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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · 11d

🔊"We are seeing big conglomerate organisations who are providing the same kind of formulaic childcare in a number of settings"

@drantoniasimon.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social describes how the privatisation of nurseries has affected #childcare provision.
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EPPI Centre @eppicentre.bsky.social · 22d

🔊 Exciting research role available if you're interested in applying evidence synthesis to food policy and public health. Part of a @nihr.bsky.social study evaluating supermarket policies restricting the use of price promotions.

Closes 8th October. Further details 👇 www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Sep 8

As part of the celebrations of our 10th anniversary as a UCL Department, we have launched an inaugural lecture series. You can watch the first here and there will be more to come this academic year! www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departme...

SRI Inaugural Lectures

Inaugural lectures hosted by the UCL Social Research Institute.

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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · Sep 5

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INSPECT-SR: A tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials.

INSPECT-SR: a tool for assessing trustworthiness of randomised controlled trials

The integrity of evidence synthesis is threatened by problematic randomised controlled trials (RCTs). These are RCTs where there are serious concerns about the trustworthiness of the data or findings....

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The Cochrane Collaboration @cochrane.org · Aug 29

Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews | Online
🗓️ 26 February
This interactive webinar will introduce the INSPECT-SR tool by way of application to a published clinical trial.
🔗 evidencesynthesisireland.ie/conference/w...

Webinar: Dr Jack Wilkinson - Too good to be true? Spotting problematic trials in systematic reviews

To register, CLICK HERE Systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) aim to include all eligible

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology @jclinepi.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our updated @jclinepi.bsky.social starters pack!

go.bsky.app/DNtLZWo

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The Cochrane Collaboration @cochrane.org · Aug 4

We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for:

The latest insights from Cochrane reviews 📖

Training and support for researchers 👩🏫

Information on research integrity, innovative methods and our global community 🌏

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Transforming Evidence @transformevidence.bsky.social · Jul 15

'P' is for policymaker.

Ben Hepworth unpacks a term subject to sustained over- and misuse.

transforming-evidence.org/blog/p-is-fo...

P is for Policymaker

The term ‘policymaker’ is subject to sustained over- and misuse. Ben Hepworth argues that we should differentiate people by the work they are doing.

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Gareth Hollands @gjhollands.bsky.social · Jul 11

Great to be @thekingsfund.bsky.social today for a workshop on AI use in evidence synthesis, organised by www.heec.co.uk

First up is Ian Shemilt @eppicentre.bsky.social giving a brilliant overview of the current landscape. Emphasising caution, judicious use (with humans in the loop), and evaluation

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Katherine Cullerton @kcullerton.bsky.social · Jul 7

We often talk about corporations influencing research, but what about governments? 🧐 New paper by PhD student Helen Senior shows govt-funded public health research isn’t immune to influence - both positive and negative. Check it out 👉https://tinyurl.com/yjpkhtfk

How governments influence public health research: a scoping review

Abstract. Governments can become involved in academic research to assist in public health decision-making. However, when governments become involved, the r

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The Campbell Collaboration @campbellreviews.bsky.social · Jul 2

Check out this summary of a Campbell evidence and gap map on interventions for improving informal support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse: a small but useful evidence base. Funded by the UK Economic Social Research Council

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Summary of a Campbell evidence and gap map on interventions for improving informal support for victim-survivors of domestic abuse: a small but useful evidence base – Campbell Collaboration

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Jul 1

Navigating research on the performance of generative LLM-based tools in health and social care? The freshly updated Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications by @eppicentre.bsky.social is your compass.
#AIHealth

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EPPI Centre @eppicentre.bsky.social · Jul 1

Our living map of research on generative AI-based tools for health and social care applications has been updated (30/06). This Version 5 contains a cumulative total of 498 articles reporting clinical or public health applications, of which 89 are new. eppi.ioe.ac.uk/cms/Default....

Living Map of Generative LLM-Based Tools for Health and Social Care Applications

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Ella Flemyng @ellaflem.bsky.social · Jun 4

‼️HOT OFF THE PRESS‼️

⭐Updated Responsible AI use in Evidence Synthesis (RAISE) 3-paper collection on OSF: osf.io/fwaud/files/... ⭐

Now includes:
1️⃣Recommendations for practice for the main roles in the ecosystem
2️⃣ Guidance on building & evaluating AI tools
3️⃣Guidance on selecting & using AI tools

OSF

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James Thomas @jm-thomas.bsky.social · Jun 3

How ‘correct’ should #evidencesynthesis be? How does this change if we add #AI?

Help inform new tool dev and best practice guidance! forms.office.com/e/ZwdicYQpjv

Open until 2 Jul, ~35 mins. Part of @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded DESTinY @campbellreviews.bsky.social @ellaflem.bsky.social

Microsoft Forms

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Dylan Kneale @dylankneale.bsky.social · Jun 19

Want to know more about Intervention Component Analysis in #systematicreviews #evidencesynthesis and how it can help us understand how interventions work? New paper by @katysutcliffe.bsky.social and me 🔥hot🔥 off the press today in IJNS: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @eppicentre.bsky.social

Identifying critical intervention, contextual and implementation features in systematic reviews: intervention component analysis ten years on

It is now widely recognised that in addition to providing robust evidence about intervention effectiveness, systematic reviews need to provide decisio…

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Dylan Kneale @dylankneale.bsky.social · Jun 18

We started a debate! Our paper on measuring the impact of longitudinal studies by Charis Bridger Staatz and @evietabor.bsky.social and me here from @clscohorts.bsky.social and @eppicentre.bsky.social and responses led by @mukdarut.bsky.social, Meredith O'Connor and Raj Patel doi.org/10.1332/1757...

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Jo TC @jog13.bsky.social · Jun 16

New paper: Evidence of inequities experienced by the #raredisease community with respect to receipt of a diagnosis & access to services: #scopingreview of UK & international evidence

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Evidence of inequities experienced by the rare disease community with respect to receipt of a diagnosis and access to services: a scoping review of UK and international evidence - Orphanet Journal of ...

Background People with a rare disease find it difficult to obtain a diagnosis and access appropriate services. Evidence suggests that this can lead to health inequity amongst the rare disease communit...

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Jun 11

@dylankneale.bsky.social (@eppicentre.bsky.social) and @evietabor.bsky.social (@clscohorts.bsky.social) contributed a book chapter about trans and gender-diverse ageing and the lifecourse 👵

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollchap/b...

Book title: "Trans and Gender Diverse Ageing in Care Contexts: Research into Practice"

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · Jun 11

This Pride Month, catch up with some of the SRI's latest LGBTQ+ research! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology @jclinepi.bsky.social · May 5

Incorporating Non-Randomized Evidence in Cochrane Intervention Reviews: A Scoping Review - Journal of Clinical Epidemiology www.jclinepi.com/article/S089...

Incorporating Non-Randomized Evidence in Cochrane Intervention Reviews: A Scoping Review

‘Non-randomised studies of interventions’ (NRSI) can provide valuable insights into the real-world performance of interventions, especially when randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are impractical, un...

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Claire Stansfield @claire-stansfield.bsky.social · May 23

Just published this paper. It reflects on searching and screening for RCTs in an education systematic review supported by machine learning. journals.uclpress.co.uk/lre/article/... Part of a special issue on systematic reviews within education. Great to publish with @alisonomara-eves.bsky.social ‬

Balancing workload with sensitivity to efficiently identify randomised controlled trials in an education systematic review

There is increasing interest in improving the efficiency of systematic review production, yet there is limited literature considering its application within the education field. This article analyses ...

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National Children's Bureau @ncb.org.uk · May 16

New @youthendowmentfund.org.uk Toolkit strand! 📢

NCB is YEF’s Toolkit Evidence and Synthesis Partner, working alongside the Race Equality Foundation and researchers at the Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre (@eppicentre.bsky.social) based at @ucl.ac.uk.
Find out more below👇

Youth Endowment Fund @youthendowmentfund.org.uk · May 15

Problem-oriented policing (POP) aims to cut crime by tackling its root causes, using a structured approach. While often used in high-crime areas, it can be applied to specific people or recurring crime. Research suggests it can reduce violent crime by 24%

🔗 youthendowmentfund.org.uk/toolkit/prob...

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UCL Social Research Institute @sriucl.bsky.social · May 13

We now have about 60 of our researchers and affiliated institutions in our UCL Social Research Institute starter pack... gotta catch them all! go.bsky.app/BcLmmBN

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EPPI Centre @eppicentre.bsky.social · Apr 30

Updated with Gen AI: v.4 of our living map of research on generative large language models for health and social care applications out now. The 'main map' now contains 423 records organised by key study characteristics - 189 'new' in this version. eppi.ioe.ac.uk/EPPI-Vis/Log...

EPPI-VisEPPI-Centre WebDatabase Application

The coding scheme above has been designed to enable users to interactively explore and reuse the records in this web database in a variety of ways. For a full user guide see 'How to use this map' below.

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