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We @eppicentre.bsky.social were delighted this week to meet the research team from the Swedish institute for Educational Research to learn about their work supporting the Swedish school system to plan, carry out and evaluate teaching using research-based methods: www.skolfi.se ... (1/3)

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Skolforskningsinstitutet är en statlig myndighet som verkar för att undervisningen i förskolan och skolan bedrivs på vetenskaplig grund.

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We're pleased to share that ImpactEd will be working alongside @etioglobal.bsky.social and @eppicentre.bsky.social on a DfE-commissioned project to develop a national behaviour and anti-bullying resource toolkit for schools tes.com/magazine/news/general/dfe-awards-contract-school-behaviour-toolkit

DfE awards contract for school behaviour toolkit

Education services provider Etio will work alongside ImpactEd to develop a best practice review and toolkit to help tackle pupil behaviour

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Explore how LLMs/Gen AI can be used in caring professions with this interactive tool from @eppicentre.bsky.social colleagues eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

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❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of LLM/Gen AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated. This Version 10 now contains 942 fully-coded articles. 👉https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3938

❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of LLM/Gen AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated. This Version 10 now contains 942 fully-coded articles. 👉https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3938

PRO EDI—A Tool to Help Systematic Reviewers Make Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Assessments - Treweek - 2026 - Cochrane Evidence Synthesis and Methods onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

PRO EDI—A Tool to Help Systematic Reviewers Make Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Assessments

Introduction Decisions need evidence, and for healthcare decisions, the evidence decision-makers often want is a systematic review. However, reviews often lack clarity about who is represented withi...

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❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of LLM/Gen AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated. This Version 10 now contains 942 fully-coded articles. 👉https://eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default.aspx?tabid=3938

🥳 New from us, a systematic review of equity impacts of active travel interventions. Link (£0): 👉 doi.org/10.1136/jech... To inform national policy, we were commissioned to review the evidence for impacts on disadvantaged population groups in the UK. Short 🧵 on findings below 👇 1/4

My inaugural lecture is now publicly available online if you are interested in my research into how we can improve the life chances of disadvantaged young people (including a little about my own social mobility journey) @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBbC...

Improving the life chances of disadvantaged young people – Lindsey Macmillan lecture

YouTube video by UCL Social Research Institute

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#EPPI-Reviewer new release: Version 6.18.0.0 includes a new streamlined system to evaluate and refine LLM prompts. Supports Claude, GPT-5.x and more models and has new functions to facilitate evaluation and maintenance of Living Evidence workflows. More details: eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

Guidance for the Responsible use of AI in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) has been updated! With many thanks to all the feedback we've received and all the contributions from authors Please see OSF for the latest draft: osf.io/fwaud/overview

📣 The Centre for Reviews and Dissemination's next online 'Introduction to Systematic Reviews' course runs from 20th April to 1st May 2026. If you're interested in attending, it's worth noting that early bird discounts end on 16th March. Further information here 👉 www.york.ac.uk/crd/training...

❗If you’re interested in navigating the huge evidence base on the performance of generative AI-based tools in health and social care, our living map of this research has been newly updated. This Version 9 contains 923 fully-coded articles, of which 34 are new 👉 eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

Take a look at this webinar introducing EPPI Reviewer and how to use it in the systematic review process. The session will also touch on recently added AI tools! Sign up here ➡️ www.cochrane.org/events/intro... @eppicentre.bsky.social @eppi-reviewer.bsky.social

🌍🌱 New #CLEAN 2026 Seminar Series ♻️🔥💡 #SocialScience seminar series with leading researchers to discuss topics ranging from #ClimateJustice and #Adaptation policies to #Energy transitions and #Health impacts of extreme heat 🏜️ 📆 #hybrid Get in touch for zoom link www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

Want to develop your evidence synthesis skills?🦉There's still time to book on the online mixed methods systematic review courses. Join us ☺ medicinehealth.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/s... @auhe-leeds.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @katysutcliffe.bsky.social

Judy Wright @jmwleeds.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Book Now! #MixedMethods #SystematicReview online courses, Mar 2026 bit.ly/2QbD1DV Live interactive sessions, pre-recorded lectures & workbooks by experts. When & how to integrate data for complex ques #LitSearch & EndNote @katysutcliffe.bsky.social @eppicentre.bsky.social @auhe-leeds.bsky.social

Such a variety of personal journeys lead to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis). It’s a pleasure to read applications and learn what has sparked a deep interest in bridging the gap between research and making important decisions www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

🗣️ Privileged to have played a small part in this Lancet Commission on improving population health, published today: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... It focused on three interconnected threats: ⚠️ Non-communicable diseases; ⚠️ Outbreaks of infectious diseases; and ⚠️ Environmental degradation (1/2)

Position statement on artificial intelligence (#AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Position statement on artificial intelligence (AI) use in evidence synthesis across Cochrane, the Campbell Collaboration, JBI and the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence 2025 - Environmental Evid...

1. Evidence synthesists are ultimately responsible for their evidence synthesis, including the decision to use artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, and to ensure adherence to legal and ethical...

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In this clip from next week's episode of PH Spotlight, made together with Panoramic Associates, former Director of Public Health for Newham, @jasonstrelitz.bsky.social explains how important working with a wide range of partners is in improving health and wellbeing for local communities.

🎬 🍿 Official Film Release! We’re thrilled to announce the public release of Unmasking Influence -now available via the LSHTM Vimeo channel! vimeo.com/1123819285 There is overwhelming evidence that many industries are undermining public health.This documentary makes the issues visible and relatable.

Unmasking Influence - The Official Trailer

This trailer is for a film called Unmasking Influence. Unmasking influence is about how commercial actors influence policy and public health. Many of the major…

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NEW in @bmc.springernature.com Medicine - Overview of reviews comparing micro-environmental interventions (e.g. product size, labelling or positioning) for healthier or more sustainable food choices - Led by a great team @oxprimarycare.bsky.social bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

A major new project involving our very own team in the @eppicentre.bsky.social

Stian Westlake@stianwestlake.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Excited to launch ESRC's major investment in METIUS, led by @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social, with a host of global partners. METIUS will harness AI to provide timely, reliable evidence synthesis on major societal challenges to policymakers across the globe. www.ukri.org/news/ai-inve...

A systematic review "Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse" by Karen Schucan-Bird et al. at the @eppicentre.bsky.social available at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #SystematicReview #domesticabuse #ViolenceAgainstWomen

🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings" @drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision. www.arte.tv/fr/videos/11...

🔊 Exciting research role available if you're interested in applying evidence synthesis to food policy and public health. Part of a @nihr.bsky.social study evaluating supermarket policies restricting the use of price promotions. Closes 8th October. Further details 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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As part of the celebrations of our 10th anniversary as a UCL Department, we have launched an inaugural lecture series. You can watch the first here and there will be more to come this academic year! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

SRI Inaugural Lectures

Inaugural lectures hosted by the UCL Social Research Institute.

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www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1... INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials

The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....

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Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews | Online 🗓️ 26 February This interactive webinar will introduce the INSPECT-SR tool by way of application to a published clinical trial. 🔗 evidencesynthesisireland.ie/conference/w...

Webinar: Dr Jack Wilkinson - Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews

To register, CLICK HERE Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aim to include all eligible

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