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Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) @hsmcentre.bsky.social · Jul 8

📣Read @profjudithsmith.bsky.social's (Birmingham School of @birminghamschool.bsky.social) new article in @theconversation.com where she explores what's in and what's missing from the eagerly awaited ten-year health plan for England

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NHS ten-year plan for England: what’s in it and what’s needed to make it work

Ten-year NHS transformation hinges on funding and staff support.

theconversation.com

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Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) @hsmcentre.bsky.social · Jul 9

"What a performance: anticipating the impact of new provider league tables in the NHS"

New blog by Professor Russell Mannion @birminghamschool.bsky.social in anticipation of the new provider league tables in the NHS

www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/wh...

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Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) @hsmcentre.bsky.social · Jul 9

Vertical Shifts and Horizontal Drift: what might integrated care look like in a future NHS?

Read the lastest blog exploring the future of integrated care in the UK by HSMC Director, Professor Ross Millar @birminghamschool.bsky.social

www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/ve...

#nhs #nhsplan #healthcare

Vertical Shifts and Horizontal Drift: what might integrated care look like in a future NHS? - University of Birmingham

Professor Ross Millar on the future of integrated care

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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CHASM - Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management @chasm-uob.bsky.social · Jul 9

CHASM and the Centre for Responsible Business present
Dr Jane Brown, @newcastleuni.bsky.social on Thursday 17th July 2025

'Using Pronoun-Poetry to research Indebted Consumers’ money management'

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@carolinemoraes.bsky.social @kristianfuzi.bsky.social @birminghamschool.bsky.social

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Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) @hsmcentre.bsky.social · Jul 10

"An informed decision? The NHS 10-Year Health Plan, Earned Autonomy and Patient Choice"

NEW BLOG by Prof. Mark Exworthy @birminghamschool.bsky.social,responding to the new NHS plan,where he states that little has been learnt from research evidence about previous NHS reforms

tinyurl.com/2ntnjsrh

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Jun 19

It was a great lecture- engaging, transparent about the methodology & insightful. A great start to this new distinguished lecture series hosted in Birmingham, UK

Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · Jun 18

Wonderful inaugural Autar Dhesi Lecture by Prof. Mario Small @marioluissmall.bsky.social at the University of Birmingham School of Social Policy and Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social yesterday!!!

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · May 15

A powerful reflection on the impact of Professor Stuart Hall and the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies on movements for social justice, from our inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair, Professor Daniel McNeil.

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · May 1

So proud of Dr Yuchen Yang. Fantastic achievement!!!

Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · Apr 17

I'm thrilled to receive the 2025 Richard Saller Prize for the Most Outstanding Dissertation in UChicago Social Sciences Division. I'm so grateful to be supported by so many friends, colleagues, and professors who offered me unwavering encouragement throughout this challenging intellectual journey!

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Mar 20

Listen to the latest episode of the ASA Altruism Morality & Social Solidarity Section's Moral Matters podcast, featuring a conversation w/ ASA member Michele Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social on her book, Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World.

Speaking of Solidarity with Michèle Lamont

Moral Matters: Conversations with Sociologists on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity · Episode

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · Mar 17

Prof. Michèle Lamont @mlamont.bsky.social came to the University of Birmingham @birminghamschool.bsky.social today and gave a great talk on "The Global Challenge to Seeing Others" for our Birmingham Sociology Network Annual Lecture!

Prof. Michèle Lamont delivering a lecture at the University of Birmingham

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CHASM - Centre on Household Assets and Savings Management @chasm-uob.bsky.social · Feb 27

Join us for our CHASM Seminar next week!

'The financial constraints of living with terminal illness while on a UK visa: reflections from professionals'

Presented by @laurence-lessard.bsky.social, @birminghamschool.bsky.social & @irisbirmingham.bsky.social

www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/cha...

The financial constraints of living with terminal illness while on a UK visa: reflections from professionals

In this paper, we aim to investigate the financial stability of individuals and families at the intersections of terminal illness and migration, through the lens of the professionals supporting them.

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Feb 24

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Daniel McNeil to the inaugural Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/un...

University of Birmingham announces new Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair - University of Birmingham

Professor Daniel McNeil will take up the new post as Stuart Hall Interdisciplinary Chair at the University of Birmingham in the summer.

www.birmingham.ac.uk

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Beth Watts-Cobbe @bethwcobbe.bsky.social · Jan 16

Indentured: benefit deductions, debt recovery &and welfare disciplining - Daniel Edmiston's webinar topic next week (23rd, 11am) as part of @i-sphere.bsky.social /Centre for Homelessness & Inclusion health series. Please share & join us. All welcome! i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk/event/i-sphe...

I-SPHERE and CHIH January Seminar – I-SPHERE

i-sphere.site.hw.ac.uk

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · Dec 18

🗣️ "Working-age benefits are at destitution levels, and this (state pension) being slightly better than that is still not great," says @statspeter.bsky.social

Earlier today, Peter gave evidence to DWP's select committee on the challenges and mitigations of policies to tackle pensioner poverty.

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

go.bsky.app/DEsn6f2 we are starting a list of colleagues in the School - reply here to be added!

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

We host the Stuart Hall Archive project here in the Muirhead Tower at the University of Birmingham - for further information and to sign up to the mailing list www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/stu...

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi there please could you add our school to this list? Thank you!

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

Thanks for this Ellen, please could you add our school … from me @profnicolagale.bsky.social

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

Please could you add our school? We have a department of social work

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

Hi there, please could you add our school? We have a department of social work & social care

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

In our annual criminology lecture, Paula Harriott, Chief Executive of Unlock, gave a thought provoking lecture on “Lived Experience as Expertise” and how the knowledges of those with experience of the criminal justice and prison system can shift and change criminological research for the better.

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Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

Please could you add us? Thank you!

Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 22

We would like to be added please 😀

Birmingham School of Social Policy & Society @birminghamschool.bsky.social · Nov 21

Please can our school join this pack? We have criminology UG, PG & research