"I want your children's lungs to be smaller and less functional" is a bold electoral strategy.
Louca-Mai Brady
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Reader in #YouthInvolvement and Health @herts.ac.uk. #PublicInvolvement #CYPHealthParticipation, qual & participatory research methods. She/her www.go.herts.ac.uk/loucamai_brady
Thank you to all the women and allies who are still signing our letter, sharing our articles, commenting on our posts or donating to our campaign. This is a groundswell of love for the trans+ community and a way to unite women around the real issues that harm us 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/notinourna...
We've published a blog discussing the recent death of Professor Jason Arday and our team’s personal responses. We invite you to practice self-care, and only read if you feel able to do so. www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/talking...
We need to show newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1 #ProfJasonArday @goodlawproject.org
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Patient and public involvement and engagement in co-designing guidance for mental health professionals supporting neurodivergent children and young people in child and adolescent mental health services | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Patient and public involvement and engagement in co-designing guidance for mental health professionals supporting neurodivergent children and young people in child and adolescent mental health service...
Background Neurodivergent children and young people, including those with autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and intellectual disability, experience higher rates of mental health difficu...
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No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll
Tim Morton@timmorton2.bsky.social · last wk.No cheating. Share the last photo of the sky from your camera roll
In some ways quite helpful that the racist academics are signing the "I Am A Racist Academic" pledge.
Jonathan W. Gray@elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 2w agoThere’s a petition signed by more than one hundred academics (& counting!) in support of Nathan Cofnas—the racist who instigated the pile on that led to J. Arday’s death—because he lost his postdoc. Apparently there’s nothing a white man can do that deserves consequences.
A sea of flowers and approx 30,000 people holding a vigil for #ProfJasonArday. #Solidarity Rest in Power
A sea of flowers and approx 30,000 people holding a vigil for #ProfJasonArday. #Solidarity Rest in Power
Bumping this #CallForPapers on Children & #YoungPeople's Involvement in #MentalHealth Services & Research. Deadline for submissions is a few weeks away: 1/9/26. journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm... #MentalHealthResearch #PPI #Participation #CAMHS #YouthVoice
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Louca-Mai Brady@louca-mai.bsky.social · 6mo ago📣 #CallForPapers: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry special issue: Children & #YoungPeople's Involvement in #MentalHealth Services & Research 📰 Deadline for submissions 09/26. More info (scroll down for call info): journals.sagepub.com/home/ccp #MentalHealthResearch #PPI #Participation
It will blight cities and towns and drag down their property markets. It will lead to a savings crisis. It could even lead to an overall debt crisis. Yet MPs and officials seem not even to know this or understand what they're facing. DfE in particular is just not a player: not relevant in any way.
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3w agoSuccessive govts have constructed one of the biggest unexploded bombs ever seen in British public policy. Higher Ed is a huge UXB. It will blow up and massively push up graduates' taxes, destroying their life chances while universities still mostly fail. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
How creative can my doctoral research be? Probably more creative than you think. My latest blog explores how supervisors, university policies and the literature on creative research methods can help. And if anyone says no: "Helen Kara said I could." 😉 helenkara.com/2026/07/23/h... #PhD
How creative can my doctoral research be?
When I teach creative research methods or creative academic writing to doctoral students, they often ask me this question. The short answer is: your doctoral research can be as creative as you like…
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"Larry likes his breakfast at 9, brunch at 1030 and lunch at noon with plenty of snacks in between. The rest of the job is a doddle"
@rcpch.bsky.social has launched the State of Child Health 2026 report. Bringing together the latest evidence across 12 indicators of child health & wellbeing, the report highlights trends, inequalities & challenges affecting children & young people across the UK. www.rcpch.ac.uk/resources/st...
The sub-par science of the social media ban - Part 2: What even is social media anyway? open.substack.com/pu... Part 2 of a series on the evidence behind the incoming UK social media ban asks how can you legislate about something if you won't even say what it is? #SocialMedia #Ban #politics
The sub-par science of the social media ban - Part 2: What even is social media anyway?
A series of posts that takes a deep dive into the published evidence that supposedly supports the UK government's ban on social media for under 16s, and finds it very worrying indeed
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We are now moving from the chronic to the acute phase of the university crisis. The next few months will be vital in seeing what can be saved and what is too far gone. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
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Over 100 MPs have signed an early day motion to reject the EHRC's Code of Practice. If your MP hasn't signed yet, it takes two minutes to email and ask them to take action. equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode
Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240
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This is the wrong way of looking at it. Number of bids not necessarily going up due to AI but due to the tough financial crisis in higher education putting even more pressure on academics to get funding. Also if you want to get less AI in an application cut the nonsense & waffly tick boxing sections
Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 2mo agoIan Chapman: AI-driven bid surge means ‘things have to change’. UKRI chief executive says rising tide of applications is a “monumental poor use of time”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
"No black woman writer... can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough" - bell hooks (1952- 2021) #WomensArt (Photo K.Levine).
A social media ban isn’t a quick fix. While risks are real, it overlooks the complexity of young people’s lives online. We need balanced, evidence-based solutions, that address causes, reduce harm, and support safe, positive digital experiences. Read our full response: cypmhc.org.uk/cypmhc-respo...
CYPMHC responds to the announcement of a ban on social media for under 16’s | CYPMHC
Today’s announcement of a UK ban on social media for under-16s is a significant moment in how we think about young people’s digital lives, but it’s not the outcome that many hoped for. At a time when…
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Also the complete absence of #participation and #YouthVoice in both the development of this policy & plans for its implementation. The fact that this is been developed by & will be imposed on young people by adults without any input from them is another big reason why it's unlikely to succeed.
Ian Dunt@iandunt.bsky.social · 3mo agoDepressed by ban. There are so many problems related to social media: Radicalisation, hyper-rich racist oligarchs, the numbing of the mind on infinite scroll, the spread of extremism, the opaque nature of campaign money online in elections, beauty standards, Chinese interference. Could go on and on.
One of the obvious problems with a under-16 social media ban is that it won't work. (60%+ of Australian under-16s are still using these platforms). But it will make people feel like something has been done so they won't tackle the content, which is the real issue.
If this goes ahead, it will be a policy without any precedent that I can think of. The evidence that social media is 'harmful' for under-16s simply isn't there. People have been looking for it! It's become a kind of common sense. But actual evidence that this is a problem doesn't really exist 🧵
Reuters@reuters.com · 3mo agoUK PM Starmer set to ban 'harmful' social media for under-16s reut.rs/4g13ksk
if you are interested in involvement, policy and practice then this FREE to download article maybe of interest to you link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Involvement: lessons from experience - a personal journey - Research Involvement and Engagement
Research Involvement and Engagement - This article traces a personal journey in participation over half a century. It explores the origins of this journey, its beginnings in an in-depth local study...
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This would be a pointless and vindictive move which would shame those who propose it for the rest of their careers.
Jordan@jordanpfot.bsky.social · 3mo ago‘Trans women must be barred from female toilets, changing facilities and sports teams, new official guidance is to state’ www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
