Duncan U Fisher

Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s’ A Fortunate Woman’ highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult so…

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

Thank you Richard

Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s’ A Fortunate Woman’ highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult so…

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

Great pieces Rachel, thanks very much to all three of you

Hot of the press: Not one but two articles written by our members for a special edition of Futures of Work.

- "Continuity and change in the homecare sector: A fine balance", by Hannah and Rachel: futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c...
- "Client: Nancy S", by Julie:
futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c...

Scottish Books Events: August 2025 - The Skinny So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage.

So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage, alongside a handful of other launches and workshops

Read our book events column for August 📚

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TCN Book Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: TCN Book Seminar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

💻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...

'Sadly, it is no surprise that so many care workers and their families are struggling to keep up with bills, afford enough food, put savings aside, and provide warm clothing for their children.' Lucinda Allen, Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation

Caring for older people and disabled people is vital and fulfilling work, but it has long been underpaid and undervalued.

Our analysis finds persistently high levels of poverty and deprivation among residential care workers and their families.

Read more ⬇️

https://bit.ly/4lSiik2

Not bad at all Sol. You do you! I've never had Spotify. I use Bandcamp (as one way) to listen to stuff and will then buy CD if I like it

Ooh, will check out

Bonnie day in Tallinn

We held our Members’ Panel meeting at #TCC2025. The Members’ Panel is the space where TCN members can organise and promote activities.

To join as a coordinator or propose new initiatives, contact the Members’ Panel coordinators, Prof. Con Wright and Prof. Read.

www.transforming-care.net/chairs/

Beautiful to gather under the roof of the charming and historic Helsinki City Hall for a warm and well-deserved reception — a moment of pause after all the hard work by attendees.

Thank you to everyone — municipality, staff and volunteers — who make events like this possible.

#TCC2025

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: GOLTC webinar: Social Care Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining ... Join us for the first webinar of the Social Care Reform in England interest group, with an analysis of the current state of social care in England, what can we learn from the history of social care re...

📢 Webinar

Join us 9 July:

#SocialCare Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda 🪏

With
@blimeysimon.bsky.social @natashacurry.bsky.social
@richardhumphries.bsky.social
@clentonf.bsky.social

🔗 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A couple of days in lovely Tampere ahead of Transforming Care 2025 @centreforcare.bsky.social @tcaren.bsky.social

@brisunipress.bsky.social is inviting contributions to the Transforming Society blog — a great opportunity to share your work and spark conversation.

This could be a great space to contribute with research on the voluntary sector and civil society.

Find out more 👇

Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review The Centre for Care team respond to last week’s 2025 UK government Spending Review.

We have 2 posts on our website today in response to the UK government's 2025 Spending Review, the first is focused on #AdultSocialCare:
'Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review'
centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2...
‪@catherineneedham.bsky.social‬ @duncfsh.bsky.social‬

Quite rightly lots of negativity and anger about America, particularly towards Trump and those propping him up and doing his dirty work for him. Important to hold on to the goodness of American people, and the riches of its culture, thank you Brian Wilson

Totally agree, although you capture so well in the book what a tough situation it was for you and your family, and the community, you were so well placed to record what was going on

Completely agree about how important Ghost Signs is - people will be (should be) reading it 25, 50 years from now, fantastic achievement

Congratulations on move Ruth

LTC Care System Profile: England

NEW COUNTRY PROFILE: #England 🌍

In this system profile, @blimeysimon.bsky.social (@thekingsfund.bsky.social) and @natashacurry.bsky.social (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk) unpack the country's long-term care system. 🔍

Read now: goltc.org/system-profi...

national demo UCU in Newcastle - 11 June

Come down to Newcastle, come up to Newcastle, come across to Newcastle — join the NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION in Newcastle on June 11th. Everyone who thinks HE needs to be supported and accessible to all is welcome! For your agenda's: 11 June, 12-2pm, Newcastle!

Sign the Petition End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University

Can we get to 5000 signatories before tomorrow?

Anyone who cares about higher education, students, Tyneside, or just people facing unfair redundancies, please sign and share!

End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University!

www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

FYI @rfmacdonald.bsky.social

You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University -

www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

Convergence in the NEET rates across the European Union: do gender differences persist? Next week @demosocupf.bsky.social
More info here. Come join us!
www.upf.edu/web/politiqu...