I can now be found on LinkedIn which is my main platform at www.linkedin.com/in/drwhitaker
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Dr Chris Whitaker
@christheowl.bsky.social
Works in disability with my own company Purple Advantage www.purpleadvantage.com. Particularly interested in making the world a more inclusive place for everyone. Loves studying (now: Exec MBA:writing publications on disability employment) sport and music.
At a time when there is some pushback on diversity, I’ve been honoured be nominated for a award. I’d appreciate your support, as the number and nature of nominations helps with the quest to get shortlisted. You can vote here. Thanks in advance: www.nationaldiversityawards.co.uk/awards-2025/...
Dr Chris Whitaker
I have been voted for an Award at The National Diversity Awards 2025 in association with @itvnews. Please vote for me #NDA25 #Nominate #VotingNowOpen
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Research update: my Individual Project on disability employment was awarded a mark of 75. The research was recognised for its important analysis. A I’m immensely grateful to the people who participated in this research. I’ll be working on getting this research published now…
On disability employment: conventional approaches don’t work for disabled people. I’m working on solutions via Purple Advantage to help with this. You can’t scare people into work. (2/2)
Re disability benefits, I’ve been watching the ongoing discussion with interest and concern. The focus needs to be on supporting disabled people who have extra costs due to the unequal nature of society, not penalising them for this. (1/2)
Thank you for your patience during this short radio silence. I’m in the final stages of my disability employment work and I think (hope!) it’s coming together well 😊
Love is…when your wife understands how much you love books and gets you a trolly to compliment your office library 😊
Research update: I’ve had my head down in my results as a full draft of my entire thesis is due on Monday. The results are telling, seeking to make a novel contribution to discussion to existing scholarship on disability employment. I’m hopeful that this will be the case and that publication follows
@drbevans.bsky.social hello professor! May I message you with a small request please?
Deep into my data analysis of disability employment. The data, whilst not without limitations, suggests the need for greater flexibility. Interestingly, also emerging is that a focus less on physical presence may allow disabled people to be more present in the workforce.
Doing my data analysis..and this data. This is a snippet from a coding memo..
Research update: A huge thank you to everyone who has supported with this to complete and spread the word. We’ve achieved 123 responses with 100 of those from the UK. I’ll close the survey next Tuesday to allow any further responses to come through. It’s a good sample size.
“No”, says the cat, with an air of defiance. “I will not allow you to work on your thesis on a Friday evening…”
Hello! I’m making a final call for my ongoing research into disability employment. I’m looking at the experiences of disabled people seeking work in the UK. If you could complete the survey or know someone who may, it’s here: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bD… Thank you.
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What a day! Superbly looked after by @sheffielduni.bsky.social from start to finish at an emotional ceremony as I was delighted to receive my honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Thank you to everyone involved and congratulations to all the new Sheffield graduates this week.
En route to a special special trip to Sheffield ahead of my honorary degree ceremony tomorrow @sheffielduni.bsky.social I also get to fulfill a long held wish to stay in the Mercure too, a great treat for this snooker fan :)
I’m entering the final stages of data collection on research I’m doing into disability employment. If you have a physical disability and are UK based, I’d be especially grateful to hear from you. The survey is at: cambridge.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #AcademicSky #Disability
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I don’t want to say too much about the survey I’m doing on disability employment while it’s open. What I will say though is that I’m incredibly grateful to have 106 responses. Whilst my methodology isn’t without limitations, I’m determined to work with the responses I have to help make a difference.