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Jo VanEvery

@jovanevery.bsky.social

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I help academics protect time for writing and resist overwork. Meaningfulness matters. You are more than your job. I also make things with textiles, read romances, sing alto in a choir. Subscribe to my newsletter: JoVanEvery.co.uk/newsletter

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 8d

If writing is what makes this job meaningful for you, it will make a difference to protect time for it, even when things are busy or uncertain. A Meeting With Your Writing can help. 4 sessions weekly. Will 1 of them work for you? academicwritingstudio.co.uk/a-meeting-wi...

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 11h

if this question is coming up after so long that’s maybe a sign you’d like to see them?

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 14h

And water is a natural monopoly, we can't have competition, so we need public ownership - normal in 9/10 countries around the world

Here's why we can afford it, starting with Thames Water dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 14h

This is always a possibility

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 15h

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The UK’s independent scientific bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation - over the past 5 months I've been working with @martinmckee.bsky.social to map out their vulnerabilities and it's not good news.

Today our report is published!
www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...

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UK’s arm’s length public bodies are highly vulnerable to politicisation

Seven in ten Britons say it is important for top scientific institutions to be independent in exclusive new polling.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 15h

Yeah I got a flu one at the GP clinic and asked about covid (which I've had the last few years due to a very minor heart condition) and she said eligibility those has been really reduced. Not even healthcare workers are eligible.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 19h

✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn:

🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5

Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...

#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri

Wendy Baldwin | Writing retreats

Writing retreats allow you to make substantial progress on your writing project within a tried and tested structure that prioritizes and supports both writing and writer.

www.linguaverse.net

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 19h

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 20h

Anyway, it just so happens I wrote something about the need for digital social policy the other day www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and... better support for parents and children feels like a great place to start

The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change

In our next essay, Rachel Coldicutt explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communit ...

www.powertochange.org.uk

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Adam Golberg @cash4questions.bsky.social · 20h

In the light of the continuing university sector perma-crisis, I'm sharing this again in case it's useful...

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..."

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-funding-k...

Coping with the university funding crisis - Research Professional News

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

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 23h

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 23h

I wondered about that. Thanks for clarifying. I

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Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

it’s that simple

verbally abusing your staff is disqualifying

Amy Hoy @amyhoy.bsky.social · 1d

if you don’t understand a leader’s job is to PROTECT the people with less power, you cannot be a leader

somebody who abuses people under their power is never an effective or even decent leader

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 23h

Just as an aside, if a Nobel prize winning scientist can take a vacation and put his phone on airplane mode while he does it, so can you.

He’s absolutely right. That email was not more important than his hike.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 23h

Govts repeatedly prioritise corporate interests over the public interest, citing innovation and growth as the pretext.
Deregulated free zones are the most sinister and pernicious form of corporate overreach designed to exit democracy and bypass public participation in the decision-making process.

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 23h

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