag.

Having visited local NHS hospitals with my wife for the past month, it is clear that the health of our people depends hugely on immigrant workers.

Nursing staff work tirelessly to provide the best care for patients, and it is appalling to see that they are being slapped with extortionate parking fines for simply being at work. The government and NHS trusts must rethink their approach to parking and give nursing staff the respect they deserve.

Congrats!!

Today I will be playing valheim. I wrote for hours yesterday and my brain is not.

“It is important that academic scientists be where conversations are really happening, not just in paywalled journals and conferences.” www.science20.com/hank_campbel...

Husband taught me the term #TacticleFrivolity

Worth noting that many apprentiships also include a university qualification, in health especially. Nursing apprenticeship is a bsc in Nursing. Advanced clinical practice is a MSc. It isn't either/or

I've opted out. Whilst I am, as a researcher, sympathetic to the damage, I won't be sharing very personal data.

🗃️ From September: "there is a thin line between community engagement and community exploitation." ✍️ @birte-vogel.bsky.social Larissa Fast & Jessica Field #ResearchImpact

'There are no solutions. Only trade-offs.' - Thomas Sowell In their brand new blog Anna Charles & Fraser Battye apply this lens to the 10 Year Health Plan. Innovation is powerful - but it needs careful stewardship. 👉 Read in full today https://bit.ly/3KSTewg

Weekend reads: Spinal researcher gave patients ‘false hope’; HHS admits error in laying off top ethics official; Alzheimer’s fraud trial set to begin

#UKProblems there are traffic lights outside our house and the windows are on the List of repairs. People playing loud bass heavy music... Literally drowning out my quiet focus music.

One thing I really am looking forward to is the growing movement my veteran friend identified of them taking down the flags. Having served with people from all over the world, my friends are taking it very personally, especially since one of the local flag people tried to use the puppy flag...

There is evidence supporting this globally already. When you repeat far right framing you end up normalising it. We're seeing same thing with Labour pandering to the far right, and how they're actually helping Reform gain support with their rhetoric and policies. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Same! Honestly, the block and move on culture here is valuable to our mental health, and frustrating to trolls

Doing some exercises from the Squiggly Career book, and it is fascinating to find out what people think my strengths are

A small bit of bright news for trans men in the UK and their right to bodily and reproductive autonomy. The judge's opinion is an excellent read!

On 15 October, we brought hospice care to Parliament. 🧡 For #HospiceCareWeek, 155 MPs stepped into the living room of someone receiving hospice care at home to hear directly from hospice staff and families whose lives have been touched by hospice care. www.hospiceuk.org/latest-from-...

Several Commons members attended the Academic Freedom conference, co-hosted by @ucu.org.uk and @eduinternational.bsky.social . Report forthcoming, but for now @matildaf.bsky.social and @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social on 'Academic Freedom and the Knowledge Commons' (2024) ucucommons.org/2024/03/22/a...

Critics including Elon Musk have assailed my @cato.org colleague Alex Nowrasteh's study finding that most politically motivated terrorist killings in the U.S. since 1975 have been done by persons on the right. Alex responds to the critics here and explains his methods and classifications.

The first issue of our fortnightly newsletter has landed! Featuring @markpendleton.bsky.social’s discussion paper to this Friday’s HEC, @hagenilda.bsky.social’s plea to Frances Corner’s successor and other interesting links and news. #UCU #UKHE #AcademicSky ucucommons.substack.com/p/ucu-common...

"Now Rae — a PhD student and science communicator who grew up in a small Scottish town before moving to London — says he finds himself constantly weighing risks and assessing where it is safe — or unsafe — for him to be." www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...

He's right.

Congrats to the wonderful @matthewbarnard.phd and commiserations to the others who ran. Having people who care is vital for the Union, and I know that Matt is one of those who truly do. #UCU

I do keep saying that our different brains give us a strength - my family has neurospiciness galloping in it. We play our strengths :) My brain can pattern match like a machine, including planning options. It is honestly a superpower (unless undermined by a lack of data, which just ...argh)

Recent post on the blog: Help! I’m an Early Career Researcher and genAI doesn’t know who I am "Discovering that my work was being inaccurately represented by genAI was frustrating and concerning." - Tess Shirefley researchwhisperer.org/2025/05/20/h... #AcademicSky

Sadly @gloucestershirecc.bsky.social highways are refusing to take the ones in my local town down. Recently there was a racially motivated attack here and it is more inoperable that it isn't acceptable but it seems some people in the council disagree

In Health Advancements: Huntington's Disease has been successfully treated for the first time! (BBC) bbc.com/news/article...

Hope not Hate's CEO Nick Lowles says Reform's rise is mainstreaming ideas that were previously taboo even on parts of the far-right

The 6th US veto on this.

As a medic and MP, I wanted to bear witness to the suffering in the West Bank. But Israel denied us entry. Read my full piece for The New Statesman below.

Senior professionals don’t just appear. They become senior through years of practice, mistakes, and experience. If AI eliminates junior roles, we’re not just cutting entry-level jobs. We’re cutting off the very path that creates future seniors. No juniors → no seniors. It’s that simple.

Worthy of note. I guess I will also jump ship

I've sounded like a broken record during our 'Future Nottingham' programme of cuts. I even bore myself. Join the Union. Join the Union. Join the Union. I've said it to individuals, I've said it in whole Departmental 'town halls'. I'll still say the same thing and I'll still mean it. But...

This is infuriating. What is the point of a Marine Protected Area if trawlers are allowed to keep ploughing it? Yet again, the government has succumbed to commercial lobbying. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

£200,000 wasted on a ballot that won't do anything but prove that people are not engaging. Honestly, it might be the first time I don't return a ballot.