Maria Pierce

The Stinging Fly is developing supports for disabled writers. Interested in sharing your experiences as a writer with disabilities, see below on how to join the information session on 30 November

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Might interest @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ewanrobo.bsky.social @v-yilmaz.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social @profjsdavies.bsky.social @mariapierce.bsky.social @markwong.bsky.social

This is huge. These centers effectively house and support nearly all university and medical school research focused on Alzheimers Disease. They're the bedrock, the infrastructure, that undergirds all of that research.

Things can only get better? What does the public make of the new government’s early agenda for the NHS and social care? Have perceptions and expectations of NHS and care services changed? This analysis presents findings from the...

New data suggest the public's top priority for the NHS is improving GP access

But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times

Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities

Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...

Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article) The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.

Excellent piece from PLOS co-founder and Nobel laureate, Harold Varmus: "If the attacks on our scientists and their institutions are allowed to continue, our envisioned future of longer, healthier lives will happen more slowly, in other countries, or not at all."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...

US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.

Nature, holding the line.

Nature has been doing amazing reporting on precisely how the Trump is impacting scientific research and communication. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The deadline to register for the new Higher Education Seanad Éireann constituency is January 23rd 🗓️

Calling all alumni of the below designated institutions; YOU could be eligible to vote!

Head to seanadvoter.ie to register now 🗳️

The PhD programme in Political and Social Sciences at the @eui-eu.bsky.social recruits new candidates, deadline 31 January 2025. With scholarships from all over Europe, candidates can get their own national scholarship to work on their PhD thesis in Florence. Tell your master students!

Paul with book

Trish with book

And it’s out! The 7th edition of How to Read a Paper, coauthored with new blood in the shape of my ex PhD student Paul Dijkstra @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social. So good working with you on this Paul!

Only 1⃣ day left!

Join Suzanna Dooley & Lisa Sheridan tomorrow for our webinar "Emerging Research: Dementia and Speech and Language Therapy".

The webinar takes place at 11.00 tomorrow, 14 January - we hope you can join us!

➡️Register here: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja

🤝Meet the speakers!

With less than a week left until our Dementia Research and Speech & Language Therapy webinar, excitement is building!

🗓️Join Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan on Tuesday, 14 Jan at 11.00!

➡️To register: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja

Has two meanings in English language Stephan - baltic (as opposed to Baltic) means very cold outside

My house sounds like it is about to explode when the immersion is left on for more than 15 mins.

Marie Sherlock

Marie Sherlock (Labour) elected in Dublin Central | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1484023

👀 #academicsky

Ireland's housing politics: hidden consensus? The Week in Housing 27/11/24

Plenty in this by Michael Byrne on housing in the Irish election that English readers will find familiar (Help to Buy, 'landlord exodus' etc) but all the parties' targets for housebuilding and social homes are way higher than anything proposed here
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/irelands-h...

Tomorrow at 12.00 at UCD

Seeking participants for my research. Social workers. Students and educators docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.