Quick Rant : Global health loves to celebrate “local expertise” until it’s time for local experts to travel. Our young Cameroonian physician research coordinator was supposed to present malaria research from Cameroon at a meeting in Panama.

Stage 6: Check for Bias coming soon... we are busy behind the scenes making sure everything is ready for the launch in the coming days. Sign up to our newsletter to be the first to hear about all things #ThePeoplesReview mailchi.mp/universityof...

Afghan women have now been banned from applying to study in British universities by the Labour government www.gov.uk/government/s...

The UK unequivocally condemns the Taliban’s ban on girls' education in Afghanistan: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan.

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If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.

We should be honoured to host, teach and learn from these people not exclude them. I'm ashamed of our government.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.

This taster session includes our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis), a masters course that spans the interpersonal and tech/ AI aspects of research for changing the world www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 5mo ago

🚨 How to change the world as a social researcher & what it takes to do so? What it feels like to study Sociology, Social Policy, and Social Research Methods (with Data Science) MSc/MA at @sriucl.bsky.social? 🔜 Sign up for our social sciences online taster event: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

❗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....

Ingenious historical approaches to access clean water now being revived to tackle chronic water shortages

Ancient stepwells brought back to life as India begins to run out of water

Centuries-old wells restored to provide drinking water as parts of the country head towards “day zero” when no water will be available

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New book out in Open Access with UCL Press, co-edited with Elmira Muratova, with chapters on case studies ranging from Ukraine, Turkey-Afghanistan, diasporic West Africa, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan-Kuwait, and Indigenous Canada. Free download from the link in the thread.

Would you like to know more about how to tackle policy problems with research already available? If so, this masters course could be the one for you. lnkd.in/dRMcbpmt

Since I can’t sleep, here’s another hot take: The world would be a better place if everyone‘s science literacy was much better. There should be more emphasis on teaching basic science at all levels in school. Science isn’t just something nerds do, it’s the foundation of the modern world.

Powerful video from @nikki-s.bsky.social on 6 years of #LongCovid. Tens of thousands of others are approaching same anniversary in UK alone - millions worldwide. A very long tail from the pandemic. #CountLongCovid #CareForLongCovid #ResearchLongCovid

Nikki Smith@nikki-s.bsky.social · 6mo ago

📣 6 years ago I had my first Covid-19 symptoms. Despite various debilitating symptoms still impacting my life, I was discharged from my #LongCovid service in 2024. Like thousands of others with chronic illness, I have no ongoing care. Take a look at my video ⬇️ #CureLongCovid

UCL Press publishes UCL Open Environment, a diamond open access journal for environment research 🌍 Help us better understand what researchers value when choosing where to publish, and awareness of the journal. ⏱️ < 10 minutes 🎁 Prize draw 👉 Take the survey: bit.ly/4anusxc #ScholarlyCommunications

Co-creating a play with a Kenyan community theatre group framed vaccine research findings in ways that are relatable to community members. journals.uclpress.co.uk/r4a/article/...

When people talk about the idea that some universities must go under, there’s a certain tendency to behave as if these smaller local campuses are negligible- regrettable casualties perhaps but not ‘real’ universities. This report does a great job of illustrating why that’s wrong.

Alison Stenning@alisonstenning.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Everything in this report reflects on what we value, for communities, for peripheral places, for young people, for education, for the future - and it looks like we’ve got it all wrong.

Come to our masters programme Open Days, today and tomorrow, and hear about how to change the world by: • Rethinking global societies • Developing new policies • Mastering cutting edge methods

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 6mo ago

🚨 Our @sriucl.bsky.social 2026 Open Days are landing next week! ⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology ⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods ➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...

The big questions.

Open Research and Public Engagement Roadmap@engagedroadmap.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Who Gets to Shape Knowledge? Who gets to ask the questions? Who gets to decide what counts as knowledge? We’re building Ireland’s first public engagement and open research roadmap. With you. #OpenResearch #Publicengagement

Here's your invitation to our masters programmes Open Days

Yang Hu@yanghu.co.uk · 6mo ago

🚨 Our @sriucl.bsky.social 2026 Open Days are landing next week! ⭐️ Feb 4, Wednesday, 12:00-13:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Sociology ⭐️ Feb 5, Thursday, 13:00-14:00 (UK) – Master's degrees in Social Policy and in Social Research Methods ➡️ Sign up here and join us: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/graduate...

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)

This deep-dive course in evidence synthesis looks great

Sandy Oliver@profsandyoliver.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Looking forward to October 2026, we've started offering places to applicants to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Looking forward to October 2026, we've started offering places to applicants to our MSc Social Policy (Evidence Synthesis) www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-...

Why science for policy? It helps define the policy problem and find underlying causes. It helps reach trade-offs and compromises by understanding impacts. It helps find out what works through evaluation. Most of all, it helps earn trust in democracy by grounding it in facts and reality.

This really is a shame. In times like these we really should be commissioning more engaging, informative evidence-based shows, not fewer.

Roland Pease@peaseroland.bsky.social · 9mo ago

For 61 years the #BBCWorldService has been broadcasting the latest in science via its weekly Science in Action programme. That dies in the next half hour, with this final edition, reflecting on the fall in trust in expertise driven by malign interests over recent years.

Government has published one of those quiet but important documents that might get overlooked as it is not 'newsy'. The headline finding is that £1 of public R&D investment generates £8 in net economic benefits for the UK over the long term www.gov.uk/government/p...

The value of public R&D

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Thank you to everyone who joined #Stage4 of #ThePeoplesReview. Now, our team working backstage are taking a closer look at the 699 possibly relevant studies to find the ones that answer the People's favourite question. Stay tuned for #Stage5 coming soon...

I’ll be there - looking forward to it.

Kathryn Oliver@oliver-kathryn.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Come along tomorrow to LSHTM, Keppel Street or online to hear me talk about why we do research, why it's not used, and how we might engineer the system to get better value for all of us... www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/e...

Oh dear - we desperately need better public understanding of science.

Greg Fell@felly500.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Theres soon to be a test on whether those who opine about screening actually understand the principles on which screening programmes are based Get your revision done In the meantime here is a masterclass from Prof Baum (More advanced classes are available)

I'm hugely honoured and very excited to be giving this year's Historical Research #Lecture at @ihr.bsky.social, on 'Can popular #history be radical? Historical research and writing for the #public'. Tuesday 4 November, all welcome. More info in AltText. Book here: www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

when autistic people talk about research that will actually help to improve autistic people's quality of life, this is the kind of thing we mean. this is a neat study.

Centre for Research in Autism and Education@craeioe.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#CRAEresearchSummaries Disclosing an autism diagnosis improves ratings of candidate performance in employment interviews