Some good advice, for all of us. www.samaritans.org/about-samari...

Tips on posting about suicide online safely

Tips on posting about suicide online safely

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Recommended for #Sociology ‘’Remember, sociology is meant to explore how your subjects understand their own lives, not how you want them to understand their lives. The cardinal sin of the social researcher is squeezing the world into his worldview.”’ www.persuasion.community/p/we-must-sa...

We Must Save Sociology From Itself

A field that once illuminated scarce truths has become an ideology in search of evidence.

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...the loudest voices; on campus, in the student union, and in the student press; don’t represent all students, and in fact only speak for a minority. This should give university managers pause for thought when they think they are doing what ‘the students’ want. @sriucl.bsky.social

Higher Education Policy Institute@hepi-news.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New Post: What do students think about single-sex spaces? www.hepi.ac.uk/2026/07/03/w...

Publication announcement! 🚨📚 "Sex, Lies and Statistics: Why We Need Evidence-Based Policy on Sex and Gender" Pre-order your copy now. amazon.co.uk/Sex-Lies-Sta... @politybooks.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social #Gender #PublicPolicy #Statistics #Data #Sociology

"Women must be properly counted amid sex data jumble" My piece for @scotsman.com on the Scottish parliament's decision to remove data on the sex of MSPs. @sriucl.bsky.social www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

Women must be properly counted amid sex data jumble

It is time for the powers that be to acknowledge the importance of data collection on sex, writes Professor Alice Sullivan

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'First words matter: How four landmark reviews frame the purpose, power, and public value of official statistics' Well worth a read from Ed Humpherson, Office for Stats Regulation. @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social osr.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/blog/first-w...

First words matter: How four landmark reviews frame the purpose, power, and public value of official statistics

There have been several consequential reviews of the role and performance of the UK statistics system over the last few years, each having great impact. To my mind, there are four key ones: Densie ...

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I needed to get some stats on media reporting of sex and gender so I finally got round to reading this (well, some of it - sorry @profalices.bsky.social it's too long to read at one go!). Shall be quoting in my recommendations to my students writing questionnaires. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Independent review of data, statistics and research on sex and gender

An independent review by Professor Alice Sullivan that looks at data, statistics and research on sex and gender.

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The selection of a professor who has described gender-critical feminism as “not a legitimate alternative viewpoint” to a REF subpanel could have a “chilling effect” on the discipline and may undermine the integrity of the exercise, an academic has argued #REF https://ow.ly/Sj9k50YBeb3

“We don’t live in a system that executes mathematicians…but we do live in systems that reward conformity, discourage awkward questions and quietly reshape categories so that certain answers no longer appear”

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Failure to use biological sex as ‘basic variable’ will make research ‘weaker and less reliable’, says City St George’s head Anthony Finkelstein #highered #academicsky

I have today been informed that, despite personal assurances to the contrary, the Green party have once again used my image and misrepresented my words on a second leaflet circulated in Gorton and Denton ahead of the by-election. I have now lodged an official complaint with the returning officer.

I'm really looking forward to this event at @citystgeorges.bsky.social on Barriers to Research on Sex and Gender. All welcome, please register. www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

David and I have clashed bitterly in the past, because we both care about what we're doing. On this issue, however, he's absolutely in the right. Universities, and social science, depend on our ability to disagree with each other.

Professor Alice Sullivan@profalices.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Solidarity with Professor David Gordon. The way he has been treated by University of Bristol management is a scandal. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

Solidarity with Professor David Gordon. The way he has been treated by University of Bristol management is a scandal. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/01...

Academic suspended after defending gender-critical speaker

Prof David Gordon is accused of breaking rules by replying to an email from the University of Bristol’s LGBTQ+ Staff Network

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I was on the Today Programme today to discuss taking action against the University of Bristol for failing to take reasonable steps to uphold my rights as a visiting speaker. Listen from around 2.44 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Today, 22/12/2025

News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.

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Great piece on the REF changes. Quote from me: "disappointing that Research England have made such a minimal concession in the face of opposition to the proposed PCE element of REF 2029 from everyone from vice-chancellors to grassroots academic freedom organisations”

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Major last-minute changes to the UK’s Research Excellence Framework should raise questions about how the “politically unacceptable” reforms were adopted in the first place, according to experts. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #REF #academicsky https://ow.ly/CC4e50XGWMj

Come join us @sriucl.bsky.social on December 12 for our workshop on the use of genetic data in birth cohorts to examine social and economic questions. Register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

Using genetic data to address economic and social issues with birth cohort data

Join this one-day workshop on using genetic data to examine economic and social issues with birth cohort data.

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"It's out of this world to be able to read and do crosswords again. It's beautiful, wonderful. It gives me such pleasure." Sheila Irvine shares the joy of regaining her sight thanks to a life-changing eye implant trial involving @ucleye.bsky.social. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Life-changing eye implant helps blind patients read again

The results are astounding and a major advance, say surgeons involved in international research using the pioneering technology.

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Students who threaten or intimidate university staff should be expelled, the UK government’s antisemitism adviser has said, after masked protesters allegedly threatened to behead economics professor Michael Ben-Gad during a lecture. Tash Mosheim reports #edusky https://ow.ly/c0HI50Xhx58

Expel students who threaten academics on campus, says John Mann

Government's antisemitism adviser condemns masked protesters who disrupted lecture being given by Israeli economics professor

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Academics: please consider signing the open letter to support Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City University. Students are demanding his sacking simply because he is an Israeli Jew who did mandatory military service in the 1980s. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad

21 October 2025 We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...

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Come and join our wonderful team and help support the important work we do. Hybrid working options too

UCL Centre for Education Policy & Equalising Opportunities@cepeo-ucl.bsky.social · 11mo ago

📢WE'RE HIRING!📢 We're looking for a centre administrator to join our fantastic team! Role is for 3 days a week, with flexible hybrid working options. Interest in @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social's mission a bonus. 🕕Apply by 23.59 on 24th October 2025 Full details: tinyurl.com/5t586vuj Please share widely!

This important paper shows a precipitous drop in girls' achievement in recent years, closing a third of the gap with boys. Covid doesn't seem to be the smoking gun, but tiktok may be

Sociological Science@sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 11mo ago

NEW: Mood, "Equalization through Deterioration: The Shrinking Gender Gap in Swedish School Grades" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

Our very own @profalices.bsky.social has been shortlisted for the Maddox Prize. We couldn`t be more proud!

Professor Alice Sullivan@profalices.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I am honoured to be shortlisted for the Maddox Prize. The prize recognises researchers for standing up for science and showing courage and integrity in the face of challenges and hostility.

Times Higher @jgro-the.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social reports on the @senseaboutsci.bsky.social @nature.com Maddox Prize. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/sulliva...

Sullivan Review author shortlisted for Maddox Prize

UCL professor Alice Sullivan, who led review into how biological sex is captured in data collection, is vying for Nature-led award

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Alice Sullivan, a leading gender-critical researcher, has been shortlisted for the 2025 Maddox Prize for her landmark review into how sex is recorded in publicly funded research. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky https://ow.ly/7vkp50X4ztK

Sullivan Review author shortlisted for Maddox Prize

UCL professor Alice Sullivan who led review into how biological sex is captured in data collection is vying for Nature-led award

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I am honoured to be shortlisted for the Maddox Prize. The prize recognises researchers for standing up for science and showing courage and integrity in the face of challenges and hostility.

Sense about Science@senseaboutsci.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The 2025 #MaddoxPrize shortlist is here! This year, 6 researchers from around the world are recognised for standing up for science and evidence-based policy in the face of adversity. Read their stories here ➡️ senseaboutscience.org/activities/2...

I'm delighted to have been elected as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.soc @ioe.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/se...

UCL academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences

UCL academics are among the latest cohort of scientists awarded high-profile fellowships in recognition of their work in the field of social sciences.

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Really important response to the pausing of the REF by @profalices.bsky.social Hard-hitting points on the real danger this would use particular EDI measures to judge research on the basis of ideological conformity rather than excellence. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/refs...

The REF’s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE

The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of ‘people, culture and environment’ could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan

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"The REF’s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE" This is important news for academics who had grave concerns about the 'People, culture and Environment' proposals. @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/refs...

The REF’s postponement raises hopes that sanity will prevail on PCE

The three-month pause to re-examine the assessment of ‘people, culture and environment’ could prelude a welcome reversal, says Alice Sullivan

timeshighereducation.com

"Patrick Vallance hits pause on Research Excellence Framework" Excellent to see Vallance demanding proper scrutiny of the REF.

Chris Havergal@chrishavergal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Breaking: REF 2029 paused for three months to review whether metrics are aligned with national priorities www.timeshighereducation.com/news/patrick... via @jgro-the.bsky.social

Join @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Margaret Macartney , Lindsey Paterson and me @royalstatsoc.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday for a panel on 'The Sullivan Review: Implications for data collection on sex and gender identity' virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/40660/...