In Detail... - Felled: The Sycamore Gap Story - 5. A Living Monument - BBC Sounds
Explore what the future holds for Sycamore Gap and what made the tree so special.
Contributed a little bit to this BBC podcast on the Sycamore Gap felling (Episode 5).
(What I wouldn’t give to talk Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves with my brother Martin again right now). #SuicideLoss #Siblings
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13.07.2025 07:23 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Look out for Dr Dai O’Brien, Associate Professor of British Sign Language and Deaf Studies, on BBC's The One Show this evening.👀
Dai will be talking about his work with the DeafZone at Glastonbury Festival - promoting equal access for deaf festival goers. ⛺️🎼
More.👇
www.yorksj.ac.uk/news/2025/bs...
27.06.2025 08:34 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Participants wanted!!! 📢
What? A workshop about using AI to make bowel screening easier
Who? People with learning disabilities aged 50+
When? Thurs 26 June
Where? Univ of Glasgow
Participants will receive a £60 gift voucher.
For more info: email: lauren.fulton@glasgow.ac.uk
17.06.2025 15:47 — 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
Pint of Science Leeds
Researchers from the University of Leeds share their discoveries with you.
Pint of Science UK arrives in Leeds later this month! If you've got a free evening between 19-21st May, why not come along to learn something new across a range of great local venues? Tickets are only £5 and available here: pintofscience.co.uk/events/leeds
#pint25 @pintofscience.uk
09.05.2025 08:30 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/disabled-peoples-lived-experiences-of-benefit-reform-and-the-costs-of-disability/
ESRC-funded Supervisor-led Studentship
Disabled People's Lived Experiences of Benefit Reform and the Costs of Disability
University of Glasgow
Supervisors: Professor Sharon Wright, Professor Charlotte Pearson, Dr Clementine Hill O'Connor
Deadline 10 April, 5pm BST
References due 16 April, 5pm BST
To apply go to apply.sgsss.ac.uk
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Spread the word! Exciting new fully funded PhD opportunity to research disabled people's lived experiences of benefit reform and the costs of disability.
Deadline: 10 April
@uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social @sgsss.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social
26.03.2025 17:31 — 👍 23 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 2
Launching today ‘Creating knowledge together’ – a collection of 13 essays on the power of community engaged research, published by British Science Association. Read our essay ‘How to ethically share power with public research partners: AKA keeping blobs blobby’ and explore the full collection here:
26.03.2025 14:03 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Are you a family carer of a child with a learning disability aged 14-17 years?
We need your help for a research project looking at annual health checks! More details below 👇
#familycarer #learningdisability
12.03.2025 16:10 — 👍 1 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
An image of people in a circle with text at the centre that reads: There is no good student mental health without good staff mental health #unimentalhealthday
Without staff wellbeing, there is no good student mental health. A whole- university approach must include all members of the university community.
Explore our University Mental Health Charter to see how you can improve mental health 👉 hub.studentminds.org.uk/resources/ch...
13.03.2025 14:19 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
This promises to be an interesting discussion on how to ethically navigate so-called imposter participants in #qualitative research with @ywworking.bsky.social
@santosclara74.bsky.social @laurajarvisking.bsky.social
06.03.2025 09:27 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Drumming Up Change
Building belonging
‘Don’t let anybody trash you and be the star your meant to me’ David Hayman
‘Drumming up Change has been all about connection & belonging’ Andy Miller, Scottish Commission for Learning Disability.
What an amazing project @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social View the film here: drummingupchange.co.uk
27.02.2025 18:47 — 👍 2 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Balancing realist review outputs with the needs of policymakers and practitioners
Abstract. A realist review is a theory-driven approach to synthesizing evidence based on the realist philosophy of science. Realist reviews are conducted t
Realist reviewers, here's a banger of a new paper by a South African group whose work I've only just become aware of. Good bit of philosophy to chew on if you've time. But also seeking to make RR more practical. Enjoy! #healthpolicy
academic.oup.com/heapol/artic...
20.02.2025 09:35 — 👍 101 🔁 33 💬 6 📌 4
An info-graphic advertising a presentation for the bild Growing Older with Learning Disabilities Conference
Excited to present with Arlene McGarty from @uofglasgowsldo.bsky.social and Michael McEwan an expert by lived experience at the Growing Older with Learning Disabilities Conference. We will be emphasising the importance of working collaboratively to improve health and wellbeing. #academicsky
17.02.2025 08:37 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Higher education assessment & feedback researcher. Both kinds of doctor. Knitter and baker. Views my own, reposts are not necessarily endorsements.
・Neurodivergent ~ AuDHD・Novice naturalist・
・Conservation enthusiast・Family carer・
・Volunteer animal carer・Researcher・
RA at York St John’s and UoY. Interested in EDs, neurodiversity, gender diversity, interoception and sense of self 📚
Researcher at the University of Glasgow addressing health and social inequalities faced by people with learning (intellectual) disabilities. Cancer screening, belonging, social inclusion, qualitative methods
Associate Professor - Academic & Professional Practice Manager. I am passionate about teaching and supporting all, whether student, academic or professional services. Strategic lead for Scholarship, Fellowship and reward and recognition in a post-92 HEI.
Global non-profit association | Cutting-edge #methods training & global access | Transdisciplinary collaboration across human sciences | Methods development, innovation & pluralism in #research #methodology
Come & join as member! methodsnet.org
Leeds arts collective, supporting artists with learning disabilities and/or autism.
Find out more: https://linktr.ee/pyramidleeds
• Academic Associate/PhD student at York St. John 🧠•
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• Researching disability, body image and disordered eating 📝 •
We do research with people with learning disabilities, autistic people, and their families. We are committed to social justice and more equal research practice.
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author, marshall scholar, phd @ Yale
sinophone + asian american lit
BABEL, YELLOWFACE, etc...
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Researcher @ University of Leeds & University of Warwick | Participatory research with people with learning disabilities/autistic people | arts-based and creative methods | singer and choir facilitator
NHS SLT, clinical doctorate student and research fellow. Learning disability, autism and inclusive communication. Wild swimmer and travel lover based in Scotland
Research fellow at the University of Warwick interested in the health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities and their families
Teaching/Research Fellow in the School of Chemistry at the University of Leeds
Associate Professor, University of Southampton, Researcher in inclusive education, Co-Director of Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI)
A collaborative project to discuss learning & teaching in HE with the wider community via tweetchats, first #lthechat 29.10.14, Wed 8-9pm UK time, join us!
Lecturer in social psychology @YorkStJohn, researching moral emotions and moral character
Professor Inger Mewburn, Director of researcher development at ANU. I do research on research and think about stuff. Here to support researchers. Find my writing and podcasts on www.thesiswhisperer.com #realtwin
Asst. Dir. of Research & Eval - MIT
#ImpSci in #HigherEd - Dog-lover (esp. pibbles) - Settler on Occupied Massachusetts land
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