Hester Parr
@hesterparr.bsky.social
Professor of Human Geography in Scotland. Research = mental health/missing people/seasonal affective disorder/geohumanities/CC. Not travelling to USA anytime soon. Human 🦋 https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/livingwithsad/winteringwell/resources/
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts
Members of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts.
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Celebrating Chris Philo and saying goodbye to the usual salaried working life after 41 years ⭐️
Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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Earlier today. After 30 years, a first vist to Glasgow’s Cathedral.
A real disappointment for Scotland Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped
Forth Ports said it had doubts over the 'long-term viability' of the route between Rosyth and Dunkirk.
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📣 Mixed methods PhD for health professionals at University of Glasgow to examine heat impacts on people living w/ multiple long term conditions. You must be fully registered w/ UK discipline-specific professional body & licensed to practise in the UK. Please get in touch! tinyurl.com/bp6surwt
University of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - Multimorbidity PhD programme for Health Professionals - Research Projects - University of Glasgow Projects - UofG 06
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@davidjbissell.bsky.social Just accidentally unearthed a back of cupboard gem - over 20 years old 😬. Happy travels ✈️
Sad news for the Scottish arts scene, and our diminishing print media. www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...
The Skinny is closing
After 20 years of independent cultural journalism and with a very heavy heart, September’s edition of The Skinny is our final issue.
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All the.folks paying tribute to academic kindness and Chris Philo - a rare thing indeed! 🙏
We're looking for a fabulous person to join us @strathclydehass.bsky.social on a funded PhD with me & Prof Matt Smith. Are you a historian with an interest in activism who wants to design a cool project on unorthodox health movements in Britain after 1948? Apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...
PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of Strathclyde
Apply for a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk.
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Today is official publication day for Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe, edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social @mikkojorge.bsky.social and myself, and published by @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE TEXT FOR FREE via the EUP web page edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cultura...
Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe
Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe
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This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
I’ve always loved the fall of late sunlight in this part of the park.
The university rundown is very rapid, as well as being unplanned and chaotic. Okay, many academics over 60 and even say 57-58 can leave with a good payout, but you're losing a hell of a lot of knowledge and experience if you do that. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Universities spend £400m on ‘golden goodbyes’ in a single year
The 60% increase shows how even top institutions are scrambling to deal with falling numbers of overseas students and stagnating domestic tuition fees
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Recommend ‘HR The Musical’ at Edinburgh Festival. Perfect antidote to Performance Review!
Shifting geographies of student accommodation/living arrangements, with nearly a third choosing to live at home, all driven by rising costs and the pressures of needing paid employment to rent elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It’s publication day for our book today!🥳🥳🥳 And whilst everyone is showing off their eclipse of the sun photos, I’d just like point out that there’s an ‘eclipse-like’ image (ok, it’s the moon actually) on its cover - for you to have forever😄
Glasgow was a bit gloomy for a bit. Nothing new there. Looking forward to the photos! 🌓☀️