Colin McKay
@colinimckay.bsky.social
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Law, mental health, mudlarking for CDs, literary pretensions
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Colin McKay
Lucy Brisbane Mckay
26 days ago
I spoke to Baroness Kidron for
@tbij.bsky.social
about her proposed legal amendment which would make it an offence to create a chatbot that produces content that is illegal, or harmful, exploitative or coercive towards children. Read it in full ⬇️
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
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Colin McKay
Lucy Brisbane Mckay
6 months ago
Thousands of workers who have fought hard to win employment tribunals are never being paid the money that rogue bosses owe them, with no consequences for bosses but a huge impact on them. Privileged to be working on this project with the brilliant
@mellino.bsky.social
and team at
@tbij.bsky.social
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Dr Danielle Watson
12 months ago
I also want to highlight the amazing work by my co-authors on this symposium -
@bevclough.bsky.social
,
@jillstavert.bsky.social
,
@colinimckay.bsky.social
, Linda Steele, Oche Onazi, and Peter Bartlett. You can find the full symposium here:
academic.oup.com/hrlr/issue/2...
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Volume 25 Issue 2 | Human Rights Law Review | Oxford Academic
Publishes critical articles that consider human rights in their various contexts, from global to national levels, book reviews, and a section dedicated to analysis of recent jurisprudence and practice...
https://academic.oup.com/hrlr/issue/25/2
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Colin McKay
Lucy Brisbane Mckay
about 1 year ago
I am working with
@mellino.bsky.social
to uncover the many injustices workers are facing going through employment tribunals. Please help share our callout with your networks (available Polish, Portuguese Punjabi - Gurmukhi or Shahmukhi, Spanish, Romanian and Urdu) ⬇️
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Now finished but anyone wanting to see me and
@jillstavert.bsky.social
gallop through human rights and mental health in 30 minutes can get recording from
@lsa.org.uk
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about 1 year ago
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Colin McKay
Edinburgh Napier University
about 1 year ago
🏘️ |
#EdNapier
academics have played a key role in a thought-provoking event at
@parliament.scot
, highlighting the issue of hospital detention for individuals with learning disabilities and autism. Story ➡️
orlo.uk/mQ0Oz
#MustBeNapier
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#ENUDifferenceMakers
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Louise Wilson
about 1 year ago
Morgan said often this community felt “quite alienated and marginalised”, and so “reaching out to an official or a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it”. Hopefully this guide will help address this.
www.holyrood.com/news/view,re...
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‘Reaching out to a politician can feel like a huge step, they might be quite frightened to do it’
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has launched a guide to mental health and mental illness to help MSPs support constit...
https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,reaching-out-to-a-politician-can-feel-like-a-huge-step-they-might-be-quite-frightened-to-do-it
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Colin McKay
Edinburgh Napier University
about 1 year ago
🚔 | The subject of neurodiversity in policing has fallen under the spotlight this week with a pioneering two-day event at
#EdNapier's
Sighthill campus. Read more ➡️
orlo.uk/tAbpY
@the-sipr.bsky.social
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@policescotland.bsky.social
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@glepha.bsky.social
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Sue Caton
about 1 year ago
Our research group is advertising a funded PhD opportunity with a focus on the mental capacity act, learning disabilities and sexual decision-making. The student will be supervised by
@moniquehuy.bsky.social
@bevclough.bsky.social
and me. Please share!
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Dani Garavelli
about 1 year ago
Here are 2 pieces I wrote when I broke the story of William Lindsay's suicide in Polmont in 2018. They expose failings in the prison & the care system. I hope the findings of the FAI into his death & Katie Allan's, released tomorrow, are as damning as they should be.
www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
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Teenager flagged as suicide risk takes his life after 48 hours in prison
A vulnerable teenage boy killed himself at Polmont Young Offenders' Institution within 48 hours of being remanded despite having been flagged up as a suicide risk, The Scotsman can reveal.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/teenager-flagged-as-suicide-risk-takes-his-life-after-48-hours-in-prison-220708
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Colin McKay
Mental Welfare Commission
about 1 year ago
Today we published the closure report for our investigation into the care and treatment of Mr E, who'd been unwell a long time, and was known by health and social work services, yet whose condition deteriorated significantly and permanently without active intervention. More:
mwcscot.org.uk/node/2373
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Colin McKay
Lucy Brisbane Mckay
over 1 year ago
This is tomorrow! Such an amazing line up. Let me know if you'll be there. ⬇️
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Colin McKay
Alastair McKay
over 1 year ago
I wrote about Nick Cave. It’s free to read. Please share it around.
open.substack.com/pub/alastair...
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Ostriches, frogs, and Wild Gods. The luminescent parables of Nick Cave.
How a Bad Seed learned to love the interview process.
https://open.substack.com/pub/alastairmckay/p/ostriches-frogs-and-wild-gods-the?r=695tp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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