I cannot stress the importance of hospice care funding. I am experiencing my partner die surrounded by the care, attention, experience expertise, compassion, and kindness found in such a place. We are blessed to be here. #palliative #hospice #dying petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Petition: Fully fund Specialist Palliative Care provided by hospices

Hospices provide vital care yet are dependent on fundraising. Palliative care costs are lower in a hospice than hospital. UK hospices are in financial crisis, having to drastically reduce specialist s...

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Very exciting that our paper on qualitative researchers' experiences of the peer review process has struck a chord and is the third most downloaded article from an APA journal in 2025! @janeemcallaghan.bsky.social @jeffnz.bsky.social @andrealamarre.bsky.social @joannasemlyen.bsky.social

APA Journals@apajournals.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The 3rd most downloaded APA article of 2025 dives deep into a big challenge for #qualitative researchers: #peerreview feedback that doesn’t align with their values and methodology. Check out the study in Qualitative Psychology: https://bit.ly/3NIXcbY @vicclarke.bsky.social @ginnybraun.bsky.social

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REF 2029 publishes updates and resumes criteria setting following pause All updates are now live on our website: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/ref-202...

Am I the only one that’s appreciated the segue from shakey to Chaka? #totp

Tune! #chakakhan #totp

Time to top up my glass. Popping to kitchen #shakin #totp

Definition of a one hit wonder #kanegang #totp

Will there be a key change? #totp #chicago

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

Pleased to announce our latest paper is out #openaccess #delay #qualitative #endometriosis #healthcareprofessional Karavadra Thorpe Morris and Semlyen Exploring delay to diagnosis of endometriosis, a healthcare professional perspective link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...

Professor Joanna Semlyen@joannasemlyen.bsky.social · last yr.

Our latest paper now out #openaccess #qualitative #Endometriosis Karavadra, B., Semlyen, J., Morris, E. et al. ‘I don’t know what normal has been’: a grounded theory exploration of the journey to endometriosis diagnosis. BMC Women's Health 25, 319 (2025). doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Nothing changes

Dr Selena Wisnom@lswisnom.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

I have since worked with some people I consider to be real geniuses. What marks them out is an ability to grasp, immediately, the many facets of a problem and a gift for explaining it simply. /3

#A_NewHope ✊

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Dr van Tilburg@drvantilburg.bsky.social · 12mo ago

The Trump administration has stopped funding of PubMed, not considering a vital service. Your doctor will not know the newest information that affects your health. This will cost lives.

Yes, I did say “oh I hope they play that” when it went past in the chart #TOTP

@Superleggera - who's awesome? That would be me 😊@superleggera.bsky.social · 12mo ago

They should have played this, it's a stone cold banger #TOTP

Olivia newton johns trousers! #dollar #totp

That hair! #totp

What’s with all the guns, legs and co? #Totp

New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings. "One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students." Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8 @thesvri.bsky.social

Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students. wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...

What OfS’ data on harassment and sexual misconduct doesn’t tell us

Anna Bull explores the latest OfS findings on the prevalence of harassment and sexual misconduct — and why they're only one piece of a puzzle on student safety.

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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘We are at our limit’: Gaza’s last hospitals overwhelmed as thousands flee south

‘Not enough of anything’, says surgeon, as Israel’s assault forces injured, sick and hungry people to leave Gaza City

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It was to see some many friends in Philadelphia for the @comm4rigor.bsky.social meeting a couple of weeks ago. Together we are developing free online materials for researchers interested in doing rigorous science. The first units are coming soon at c4r.io. Photos: Eric Sucar

Oh my God this is so wonderful. Bra-fucking-vo UCL www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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Dear American citizens, whatever you wish more German citizens would have done in 1933, do that now.

When you text using voice +microphone and say how much you’d like to cocreate with a fellow academic but your phone writes procreate.

There we are. Kent and Greenwich to merge into the UK’s first super university (as predicted in quoted tweet below). Who will follow next? bbc.com/news/article...

Professor Joanna Semlyen@joannasemlyen.bsky.social · last yr.

UK HEI sector changes ahead: A clear steer towards -university sector cost saving through digitation and -institutional mergers.

Trumps’s gilt.

Mike Galsworthy@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · last yr.

The White House is slowly, like a disease of gold, morphing into the Grand Kremlin Palace….

America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs MRNA saved 20M lives, a million+ in US, reduced hospitalization & deaths, lowered long covid risk mRNA can be adapted for new viruses & is being tested for cancer vaccines, autoimmune therapies - www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...

Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs

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