We do loads of outdoor time, the 13yo has an excellent varied diet, we do all types of regulating activities. However, without medication he cannot manage himself or his emotions, he is extremely challenging, and could not function in any educational setting. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

The Great ADHD Myth? review – the most controversial show of the year is here

Dr Max Pemberton isn’t uncompassionate or especially radical, but he assembles a team of medics whose stance on the condition is clear from the off. This is a documentary that will incense and offend ...

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People my group have written to about the impact of mass redundancies on teaching quality, research and PhD supervision: VC; DVC for Education; DVC for Research; Dean; Head of School; Students’ Union President; Chair of Governors. People who have replied: 0.

It remains striking that Cambridge University – which has rightly found itself subject to immense scrutiny in recent days over its academic appointments process – did not answer any of Byline Times' questions re Cambridge Professor James Orr, Reform's Head of Policy, and his activities there. Why?

Hardeep Matharu@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · last mo.

Another new PM, another edition of Byline Times goes to press... Read our exclusive investigation on James Orr, head of policy at Reform & Cambridge professor in print - what's happening at the world-renowned university refusing to answer any of our questions? In shops / subscribe.bylinetimes.com 👇

What a bonkers statistic as.ft.com/r/3b0a9bd3-a...

Since water services were sold off by Thatcher to be run for private profit, the water companies have: - amassed debts of over £50bn - paid £78bn to shareholders - raised their CEO pay to £1-3 million a year - lose 2.87bn litres of water a day through leaky pipes - polluted EVERY river

Our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Andy Cooper from the University of Liverpool, UK, will be speaking at the Chemical Science Symposium on 29-30th October! Register for the event here: rsc.li/chemscisymp2026 Early bird registration closes: 17 September 2026

"No UEFA national teams will participate in any FIFA competition for so long as these proposals remain alive, unless this proposal has been abandoned in its entirety and binding assurances have been given that FIFA will never again open its governance or competitions to private ownership".

Statement on behalf of UEFA and its 55 national associations

UEFA and its national associations will not participate in FIFA competitions.

uefa.com

'Strip away the grandiose language and a pattern emerges – some combination of fewer, larger modules, almost always wedges of 30 credits, an all-core or heavily prescribed first year, reduced optionality in later years, curated pathways instead of individual module choice... [cont.] 1/4

Curriculum reform is a wedge issue

With curriculum reform converging on fewer, larger modules across the sector, Jim Dickinson argues that consolidation solves institutional problems while reallocating regret onto students least able t...

wonkhe.com

Thoughts on the various Trump administration proposals to revamp US science funding - and what they all have in common:

The Assault On Science Funding Continues

science.org

The silence on Washington's looting of Venezuela from other Western capitals is really deafening. Imagine what that stolen $13 billion could do for Venezuelans after the earthquake destroyed their country.

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 2mo ago

To every New Yorker with family in Venezuela: we are holding you close.   The devastating earthquakes this week have claimed hundreds of lives and left thousands more searching for loved ones. If you're able, here's how you can support relief efforts:

**New Blog Post** Using the recent RSC report as a vehicle, a reflection on how I've thought about Class when teaching Chemistry in the UK over the last 10 years. www.michaeloneill.org/blog-1/2026/...

Beyond Access? Class in Chemistry — Michael O'Neill

Reflections on a recent RSC report about socioeconomic status of the undergraduate Chemistry students

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'Data released by Hampshire police under freedom of information laws shows that 22 of 37 people (59%) detained in Southampton after Vickrum Digwa was jailed for life have been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.'

Most people arrested during Henry Nowak protests had been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Hampshire police data reveals 22 of 37 detained had been accused or convicted of intimate partner violence

theguardian.com

Here's a graphic that shows the number of days per year that the planet reached a global surface temperature at or above 17.0°C from January 1, 1940 to July 22, 2026. For context, before 2023, it is likely that the last time the planet was above 17.0°C was more than 120,000 years ago.

Israeli ministers have just announced plans for new illegal settlements - three in Gaza and dozens more across the occupied West Bank. This is beyond reprehensible, and the international community must finally confront Israel with the full weight of international law. [1/2]

I'd challenge anyone to read this outstanding book and come away telling me that the Royal Family are a force for good. An in depth and shocking expose not just of the grubby money grabbing dim witted Yorks but the whole Firm and it's acts of self preservation.

The insanity the world summarised in a headline on Canada: Wildfires threaten Canadian oil sands www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

really thinking about this tweet as i’ve been struggling to breathe through nausea for the last 5 hours

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · last mo.

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

I have just completed this - basically the general public should not be allowed to buy fireworks at all If we must have them, they should be restricted to organised displays safely managed by professionals

Anna Dent@annadent.bsky.social · last mo.

We get a month of fireworks in November around us. It's miserable. www.gov.uk/government/c...

Latest work from the group, led by Dipankar… pubs.rsc.org/cc/article/d...

“I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all” @petergeoghegan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

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Our University Research Fellowships are now open for applications. This scheme provides outstanding early-career scientists with the opportunity to build an independent research careers and pursue cutting edge scientific research. Find out more and apply now: royalsociety.org/grants/unive...

Now, France reports 40 deaths since June 19, after people drowned to escape the heatwave www.reuters.com/business/env...

Forty drown in France as people seek relief from Europe's heatwave

The country has just ​recorded its hottest afternoon and night since records began in 1947. Fifty-four departments are under red alert in what forecasters described as unprecedented.

reuters.com

CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️@cnlester.bsky.social · 2mo ago

As per yesterday's Reuters on the heatwave: 'At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car' - and this is the picture they chose It's not new that the media is complicit in climate denialism, but that doesn't mean we have to accept it.

Really telling that of all the political analysis about the defeat of Keir Starmer, none addresses this at all. Yet, for a lot of people it really was one of the turning points of his short-lived premiership, and in a lot of cases it is *the thing* that they remember Starmer for

David Wearing@davidwearing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

For those of us who see Palestinians as human beings, this was Starmer's defining moment. It is not sustainable to behave in this way while leading the nominally progressive party in a two party system. Starmer's unpopularity is not one of life's great mysteries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8_s...

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

A paper is not complete without the story behind it... Take a look at our journey in the world of 1D carbon that led us to the Nature Chemistry publication! The story: pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~skeja/behin... The paper (OA): www.nature.com/articles/s41... The hashtags: #chemsky and a cheeky #PiSky

Read this new starter's guide to inverse vulcanisation, a polymerisation reaction that utilises industrial waste sulfur as a low-cost reagent alongside an organic comonomer to produce polymers of high sulfur content by mass percentage ♻️ published in RSC Applied Polymers: pubs.rsc.org/en/cont...

‘The current government policy of non-intervention exposes chemistry departments like Nottingham & Sheffield,’ says research policy analyst Paul Nightingale. www.chemistryworld.com/university-o...

University of Sheffield planning to cut jobs in chemistry and materials science

Around 20% of the chemistry and materials science faculty could lose their jobs as university address financial challenges

chemistryworld.com

Can only assume the The Royal Society, by its inaction, is condoning the actions in Belfast incited by Elon Musk (one of their fellows). Why will the UK's premier Scientific Institution not stand up for itself and for its values?

Belfast attack live: Labour accuses Musk of fuelling riots

Labour has accused Elon Musk of fuelling protests in Belfast, which broke out after a Sudanese asylum seeker was charged with attempted murder.

telegraph.co.uk

A fellow of the Royal Society slashed funding for disease prevention, leading directly to the deaths of uncounted children. He promotes white supremacy and is actively encouraging racist violence in the UK. But he's Elon Musk, a billionaire. So the Royal Society does nothing. @royalsociety.org

Violence on the streets of the U.K. incited and enabled by Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org. When will our national academy stand up for the values it claims to espouse?

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

This is a pogrom, incited and instigated by Elon Musk. This is now the second set of pogroms incited by Elon in the UK in 2 years.