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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Sep 5

Dangerous rhetoric

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Sep 5

Nigel Farage has hit out at universities for “poisoning the minds” of students with what he said was a “twisted interpretation of history” in his speech on the opening day of the Reform UK conference, reports @patrickjack.bsky.social
#academicsky #ReformUK

Universities ‘poisoning student minds’, says Farage

Populist leader takes aim at higher education in speech on first day of the Reform UK conference in Birmingham

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Sep 5

I think I'm pretty much the immediate type. The odd email slips though. However, I'm attempting to learn this thing supposedly called 'work life balance' but I'm not sure it's actually real. Stay tuned.

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North East Bylines @northeastbylines.co.uk · Aug 22

Northern universities are missing out on major funding to help attract leading researchers into the UK

Northern universities miss out on £54 million global talent funding

Northern universities are missing out on major funding to help attract leading researchers into the UK.

northeastbylines.co.uk

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EU INFO HUB @euinfohub.bsky.social · Aug 22

Good news, EU students!

Talks are underway to lower tuition fees at UK universities post-Brexit.

A resurgence in Erasmus+ may also be on the horizon, promising more international study opportunities. Developments ahead!

Stay tuned: euinfohub.com/category/stu...

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · Aug 18

In May 2025, the government published a white paper called “Restoring control over the immigration system”. It proposed making it more difficult for migrants to qualify for permanent residence (also known as settlement, indefinite leave to remain or ILR).
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

E-petitions on increasing the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain

Two e-petitions arguing against a proposed extension to the permanent residence qualifying period for migrants in the UK are being debated in Westminster Hall on 8 September 2025.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 18

Ipsilateral motor cortex contributes to force production. This is a topic I have been passionate about since it was the primary focus of my PhD. This is a cool study that supports it's active role in force production during unimanual tasks!

Nice work authors!
journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10....

Ipsilateral motor cortex regulates distinctly via interhemispheric inhibition force production versus force control in isometric unimanual contraction | Journal of Neurophysiology | American Physiolog...

Ipsilateral primary motor cortex (M1) contributions to force production are recognized, whereas conflicting evidence persists regarding movement-modulated short-interval interhemispheric inhibition (S...

journals.physiology.org

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 7

The North East neglect in this country is unbelievable. This is a truly amazing place with world class people. The neglect from the government regardless of party really needs to be addressed.

Durham University @durham.ac.uk · Aug 7

Universities for North East England (UNEE) has issued a statement on the Global Talent Fund. More information can be found on our website: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...

A statement from Universities for North East England

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 7

Haway the lads!

Sunderland AFC @safc.com · Aug 7

Eliezer Mayenda 🤝 2030

We're delighted to announce that Eliezer Mayenda has signed a new long-term contract with the Club! ❤️

🔗 safc.com/news/2025/august/07/eliezer-mayenda-signs-new-contract/

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Sylvain Baillet @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social · Aug 6

🧩🧠New release! OMEGA v3.1.1 is out—now with MEG-MRI co-registration for 480 participants 🎉 Manual alignment using original MRI+digitized head shape & fiducials. Includes BIDS-compliant landmarks+quality scores.

🔗 See “Co-registration” tab: www.mcgill.ca/bic/resource...

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Aug 6

The *final* stage of the TMS-RAT 🐀 v1.0 is happening... data are being compiled. 😬...

#TMS #BrainStim #SystematicReview

tms-rat.org

tms-rat.org

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 6

#HigherEd

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 6

#AcademicSky #AcademicSkyUK #EduSky

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOE516/h...

Head of School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation at Northumbria University

Searching for an academic job? Explore this Head of School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Sylvain Baillet @sylvainbaillet.bsky.social · Aug 5

🧠🚀 Announcing 𝐬𝐄𝐄𝐆-𝐒𝐔𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦: open-source pipeline for multimodal intracranial ephys /epilepsy research: CT→MRI coreg, GARDEL contact localization, atlas labelling, seizure fingerprinting, source analysis—all in one GUI.
neuroimage.usc.edu/brainstorm/s...

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 4

Which universities I wonder. I can venture a guess it's the big two... which is far from the reality the rest of the industry is facing.

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Aug 4

This alarming statistic begs the question, is it still reasonable to base academic promotions criteria on external funding success?

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Aug 4

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double - Research Professional News

Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Jul 18

Yeah... because the likes of Oxford and Cambridge and other top flight universities across the UK really needed this relative to the rest of the academic sector in the UK. This is such a shame.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · Jul 18

Twelve institutions win shares of UK’s £54m Global Talent Fund.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

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Mike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · Jul 1

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

Experimentology cover: title and curves for distributions.

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 4

And now the final presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @paul-ansdell.bsky.social presenting his work titled Hormone therapy attenuates menopause related impairments in cortical neuroplasticity at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 4

Penultimate presentation from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @elisanedelec.bsky.social presenting her work on knee extensior neuromuscular function across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is Dr Luca Angius givin a talk titled Non-invasive brain stimulation: Implications for exercise science research and application for physical and mental health at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our department head from @northumbriauni.bsky.social gave a fantastic presentation at @ecssofficial.bsky.social

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Second up from our group from @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @padraig-spillane.bsky.social presenting his work titled Contraction intensity-specific fluctuations in motor unit behaviour across the menstrual cycle at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

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Northumbria University Neuromuscular Function @nuneurofunc.bsky.social · Jul 4

Next up from our group at @northumbriauni.bsky.social is @jandrushko.bsky.social presenting work on the contribution of the reticulospinal tract to concentric, Isometric, and eccentric muscle actions at @ecssofficial.bsky.social in Rimini, Italy 🇮🇹

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Justin W. Andrushko @jandrushko.bsky.social · Jul 3

@dr-defreitas.bsky.social

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TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Jul 3

At our last meeting @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas introduced the physiology & physics of #EMG & how to get optimal signals. They stressed the importance of:

* setting up a low-noise lab
* consistent electrode placement
* digital filtering
* amplitude normalisation

A really useful talk!

TMSMultiLab @tmsmultilab.bsky.social · Jun 25

📢 This Friday at 14:00 BST, the first themed meeting of TMSMultiLab, on Electromyography (EMG) signals & processing, with @jandrushko.bsky.social & Jason DeFreitas.

To receive the regular meeting zoom links, join our github organisation, or the slack channel. Details:

github.com/TMSMultiLab/...

Meetings

Resources, data and code to help you run a TMS laboratory - TMSMultiLab/TMSMultiLab

github.com

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