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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 21h

Catching up on this and welling up about how much representation matters to young people’s future aspirations and the importance of funding community youth services to help achieve those dreams www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Desert Island Discs - Michael Sheen, actor - BBC Sounds

Michael Sheen, actor, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 2d

Haha, this is the marker. That and the Em dash.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 2d

Yes, definitely, and you can ask for output in Brit English. But I find co-pilot says I have spelt organisations wrong, and fear laziness amongst other things will see more outputs in US English. But hey ho, language is always evolving. I read once that US English is closer to Olde English.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes feel the legacy of AI will be the death of British English spelling.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 5d

“A country that once turned out visionaries, engineers, inventors and artists is raising a generation that can swipe, scroll, and like – but not make, see or imagine.”

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Children starved of art lose their creative spark – and t...

You can’t buy a crayon with the amount spent on arts education in some schools – leaving pupils without the skills for tomorrow’s jobs

observer.co.uk

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 6d

Looking at Labour Force survey data for June, I see that every single one of the 4,666 government-supported trainees in UK construction are male. Every. Single. One.

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 6d

Nothing about statistics on population and housing makes me feel the UK is united. It’s exhausting having to look in so many different places for even basic information.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 11d

Spotted in @theweek.com, this says a lot about the British public

21% of British adults believe that tea is grown in the UK, rising to 46% for those aged 25 to 34.
Kantar/The Independent

Image showing text reading: 21% of British adults believe that tea is grown in the UK, rising to 46% for those aged 25 to 34.
Kantar/The Independent

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 13d

Altair Ltd is recruiting for both Senior Development Consultant and Development Consultant roles within our Development & Regeneration team - fantastic opportunities to work on projects that shape new homes and communities.

Find out more and apply here:

altairltd.co.uk/working-at-a...

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 13d

Generation New Era is a rubbish name, but great news that this has been commissioned www.ukri.org/news/ukri-an...

UKRI announces first UK-wide birth cohort study in 25 years

A ground-breaking UK-wide scientific study will help improve the lives of future generations by studying 30,000 children born in 2026.

www.ukri.org

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 13d

I find it so perplexing. We essential have a digital id already, it's just in the hand of private companies like google rather than the government. 30 years ago it made sense to object, but since handing over all our data to .coms, less so.

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 13d

Doing Altair's latest stocktake, and find this from the Regulator's latest quarterly survey very striking: capital market investment in social housing is at a six-year low. It's expensive to borrow long-term with gilt yields and interest rates high, which makes short-term bank loans more attractive.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/quarterly-survey-for-q1-april-to-june-2025/quarterly-survey-for-q1-april-to-june-2025

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 15d

Has anyone seen any studies on whether extending the state pension age had any impact on young people entering or progressing in the labour market? Suspect @theifs.bsky.social and @resfoundation.bsky.social may have looked at this?

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 24d

Looking forward to the third London Council Housing Complaints Forum, with very special guest Housing Ombudsman, Richard Blakeway. Great opportunity for local authorities in the capital to network and share practice on complaints. Thanks to Camden for funding and City of London for hosting.

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 28d

Just two weeks left to apply for the @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social 2025 Early Career Researcher's Prize. Deadline is 25th Sept. You could follow in some great footsteps. Get in touch if you have a paper you're considering submitting: www.thinkhouse.org.uk/about/early-...

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Home Builders Federation @homebuildersfed.bsky.social · 29d

So, how’s England’s housing pipeline looking?
Short answer? Weak.

chart showing residential planning approvals by region with numbers declining

chart showing residential planning approvals in GB declining

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · 29d

We are looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Transformation & Change team! 🌟

Fantastic opportunity to make a real difference. If you're a strategic thinker with solid project management experience + a flair for driving change, we’d love to hear from you.

altairltd.co.uk/current-role...

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ironeconomist.bsky.social @ironeconomist.bsky.social · Sep 5

This would make a great launching point for some tax reform. ‘The rules are so complicated even the deputy prime minister acting in good faith can’t follow them’.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Sep 5

Whatever your political views, Rayner's resignation has big implications for social housing. She fought hard for much-needed investment in new homes, reforms to right to buy, and rent convergence. She listened to what was needed and had the political skill to get it.

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Sep 4

The @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social Early Career Researcher’s Prize (ECRP) closes on 25th Sept, don’t miss out!

@anyamartin.bsky.social, Former Director of PricedOut, won the 2019 ECRP and says it "was a great step in my research career".

Find out how to apply👉 www.thinkhouse.org.uk/about/early-...

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Sep 4

Two things sing out at me from this article:
1. "We created one single technology platform that works across every aspect of the business"
2. "A big advantage of being brand new is that we have very solid customer data in a single system"
www.insidehousing.co.uk/comment/how-...

How Sage Homes built a housing management function from scratch

Last year, Sage Homes moved the management of its homes in-house. The results are encouraging, writes Roger Wilshaw, its managing director of housing operations

www.insidehousing.co.uk

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Sep 4

Fantastic to see this investment and very proud to have contributed to the debate through @altairltd.bsky.social research for @sfha.bsky.social and Wheatley Group on the impact of the wait for social housing and need for long-term funding. www.sfha.co.uk/news/still-w...

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Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · Sep 1

More than half of supported housing providers’ schemes at risk of closure, NHF survey finds

A National Housing Federation survey found that 56% of supported housing providers have schemes which are likely to close unless there is urgent funding

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Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Sep 1

I'm off to Housing Community Summit next week. Who wants to meet for beverages? Don't leave me hanging, Bluesky.

Bekah Ryder @bekahryder.bsky.social · Aug 12

A piece from me about some interesting questions in housing research right now and how submissions to @thinkhouseinfo.bsky.social might help to answer them. Get your papers in by 25th September.

Inside Housing @insidehousing.bsky.social · Aug 11

The times are changing: let’s look to research for understanding and opportunity 

We are proud to sponsor Thinkhouse’s Early Career Researcher’s Prize, which is an opportunity to showcase work to a wide audience, says Bekah Ryder at Altair

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