This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes

I have disagreed with her in the past, and she blocked me, but this is the most shocking thing I have seen her post. She is a headmistress! I expect more wisdom from someone in her position. I sincerely hope he doesn’t shape the future and in my opinion he was the ‘worst of us’!

Peer reviewers are exhausted. It's common to spend *months* inviting reviewers, getting refusals, inviting more, maybe 12 or more, then 2 agree but 1 doesn't complete, so you go again. That's why your paper is in limbo. I'm very sorry, it's awful, but it's also an untenable academic labour issue.

I'll be playing oberon and theseus, if you fancy a bit of Shakespeare at his silliest... www.ticketsource.co.uk/kraken-theat...

Do you think an associate Dean for Research should be someone with a significant Research profile? Or is managing Research a different job from doing it?

I am entirely bemused by this. Victoria Clarke is one of the most prominent methodologists in the world. This is evidenced by multiple metrics. From this article, it seems that her university, @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social‬ are aware of this. blogs.uwe.ac.uk/research-ext...

Early reports of a school shooting this morning at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis (I was baptized at the church there). As always: it's the guns. The US is the only country in the world that politically tolerates and legally ensures the routine mass slaughter of its own citizens.

Guess which uwe academic isnt a full professor. Hint. It is a woman. Its probably the only person on the list you have actually heard of... blogs.uwe.ac.uk/research-ext...

Questionable review processes and labor practices retractionwatch.com/2024/10/22/y...

A very interesting article drawing out the concept of care poverty from my colleague @profkirstein.bsky.social and collaborators. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Such an interesting article journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Bit grossed out that bbc radio scotland have fascists as guests this morning. Don't legitimate them. Don't give them space to spew their hate. Their are pictures of them giving nazi salutes and holding posters threatening murder. The little jackboots belong in prison, not on the radio.

Are you a black Scot? (either a native Scot or settled Scot) Or do you have friends who are black scots? One of my phd students is doing research on black Scottish experiences and would love to interview you. If you're interested, could you drop me a message and I'll get some information to you.

Because domestic abuse is a gendered phenomenon, services need to reflect that, regardless of the sex of the victim. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Also what kind of saturation? Theoretical saturation which -- as far as I know -- is where the term comes from, is not the same as data saturation. And that's really only the first of my concerns about this kind of approach!

Trump's North East visit is forcing the local community to shut down for the weekend, & normalises a man whose politics are hateful, cruel, & deluded. Join the movement this Saturday to tell the world that power-hungry Trump is not welcome here!

Why do people keep trying to fo this? www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I want something to read my papers back to me. The built in word one is too robotic. What else do people use?

How important do you think it is that a doctoral thesis be located clearly in a disciplinary way? As an interdisciplinary scholar, and someone alwyas on the margins of my own discipline, it's never really troubled me. Should it?

It's lovely, that feeling of really sinking into writing mode and luxuriating in it... But it makes me really resent every possible interruption. I pray for cancellations, and for rain to prevent me going out... :)

as the government allows and enables discrimination against trans people, it's important to look at how trans people have looked out for each other in recent history. @tsdav.bsky.social writes about Transy House, where for 13 years one couple sheltered unhoused trans people, including kids.

I am so excited to hear Liz Bedoe's guest talk about weaving cultural concepts in teaching about human wellbeing. Having followed liz's work for nearly two decades, i am fangirling a bit. :) #socialscienceresearch #Stirling

Find the full report and supplementary material here: aifs.gov.au/tentomen/ins... 2/2

One in three Australian men say they have committed intimate partner abuse, world-first research finds Longitudinal study finds affectionate father-son relationships linked to lower risk of men later committing emotional or physical abuse www.theguardian.com/society/2025... 1/2

Finger on pulse. I bought a mundus sine caesaribus t shirt in March :) Jokes aside. All power to everyone who has come out today to protest the clusterfuck of techno capitalist fascism developing in the US.

ICE is going to parks in Los Angeles and kidnapping nannies who are caring for small children The children are witnessing these kidnappings and being held in custody until their parents are contacted Women and children in parks

My nails are proud #pride #bipride

Shocking footage captured the moment California police shot a New York Post photographer in the head with a rubber bullet during Los Angeles protest.

Fascinating stuff from @amyborrett.ft.com but also a reminder of a stain on our society - namely that, in 2025, nearly a third of British kids are living in poverty. www.ft.com/content/f0fc...

Is it satire? www.holyrood.com/news/view,ed...

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship, detaining Greta Thunberg and other prominent activists.

Four LAPD officers on horseback surround a man laying on the ground, trample him, and beat him with their polycarbonate "saber" batons.

📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1

Frankly pathetic response from @bpsofficial.bsky.social This kind of non stance / appeasement activity is why I am no longer a member. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

The podcast series Arachnid is now live, highlighting the human costs of decades of inaction over child sexual abuse material, with a focus on the pioneering work of @cdnchildprotect.bsky.social. Listen to the first two episodes here: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

A lot of folks became trauma informed not to learn how to work with traumatized people But to avoid getting caught exploiting them

An incredibly powerful video on the lived experience of drug related deaths from Hannah Carver, Tessa Parkes, Jessica Greenhaigh at the Salvation Army Centre for Addiction Services Research, in the Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Stirling #socialsciencesstir www.seebeyondscotland.com

You put the small thief in prison, but the big thief lives in a palace.

Punctuality is a tyrrany.

In the 21st C, a major feature domestic abuse is about men's dependency on the women they abuse. It's about their inability to make their way alone in the world. They control the women they depend on - financially, emotionally, socially. They use their *dependency* to control.

Arya had a bad start in life. She was found in a field with her pup, both starving. She came to live with us about 3 weeks ago. I think Hela has decided we are keeping her :)

All tragedies are finished by a death. All comedies are ended by a marriage Byron

This seems a considerable assault on women's reproductive rights. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

This seems a considerable assault on women's reproductive rights. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Happy Eliza Doolittle Day

Lucy was 13. Groomed, isolated, coercively controlled. But the law says it’s not domestic abuse, because she was under 16. While boys are radicalised by violent misogyny online, girls are left unprotected. This is state failure. ➡️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My brilliant colleague, social work Professor Ruth Emond, talks about The Arch Project, which argues for the importance of finding ways to hold the 'memory boxes' of young people who are care experienced. #socialscienceresearch

Gorgeous early morning walk on myreton hill. Amazing inversion.