Dr Louise Marryat

Which one is more English?

With the proviso in the replies, this is a painfully accurate analogy.

Good grief - just seen that @edinburghuni.bsky.social are shutting the Institute of Academic Development, which is such an amazing resource with an incredible amount of expertise in it. What a massive loss for their staff and students!

Thanks @parentingscotland.bsky.social . I really enjoy chairing the Board of PAS and contributing to improving lives for parents, carers and children in a very different way from my everyday work. I also get to work with a terrific team of staff, trustees and members!

Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle! In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equival...

A nice primer here (ft. @sarg-scharr.bsky.social research) on no/lo alcohol prices and whether they really are more expensive than their alcoholic equivalents.

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Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas

We hear about the legitimate concerns of white working class communities a lot from the British hard-right, think they’ll care about these horrific and very legitimate concerns?

Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The text reads 'call 2: Ensure that parents and carers are confident champions of their children's rights by increasing their understanding of the UNCRC'. There is a small image of Parenting across Scotland's manifesto in the bottom right hand corner.

Our second manifesto call is to ensure parents and carers are confident champions of their children's rights by increasing their understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).

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After his own experience with addiction, #UofT nursing grad offers patients a message of hope #UofTGrad25 📜 uoft.me/bXC

Justice Health: Advancing understanding of emergency and unscheduled care use among people released from prison - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science The successful student(s) will work with their host to conduct a bespoke analysis on an interdisciplinary topic (justice and health) using data from the RELEASE study, contribute to a paper, and creat...

Are you an ESRC PhD student looking for an academic placement?

Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social

Happy to answer Qs

www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...

#JusticeHealth
@stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social

Ever used the Child Maintenance Service?

Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.

Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.

Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social

#TransformingChildMaintenance

A lovely sunny autumnal weekend!

Mini Wonders: unlocking the social value of museums for families Working with museum partners and early-years professionals to develop and enhance the programme for caregivers and children

How can museums help support early-years learning and development?

We're exploring this with our Mini Wonders programme, a collaboration with Art Fund and 15 museums - blending museum adventures with evidence-based parenting strategies ⤵️

Hormone therapy may help women stay in work after menopause, research suggests New research using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) finds that early and surgical menopause are linked to different patterns of employment during midlife, and that hormone the...

New ELSA research shows women with early or surgical menopause face greater risk of leaving work.

Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed:

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#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

The orange will be throwing ketchup all over the White House!

I photograph food to escape my harrowing research Catriona Byers is an expert on 19th Century morgue who also works as a food stylist.

My research has been described as 'grim, but interesting', which seems apt- often dealing with child and maternal abuse/death. In my 1st week of my PhD I had a conversation about frivolous hobbies that folk use to balance this: for one prof, reading trashy magazines share.google/pIJfgso18jys...

The image has text which reads 'Parenting Across Scotland's Manifesto 2026' alongside a mini image of the manifesto.

Today we launch our Manifesto for the 2026 Holyrood Elections which outlines six key policy calls that we believe, if introduced, would have a profound and positive impact on the lives of parents, carers and their families in Scotland

Access it here: www.parentingacrossscotland.org/news-views/p...

Someone holding a phone, placing a bet on football.

New research led by Sarah Tipping explores how gambling harms affect emotional wellbeing, not only for individuals but also for their loved ones.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw

A phot showing a pile of printed report with green cover page. The front title reads The Dual Demands of Academic Travel and Caregiving and shows a graphic of different caregiving situations as well as a wordcloud.

Oh hello there!!! The printed copies of our report have arrived - and I am the chosen Laura to lug them across the country!

So, come and join us in Edinburgh on the 22nd of October for our first @carersinstemm.bsky.social report launch and get your own copy!

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Huge Cardiff University Cuts Have Been A Disaster For Staff & Students - Reading Time: 3 minutesMonths since bosses at Wales’ biggest university imposed dramatic cuts, an anonymous academic reveals what…

'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'

New @aberlourcharity.bsky.social research highlighting school meal debt in England, indicating that nearly 1 in 4 pupils not eligible for free school meals has school meal debt. We are calling on UK Gov to take action to tackle school meal debt & hidden school hunger in its Child Poverty Strategy.👇

“For me, pain is not just physical — it affects every part of life.”

Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.

▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...

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Medical trainees are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and are often shut down or silenced when they do report incidents, finds new research led by @uofgasbs.bsky.social @dundeeuni.bsky.social
 
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

ADR UK Conference 2025 Awards: Introducing the winners Congratulations to the winners of the ADR UK Conference 2025 Awards, who were recognised for their outstanding contributions to the programme.

www.adruk.org/news-publica... Feeling very privileged to be among these super researchers! Many of these presentations I sadly didn't get to hear, but @drsarahmckenna.bsky.social 's talk was fantastic - a very well deserved win!

Ah that's a shame! It was a big conference this year!

Highly recommend @dyellowlees.bsky.social presentation tips/training for anyone looking to improve their presentations. Since our team started implementing some of his tips, one of our PhD students won the school 3MT round, and we were awarded the ADRUK best presentation award. Thanks Duncan!

Thanks Ashley. We missed you at the conference this year!

Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.

@adruk2025.bsky.social heading back after a fabulous conference. Met so many fabulous people and heard about lots of terrific projects! The future of administrative data research in the UK looks very bright! A lovely unexpected prize at the end too!

Final Keynote of #ADRUKConf25 from Dr Nisha de Silva, Data First & BOLD (Better Outcomes through
Linked Data).

A fascinating presentation on how data has transformed the MOJ.

@adruk2025.bsky.social @adrwales.bsky.social @adrcni.bsky.social @scadrdata.bsky.social @saildatabank.bsky.social

A video featuring what people thought about the 1st House of Hormones event in August. Did we say '1st'? We did - because we're holding a second House of Hormones event online on Thursday, 9 October, 5.30pm.
Reserve your free place: www.eventbrite.com/e/house-of-h...
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