"@bobbyduffy.bsky.social director of the Policy Institute at KCL, said the study showed a 'frightening increase' in the sense of 'national division' and decline in the UK" The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social

Newly added to NNERPP Extra’s #ResearchRoundup: New #edresearch from Georgia Policy Labs, Office for Education Policy, and Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research nnerppextra.rice.edu #ResearchRoundupMonday

Alcohol researchers at @arc-southlondon.bsky.social have evaluated a home- and neighbourhood-based treatment approach that improves outcomes for people with serious alcohol problems, while reducing #NHS costs and hospital admissions arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and... 💫 #ARCimpacts

How can different forms of literature can help us make sense of environmental change, reconnect with place, and imagine more hopeful ways of living? Book here for our Art Club event on Thursday which will include a poetry workshop run by Dr Yvonne Reddick www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

Deadline approaching 😊

Kathryn did an awesome inaugural lecture yesterday 👏 @transformevidence.bsky.social

Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt... With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social

'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Call for Abstracts! Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Full details: evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e... @bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social

Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on: Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy. Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse. www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...

📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts: "Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning" Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social Abstracts deadline 3 November. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...

Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...

It was a real pleasure talking to #CFRs for the study mentioned in the Minister of State’s letter @hscwru.bsky.social

What a beautiful evening to be cycling @denbies vineyard. Very lucky to have all this on our doorstep

Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨

Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights 🙏 @itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social

If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool

House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis' www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...

New in British Journal of Social Work Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada. academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...

In our new project, we are exploring how NHS Nursing Associates are working in GP practices. What's their role in the wider healthcare team, the types of work they do and the factors that affect their development and integration? #PrimaryCare arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-are-nurs...

Coming up on Wednesday at the Unit 👇

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday for our Workshop Pathways to Inclusion: Engaging Underrepresented Voices in Open Research Your insights, challenges, and ideas are helping us build a more inclusive, impactful research system. #openresearch #publicengagement #inclusion

As part of Open House we are opening up the home of @britishacademy.bsky.social next Sunday 21 Sept. It’s a gorgeous building with a lot of history www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...

Two recent Unit studies examined #volunteering with the ambulance service, and in adult social care The researchers reflect on the parallels and distinctions to be drawn- @annetteboaz.bsky.social - Alec Fraser - Kalpa Kharicha www.kcl.ac.uk/news/volunte...

@hscwru.bsky.social Director @annetteboaz.bsky.social talking about what Careforce (care workforce) means this afternoon. Great to see a packed out room, despite the tube strikes.

NEW Community First Responders and the ambulance service Alec Fraser, Ben Hickman, Britt Regal, Tianne Haggar, & @annetteboaz.bsky.social examine the impact of CFR volunteers in report out today www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...

Last days of the summer in the Lake District

Health Services Research UK 2025 By Imelda McDermott The Health Services Research UK (HSRUK) conference is a must-attend annual event for those interested in health and care services research, policy, and practice in the UK and internationally. It brings together a diverse community including…

📢New publication from our team: "The meaning of ‘quality’ of homecare for older people: a scoping review" bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

How can we support good decision-making in adults social care? Hear a new open access podcast that introduces the recently updated good decision-making resources. ow.ly/4sBG50Wwwfc

Colorful aurora looking south next to a spring-fed river near Fairbanks, Alaska

From our Editors' Choice Collection, with #FreeAccess until 31 July! '#Policy engagement as ‘empowered representation’: democratic mediation through a participatory research project on climate resilience' by ‪@laurencepiper.bsky.social‬ et al.: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social

As we come to the end of the academic year, I’d like to share some of the great work done by the Strand Group in 2024-25 with particular reference to the first year of the MA Government Studies thestrandgroup.kcl.ac.uk/news-item/di...

Today we have released the latest size and structure information with up-to-date data about the adult social care sector and workforce in England in 2024/25. ➡️ Take a look now bit.ly/SizeAndStruc... #SizeAndStructure

💻Register now to join CPEC researcher Nicola Brimblecombe and her colleagues for the online launch of their new book 'Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice', part of the #TransformingCare book series!📚 🗓️10th Sept, 2-3. swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Nothing like a summer holiday at home 😊

Lovely to be by the sea 😊

At Research in Practice we support professional learning and development to enable people to live good lives. Explore our work, resources and collaborations from the past year in our annual review. ow.ly/OwlT50Wrcqm

Probably the last thing I write before I take over on MasterChef

Are you a leader in your role? Whether you’re a manger or care assistant, there are things you can do to be a leader in your role. 🔗Find out about how you can be a good leader: bit.ly/Everyday-Lea...

“There is something very social about pain.” In the penultimate episode of Season 8 of the We Society podcast, @tomshakespeare.bsky.social of @lshtm.bsky.social joins Will Hutton to discuss his research into the link between social science and disability. ➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-society

I’m learning loads today - I now know what an ARI is in local authority terms (area of research interest) thanks to the NIHR health determinants research collaboration Newcastle upon Tyne #HSRUK25

Great opening plenary at @hsruk.bsky.social about how we as H&SC researchers make impact on policy. Lots of useful advice: share green shoots with caveats, involve local MPs, acknowledge different timescales, ensure representativeness throughout, work with third sector to mobilise findings #HSRUK25

Been waiting for this to drop so I an tuck into it! Lots for us Digital Health folks and loving the prevention focus. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Gillian Vance opening #HSRUK25 plenary this morning by highlighting the workload challenges experienced by health & care staff in underserved areas, and how the new NIHR funded partnership for workforce sustainability (Workforce Voices) will research and co-design solutions with local stakeholders.