Definitely an 8.

Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · 6d ago

Morning Bluesky.

One thing to consider is that people currently can't navigate the system - I'm a specialist nurse who teaches and I struggled to get care sorted for my mother in law, until the manager of her flat unit pointed me to a local woman. Now, she has the funds to pay for it so it made it easier...

Mark Brown@markoneinfour.bsky.social · last wk.

Good thread here. I'd say that so little thought has been given to the social care workforce in the national debate because so few people can really picture what is demanded of that workforce, hence dreams a new national sevice will sort everything being a simple mental shortcut to 'do something'

With another heatwave arriving, BGS Policy Manager Sally Greenbrook shares further details on why steps must be taken to support older people during hot weather. Take a look at the blog:

Caring for older people across primary, community and acute care during a heatwave | British Geriatrics Society

Sally Greenbrook is the Policy Manager at the British Geriatrics Society.

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A huge edition, HUGE. The lovely Madeleine Moore is standing and you should most certainly vote for her. I love the opposition to the vicious attacks on trans folks - making it impossible for them to exist is awful. Good updates on voting, politics and other stuff.

UCU Commons@ucucommons.org · last wk.

Newsletter #23! Including: - Our candidate for the NEC casual vacancy election - Our donation to Durham Miners' Gala - UCU's WMSC signing the @nionwomen.bsky.social open letter - Commentary on HE pay offer, Burnham's education plans, OfS vs Sussex, the sector-wide crisis #UCU #UKHE

We tend to think of courage as dramatic acts of bravery. But every day there are little moments of courage. Pressing SEND. Risking making a mistake. Saying NO. #PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDforum

Got my thesis in, did a practice viva in which I did not feel horrible and exhausted. There is a lot going in my personal life so I'm proud I am holding all of the glass balls in the air. Some rubber ones bouncing around and the concrete ones can stay on the floor.

I feel personally attacked by this :)

@ithinkwellhugh.bsky.social · 3w ago

Jessie is formatting her document (again). She thinks she is writing. Jessie is wrong. She is procrastinating. #PhDchat #PhDforum #acwri #ECRchat #postdoc

My Ph.D. took a long time—and there’s no shame in that “If I didn’t have the answer to my research question yet it was because the answer was complex, not because of personal shortcomings,” this scientist writes. #PhDChat https://bit.ly/3Rpf9P7

More from our posters on display at #ISTH2026 🇫🇷 🔵 PB 3294: Insights from a wide cohort of adults with #haemophilia who participated in our Learning 2 Live study 🔴 PB 2738 & 2743: More results from GT360, on the impact of living with #GlanzmannThrombasthenia #ISTHCongress

A warm welcome to new members of the Editorial Board of Bleeding Disorders: Care & Practice: Khalid Al Habaybia, Kara Burge, Samantha Carlson, Cyrus Njuguna Githinji, Keri Norris, Lauren Phillips, Dawn Rotellini, Kelly Tickle. #BDCP #bleedingdisorders #haemophilia #research #HemeSky #MedSky

One thing I will be interested to watch is Burnham had previously said that criminal prosecutions should happen in the Infected Blood Scandal. I wonder if anything changes.

JOBS! We’re currently looking for two people to join us in the School of English @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Lecturer in Creative Writing jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1086; Lecturer in English Language (with interests in DH) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1087 Both are FT ongoing appointments

"Dundee University staff to stage five-week strike over job cuts" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dundee University staff to stage five-week strike over job cuts

The University and College Union said its members will be on strike each weekday from 21 September to 23 October in a row over compulsory redundancies.

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The Telegraph are unhappy there’s a government report that exposes *exactly* the kind of misinformation they publish as front page headlines on a daily basis! So, of course, they’re desperate to undermine it! 😆 Here’s the report they don’t want you to see… 👉🏻 usher.ed.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

I really hate the "So-and-so to announce" trend of news.

Molly Scott Cato@greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 2w ago

When did journalists (especially BBC) start trying to predict the news rather than reporting it? The tightness of the Burnham operation is making them look faintly absurd They need to focus on accurate reporting of what has happened rather than reporting leaks and putting pressure on politicians

Gained social identification and sense of shared experience after flood exposure: Psychosocial pathways to post-traumatic symptoms and growth iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Gained social identification and sense of shared experience after flood exposure: Psychosocial pathways to post‐traumatic symptoms and growth

This research provides the first quasi-experimental and longitudinal examination of the Social Identity Model of Traumatic Identity Change among individuals affected by the September 2024 flood in Po...

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Your Monday morning read Commentary on “The Method is the Message: How Qualitative Research Has Advanced Constructivist Values in Psychology” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10720537.2026.2704037

Commentary on “The Method is the Message: How Qualitative Research Has Advanced Constructivist Values in Psychology”

Levitt and Pierorazio (2026) claim that, due to the rise in popularity of qualitative methods within the discipline of psychology in recent times, there has been an infiltration of the values assoc...

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This Wednesday peers are debating the Government's statutory instrument that will legalise electronic balloting/voting for trade unions. Currently all statutory trade union ballots must be conducted entirely by post. Labour are changing that. Full SI here www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9...

Continuing the small series "Beyond AI." Essentially this is my own story of how I came to work on computational linguistics, natural language processing, and – in a nutshell – AI in the 1990s. As a trained language teacher.

Beyond AI (2): Why and how I employ autoethnography …

This is an excerpt from an early draft of a book chapter. The book will be about language teacher education and GenAI. I am posting these in smaller (mostly) self-contained posts. The posts are numbered consecutively. After they will have all come out, I will link them with each other. Narrative autoethnography “Ethnography is the study of social interactions, behaviours, and perceptions that occur within groups, teams, organisations, and communities” (Reeves et al., 2008, p.

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This week I joined the Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health in Parliament to discuss their report 'State of Child Health 2026'. Children’s health across the UK continues to decline, especially in the poorest areas. The report highlighted 12 child health indicators including obesity... 🧵 1/2

I know a load of trade union folks follow me, need someone, preferably with some sort of power at Unison, as they are ignoring a trans member in need. England Unison but any help appreciated. Reply to me and I can put you in touch. Thanks.

Wishing a very happy 78th birthday to our NHS. Every day, doctors, nurses, paramedics, NHS staff and volunteers go above and beyond to care for us. Thank you for everything you do.

Are you a team manager? Gain CPD hours, and find out more about our Nursing Workforce Standards and their practical application in the workplace by attending one of our 2026 workshops ☑️ Find out more and book your place ⬇️

Nursing Workforce Standards | Professional Development | Royal College of Nursing

Nursing workforce standards

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Read Mark's blog for five ways that Brexit has affected health and social care in the UK 👇 www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/th...

Five ways that Brexit changed the NHS

A decade ago to the day, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. Mark Dayan looks back at the 10 years since and picks out five ways in which Brexit has affected health and social care i...

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Deconditioning is a major and preventable contributor to loss of independence among older adults. It is not an inevitable consequence of ageing - it is preventable and reversible. This new hub has been created to support our members in improving outcomes for older people.

Deconditioning Hub | British Geriatrics Society

We have created this hub to support our members to improve outcomes for older people through the identification and prevention of deconditioning.

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Super helpful since I made this mistake

UCU Commons@ucucommons.org · last mo.

Our very own @bparsia.bsky.social has done a useful #TPS explainer for those who might be puzzled. #UCU

The King's Fund has responded to reports that the Defence Investment Plan will draw from NHS capital budgets. Read the press release: https://bit.ly/44bS6dp

new metaphor just dropped

Fall in rate means universities must stop blocking access to Teachers' Pension Scheme | UCU

A little change of pace. I made banana and walnut muffins. They are wholly unhealthy and I am unrepentant.