Will Day

YouTube video by Tim Heidecker My Maserati (Best of Office Hours 4/3/19)

to the tune of Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble, this video of Tim Heidecker and Fred Armisen comes to me

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Doctoral Award winner @wiam.bsky.social presents their research on young people's experiences on health based welfare during COVID-19

@qmip.bsky.social #qmip2025

“I never actually thought about it”: a novel dialogical approach to qualitative interviewing combining audio-visual elicitation and member reflection techniques We describe a novel approach to member reflection interviewing which integrates audio-visual elicitation materials based on researcher interpretation of participant-generated social media data. Inf...

New paper out! We propose a novel dialogical method for qual interviews using audio-visual elicitation + mid-point member reflection. It sparked fresh insights for participants & researchers alike.
📄 Prodgers et al. (2025)
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Great oral history event @qmip.bsky.social! Key points ➡️

Importance of QMiP providing a sense of belonging.

Future of qualitative research involves embracing range of methods and data

Plus supporting our international networks

Thanks to @wiam.bsky.social for chairing and organising 👏

Bleakly embarrassing to see pundits praise the U.K. government for standing up to Israel. Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been murdered, children’s limbs ripped off. And government and media support let that happen. There should be no applause for finally noticing a genocide they helped arm.

QMiP is 20: An Oral History Event | BPS As the Qualitative Methods in Psychology (QMiP) Section, celebrates 20 years, they invite you to join this oral history event where they will collectively reflect on QMiP’s legacy.

this Friday, join us to learn about the history of Qualitative Research Methods in UK Psychology @qmip.bsky.social free for all @bpsofficial.bsky.social members; meeting online! Registration and further details: www.bps.org.uk/event/qmip-2...

Lyrics from Billy Woods’s song “Jumpscare”

It’s burrowing deep! Woke up thinking about this verse and had to start the day with (another) listen

🤣 hope I can still make it into a collage!

The conference programme is now available! It's packed full of talks about all things qualitative: Research, methods and teaching

Don't forget to register so you can join us on 9th and 10th July in Leeds.

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It’s 2022 and I’m in a meeting about generative AI and academic regulations.

It’s 2023 and I’m in a meeting about generative AI and academic regulations.

It’s 2024 and I’m in a meeting about generative AI and academic regulations.

It’s 2025 and I’m in a meeting about generative AI and…

a spectre is haunting Harborne - the spectre of Bearwood

Dr William Day is the winner of the BPS's Qualitative Methods in Psychology section Doctoral Award for his thesis on experiences of living with chronic 'unseen' illnesses within the wider context of the UK's health-based welfare systems. Congratulations, Will!

Just signed up for the QMiP oral history event! Great opportunity to hear from current and former chairs about the development of QMiP and the future of qualitative research

Thanks to @wiam.bsky.social for getting things organised

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We* had a lovely discussion with @ellarhodespsych.bsky.social from @psychmag.bsky.social about 20 years of QMiP and qualitative research!

* @drcandicewhitaker.bsky.social @drseymour-smith.bsky.social @wiam.bsky.social @gillianhendry.bsky.social Laura Kilby and me

Great news! The @qmip.bsky.social conference abstract deadline has been extended to 4th April so there's still time to submit!

You can also apply for an #ECR conference registration bursary!

Find out more here: www.bps.org.uk/event/qualit...

@bps-social-psych.bsky.social @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social

UK welfare reforms threaten health of the most vulnerable Cuts to disability benefits will worsen health and the economy The chancellor of the exchequer, Rachel Reeves, will set out the UK government’s spending plans in her spring statement on 26 March.1 Th...

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A lot in today's health and disability #pathwaystowork Green Paper.

Might be helpful to see this in four areas:

1. Big savings (aka cuts) by removing PIP from some disabled people (those who never score 4+ on a single daily living descriptor). Number of losers unclear from today's materials.

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Crucially, claimants should have greater choice and autonomy about how and where assessments and reassessments are carried out

These changes in health could be an improvement or a decline in health and would lead to a reassessment to determine if levels of financial support are still appropriate.

Instead, there should be a movement towards a model of trust, in which benefits are awarded indefinitely until claimants report a change in their health

Constant reassessment causes avoidable distress and uncertainty. Through my PhD research, I argued that reassessments for all chronic illnesses should be no longer required

after the weeks of speculation, it's disappointing to see what the government's welfare proposals amount to. The tightening of PIP criteria and increase in frequency of reassessments are particularly unhelpful

Mental health support • Mind runs a support line on 0300 102 1234 as a safe and confidential place to talk openly. It also has an information line, on 0300 123 3393, for details of where to get help near you. And its welfare benefits line – 0300 222 5782 – supports anyone with mental health problems who is navigating the benefits system. • Samaritans is there to talk to you for free 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call them on 116 123 or email jo@samaritans.org. • The disability charity Scope has a forum where you can chat in a supportive atmosphere to people going through the same experiences. • NHS England has an online mental health triage service.

Benefits support • The Trussell Trust's Help through Hardship helpline, on 0808 208 2138, is a free and confidential phone service offered alongside Citizens Advice that provides advice to people experiencing hardship. You can also find your local Trussell Trust food bank here. • Benefits and Work provides guides, forums and newsletters to help people navigate the benefits system and get the support they are entitled to. This includes benefit applications and appeals. • Turn2Us provides a free benefits calculator to help you find out what benefits you can claim, as well as a grants search service and a Pip Helper to assist you in applying for the benefit. • The Law Centres website helps people find their local service for benefits support and more, while Advicelocal provides a search directory tool to find your local advice provider.

I know coverage of disability benefits can be very distressing. So, I’ve worked with colleagues to make a range of support visible on The Guardian’s site.

If you click on a relevant news story, you’ll see a “drop box” of signposted mental health help as well as benefits advice.

Boycott Watkins Media A Statement of Solidarity Signed byAuthors and Affiliates of Repeater and Zer0 Books Over the last few weeks, Watkins Media has faced criticism in light of a report from former staff about the suppression of pro-Palestinian sentiment at its imprints, Zer0 Books and Repeater Books. …

We are alive and we don't agree. xenogothic.com/2025/03/17/b...

might as well face it, I'm addicted (to reading about how the 'one-shot' Netflix show Adolescence was made)

Join us at the International Society for Critical Health Psychology conference in Galway this summer!

It will be of interest to all concerned with research & action at the intersection of health & social justice. Rarely has this been more important!

Submit your abstract here: ischp2025.ie

Fáilte!

a sunglassed man in an open neck summer suit (no tie) looks at you, mid-deal

doing some good old 'mandatory training'. Never one to actively judge on appearances, but this guy *definitely* bribes

Workshop report: Feeling and Being Understood (Day 1)

On the #projectEPIC blog today is one part of two (because I do like to spoil you) on a report from the PHaR conference "Feeling and Being Understood". In the post, I summarise the incredible workshops we took part in: epistemicinjusticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/02/work...

A stack of programmes and logo badges for the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships conference. The badges have a blue background with an orange 'explosion' that reads PHAR

A bullet shaped window looking out at a warehouse building.

Two stacks of cookies that represent balancing on a seesaw. The lower stack has a cat and a person in a bathtub shaped out of icing and the higher stack has a CRT style computer with a keyboard and mouse and a large clock.

A selection of zines spread out on a table.

PHaR conference this week has been inspiring, invigorating and exhausting. My brain is now mush.

Top 4 photos.

Conference slide: why unseen conditions

Conference slid: collage: 'invisible presence'

Team presenting with post-its!

Had a lovely morning at PHaR!