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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Sep 8

We are recruiting!! Join #MISLToe_SSD and be part of the new study in Wales. This is an exciting project which is now in phase 2 with phase 3 in the planning stages. If you know about speech sound disorder and know about research, please apply.
jobs.cardiffmet.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at Cardiff Metropolitan University: Research Fellow (Speech and Language Therapy)

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to support the delivery of an exciting new Health and Care Research Wales funded research project in the field of children’s speech development and disord...

jobs.cardiffmet.ac.uk

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Aug 30

Are you a healthcare researcher in Wales and at midcareer stage looking for funding to develop independence OR to complete a PhD by published works -if so, this scheme could be for you healthandcareresearchwales.org/researchers/...
Deadline 9th October

Advancing Researcher Scheme

healthandcareresearchwales.org

Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jul 8

Important report from the NMAHPs Task and Finish group, commissioned by the Office for the Strategic Coordination of Health Research to address decline in clinical academic workforce.
www.ukri.org/publications...

Five key action areas identified
Essential reading for UK clinical academics

Clinical researchers in the UK: reversing the decline

These reports evaluate the current decline in clinical researchers, determines underlying causes and defines necessary actions across stakeholders at a national level.

www.ukri.org

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jul 4

Come and join our MISLToe_SSD team! Great opportunity for post doc in SLT, linguistics or psychology.
www.nbt.nhs.uk/careers/curr...

Current Vacancies | North Bristol NHS Trust

www.nbt.nhs.uk

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 26

I didn't notice that!!

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 26

Well done @rhonwenlewis.bsky.social - I heard you were great!!

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 26

@samburrslt.bsky.social presenting at @icpla2025.bsky.social on speech sound development in pre term born children
Another presentation from @bristol-sltru.bsky.social and @cardiffmet.bsky.social and @cshcr.bsky.social

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 20

A new action plan has been launched to boost research skills and opportunities for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals in Wales. Read more from healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/s... @welshgovernment.bsky.social @researchwales.bsky.social

Strategic action plan to boost research by nurses, midwives and allied health professions in Wales

A new research plan for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals has been launched today.

healthandcareresearchwales.org

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 14

Are you an SLT/SLP with vision difference? This could include vision loss, vision impairment, blindness, deafblindness, cortical/cerebral/neurological vision impairment. If so, Kate Crowe, University of Iceland would love to hear from you at [email protected].

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 12

Yeh! HI Elise. And welcome!

Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · Jun 12

@drelisebaker.bsky.social is here, 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES #childspeechdis @sharynnemcleod.bsky.social @tricmc.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @csdrnetwork.bsky.social @suze-freogirl.bsky.social Here’s a fun guy to follow, Elise - @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social

Dr Elise Baker (@drelisebaker.bsky.social)

Elise Baker is a Conjoint Associate Professor of Allied Health with Western Sydney University and South Western Sydney Local Health District. As a speech-language pathologist, she’s interested in paed...

drelisebaker.bsky.social

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 4

Ooh enjoy Susan. I was there in September. Lots going on in Brazil SLT. Exciting opportunities.

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Jun 4

Thank you Caroline. This is a paper from our @misltoessd.bsky.social study where we've developed a Core Outcome Set for SSD (paper in submission). We've had great involvement from the UK SLTs with this. Looking forward to exploring options to take this further with other nations at ICPLA and beyond.

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Symplify @symplify.bsky.social · Jun 3

The SLCN Researchers WhatsApp Community is officially live! Join here: chat.whatsapp.com/KTzjCVahxLKE...

This is a free space for all speech, language and communication-related research-active folks to connect, network and share. I’m really excited to build this community up! #slpeeps

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Dr Susan Ebbels @susanebbels.bsky.social · May 20

Sounds like a great project. Anyone interested? #bskySPEECHIES #DevLangDis

Michelle St Clair @michellestclair.bsky.social · May 13

New post for an SLT/SLP Research Associate/Assistant to work on an @edldproject.bsky.social project to validate a screening tool to identify #DevLangDis in adults! Please RT widely! @suze-freogirl.bsky.social @emilymayjackson.bsky.social @profnikkibotting.bsky.social www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

ED12650 Research Assistant/Associate - Jobs at Bath

Research Associate

www.bath.ac.uk

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · May 19

Great opportunity for an SLT interested in research to work with an excellent team on validating a new screening tool for adults with non-diagnosed DLD.
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

ED12650 Research Assistant/Associate - Jobs at Bath

Research Associate

www.bath.ac.uk

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Joanne Cleland @drjoannecleland.bsky.social · May 12

Our @misltoessd.bsky.social paper describing our consensus-based diagnostic protocol for subtyping #ChildSpeechDis is out now doi.org/10.1111/1460... .

Towards an Agreed Labelling System and Protocol for the Diagnosis of Speech Sound Disorder Subtypes in the United Kingdom

Background There is no single classification system or diagnostic protocol for speech sound disorder (SSD). This makes it difficult to collect large-scale outcome data and determine which interventi.....

doi.org

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Apr 23

Interested in undertaking a masters level dissertation with support? See this opportunity for health and social care professionals in the South West. Deadline 30th April.

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Apr 23

Are you a health or social care professional in the South west and interested in developing research methods skills? Opportunity for an @chcr-uwe.bsky.social Personal Research Training award. Deadline 30th April so act quickly.

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Apr 8

Really excited to be promoting Cardiff Metropolitan University's modules in cleft palate for speech and language therapists. These provide vital training in cleft specialist skills and can either be taken as standalone modules or part of a Masters Programme
@cshcr.bsky.social @cardiffmet.bsky.social

Poster providing information about cleft masters module at Cardiff Met University

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Dr Abhaya Vadlamudi @abhayavadlamudi.bsky.social · Mar 21

Cleft@18-23 study is now recruiting participants across the UK! @cleft1823study.bsky.social

#cleft #cleft18-23 #cleftresearch #cleftlipandpalate

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Cleft Collective @cleftcollective.bsky.social · Apr 8

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh visited @bristoluni.bsky.social to learn more about world-leading research funded by Scar Free Foundation. HRH visited the Cleft Collective as one of the studies funded by Scar Free for over 10 years.
Read more: www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...
Image credit: James Allan

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Mar 1

Writing a grant application is always daunting but when you are starting out, knowing what to write and how to write it can be overwhelming. This 3 day workshop from the NIHR (which I think is free) is an ideal opportunity to learn how to do it: nihr-rss-public-health-soton.org/egga2025-pro...

EGGA2025 Programme - Research Design Service South Central

nihr-rss-public-health-soton.org

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Mar 1

Fantastic opportunity to work with Prof McKean!

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Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · Jan 10

@clairemillsslt.bsky.social @charliestrutt.bsky.social @sarahhayward.bsky.social @hazelroddam.bsky.social @jowallinger.bsky.social @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social

Please share to open doors for #ResearchCurious SLTs 🤩

Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · Jan 10

📣 Are you a research-curious SLT?

The Clinical Academic CEN invites #StudyDay:

"The Research Elevator Pitch"
7th March 12:30-2pm (Zoom)

Email: [email protected] with your project or to join the event

@bristol-sltru.bsky.social @cshcr.bsky.social @speechbite.bsky.social @sltsbl.bsky.social

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Professor Yvonne Wren @yvonnewren.bsky.social · Feb 6

15% discount on the new Therapy Outcome Measure Handbook now available at www.jr-press.co.uk/forthcoming-....
Includes new PROM on principles of TOM — the TOM-PROM!
+ 6 new scales:
-Nutrition
-Assistive technology
-Long Covid
-Paediatric/developmental conditions
-Mental health
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Forthcoming Books - J&R Press

FORTHCOMING BOOKS

www.jr-press.co.uk

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