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Global Health MSc @Brighton and Sussex Medical School @globalhealthmsc.bsky.social · 16d

Many congratulations to @bellatomsett.bsky.social 👏👏👏

Bella is an alumnus of the #globalhealth MSc course @bsmsmedschool.bsky.social who went on to a PhD and has had their publication cited. Great news!

Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · 18d

Academic milestone unlocked - I've been cited!!

#PhD #PhDVoice #Research #Publication #CiteMe

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · 18d

Academic milestone unlocked - I've been cited!!

#PhD #PhDVoice #Research #Publication #CiteMe

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Global Health MSc @Brighton and Sussex Medical School @globalhealthmsc.bsky.social · Jul 11

Congratulations to MSc Global Health alum, Freya Harding, for presenting dissertation research at the RCOG world Congress! Freya examined experiences of women accessing maternity services in the UK during COVID-19 and provides valuable lessons for maternity service models & future pandemic planning.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Mar 25

‘This government, like the last one, seems unable to put curiosity about causation before its impulse to cruelty.’

@arianneshahvisi.bsky.social on the cuts to personal independence payments, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ma...

Arianne Shahvisi | A Labour Thing to Do

The anthropologist Margaret Mead was just over five feet tall and had to stand on a suitcase to be seen above the...

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Jun 9

My first love in life was literature and writing. Over the past decade, it has been an on/off relationship, but I returned to creative writing more consistently this year, and braved doing a thing! Excited to have a couple of poems accepted for publication in the next issues of Interfere Journal.

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · May 30

Off to be a proper social worker for the day. It's been a wee while...

@socialworkerswb.bsky.social

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · May 20

Phenomenal way to start the @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social #BoxBreakers conference with an insightful talk from @kevinguyan.bsky.social about data, labels, and active resistance to being defined by a box.

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Apr 8

I don't think this is talked about enough - how incredibly validating the #QualitativeInterviewing process can be for the #Researcher, when the people for whom the research is intended talk about the value they see in your work.
This is the motivation that gets me through the bleakest #PhD days.

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Apr 2

And what a special thing to be able to claim a little part of! 🥰

Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Apr 2

To be clear, my *colleagues, not my * @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social. Proofread your posts, kids.

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Apr 2

Inspired by the diverse, interesting and important work of my @ctsgbrighton.bsky.social, unified by their interest in people and enabling #SocialChange! With the state of global politics, it feels like a huge privileged to have this space, and the work itself - an ongoing act of #Resistance.

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Global Health MSc @Brighton and Sussex Medical School @globalhealthmsc.bsky.social · Mar 31

A few more days until our exciting event! If you're unfamiliar with #globalhealth or considering it as a career, this forum will be a valuable opportunity to engage with professionals in the field & our Global Health training team. Come interact&ask questions.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-i...

Tackling Inequities in Global Health

Join us for insightful talks from award-winning researchers and global health experts who are working to address health inequalities!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Global Health MSc @Brighton and Sussex Medical School @globalhealthmsc.bsky.social · Mar 21

What is equity in global health? Join the conversation #CurrentStories #WorldHealthDay with 3 of our inspiring professionals working to address #globalhealthinequalities.

This is an online event on
📅 9 April 2025
⏰ 5 PM (GMT)

Register now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tackling-i...

Tackling Inequities in Global Health

Join us for insightful talks from award-winning researchers and global health experts who are working to address health inequalities!

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Feb 21

This looks like such an excellent, important event. Looking forward to joining the conversations!

#StandUpSpeakOut #SocialWorkersWithoutBorders

Migrants Organise @migrantsorganise.bsky.social · Feb 19

🔥 New sessions alert! 🔥 #StandUpSpeakOut is back with over 20 info packed sessions to build migrant solidarity. From narrative change to housing justice - join over 20 online sessions from march- June 2025. Full info and sign up ➡️

actionnetwork.org/event_campai...

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Feb 4

Thanks for sharing!

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Social Workers Without Borders @socialworkerswb.bsky.social · Dec 9

‼️The hostile environment is a safeguarding risk. Public services must be a place of safety and support, not tools of border enforcement. No more families abandoned by the systems meant to protect them‼️5/

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After Exploitation @afterexploitation.bsky.social · Jan 16

Now more than ever, we need this statement on grooming narratives.

Today, we are joined by 70+ survivors, academics, charities and experts on exploitation calling an end to damaging stereotypes and the start of real support for victims and survivors:

afterexploitation.com/2025/01/15/j...

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Jan 23

#CallForParticipants

If you work with people who have experienced #DomesticAbuse and/or #MordenSlavery, I'd love to hear from you: [email protected]

Please share with your networks to help this reach the right people.

#PhD #Research

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British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) @bashhuk.bsky.social · Dec 15

Are you planning to hold a STI Foundation course in 2025?

If so, ‘Train the Trainer’ for course directors and facilitators will be essential viewing to ensure you understand the new format and have a chance to ask any questions.

Book now: https://buff.ly/41s21LI

#MedSky

Train the Trainer Course
Programme Timetable:
09:30-10:30 New STIF Theory Course Structure (presentation and discussion)
10:45 - 12:00 Trauma-informed Teaching Methods (Dr Natalie Edelman)

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Jan 10

An interesting first for me today: after 11 on-line interviews, I am conducting my first 'in-person' one.
Invested in a little voice recorder, and now feeling like a proper professional researcher.

#PhD #PhDVoice #QualitativeResearch #Interview #AllTheGear

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Jan 4

Delight to have been invited to present at the Bakhita Centre 10th anniversary conference taking place at St Mary's University, Twickenham on 6-7 February.
I will be presenting my doctoral #research on a panel looking at the intersection between #ModernSlavery and #DomesticAbuse.

#PhD #PhDVoice

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Dec 27

On the 3rd day of Christmas, #SagePublishing gave to me... a volume and issue number for my inaugural paper!
And what better way to celebrate the end of 2024 than by sharing my proudest academic achievement to date with you all again: lnkd.in/epJtRevb

#PhD #PhDVoice #Research #NewPublication

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Bella Tomsett @bellatomsett.bsky.social · Dec 8

Sounds like hugely important and impactful work! 👏🏻

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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · Nov 25

Breaking the silence
New Study to Focus on Deaf Survivors of Domestic Abuse

Researchers will examine the impact of domestic abuse on families when children of deaf mothers are relied upon to interpret, highlighting the trauma these children may endure as co-victims. https://bit.ly/SPS-News-SocPol

A woman sits on a sofa with her knees up to her chest and her arms wrapped around herself. She's alone in a living room with children's toys strewn on the floor. Text reads: Breaking the silence. New Study to Focus on Deaf Survivors of Domestic Abuse

For the first time, researchers will examine the impact of domestic abuse on families when children of deaf mothers are relied upon to interpret, highlighting the trauma these children may endure as co-victims.

The University of Edinburgh’s Dr Claire Houghton is part of a new project to shed light on the challenges faced by deaf women in reporting or seeking help for domestic abuse.

Deaf women are up to three times more likely to experience domestic abuse than hearing women.

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