I'm delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.soc @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

Really important response to the pausing of the REF by @profalices.bsky.social Hard-hitting points on the real danger this would use particular EDI measures to judge research on the basis of ideological conformity rather than excellence. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/refs...

"The REF’s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE" This is important news for academics who had grave concerns about the 'People, culture and Environment' proposals. @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/refs...

"Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework" Excellent to see Vallance demanding proper scrutiny of the REF.

Join @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Margaret Macartney , Lindsey Paterson and me @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday for a panel on 'The Sullivan Review: Implications for data collection on sex and gender identity' virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/40660/...

Check out this extraordinary new paper out today from @clscohorts.bsky.social Liam Wright, Gemma Shireby, Tim Morris and David Bann + UCL's Neil Davies published in PLOS Genetics using the Millennium Cohort Study dataset! Congratulations to everyone involved! journals.plos.org/plosgenetics...

See also related research by several of our researchers published in Social Science & Medicine doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Our @ktwamley.bsky.social has worked with the Department of Work and Pensions to shine light on an under-researched issue: experiences of menopause in the workplace

Excellent report making a strong case for what would be imho a very beneficial reform - compulsory voting works well wherever it has been used, it would improve the health of our democracy at little cost.

Big news. @leverhulme.ac.uk are investing £100m in blue skies research and doctoral scholarships, as set out here in @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ps100-m...

Great to see so much national media coverage for my report on 'Barriers to research on sex and gender'. It's time for universities to tackle this issue. @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/education/20...

“Now thought to be the second most common cause of stroke in women under 40, it can also lead to difficulty swallowing, incontinence, seizures, memory problems, depression, anxiety and miscarriage” Spread the word! #callitstrangulation

Is there a religious revival in England? @sriucl.bsky.social's David Voas raises questions about a recent report claiming that Gen Z is leading a rise in church attendance after decades of religious decline. It appears the devil is in the data. Read more here: tinyurl.com/2zptnnw3

Excellent interview with @profalices.bsky.social www.spiked-online.com/2025/07/06/h...

This is from the newly published Sullivan report on academic freedom. I wonder on what grounds anyone would defend this.

Des minorités transactivistes ont pris le contrôle des institutions britanniques. La Pr Alice Sullivan, autrice d’un nouveau rapport sur genre & sexe, commente une emprise idéologique corruptrice du système de santé & la nouvelle culture de l’annulation. tradfem.wordpress.com/2025/03/31/d...

Universities ‘failing to protect gender-critical staff’, report finds. Universities have failed to protect their gender-critical staff from bullying and harassment, according to a report investigating barriers to research on sex and gender identity. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Important new report from UK. "It is clear that academics and students who have insisted that sex is a real and socially significant category have experienced barriers to research. This includes campaigns of harassment and intimidation." Same happens in USA, too. www.sullivanreview.uk/barriers.pdf

The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today. www.sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

Jasmine Bhatia at Birkbeck and I are hiring a research assistant for our project on irregular migration, organised crime and European asylum governance. If you're a postgraduate or early postdoc and have an interest in those areas, send us a CV! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNT307/r...

'Universities did not protect gender-critical academics from harassment – report' @expressandstar.com www.expressandstar.com/uk-news/2025...

Bullying over gender-critical views ‘stifles academic research’ www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

'Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex' @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...

'Research ethics and events management processes can stifle debate and restrict academic freedom, claims government-commissioned paper' @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/excessi...

“Excessive bureaucracy” used by EDI staff in UK universities to stifle research and discussion on sex and gender issues, claims review by @profalices.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/excessi...

Well done @profalices.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/article/0e02...

🎓 #AcademicSky 🎓 UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report by @profalices.bsky.social of University College London.

Important. Academic feminists analyse the hierarchy of value & power between females & males & so clearly must refer to sex. Yet: "Researchers investigating vital issues have been subjected to sustained campaigns of intimidation simply for acknowledging the biological and social importance of sex.”

@profalices.bsky.social column in the Times. 'Universities pay a price for selling out gender critics They have created excessive bureaucratic processes which have become levers for activists seeking to stifle dissenting voices' www.thetimes.com/article/0e02...

Many thanks to all those academics and others who contributed their stories to this report.

Primrose Hill Books Summer Reading Catalogue 2025, out now! In need of a holiday read? A good novel to read while you soak up the sun? We have curated a selection of paperback fiction, small enough to fit in your suitcase. www.primrosehillbooks.com/product-cate... #booksky #primrosehill

Young adults remain a key group The proportion of young adults (aged 16 to 24), with a common mental health condition, rose from 17.5% in 2007 to 25.8% in 2023/4 There's an urgent need to better understand the drivers of this increase in prevalence digital.nhs.uk/data-and-inf...

"What does the Supreme Court Judgment mean for Lesbians?" Sadly, Akua Reindorf will no longer be able to speak at UCL on Wednesday, but happily, the brilliant Naomi Cunningham @legalfeminist has stepped into the breach. We are down to the last 20 tickets + waitlist.

"What does the Supreme Court Judgment mean for Lesbians?" Sadly, Akua Reindorf will no longer be able to speak at UCL on Wednesday, but happily, the brilliant Naomi Cunningham @legalfeminist has stepped into the breach. We are down to the last 20 tickets + waitlist.

read the full paper here: wol.iza.org/articles/the...

I'm quoted in the Guardian coverage of the reprieve for the England and Wales census. “I am absolutely delighted that the census has been saved. National census data is a foundational part of our data infrastructure" theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Important news - long live the Census! uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/uk-stat...

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📚 Ever wondered how unfinished degrees 🧑‍🎓 impact early careers? Join us tomorrow as Christina Ciocca Eller explores how #AmbiguousCredentials shape #LabourMarket outcomes and early career #Inequality. 🗓 Tomorrow 15:30–16:30 www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Join UCL Women's Liberation for an event on 'What does the Supreme Court judgment mean for lesbians?' Featuring Julie Bindel, Akua Reindorf, Jo Phoenix. All welcome but please register - tickets are going fast. @ioe.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social blogs.ucl.ac.uk/feminism/?pa...

Recording here of a great event on the Supreme Court judgment. For those who are concerned it's complicated - have a listen! It really isn't. As made clear by the four excellent speakers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEH...

Following the Supreme Court judgment on the meaning of "sex" in the 2010 Equality Act, we have published an addendum to our report on data and statistics on sex and gender. This explains how the judgment dovetails with the recommendations of the review. www.sullivanreview.uk/addendum.php

How does the supreme court judgment affect data collection on sex? 👇

Work on the British cohort studies never stops. Thank you to the thousands of participants and researchers who continue to sustain this invaluable resource.

Change incoming for the UK stats system as the National Statistician resigns. Big in-tray for any incomer - short run challenges to get labour market & economic stats back on track. But big medium term challenge is the next census using admin data uksa.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/news/stateme...

Today we are at Woburn House, for an in-person open consultative conference to help shape the next joint sweep of the NCDS and BCS70 studies. Prof. @georgeploubidis.bsky.social welcomed delegates before thematic discussions on possible survey content.

🧵Over 200 academics have written to funders @UKRI_News and ministers to express concern about plans for the next REF - an exercise which distributes £2 billion of research funds pa to universities. The plans pose serious risks to HE www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

🚨ACTION🚨 We plan to send this open letter asking ministers and UKRI to rethink their plans for REF2029 imminently. Any UK academic can sign. The REF is important because it allocates £2 billion a year in research funding. Current proposals pose serious risks 🧵 lucaf.org/viewdocument...