Rachel Sumner

Helpful context, thank you. It seems there are fewer of my academic buddies on here - seems they got split between LinkedIn, here, and Mastodon.

Good to know! I should probably invest a bit of time in familiarising myself with it more. I find there's fewer academic buddies on here, unfortunately. Seems like the crowd got split in the Twitter exodus between here, LinkedIn, Mastodon etc.

So, Twitter/X is still a hellhole, and I can't like LinkedIn no matter how much I try - is BlueSky getting any better? I had so much hope for it, but it seemed to fizzle out.

I miss using SM for my work, is any platform working well for academic nerdery these days?

#AcademicSky

Too Little, Too Late The CV19 Heroes Project reflections on the Covid Inquiry Module 2 Report Last Thursday we saw the publication of the second report from the UK Covid Inquiry, which summarised what many of our parti…

After the release of the latest report from the UK Covid Inquiry, we've had time to reflect on its findings and have noticed remarkable similarities between its conclusions and what our participants were all telling us right from the beginning.

Read it here:

cv19heroes.com/2025/11/24/t...

🚨Calling All Health and Emergency Service Professionals across Ireland and UK! 🚨🧑‍⚕️🧑‍🚒👮‍♀️
Are you a #nurse, #doctor, #police officer, #firefighter, #paramedic with 2+ years of experience? Have you experienced #burnout in the course of your career?

We want to hear from you!

Getting ready for my Chief Scientific Adviser's Office seminar next month on @cv19heroes.bsky.social.

With a new addition from Dr Alexis Bennett, @natureresearch.bsky.social , analysing our free text across surveys. I can't wait to see this in print!

Read more on the project: www.cv19heroes.com

Thrilled to be awarded a @breakthrought1duk.bsky.social grant to understand more about Diabetes Burnout, starting later this year.

This project will see a translation of the new discoveries @elainekinsella.bsky.social and I have made in work burnout to T1D burnout.

Can't wait to get started!

Excited to see this will be available soon!

Very proud to be among the excellent names in one of the most broad and comprehensive tables of contents I've seen in an academic collection.

Congratulations, @drnicolaholt.bsky.social and colleagues!

Very excited to be invited to present a seminar to the MHCLG Chief Scientific Adviser's Office in July. Another outcome of participating in this year's @royalsociety.org Pairing Scheme.

I'll be presenting our findings and forthcoming work from the @cv19heroes.bsky.social Project to date.

PhD Studentship in Autism Research
Cambridge, United Kingdom #Epijobs
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50795/

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Lovely to be back at the alma mater Staffordshire Uni today to deliver my yearly teach on Psychobiology! Hopefully another group of brilliant minds enticed over to the endlessly exciting world of psychobio.

Thanks for having me again @dramyburton.bsky.social !

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That's a wrap!! HUGE thanks to @royalsociety.org for organising such an interesting and informative week peeking behind the curtain of Parliament. I've learned a huge amount, and whilst I probably need to sleep for about a week now, I'm looking forward to putting it into action.

A photograph of Buckingham Palace on a sunny spring day

Day 4 of the #PairingScheme25 sees me working in the Home Office building with my Civil Service pair. I've presented our @cv19heroes.bsky.social work to her team, discussed critical workforce issues, and had a chat with the Chief Scientific Advisor. Oh, and I also got to see the Palace in the sun.

New figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a year Exclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market

£37bn a year. Let that sink in.

A view of the exterior of the Palace of Westminster

A unicorn statue on a stairway

The hall of the palace

Stained glass windows

Day 2! Starting off with and excellent guided tour of the Palace of Westminster.

This is quite the experience for a Country Mouse.

A shelf of the Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society

Charles Darwin's signature in the Royal Society Fellow book

A bust of Charles Darwin

An image of a display about Sir Isaac Newton including his drinking flagon displayed at The Royal Society

A great first day at the @royalsociety.org today as part of the #PairingScheme25 listening to some interesting talks about the good work of the society and interfacing with policymakers. I feel very lucky to have been selected for this year's scheme. A big thank you to all the organisers!

VERY excited to be taking part in this scheme next week and sharing the findings from our @cv19heroes.bsky.social project ahead of releasing our 5 Year Survey at the end of the month!

🚨This is so important. Please do consider joining the @dkms-uk.bsky.social stem cell register. It’s simple & easy to do. Let’s find a match for little Leo

Please share this widely 🙏❤️

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I don't know who needs to see this, but for some autistic people, remote work is a necessity... not a perk. Of course, it won't be possible in every profession. But when feasible... it should be a required accommodation for autistic people who need it.

Gareth Southgate rails against ‘callous toxic influencers’ in Dimbleby Lecture * Ex-England manager worried by impact on young men * Southgate: ‘We need leaders to set the right tone’ Sir Gareth Southgate has expressed his concern that “callous, manipulative and toxic influencers” are taking the place of traditional father…

Gareth Southgate rails against ‘callous toxic influencers’ in Dimbleby Lecture

1/We analysed GP Patient Survey data from>750K people in England:
Around 1 in 20 people had #LongCovid & nearly 1 in 10 were not sure if they have it.
We did adjusted analysis by social & demographic attributes to find out who's more likely to have LC or is uncertain about it.
Here's what we found🧵

Comes to something when a Labour government would rather punish the most vulnerable of our society, cut the legs out of the NHS, and force universities into redundancy before taxing the rich. Or entertaining the idea of reclaiming fraudulently lost money from Covid contracts, loans etc.

We're in London today with a big old bus to tell our Govt this country cannot afford cuts. Instead they should tax us, the super rich. A 2% wealth tax alone could raise up to £460mln a week. @Keir_starmer - invest in a fairer economy. Patriotic Millionaires say Tax Our Wealth

Politicians who deliberately lie could be forced from office in Wales, under new “globally pioneering” proposals to restore people’s trust in politics.

I've had a top few days in the Psych department at UL with the most excellent @elainekinsella.bsky.social. We've made great headway on the @cv19heroes.bsky.social 5 Year Survey and future funding plans.

Amazing what two people can get done with some dedicated time! Thank you for having me, UL!

Sitting at the airport waiting to spend the next few days with the excellent @elainekinsella.bsky.social planning the next steps for @cv19heroes.bsky.social and beyond.

Very grateful for the @cawr-cmu.bsky.social funding to support this trip and its associated plotting. Thank you!

Science under threat | Royal Society The Royal Society will use its voice and the expertise of our Fellows to resist the various challenges to science.

Science advances our economic, physical, and social and cultural wellbeing, and is key to a sustainable future. However, we live in times of great change, and the values that have driven science for the benefit of humanity are under threat. Read our statement here: royalsociety.org/news/2025/02...

🦋A starter pack of academic journals in Psychology🧠

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Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate *CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...

On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...