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Ellen Stewart
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probably typing with a cat on my shoulder | Professor of Public Policy & Health @uofgussp University of Glasgow | Editor, Sociology of Health & Illness | author 'How Britain Loves the NHS' @policypress
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profellenstu.bsky.social
Completed my work @uofgussp.bsky.social Heath & Safety training to give myself a quick win before heading off on holiday next week (given that everything else on my to do list is a binfire). Full marks, naturally, then a certificate that inexplicably says I am B3. I feel like I deserved an A.
February 6, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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louisekenward.bsky.social
Another great article from the brilliant work of @catherinehale.bsky.social & Chronic Illness Inclusion - paper from Catherine, Ana Bê & Anna Ruddock.

#DisabilitySky International Journal of Disability & Social Justice.

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Introducing “Energy Limiting Conditions”: The Emergence and Evolution of a New Impairment Concept
<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d1540804e129">The terms “energy limiting condition” (ELC) and “energy impairment”locate the embodied e...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
profellenstu.bsky.social
Such a useful setting! Switched on now, after too much posting on the move.
exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 2d
Alt text was on maybe 75% of Bsky images when I first joined. Accessibility is still the right thing to do.

You can hit the gear on the left of yr screen, click accessibility, and get Bsky to remind u to use alt text. It's pretty easy ❤️
February 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
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alecfinlay.bsky.social
when the weather matches the politics, 16 days without sun
walkhighlands.co.uk walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 2d
The Met Office say that its weather station near Aberdeen has had 16 days with no sun. It's the longest period of gloom ever recorded in the city.

Here's Balmedie Beach on better days, to help remind you of the that bright yellow disk in the sky thingy.
www.walkhighlands.co.uk/aberdeenshir...
Rising sun seen over sea from gap in dunes on sandy beach
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 AM
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theguardian.com
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
It’s the Epstein files deja vu: how many more powerful men knew about his crimes, and helped him out anyway? | Marina Hyde
I’m sorry, but this is not just a political scandal. Time to refocus on the horrific mistreatment of women and girls, and the role of these ghouls, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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profkatsmith.bsky.social
New @centrehealthpolicy.bsky.social blog by @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social & @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social & me summarises what lived experience insights show us that traditional research evidence misses about housing and health: www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/c...
Housing, Health, and What Lived Experience Shows Us that the Evidence-base Misses | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 AM
profellenstu.bsky.social
Senior Programme Manager role now advertised, here in Glasgow, with our interdisciplinary @healthmod.bsky.social Consortium.
February 3, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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gsoh31.bsky.social
In the UK academic recession, you will be at one of these stages since many unis buy the same cuts model from the same consultancies. It is always the same process:
*Talk of belt-tightening
*Incidental savings (e.g. printing, refreshments)
*Travel budgets cut
*Promotion freeze (1/4)
February 2, 2026 at 8:29 PM
profellenstu.bsky.social
It’s a ‘how to pay for healthcare’ sort of day for me. Glasgow bound and lecturing our PGT students on healthcare financing, plus CPP published this late last week.
uofgpolicy.bsky.social Centre for Public Policy @uofgpolicy.bsky.social · 9d
...2. The Scottish Budget and the politics of the NHS 🩺

@profellenstu.bsky.social examines the NHS featuring as a headline of the budget announcement, writing that the increase of the health budget ‘is modest, if not tight'.

Read:
www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/...
The Scottish Budget and the politics of the NHS, Professor Ellen Stewart. Photo includes cards with the NHS logo on, a photo of Professor Ellen Stewart, and the University of of Glasgow and Centre for Public Policy logos.
February 2, 2026 at 8:07 AM
profellenstu.bsky.social
Leaving snowy Netherlands after a week involving silly dress up, inspiring debates about important things and a near constant stream of small round breadcrumbed foodstuffs. I do very much love my job.
January 29, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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ipprscotland.bsky.social
"Stephen Boyd, the director of the Institute for Public Policy Research Scotland, described the proposals as 'profoundly unserious, almost comically so'." @stephenboydippr.bsky.social contributed to this article on Reform's tax plans.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform says it would cut green policies to fund £2bn income tax cut in Scotland
Party’s pitch to voters in May Holyrood elections dismissed as ‘profoundly unserious, almost comically so’ by analysts
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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andy8chi.bsky.social
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.

Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni

Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation

Management metrics mislead

Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission

www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 7:52 AM
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profkatsmith.bsky.social
More on SI paper with @lisagarnham.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social @clemmiehilloconnor.bsky.social: creating housing-health maps, we found alignment btwn policy & research but different views frm those with lived experience of housing struggles: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jc... 1/3
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
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profkatsmith.bsky.social
New @cphjournal.bsky.social special issue on decentring health systems out: journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jcph featuring articles exploring how competing narratives, agency & resistance shape health policy & practice. Includes papers examining economic restructuring... 1/4
Journal of Critical Public Health
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January 23, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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margaret.bsky.social
But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes.

What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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uofgpolicy.bsky.social
We're delighted to welcome colleagues from across Scotland’s public policy and research communities to @glasgow.ac.uk today for our #StopStart event📍🚦

We've kicked off this morning hearing from Jim McCormick @therobertsontrust.bsky.social and Permanent Secretary Joe Griffin.
Jim McCormick, CEO The Robertson Trust, addressing the room Joe Griffin, Permanent Secretary of the Scottish Government, addressing the room
January 19, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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stuarthoddinott.bsky.social
DHSC published its impact statement for the 10 Year Health Plan this week (yes, that is 6 months after it published the plan)

It's more measured and clear-eyed than the original document and quite a contrast to some of the effusive optimism in the plan

Some of the things that caught my eye 👇
January 15, 2026 at 10:25 AM
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anacweeks.bsky.social
How do you measure the domestic mental load? 🧐

And how does your experience stack up against our research of 3,000 US parents?

I created a quiz using the same approach we use in peer-reviewed sociological research so you can find out!

Hope this sparks some conversations 💡

tally.so/r/447Xxk
The Mental Load Quiz
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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melissaterras.bsky.social
Missing from the coverage of redundancies at Edinburgh: this was done in such a haphazard, uncoordinated way, there are now core teams who have gone from 5 people to 1 with no change in workload or pressure and huge loss in knowledge of institutional process. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2576321...
Hundreds of staff leave Edinburgh University amid cuts drive
According to the university, 345 of these departures were the result of a targeted voluntary severance (VS) scheme run by the institution in 2025.
www.heraldscotland.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:36 AM
profellenstu.bsky.social
Hope @catherineneedham.bsky.social managed to watch a bit of this. Fascinating on social care reform!
January 13, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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uofgpolicy.bsky.social
📣Speakers Confirmed: Political Panel on Scotland’s Public Service Reform!

As we turn our heads towards Holyrood 2026, we'll be speaking to a cross party panel of politicians!

Last chance to register for our free conference on Mon 19 Jan.

Register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/stopstart-...
Stop Start - making public service reform stick: • Michael Marra MSP (Scottish Labour) • Dr Sandesh Gulhane MSP (Scottish Conservatives) • Alison Thewliss (SNP candidate for Glasgow Central) • Jamie Greene MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) • Graham Simpson MSP (Reform UK) • A speaker from the Scottish Greens – to be confirmed shortly
January 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
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profrachelgan.bsky.social
Following coverage over the weekend of Sir Paul Nurse's comments that suggested that the only reason that a Fellow should be expelled from @royalsociety.org is scientific misconduct, I have written to him to explain the risks such an attitude poses of increasing sexual harassment in STEM.
Dear Sir Paul, Re: Royal Society Code of Conduct I am sure that many scientists have written to you about the specific question of Elon Musk’s Fellowship and whether, under the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct, his retaining that Fellowship is appropriate. I will not rehash these issues. Instead, as a female scientist with extensive experience of activities aiming to increase equality, diversity and inclusion in the engineering and physical sciences sector, I am writing to you (in a personal capacity) to ask you to reconsider the statements you have recently made in this context to the UK press about the Royal Society’s Code of Conduct and how it is applied. A 2018 report from the joint National Academies of the United States of America, concluded that “sexual harassment is common in academic science, engineering, and medicine” and that “greater than 50 percent of women faculty and staff and 20–50 percent of women students encounter or experience sexually harassing conduct in academia”. This report described codes of conduct that make clear that sexual harassment is unethical and will not be tolerated as a “powerful incentive for change”. The authors also noted that sexual harassment can have significant and damaging effects on the integrity of research. In my own praxis, I have found that clear and consistently-implemented codes of conduct that address these issues make female scientists and engineers safer, and allow them to focus more effectively on their research. For codes of conduct to have such a positive effect, it is vital that sanctions for actions which transgress the code are meaningful and substantial. I was hence aghast to realise that in an interview with the Financial Times published on 9/1/26, you appear to have suggested that the Royal Society “should only expel fellows if their science proved “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective””. Moreover, in a further interview with the Guardian on 11/1/26 you suggested that the code “may need to be looked at again”, with the implication that your aim would be to remove the option of sanctions on Fellows for reasons not strictly related to faults or defects in their research. I suggest that changing the Royal Society’s code of conduct so that the likelihood of serious sanctions for sexual harassment is reduced, would directly endanger women who interact with the Royal Society at events or otherwise, and would provide a licence to harass to the already powerful people on whom the Society bestows fellowship. The implications of your words - that under your leadership the only infringements of the code which are likely to receive the sanction of the Fellowship being removed are those related to research misconduct - already risk empowering harassers. You stated, in the Financial Times interview, that “there’s many bad people around, but they have made scientific advances”. Given this awareness of the possibility of bad actors in our scientific community, it is wholly irresponsible to suggest that the Royal Society would not act to sanction these people if they harass more vulnerable scientists. I am hence writing to request that you retract any suggestion that the Society’s Code of Conduct should be changed so that the only reason a Fellow might be sanctioned by the removal of their Fellowship is “faulty or fraudulent or highly defective” research. This action is necessary to safeguard female scientists, a requirement placed on the Society by safeguarding legislation and UK statutory guidance. Yours sincerely, Professor Rachel A. Oliver.
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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juliango.bsky.social
I'm looking forward to returning to Glasgow to deliver the 2nd Annual Racial Justice Lecture following Patricia Hill Collins inaugural lecture last year. It’s great that @glasgow.ac.uk is open to discussions of racial justice when in the US it has become a taboo topic.
January 12, 2026 at 2:36 AM
profellenstu.bsky.social
"The building was designed by George Gilbert Scott as an elaborate, centuries long prank, with the explicit intention to confuse everyone who ever needed to find a room within the building."
thisismyglasgow.bsky.social This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · Jan 6
While the main university buildings were designed by George Gilbert Scott and were built in the 1860s, this distinctive spire was only added by his son, John Oldrid Scott, in the 1890s.

#glasgow #glasgowuniversity #supermoon #silhouette #architecture
#architecturephotography
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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john-self.bsky.social
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM