Very useful blog for those interested in suicide research. Rates are rising in UK irrespective of change in standard of proof blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/03/h...

This is a massive breakthrough and will help rebalance huge injustice faced by bereaved families (including after suicide) who have been denied legal aid when facing powerful organisations in the courts @martinmckee.bsky.social www.inquest.org.uk/government-i...

Excellent report outlining new Ofsted inspection system and suicide risk www.educationsupport.org.uk/news-and-eve...

ONS statistics released today estimate that 160 students in England and Wales die by suicide every year content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKO...

Absolutely delighted that Leeds finalist Sophie Starsmore has just won the ASMCF undergrad essay prize (Brian Darling) for an essay she submitted to my module on May 1968. Her essay, written in French, examined the legacy of 1968 for 2nd wave feminism in 🇫🇷 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social

Brilliant news www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...

See our new website for our Wellcome Trust Discovery project on work-related suicides! wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk

📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇

We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...

We are recruiting a French post-doctoral researcher to our Wellcome Trust project: Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...

Piece in New York Times about UK post office suicides: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...

Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie

My sister Gill speaking last 2 minutes about heartbreaking news that visas refused for Palestinian children visiting Ireland as part of GAA Palestine www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...

GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a summer tour

Both UK Post Office and French La Poste deemed responsible for employee suicides. In French case, resulted in ruling of gross negligence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Shame on Alex Sobel MP for voting to proscribe Palestine Action. A group that that has been protesting against genocide in Gaza and the UK's complicity through ongoing arms supplies.

great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Also next week - a public lecture with @annamueller.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 7th May Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland Free tickets: events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...

2/2 @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social & I wrote about Ofsted’s failures @bmj.com at the time. Why is the U.K. incapable of learning from countries that do these things better? www.bmj.com/content/381/...

Legal complaint filed against French government ministers for "deadly working conditions" in hospital sector that led to spate of suicides www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...

Julia Waters brilliant here as always on the intense pressures of school inspections, a lack of reform and preventable suicide risks youtu.be/zvQU7cnZ3lY?...

Please sign this petition against the disastrous decision to cut Modern Languages at Cardiff University: www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

We are hiring a research project coordinator to join our Wellcome Trust-funded project:"Work-related suicide. An International Social Justice Analysis" Deadline 24/2/25. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

France's supreme court has rejected appeals by France Telecom bosses and reaffirmed their criminal convictions for using management policies that led to employee suicides www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Great piece on the mind-shifting joy of learning French! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Our team are hiring THREE new colleagues to join us in 2025 Looking for experienced + not so experienced #suicide researchers with a strong #socialscience background + #qualitative methods Senior Research Fellow (Discovering Liveability) www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKU828/s... (closing date 13th December)

The University of Leeds in the UK is offering scholarships for Palestinians from Gaza who have been displaced and are living in a different country (outside of the UK). www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...

Suicide rates have long been recognised as an indicator of how societies are faring . Rates in E&W now at highest for 20 years. But as @lucindahiam.bsky.social @dannydorling.bsky.social & I show, the overall figures conceal stark regional inequalities www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Our Wellcome Trust Discovery Award on work-related suicides will start on 1 February 2025 wellcome.org/grant-fundin...