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Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Apr 15

We've made this article from @cash4questions.bsky.social free to read, as it is proving very popular.

University funding crisis: How to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered.

"Beware employers bearing yoga mats..."

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Coping with the university funding crisis - Research Professional News

Positive steps in uncertain times, including how to stay serene when wellbeing sessions are offered

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · 21d

Upcoming seminar by Dr Gemma Jackson on student experiences of campus and learning - using walking interviews, photo and mapping methods. 3 October. For more info and to book check the link below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/psycen-sem...

PsyCen Seminar

Join us for a talk by Dr Gemma Jackson on a student-centred understanding of campus and social learning

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 11

@qmip.bsky.social I enjoyed the QMiP 2025 conference. Really supportive, nice people and lovely cup cakes!

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 10

Cool! I do have paper copies somewhere in a box. Not sure where though! But I found a pdf copy of the zine and pamphlet this morning. I’ll send it to your work email?

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 10

That’s nice to know :) Sometimes tricky to gauge what audiences think of presentations!

Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ah yes of course! See you at day two of conference tomorrow :)

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

I think it went alright :)

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

I’ll send over some zine copies from the thesis for you :) they were fun to make. Would like to do again sometime!

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Thanks for the post Philippa :) What is an SDG?

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

No problem! I’ve enjoyed reading all the papers! It’s actually going to now be a double spatial issue! Enjoyed your presentation today as well :)

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Hope the presentation went well :)

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Jul 9

Great paper!

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Simon Goodman @drsimongoodman.bsky.social · Jun 3

The Psychologists for Social Change in the @psychmag.bsky.social
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Struggling with the silence | BPS

The Leicester Chapter of the Psychologists for Social Change meet unfolding horrors with 'anger brewing'…

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · May 12

I hate it too!

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Mar 28

A really important statement on the value of sexuality and gender research. Link here www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Statement on the Importance of Sexuality and Gender Research

Published in The Journal of Sex Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is amazing. Via @nytimes.com

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Alex Bridger @alexbridger.bsky.social · Feb 12

Quite a few Universities in the UK have links to countries that have a long history of human rights abuses and torture. Channel 4 News report here www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

Exclusive: UK Unis connections to foreign regimes exposed

A new report by the charity Freedom from Torture, shared exclusively with Channel 4 News, has found that a number of Universities are enrolling students onto postgraduate policing and security courses...

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Jan 15

🔴Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and the Second Cummings of a ‘Career Psychopath’

A transatlantic coalition of extreme misfits and weirdos is plotting regime change on both sides of the Atlantic

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Elon Musk, Nigel Farage and the Second Cummings of a 'Career Psychopath'

A transatlantic coalition of extreme misfits and weirdos is plotting regime change on both sides of the Atlantic, reports Tom Scott

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Dec 3

Keir Starmer must stop pandering to the hard-right on immigration.

Our statement 👇

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · Nov 8

Save the date: the next European Workshop on Ecological Psychology will be July 15-18 2025, in Leeds UK hosted by me. Details to follow; please spread the word!

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