Citizens for Culture Cultural Plan handed over to WECA at Watershed yesterday. The value will only land if recommendations translate into visible decisions and delivery with accountability baked into existing governance. My reflections here: delegatesandtrustees.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/f...

From Cultural Plan to cultural practice: why the Citizens for Culture handover matters

Yesterday at Watershed, I had the privilege of witnessing a milestone for culture and democracy in the West of England: the formal handover of the Citizens for Culture Cultural Plan to the region’s…

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Over 80% of adolescents who die by suicide live in LMICs, like Rwanda. Intergenerational trauma, conflict & other complex challenges contribute to high rates of youth self-harm in the country. A new study led by Dr Faith Martin reveals more: https://bit.ly/3Nbhf2O @psy-fm.bsky.social #MedSky

Don't miss the latest Research Webinar from the International Association for Suicide Prevention and the International Academy of Suicide Research, chaired by Prof Chan Lai Fong. 📅 22 Jan 2026 🗣️ Featuring: Dr Atsuro Tsutsumi Dr Muhammad Hanif Bin Abd Latif Dr Ravivarma Rao https://bit.ly/49qy6WG

Re: running groups for people living with long term conditions. Most groups are *group education* (‘expert’ leads group) and full of content. In contrast *group activation* relies on facilitation and learning from each other with little formal content. See Irvine Yalom’s common factors.

If anyone missed the launch event last week for our guidance on more inclusive workplaces for academics with ELC, the recording is now available on our website (along with the guidance) exhaustioneconomy.uk/guidance/ @alisonallam.bsky.social @catherinehale.bsky.social @equihealthfutures.bsky.social

Guidance - Cripping the Exhaustion Economy

Cripping The Exhaustion Economy Radically Reimagining the Neoliberal Academy from the Sick Bed Guidance We have produced two guidance documents […]

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Prof. Bethan Evans@drbevans.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social

Last day to sign up to receive the next newsletter from the Parent Carer Research Network! Some great information coming up on how to get involved in youth mental health research along with lots of interesting news of research success stories - don't miss out, your voice matters!

NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Oxford Health@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Parents & carers your voice matters! Join our Parent Carer Research Network and help shape mental health research. We especially welcome foster/adoptive parents, fathers, and diverse communities. Sign up by 27 Nov for the next newsletter: tinyurl.com/2s7tyy95

Hello people researching and/or supporting #parents of children with mental or physical health problems, neurodiversity, learning challenges etc, we are thinking about the similarities in needs for parental wellbeing re having a child with different challenges. Join our network! tinyurl.com/bdm6zv9j

Why does improving parental wellbeing matter, for parents of children with additional needs eg mental health problems, acute & chronic health difficulties, & challenges re neurodivergence? Are we doing enough to support parents? What good practice and needs? #parents #parenting #mentalhealth

a 3d man is scratching his head in front of a large red question mark .

ALT: a 3d man is scratching his head in front of a large red question mark .

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We are a long way indeed from systematically collecting and acting on the voices of patients. Abolishing Healthwatch and handing responsibility for its work to ICBs (which are themselves undergoing massive reorganisation) is in my own view a very bad move indeed by DHSC.

Chaminda Jayanetti@cjayanetti.bsky.social · 10mo ago

NEW: Andy Burnham will issue a warning to Wes Streeting over the government’s abolition of a national network of “patient voice” bodies Burnham's intervention comes amid fears locally that the move could “silence” residents' views By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...

Youth self-harm in Rwanda isn’t just an individual struggle, it’s shaped by culture, family dynamics, poverty & community responses. We need structural, culturally-grounded prevention and support. Read more bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @psychologybath.bsky.social

Culturally and structurally embedded pathways to youth self-harm in Rwanda: perspectives from young people, parents, and healthcare providers - BMC Psychology

Background Self-harm (with and without fatal intent) among young people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain under-researched despite disproportionately high rates. Little is known about...

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Youth self-harm in Rwanda isn’t just an individual struggle, it’s shaped by culture, family dynamics, poverty & community responses. We need structural, culturally-grounded prevention and support. Read more bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... @psychologybath.bsky.social

Culturally and structurally embedded pathways to youth self-harm in Rwanda: perspectives from young people, parents, and healthcare providers - BMC Psychology

Background Self-harm (with and without fatal intent) among young people in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remain under-researched despite disproportionately high rates. Little is known about...

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Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 🎤 If you’ve read this far and still need convincing, please check out our preprint arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 and this infographic: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 10/10

We’re asking research funders & universities to step up because together, they have the leverage - and frankly, the responsibility - to stop the drain and redirect billions currently flowing to commercial publishers 💸 back into community-owned systems that serve science, not profit. 9/n

Can you imagine what else we could do with that money? Fund researchers, students, labs, infrastructure… which all sounds better to me than enriching a publishing oligopoly. 3/n

Why? 🤑 In just the last 5 years, 4 publishers made $US 41 billion in revenue and $14.7B in profit - money that largely comes from taxpayer-funded research budgets. For context: the entire 2024 NSF budget was $9B USD. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social made $3.9B that year at a 38% profit margin. 2/n

Our paper on improving statistical reporting in psychology is now online 🎉 As a part of this paper, we also created the Transparent Statistical Reporting in Psychology checklist, which researchers can use to improve their statistical reporting practices www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Really good! 👏🏻🤣

The research on which this guidance is based was funded by @isrfoundation.bsky.social guided by an advisory board with members from @ucu.org.uk @nadsn.bsky.social @longcovidsupport.bsky.social & chronic illness inclusion. Collaborative with @equihealthfutures.bsky.social & @alisonallam.bsky.social

Prof. Bethan Evans@drbevans.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Join us 24th Nov 2-3pm for a webinar on creating inclusive workplaces for academics with Energy Limiting Conditions. Register: AcademicsWithELC.eventbrite.co.uk For academics with ELC, line managers, HR, funders, publishers, union & EDI reps & conference organisers @isrfoundation.bsky.social

Now published! My edited book ‘Long COVID and Society’ - my introduction is free to read for everyone. Download from the link below and check out the others chapters too (Chapter 14, about LC children and families, is also open access) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Long COVID and Society

This is the first book to bring together academics and activists living with Long COVID to explore the social impacts of the new complex chronic condition.

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📢📢 We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher with strong qual and quant skills for an exciting new project to increase access to a digital intervention for child anxiety problems in Thailand, the Philippines, Chile, Pakistan and Japan! Closes 14 Nov. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

🎤 Proposals for our Centre for Qualitative Research, University of Bath Qualitative Research Symposium at University of Bath School of Management are open until November 7th! Find out more and submit your talk, symposium and workshop abstracts here: www.bath.ac.uk/events/quali... #qualitative

Hello people researching and/or supporting #parents of children with mental or physical health problems, neurodiversity, learning challenges etc, we are thinking about the similarities in needs for parental wellbeing re having a child with different challenges. Join our network! tinyurl.com/bdm6zv9j

DLD is a lifelong condition and it does make lots of things more challenging. BUT once a person's needs are identified and they are supported they can thrive. This is why we need far more awareness of Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)! www.naplic.org.uk/developmenta... #DevLangDis #DLDday

The scientific program focuses on delivering a holistic, multi-faceted experience where you will gain scientific knowledge on current topics but also develop practical skills that would enhance your expertise and influence your practice. ➡️ lnkd.in/eGb8kti9 See you in Prague!

Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group RCT - led to non-significant short term improvement in routine activities vs usual care @bmjmedicine.bsky.social bmjmedicine.bmj.com/content/4/1/...

Effectiveness of a personalised self-management intervention for people living with long covid (Listen trial): pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, randomised controlled trial

Objective To evaluate the effectiveness of Listen, a self-management support intervention, for people living with long covid who were not in hospital.Design Pragmatic, multicentre, parallel group, ran...

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It’s actually very sad to see that risk prediction has never gone away, despite so much evidence demonstrating how awful we are at predicting suicide and its related outcomes. This is an incredibly important piece of work that we should all read.

netECR@netecr.bsky.social · last yr.

Extremely important work by Matt Spittal, @oliviajkirtley.bsky.social and other colleagues published this week! journals.plos.org/plosmedicine...

Your reminder how rarely we hear from/about the LibDems (72 MPs) on BBC News, compared to the vast amount of coverage they devote to Nigel Fromage & five-MP Reform UK. Could it be because the LibDems aren't screaming about 'migrants innit', which BBC News has decided is the only story du jour?

Nick Barlow@nickbwalking.bsky.social · last yr.

Very odd watching BBC News talking about the Lib Dem conference and mentioning how the party has struggled to break through in the media like it's nothing to do with them.

RIP UK higher education.

University of Oxford@ox.ac.uk · last yr.

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year. ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

I hope it has stuff about building a psychologically healthy idea of what it means to be a #carer, and how to navigate systems and processes without going mad

Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust@shpu.bsky.social · last yr.

Carers do a vital job supporting their loved ones, but it's important that they look after themselves too. This course has been specially designed to support people in #Sheffield with the demands of being a #carer. Find out more 👇

It's a full house today for our annual CHCR showcase conference! See the full programme here: www.uwe.ac.uk/events/chcr-... We're so excited to be celebrating health and care research! ##CHCR2025 Follow the day on X here: @CHCR_UWE