The Health Research Authority is seeking feedback from anyone with a role in setting up health and social care research studies in Scotland on their experience of set-up at site over the past year. Take the survey: https://www.hra.nhs.uk/about-us/news-updates/study-set-up-at-site-survey-2026/

Social workers play a vital part in rebuilding trust, strengthening solidarity, and supporting those whose voices are too often unheard. Celebrating world Social Work Day #WSWD2026 👏

Always excited to read new papers discussing attribution theory in relation to mental health and/or criminal justice. This one was interesting.

Join Professor of Health Psychology Joanna McParland and learn more about how psychological and social factors shape how we experience and treat pain. 💡 📅 10 March 🕒 5.30-6.30pm 📌 The Lantern, Annie Lennox Building 🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/professori...

Some lovely news from the past ten days: My final ENU PhD student passed his viva last week, and a long-in-process paper has been accepted for publication. Absolutely delighted 🥳

Enter for your chance to win £500 and publication in the journal for the winning entry! Submission deadline: 28 February 2026. more details at the link:

We've had lots of activity from the lovely members of our Suicide Research Group ( @d-liveability.bsky.social ). I put this together this list of our writing for a recent research visit we did, but thought it might be useful to others who have wondered what we're up to 😊 linktr.ee/HazelMarzetti

ICYMI - we launched our eLearning platform to support practitioners who are working with children and young people. Topics available on the platform include: • Formulation • Criminal Exploitation of Children • Digital Safeguarding in Practice

This week it is finally setting in that I am not working in academia any more. I am taking time to rest and reflect on next steps. My first reflection is that I am terrible at resting. I have spent about five hours each day this week deep cleaning one room per day. Any tips on pacing warmly welcomed

I am so excited to share the launch of the What Colour Is It? clinical toolkit. Featuring the Yorkstone-McPhillips colour palettes it’s free to access & download. Please have a look, use, share, and let us know what you think. blogs.napier.ac.uk/wcii/ Research link ☺️ www.menti.com/alczkts1otiy

It's been a long time since I logged on here. It might be nice to reconnect with a wider academic community, so, hello again! Not much I want to say about academic life at the moment, but I've been keeping myself well through writing children's story books and creating colouring and puzzle books ❤️

Almost There… We're almost there! In 2 days time, Occupational Therapists in the UK will be able to shape the future of robots and dementia. Get ready to share your thoughts. #Robots #SurveyComingSoon @elaineahp.bsky.social @alzscot.bsky.social @rcotpolicyscot.bsky.social

Tomorrow is International Overdose Awareness Day. Join us in Hamilton where we will offer training and access to Naloxone, a vital tool in preventing unnecessary deaths. We will provide support, answer your questions, and remember the loved ones we have lost. #EndOverdose

A conversation about researching decision making. European Social Work Research doi.org/10.1332/2755...

University efficiency drives may have opposite effect, study finds. The administrative burden in Australian universities is most keenly felt by teaching and research staff, according to a study from the University of Melbourne’s faculty of education. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

Occupational Formulation training with a fab line-up of trainers 😍

Dr Lee John Curley, Lecturer in Applied Psychology at Glasgow Caledonian University, joined The Why? Curve podcast to explore the evidence behind jury decision-making. 🎧 Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1Gi2... @gcupsychology.bsky.social

I will believe that an AI has PhD-level knowledge when the only answer it gives me is “well, it depends”

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

***RCOT Annual Awards 2025 NOW OPEN*** Our awards support funding for learning, development and research activities - with £9,500 available across eight categories Check out the details and apply - closing date 5pm, 1st September 2025 👇 bit.ly/RCOT_annual_...

📸 | And bringing our summer #ENUGrads to a close - a massive congratulations to our School of Health and Social Care and our School of Computing, Engineering and The Built Environment! Thank you all for a wonderful three days! ❤️ #MustBeNapier

We’ve got two new webinars available to book now! Places at our webinars are free of charge, and delivered on MS Teams so we can reach practitioners across the country who might find these topics helpful. Please share with your networks - you can book your places here: buff.ly/JoTOHqQ

@hralatest.bsky.social is seeking feedback new guidance to accompany the updated clinical trials regulations which come into force across all four nations of the UK on 28 April 2026. Read the full story 🔗 www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/health-...

A lovely few days of much needed annual leave. Lots of walking, running, and painting. It's been really great to see so many beasties whilst our walking too. Lots of butterflies this year ❤️

#ResearchResources: scidraw.io SciDraw is a free repository of high quality drawings of animals, scientific setups, and anything that might be useful for scientific presentations and posters.

Peter Krykant kept the lives being lost to drugs in the public eye & shamed the Scottish gov into action. His van prevented overdoses & and continues to so as, without it, The Thistle wouldn’t exist. It was a privilege to know him. I hope he’s at peace. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/peter-k...

Today I asked AI to summarise an academic paper. The actual results were the opposite to what was hypothesised (and to what others had shown). The AI summary assumed the study had found what everyone else had found. Hot tip: don’t use a stochastic parrot to summarise an outlier paper. #academicsky 🧪

#Personality and Job Performance: A Review of Trait Models and Recent Trends https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2025.102054#Personality "Conscientious is king. Of all the traits, conscientiousness is the one most strongly linked to better job #performance. People high in conscientiousness tend to be 1/4

A Psychological Approach to Understanding & Preventing Suicide (Free Training) We’ve developed a suite of learning modules funded by NHS Education Scotland. The aim of these modules is to get to the heart of this most tragic of human outcomes. suicideresearch.info/resources/#n...

📣 Save the Date! The @nrs-mh.bsky.social Annual Scientific Meeting will be held at the University of Strathclyde Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow on 30 October 2025. Find out more 🔗 www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/calendar/nhs...

Excellent day - finally got my mojo back for presenting at events after a wee hiatus ❤️

Fully Funded #PhD opportunity @UniversityLeeds on "Understanding and evaluating restorative approaches in response to #patientsafety incidents" in MH & other services, working with me, @gemmalouch.bsky.social & @janekohara.bsky.social phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2247...

📣 | Registration for the upcoming #ENclusion conference is now open! The conference will be held on Friday 23 May 2025 and will look at all things #EdNapier equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Register here ➡️ orlo.uk/LT6EI #MustBeNapier

Funded PhD opportunity for qualitative work on health inequalities and factors affecting health outcomes at University of Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council Please share! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Reducing entitlements to disability or incapacity benefits will do nothing to raise living standards or help more people into employment. Access to both of these benefits is essential for people’s mental health - restricting them will undermine their very purpose.

The past few weeks have been among the busiest I've had in years. I'm starting to see a bit of light peaking through and am hopeful to get back to having a decent life-work balance again. I always say to others that health and life come first; I'll be re-focusing to take my own advice.

Recovery in the Bin have published research on what goods and services people buy in order to managed their disabilities. Must-read apropos the conversation over PIP, NB the research includes people who don't receive benefits too. recoveryinthebin.org/2025/02/27/i...

Our new chapter on codesign and coproduction approaches in people with intellectual disabilities is now available.Co-authored with colleagues at @edinburghnapier.bsky.social link.springer.com/referencewor...

"So, instead of turning on the ‘bells and whistles’ of teaching when the material is complex, do the opposite. Streamline and simplify instruction."

🚔 | 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 | @policescotland.bsky.social | @glepha.bsky.social

Fully funded PhD opportunity at University of Stirling www.stir.ac.uk/research/res...

📉📈 Summer Institute on #BoundedRationality #DecisionMaking in a Digital World | June 17–25, 2025 | MPIB, Berlin, Germany https://www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/research/research-centers/adaptive-rationality/summer-institute#BoundedRationality#DecisionMaking#SocialRationality #EcologicalRationality #EconSky orig … 1/2

It would be nice if people could stop acting like DEI is an only a moral good. DEI strengthens organizations. People from diverse backgrounds bring new ways of solving problems and serving people. DEI isn’t a gift to diverse people. It’s a gift to the orgs that hire us.

🆕 Please share 9th Suicide & Self-harm Early & Mid-Career Researchers' Forum Call for Abstracts Closing date 31st March. If you are an early or mid-career researcher working in the field of suicide or self-harm, this conference is for you. All welcome. 🔗 suicideresearch.info/2024/10/09/9...

We’re advertising permanent posts in our new subject group of Social & Urban Policy. We’re building something really great here with a brilliant colleagues and strong, collegial leadership. A year (to the day I think!) since I joined, I’m hugely glad I did.

Phew! What a busy day! But a good one. Feeling grateful to work with interesting and kind people 😊

Bluesky I need your help… my volume editor for a book on nursing student wellbeing has been let down and we urgently need someone to write a chapter on Sleep Health. If you have capacity please get in touch, if not, please share with your networks.

It's not the Disabled people, it's not the pensioners, it's not the immigrants. It is the billionaires taking all the money, paying no tax, cutting your wages and increasing their prices every single year.

I have to say that, other than a three hour traffic jam yesterday, this week at work has been lovely. And last week was too. Such a positive start to the year 😊