I'm thrilled to me amongst the Springboard Awardees this year, to receive this funding during a pivot point in my career. With this I'm pleased to advertise a fully funded PhD opportunity Cross-Education as an Exercise Treatment Strategy for Knee Osteoarthritis www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

For all of their criticisms, if this UK government were to rejoin the EU and align this country with that of the rest or Europe then this will - in my eyes - be a successful government and I'd vote for them to remain in power in the next election (I'll be a citizen a UK by then 😁)

📢Publication Alert📢 One of our incredible students has done it again! Please check this one out, it's a great study. Neurophysiology across the menstrual cycle. #AcademicSky #AcademkcSkyUK #Science #Research @northumbriauni.bsky.social

Many thanks to the 60 gorgeous #TMS researchers who took a few minutes to complete our user survey. The quantitative results have been processed and summarised, and are now available in full on our GitHub page: github.com/TMSMultiLab/... A quick breakdown follows in this thread: #PieChartHeaven

I've been shouting this for years. You get solar panels AND you get roofs to protect the cars!

EVs Surpass Gas Cars in Emissions After Two Years: Study A groundbreaking study from Duke University scientists clarifies the debate on electric vehicles (EVs) and their climate impact. Researchers published their findings in PLOS Climate. They show that battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) outperform…

Dangerous rhetoric

Northern universities are missing out on major funding to help attract leading researchers into the UK

Good news, EU students! Talks are underway to lower tuition fees at UK universities post-Brexit. A resurgence in Erasmus+ may also be on the horizon, promising more international study opportunities. Developments ahead! Stay tuned: euinfohub.com/category/stu...

In May 2025, the government published a white paper called “Restoring control over the immigration system”. It proposed making it more difficult for migrants to qualify for permanent residence (also known as settlement, indefinite leave to remain or ILR). commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

Ipsilateral motor cortex contributes to force production. This is a topic I have been passionate about since it was the primary focus of my PhD. This is a cool study that supports it's active role in force production during unimanual tasks! Nice work authors! journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

The North East neglect in this country is unbelievable. This is a truly amazing place with world class people. The neglect from the government regardless of party really needs to be addressed.

Haway the lads!

🧩🧠New release! OMEGA v3.1.1 is out—now with MEG-MRI co-registration for 480 participants 🎉 Manual alignment using original MRI+digitized head shape & fiducials. Includes BIDS-compliant landmarks+quality scores. 🔗 See “Co-registration” tab: www.mcgill.ca/bic/resource...

The *final* stage of the TMS-RAT 🐀 v1.0 is happening... data are being compiled. 😬... #TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview tms-rat.org

#AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK #EduSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE516/h...

🧠🚀 Announcing 𝐬𝐄𝐄𝐆-𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦: open-source pipeline for multimodal intracranial ephys /epilepsy research: CT→MRI coreg, GARDEL contact localization, atlas labelling, seizure fingerprinting, source analysis—all in one GUI. neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/s...

This alarming statistic begs the question, is it still reasonable to base academic promotions criteria on external funding success?

Yeah... because the likes of Oxford and Cambridge and other top flight universities across the UK really needed this relative to the rest of the academic sector in the UK. This is such a shame.

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

And now the final presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @paul-ansdell.bsky.social presenting his work titled Hormone therapy attenuates menopause related impairments in cortical neuroplasticity at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Penultimate presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work on knee extensior neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Dr Luca Angius givin a talk titled Non-invasive brain stimulation: Implications for exercise science research and application for physical and mental health at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Our department head from @northumbriauni.bsky.social gave a fantastic presentation at @ecssofficial.bsky.social

Second up from our group from @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @padraig-spillane.bsky.social presenting his work titled Contraction intensity-specific fluctuations in motor unit behaviour across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @jandrushko.bsky.social presenting work on the contribution of the reticulospinal tract to concentric, Isometric, and eccentric muscle actions at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

At our last meeting @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas introduced the physiology & physics of #EMG & how to get optimal signals. They stressed the importance of: * setting up a low-noise lab * consistent electrode placement * digital filtering * amplitude normalisation A really useful talk!

First up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Elisa Pastorio discussing Sex differences in durability during cycling exercise at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

Recording of a 55-minute webinar on improving stats teaching with JASP, using the new course book with Andy Field, now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZgS...

This, give it a read. This hits the nail on the head with the systemic bias in funding decision processes.

What if the 'replication crisis' happens again? Is it a 'replication crisis crisis' or a 'replication crisis replication'? And if it happens again, that's a good, thing, right, because at least it replicates? #metascience #metametascience

Northumbria University has been named Higher Education Institution of the Year at the National Education Opportunities Network (NEON) Awards 2025, which recognises successful initiatives aimed at widening access to higher education. 💡Discover more:

Grant rejection Sunday On a positive note, I have finally received constructive feedback with a rejection!

Join us at Northumbria University as a Vice Chancellor Fellow! Sport Exercise and Rehabilitation work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_... Psychology work4.northumbria.ac.uk#en/sites/CX_...

Congratulations to Northumbria's Professor Glyn Howatson, who has been appointed as Deputy Chair of sub-panel 24 (Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism) for the 2029 Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment. www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/new...

The latest government cuts to higher education are catastrophic. Over £180 million is being slashed from vital funding in the middle of a growing crisis. “Unless Keir Starmer shows leadership, the sector will crumble.” @drjogrady.bsky.social

🧵5 Top Free Alternatives to BioRender for Scientific Illustrations! These five websites offer free scientific illustrations for biologists. Great for presentations, research papers and other research communication needs. Save and share the post!

A great job opening at Newcastle University, which is just across the road from us at Northumbria. This is an amazing city and a great opportunity.

Yesterday I had the pleasure to speak with several people living with knee osteoarthritis over at the @healthworks.bsky.social charity in Newcastle upon Tyne. This was an incredible discussion that is going to directly impact my future research in this area. #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK

🚨Publication Alert🚨 This was a really challenging study and despite the end result being low n with mostly null findings, we still saw value in getting this out there! Congratulations to JC Carr for leading this effort! doi.org/10.14814/phy... #AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK

Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Musculoskeletal MRI 📍Place: @manmetuni.bsky.social‬⁩ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 💰Salary: £35,116 to £39,355 
📅Deadline: 20/4/25 ℹ For more details👇 manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Rejoin the EU, that is the direction we as a country should be taking 🇬🇧 🤝 🇪🇺

UK Universities Funding Crisis After previously refusing to address the issue, the House of Commons Education Committee has now agreed to spend a day discussing the university funding crisis to find out “what is going on”! By @chrisjparr.bsky.social

#NorthEastUK Love where I live player.vimeo.com/video/360796...

For International Women's Day I'd like to recognise @laurenwalkerphd.bsky.social. Lauren is an absolutely incredible person, Dementia with Lewy Bodies researcher and ARUK Fellow at @newcastleuni.bsky.social. Lauren is also currently a fixed term lecturer at Teesside University. Here's to you!

Happy birthday Short-latency Afferent Inhibition (SAI): 25 years young today! 🥳 Following a peripheral stimulus to the hand, corticospinal excitability is inhibited around 20-30ms later. After 25 years' research, what is the mechanism of this inhibition? #TMS #BrainStim doi.org/10.1111/j.14...

Makes me think in class presentation with Q & A might become the only valid mode of assessment soon.

#AcademicSky #UKAcademics Consider adding you name to the list petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

@physoc.bsky.social has a starter pack of physiologists. Hooray!! go.bsky.app/2KU1XD6