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.

Everyone has the right to understand the support available to them – and to be part of the conversation. Explore how Research in Practice Brief Guides can support people with care and support needs to understand their rights and make informed choices. ow.ly/wQ2H50WjyFq

‘How do we know if HSR impacts on policy?’ - a great workshop this morning led by @annetteboaz.bsky.social. The workshop was full of ideas of how to do things differently with fantastic engagement in the room! #HSRUK2025 @barbarahanratty.bsky.social

#ThisWeekAtKings Vice-Chancellor & President Professor Shitij Kapur and senior leaders from King's welcomed His Excellency the President of the Republic of Kenya to formalise the Kenya-UK Strategic Health Alliance through the signing of two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs). 🧵⬇️

Many congratulations to Leah Buhrmann for passing her Viva today with minor corrections. 🥳 And many thanks to the always excellent examiners @annetteboaz.bsky.social and Leah Avery. @sebastianpotthoff.bsky.social @tracyfinch.bsky.social @northumbriauni.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

Sir Peter Gluckman - "No policymaker cares whether your paper got published in Nature" 👏 #Metascience2025

Your body runs on electricity, and that data can help us better understand and prevent disease 🔌 Join us at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering on 8 July to explore bioelectrical health data for #LondonDataWeek londondataweek.org/ldw25-events...

The best report warning of the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic @britishacademy.bsky.social COVID Decade www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/cov... from 2020 - if only more people took notice!

A new study found that the United States was responsible for 55 percent of the pollution emitted by private jets globally.

”Either we all live in a decent world, or nobody does.” George Orwell, English novelist, journalist, critic, born #OTD 1903; author of Animal Farm (1945), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949). BBC Archive | UCL Special Collections @uclspeccoll.bsky.social

Given the need for more interdisciplinary and curiosity-driven research, we are offering up to £200k awards for research on the boundary between social science/humanities and science or engineering www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/apex...

Update: 200+ participants are in Cape Town for the #ESIC Consensus Meeting on Transforming Evidence Synthesis to Improve Lives. For 3 days participants representing diverse geographies, sectors & interests are stress testing & refining the ESIC roadmap & using the meeting as a springboard for action

ESIC consensus meeting in Cape Town kicks off with storytellers bridging the gap between evidence and practice 😊

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We're back with the Open Research Summer School! Join us on Denmark Hill Campus for free on Monday 21 to Friday 25 July 2025 💡 You can expect a week of talks, roundtable discussions, hands-on workshops and networking. Register now:

Thank you to the @britishacademy.bsky.social for a fantastic summer showcase

King’s has been named the 31st best university in the world and 5th best in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2026. 🎉 Find out more ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/qs-king... #QSWUR #QSWUR2026

Congratulations @evidencepolicy.bsky.social

Showing active support is a key part of being a good ally - ensuring people feel advocated for. It’s an ongoing commitment. It's showing sustained effort and challenging any bias of your own to create a supportive environment for everyone. Explore our tools and resources: 🔗 bit.ly/Everyday-Lea...