Ellen Stewart

Sending solidarity to all the remarkable people I worked with at Strathclyde.

Photo of cyclist carrying a pool noodle to encourage cars to leave space for them.

Going to patent a version of this for sharing tables with men on trains. I think maybe it could be a very large-brimmed hat?

REF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause

All updates are now live on our website: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...

Poster showing with the relative deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities laid out. The poster depicts the most deprived local authority of Blackpool top left and least, Hart, at the bottom

The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...

Excitement levels significantly increased!

Thanks again for including me - am looking forward to my first ever OBHC conference!

Organisational Behaviour in Health Care (OBHC) Conference 2026 | Saïd Business School OBHC 2026 in Oxford

Got my abstract accepted (with Roland Bal, Ellen Stewart and Lorelei Jones) for the Organisational Behaviour in Healthcare conference, Oxford, 8-10 April 2026.

Who's coming?

www.sbs.ox.ac.uk/events/organ...

Flyer advertising debate on 15 Dec 2025 at 5:30pm at Punnet Hall, 20 Bedford Way, IOE, London, entitled 'Is AI the future of health and social science?'

DEBATE: "Is AI the future of health and social science?"

For those in London on 15 Dec 2025, don't miss this fun in person debate between me and David Bann sponsored by @ncrm.ac.uk!

Will the arguments change anyone's mind? 🤔

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Call for papers on International Day of Persons with Disabilities - Special Issue on Disability and Health Services Research & Policy journals.sagepub.com/page/hsr/cal... guest editors include @tomshakespeare.bsky.social

Our analysis of @careopinion.org.uk data showed how much patients have internalised these inaccurate campaigns about inappropriate use of A&E. I really believe that this nonsense, and war metaphors, harm patient experience in already miserable situations.

What a predictable mess. Boris used Brexit to pass a law that allows Westminster to violate terms of devolution. Starmer’s government either doesn’t know or doesn’t care that using it to spend money on a devolved area will cause a big fight. And they start the fight over stuff like bus shelters.

As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency.

The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries.

Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

Nuffield Trust responds to reports that NHS will pay more for branded new medicines Sally Gainsbury responds to reports that the NHS will pay a higher price for branded new medicines.

We've responded to reports that the NHS will pay a higher price for branded new medicines as a condition of a UK-US trade deal.

Read the statement from @sallygainsbury.bsky.social 👇

Let’s not repeat the folly of PFIs for NHS buildings | Letter Letter: PFI contracts tend to be led by building contractors rather than architects, and too often savings in costs and time are at the expense of design, materials, and with high finance and safety, ...

Good letter in @theguardian.com here on the established failures of PFI. All the old gang - Milburn, Corrigan, Hutton et al - seem to be calling the shots behind the scenes… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Are you a scholar in Games Studies, Museum Studies and/or Digital Humanities and want to help NMS develop research in Collecting Video Game Heritage? Come and apply to be an IASH Fellow at the University of Edinburgh!
Applications
Opens - Dec 25
Closes - April 26
www.iash.ed.ac.uk/iash-nationa...

‘Nousferatu’: the notorious consultancy advising Edinburgh uni amid 'huge' cuts Scotland’s largest university has turned to Nous Group at the same time as it is making savings that could lead to nearly 2,000 job losses. Staff say they were misled about the extent of its work.

No matter how tough you say times are, there’s always enough money in the banana stand to pay an external consultant to scope ‘academic efficiency opportunities’ www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...

🔴 NEW: The University of Edinburgh has quietly paid more than £750,000 to a controversial consulting firm amid job cuts - staff say bosses ignored "repeated" questions about its role.

Read more about 'Nousferatu' 👉 www.theferret.scot/p...

'Universities are communities of people and those within Scotland’s universities play a critical role in shaping our regions, our nation and our international reach and impact.'

Devolution dividend: staff matter too. A huge contrast to DfE/Jacqui Smith approach in Tuesday's testimony. 3/3

Sunrise over Edinburgh, from Fife. Making the most of all the daylight on a mercifully dry day.

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

New commentary published 'online first' from Paul Ward & Belinda Lunnay on drawing on sociology of hope in public health
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I have first hand experience of this as a independent visitor volunteer to young people in care. The abandonment of children in supported accommodation is something we should be utterly ashamed of as a nation. Good to see his urgent issue being highlighted by the @nuffieldfoundation.org .

I'm so disappointed not to be able to make this great (free) event in Glasgow on the 5th. Do take a look at the programme - it's a cracker!

Slept soundly then got up and put it on at 7am. One of my best ever decisions, honestly.

Image shows JMS Scholar Michelle Amoah in front of a tiling feature wall of white lockers in the Glasgow University’s Advanced Research Centre (ARC) and she wears a bright red dress over a white collared shirt. To Michelle’s right, the University of Glasgow logo appears at the top left of the image and there is a graphic banner at the bottom left of the image which reads: Join Our World Changers.

We’re excited to launch the 5th round of applications for the JMS Scholarship. 12 scholarships are available in any research area which can be supervised at the University.

Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/k2bkPz4ekB

#PhDScholarship #Scholarships2026 #UKScholarships

Is "Taskification" a solution to workforce crisis?
In this paper, we problematise the term, tracing its roots to Taylorism, and argue that applying manufacturing logic to healthcare risks fragmenting patient care.
doi.org/10.1177/1355...
#GeneralPractice #Taskification #Workforce

A wonderful 2 year Research Associate post working with us on ‘Racial Equality Since Devolution: Divergences, Outcomes and Frontiers'. Deadline for applications 10 December. Please share: www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

It's great news for Scottish health research that this scheme has reopened after a few years' hiatus. My CSO Postdoc was really quite transformative for my career, and this opportunity has been missed in the increasingly tricky ECR funding landscape.

BBC sport Scotland reporter Nick McPheat “What is the point man”

Hats off to this - quite fantastic reporting capturing the spirit of a nation:
#SCODEN