We all know what we mean we say 'social media' right? Right? www.aston.ac.uk/latest-news/... Sterling work from one of our early-career superstars: @evelynmurray.bsky.social

What is ‘social media’? Aston University study highlights public confusion about the term

Research from Aston University has shown that there is no clearly accepted definition for the term ‘social media’ by the public, or what websites and platforms are classified as such.

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The knitting habit is getting extra... #spinningwooltoyarn #midlandswoolfestival

reminder that despite valiant efforts and alternative proposals, the University of Essex now only offers Spanish & French to new students — cutting German, Portuguese and Italian + our all non-credit language classes many of our students are local & many are the first in their families to go to uni

Onni Gust@onnigust.bsky.social · last mo.

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#HaroldPrinter playing #Kazfest at Centrala, Birmingham on 19 September with #Rattle , #Irked and more! Listen here: www.instagram.com/reel/DaMGeIx... Tickets here: centrala-space.org.uk/events/kazfe...

Did some photos of this band... They're playing some gigs. @heycolossus.bsky.social

Hey Colossus@heycolossus.bsky.social · last mo.

NEWS! We have regenerated again. We play live for the first time in two years in October. We've been busy behind the scenes though. In December we support SLIFT for a handful of dates. Much gratitude to them. Hope to see you. HC6 x Full info below...

How to make a one-page #zine. Pass it on... ✌️

@ipanalysis.bsky.social - the gig I mentioned earlier... 19 September... facebook.com/events/s/kaz...

Excited to be presenting a tiny bit of data and mostly my thoughts and feelings of doing research in a school and building relationships with the students. :) #zineresearch #schoolresearch #experiencingresearch #phenomenology #relationshipsandmentalhealth

Looking forward to this tomorrow! facebook.com/events/s/cen... @ipanalysis.bsky.social - not sure if you know these lot?

Talk topics include: love and existential feeling, mastectomy tattooing, grief and the self, taking play seriously and more! See the list of talks here: padlet.com/juliekane3/p... Schedule to follow soon!

Current programme...

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✨Registration is now open✨ for our joint conference "Relationships and Mental Health" on May 12th 2026, in person at The Exchange, Birmingham: shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-... Registration closes May 5th!

Just a little reminder - one more week to go for submissions to this Spring's Phenomenology, Relationships & Mental Health conference in sunny Birmingham: astonphar.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-e...

Phenomenology of Health and Relationships

We enjoyed PHaR2025 so much that we're going again! This time we've teamed up with our friends across the city for a joint event. Deta...

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My friend is currently recruiting for her PhD - if you are a parent / guardian / caregiver of an autistic young person (aged 8-18) and have views on their screen use, please consider taking part in this short survey. #PhDSky #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Parenting #AutisticChild #ScreenUse #Autism

🆕 How do #NHS staff earnings compare to 15 years ago? Our analysis finds that real terms pay for most NHS staff has recovered slower than the public sector average. Pay recovery to 2010 levels for #nurses and #midwives in particular is still out of reach. Read here: buff.ly/xQD2Nhw

A 2 day conference... The beginning vs the end. #zineresearch #zinesandmentalhealth #zineclub #preventionresearchconference2026

This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...

The Mental Elf@thementalelf.bsky.social · 6mo ago

5) How do you respond to critiques of what "expertise"? How can we not have expertise of our lived experience? We are not in our silos, we are active participants in society and our lived experience and skills can inform all walks of life. #AMHDMshowcase

Call for papers: astonphar.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-e... Deadline March 20th. Event May 12th. Theme: Relationships and mental health. One-day conference, co-organised by PHaR and the Phenomenology of Mental Health team at UoB.

Phenomenology of Health and Relationships

We enjoyed PHaR2025 so much that we're going again! This time we've teamed up with our friends across the city for a joint event. Deta...

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📣CFP: "Relationships and Mental Health", Birmingham, May 12th 2026 We are excited to announce a collaboration with our lovely colleagues in the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships (PHaR) group at Aston University on a one-day conference along the theme: Relationships and Mental Health 🧵1/4

Everything's so heavy. Monkey Skull had to break character for a minute. #comix #PanelADay

Why Xmas Day? At this point in time, we run our own label, release our own music and music by people we love. It is absolutely the time to be in control and platform those around us who are fighting the same fight. The music industry is in pieces. We are not part of the music industry. Merry Xmas!

Album number 15! New album ‘Heaven Was Wild’ LP/CD/DL is available to preorder in the first second of 2026 and in shops everywhere world wide on 27th Feb. Guess what? It’s our best yet.

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

Father In Law is drifting from room to room singing/humming "Do They Know It's Christmas?" like a haunted wind. Did you see this earlier? Get yr headphones in and head to The Quietus to watch... thequietus.com/news/hey-col...

Ready for Xmas day apparently...

3 days left to see this... Closes Saturday.

JRK@fstopqueen.bsky.social · 8mo ago

ONE WEEK LEFT to see the exhibition that John Convery and I put together!!! Get down to Centrala in Digbeth (Birmingham), buy a coffee (or tea or beer) and have a look. It's pretty impressive if I don't say so myself. centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/...

ONE WEEK LEFT to see the exhibition that John Convery and I put together!!! Get down to Centrala in Digbeth (Birmingham), buy a coffee (or tea or beer) and have a look. It's pretty impressive if I don't say so myself. centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/...

Centrala - Noise & Detail | John Convery & Julie R. Kane

Noise & Detail is a collaborative zine showcasing various pieces of work by the two photographers John Convery and Julie R. Kane.

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Issue one of Noise & Detail - a new photozine by myself and John Convery. Was so much fun to work on this and the exhibition and really celebrate just a small portion of the live music scene in #Birmingham #zine #photozine #livemusicphotography #livemusic #Centrala

New BLOODY HEAD is up for pre-order now on Bandcamp! 300 only in beautiful spot-varnished sleeves hand numbered by the band. Don't dilly. bloodyhead.bandcamp.com/album/bend-d...

What an evening! Noise & Detail zine launch and exhibition was great! Exhibition ends 20 December! I'll be at Centrala later this afternoon so you might still be able to pick it up for the discounted 'launch' rate of £5 before they go online. #zine #photozine #centrala #birmingham #digbeth

Zine launch and exhibition in 3 days!!! Everything is almost ready... centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/... #zine #zinelaunch #photozine #photoexhibition #livemusicphotography #birmingham #digbeth #digbethfirstfriday