I can now be found on LinkedIn which is my main platform at www.linkedin.com/in/drwhitaker

At a time when there is some pushback on diversity, I’ve been honoured be nominated for a award. I’d appreciate your support, as the number and nature of nominations helps with the quest to get shortlisted. You can vote here. Thanks in advance: www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2025/...

Research update: my Individual Project on disability employment was awarded a mark of 75. The research was recognised for its important analysis. A I’m immensely grateful to the people who participated in this research. I’ll be working on getting this research published now…

On disability employment: conventional approaches don’t work for disabled people. I’m working on solutions via Purple Advantage to help with this. You can’t scare people into work. (2/2)

Re disability benefits, I’ve been watching the ongoing discussion with interest and concern. The focus needs to be on supporting disabled people who have extra costs due to the unequal nature of society, not penalising them for this. (1/2)

Research update!

Thank you for your patience during this short radio silence. I’m in the final stages of my disability employment work and I think (hope!) it’s coming together well 😊

Love is…when your wife understands how much you love books and gets you a trolly to compliment your office library 😊

Research update: I’ve had my head down in my results as a full draft of my entire thesis is due on Monday. The results are telling, seeking to make a novel contribution to discussion to existing scholarship on disability employment. I’m hopeful that this will be the case and that publication follows

@drbevans.bsky.social hello professor! May I message you with a small request please?

Deep into my data analysis of disability employment. The data, whilst not without limitations, suggests the need for greater flexibility. Interestingly, also emerging is that a focus less on physical presence may allow disabled people to be more present in the workforce.

Doing my data analysis..and this data. This is a snippet from a coding memo..

Research update: A huge thank you to everyone who has supported with this to complete and spread the word. We’ve achieved 123 responses with 100 of those from the UK. I’ll close the survey next Tuesday to allow any further responses to come through. It’s a good sample size.

“No”, says the cat, with an air of defiance. “I will not allow you to work on your thesis on a Friday evening…”

@antoniosktenidis.bsky.social thank you 😊

Hello! I’m making a final call for my ongoing research into disability employment. I’m looking at the experiences of disabled people seeking work in the UK. If you could complete the survey or know someone who may, it’s here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bD… Thank you.

What a day! Superbly looked after by @sheffielduni.bsky.social from start to finish at an emotional ceremony as I was delighted to receive my honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Thank you to everyone involved and congratulations to all the new Sheffield graduates this week.

En route to a special special trip to Sheffield ahead of my honorary degree ceremony tomorrow @sheffielduni.bsky.social I also get to fulfill a long held wish to stay in the Mercure too, a great treat for this snooker fan :)

I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #AcademicSky #Disability

@mrcybrin.bsky.social thank you:)

I don’t want to say too much about the survey I’m doing on disability employment while it’s open. What I will say though is that I’m incredibly grateful to have 106 responses. Whilst my methodology isn’t without limitations, I’m determined to work with the responses I have to help make a difference.

@troembke.bsky.social thanks Tanja!

@jamie-evans92.bsky.social thanks Jamie!

@rathfelder.bsky.social thanks Martin!

@carriswann.bsky.social thank you Carri :)

@bdonohu.bsky.social thank you Brenda!

@paulbivand.bsky.social thanks Paul!

@manukenkun.bsky.social thanks Camilla :)

@dessertdreamer.bsky.social thank you :)

@kirstysc.bsky.social thank you Kirsty

I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #AcademicSky #Disability

@hamsterxwheels.bsky.social thank you Lia 😊

@mik-nyc.bsky.social thank you 😊

Apologies- I’ve just re tested the link to my survey and a working link is here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I’m still doing research into the experiences of disabled people looking for employment. I’d be grateful if you could share this survey with people it might be of interest to. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Disability #AcademicSky Thank you

One of the many things that has surprised me doing disability employment research is how there has been only a handful of studies involving the views of disabled people in the UK. Much more work is needed to amplify the voices of disabled people.

Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2025 is a brilliant one for you. Wishing you all the best x

@jonglue.bsky.social thanks Jon!

#AcademicSky I’m writing about the ending of a group project but I can’t find much literature about this “adjourning” stage. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

@verakub.bsky.social thanks Vera!

The survey continues. If you haven’t yet taken a look or shared, please consider doing so. Thank you.

Morning all! Mid writing sprint now on my third essay of the holiday. Another 700 words to do today. It doesn’t sound much but it quickly adds up!

Thanks for all your support on the survey. Up to a total of 80 now..just over halfway to my target sample!

A lovely couple of days with parents..now back to the essays! Thank you for the continuing engagement with the survey too. We’re into the seventies now!

@leeturton.bsky.social thanks Lee! 😊

I’m still doing research into the experiences of disabled people looking for employment. I’d be grateful if you could share this survey with people it might be of interest to. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Disability #AcademicSky Thank you

@charlrwalker.bsky.social thank you Charlotte 😊

I’m still doing research into the experiences of disabled people looking for employment. I’d be grateful if you could share this survey with people it might be of interest to. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #Disability #AcademicSky Thank you

Happy Christmas Eve everyone 😊

@juliehulme-psyc.bsky.social thank you 😊