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Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 6d

This is very good from @zackpolanski.bsky.social. It's exactly what I hoped *and expected* to hear from a Labour government but sadly didn't.
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Migration is Britain’s superpower. Our future depends on embracing that truth, not denying it | Zack Polanski

Labour has lost its nerve. At our party conference this weekend, we’re gathering to set things right, says Green party leader Zack Polanski

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NAPLIC @naplic.bsky.social · 6d

Professor Maggie Snowling will be presenting on Monday Oct 6th at 4pm at the SLCN specialist teacher network. All about DLD and literacy. Online. One not to be missed.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dldslcn-sp...

Free to members, which starts from £20 per year.
www.naplic.org.uk/membership/

#DevLangDis

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Saloni Krishnan @salonikrishnan.bsky.social · 6d

October is an exciting month - it includes Dyslexia Awareness week (#DAW25), ADHD Awareness Month, and DLD Awareness Day - and I thought it was a great time to raise awareness of #neurodiversity - and talk about a new project thats close to my heart..

Card with UK young Academy branding asking neurodivergent people to share their experiences at work

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Bristol Speech & Language Therapy Research Unit @bristol-sltru.bsky.social · May 20

@BSLTRU recently undertook a survey for the @RCSLT to evaluate their Professional Development Framework. We want to add some colour to the quantitative findings! Could you spare 30 mins or so to tell Sam how you have used it? Drop an email - [email protected]

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · 6d

Very proud to see brilliant SLT Researcher @samburrslt.bsky.social mentioned not once but twice in this list of awards. Congratulation Sam!

Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 8d

So excited to be able to progress this important work in collaboration with inspirational and passionate families, clinicians and researchers 🤩

Improving Speech Outcomes for VP-Born Children in Wales(PROSPER) @prosperstudy.bsky.social · 8d

We are excited to announce that the PROSPER study has been awarded funding via the Health and Care Research Wales Advanced Fellowship

Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social leads this vital work to improve speech outcomes for VP-born children in Wales

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CSDR Network @csdrnetwork.bsky.social · 7d

Good news- more #SSD research happening in the UK. This project will look at the feasibility of collecting a core outcomes set from children with speech sound disorders in Wales.

misltoessd.bsky.social @misltoessd.bsky.social · 8d

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded prestigious funding from Health and Care Research Wales to conduct Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD study in Wales! 🤩

healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h...

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Health and Care Research Wales announces latest round of funding awards

Health and Care Research Wales has announced the recipients of its latest funding awards today (1 October 2025). Funding has been awarded both for projects addressing public and patient need, as well...

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Rosa Luxury @kaha123.bsky.social · 6d

@nionwomen.bsky.social
Could you promote this consultation about keeping Hampstead Heath ponds trans inclusive? The ponds are nice and god knows trans people don't need any more joy removing from their lives.

Terfs are all over this.

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Public Consultation on Hampstead Heath Bathing Ponds | Commonplace

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 8d

If you want to email Keir Starmer telling him, politely, what you think of his plan for digital ID cards we've made it super easy for you:

goodlawproject.org/campaign/kei...

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · 6d

Chris Robins @grannyrobinsslt.bsky.social · 13d

If any #bskyspeechies can help gather research data (via online focus group)on this under-researched area, please email me: [email protected]

Poster advertising online focus group for speech and language therapists to discuss oral trials in community practice

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Dr Sam Burr @samburrslt.bsky.social · 8d

Fantastic news! @yvonnewren.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @samharding.bsky.social

misltoessd.bsky.social @misltoessd.bsky.social · 8d

We are delighted to share that we have been awarded prestigious funding from Health and Care Research Wales to conduct Phase 2 of the MISLToe_SSD study in Wales! 🤩

healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/h...

@cshcr.bsky.social

Health and Care Research Wales announces latest round of funding awards

Health and Care Research Wales has announced the recipients of its latest funding awards today (1 October 2025). Funding has been awarded both for projects addressing public and patient need, as well...

healthandcareresearchwales.org

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Pam Slater @pamslater26.bsky.social · 21d

@csdrnetwork.bsky.social @speechandlanguk.bsky.social @afasic.bsky.social @naplic.bsky.social @vjoffe.bsky.social @drhelenslt.bsky.social @drjoannecleland.bsky.social @jititterington.bsky.social

Would be great if you could sign & share this petition 🙏

Anyone in the UK can sign the petition.

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Shayoni Lynn @shayonislynn.bsky.social · Aug 29

We must understand how minority views influence majority participation in online discourse. The authors study Republican supporters of childhood vaccines (the majority) and how they react when exposed to an online environment dominated by anti-vax Republicans (the minority) #Misinformation

The Influence of Minority Views on Majority Participation in Online Discourse | Journal of Media Psychology

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Shayoni Lynn @shayonislynn.bsky.social · Sep 8

Can epidemiology models explain how rumours spread? This analysis, using the Great Fear as a case study, provides a quantitative answer to "the unresolved debate between the role of emotions and rationality in explaining its diffusion." #BehaviouralScience

Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature

Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...

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WAIT-UP SLT / Gillian Rudd @waitupslt.bsky.social · Aug 20

Blog post: About me
#WaitUpSLT
waitupslt.blogspot.com/2025/07/abou...

About Me

It feels rather odd to be creating a whole post 'about me'; somewhat egocentric. I do, however, believe that people should be able to know ...

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WAIT-UP SLT / Gillian Rudd @waitupslt.bsky.social · Aug 20

New blog post: Children's speech & language therapy waiting lists continue to grow.
According to @england.nhs.uk data, 70,698 children & young people were waiting for SLT support in June 2025 - up 3.69% from May 2025. 26,485 (37%) were waiting over 18 weeks.
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Children's speech and language therapy waiting lists continue to grow

Earlier this month NHS England (2025) released the June 2025 waiting list figures for Community Health Services. Despite assurances last...

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WAIT-UP SLT / Gillian Rudd @waitupslt.bsky.social · Aug 21

The #WaitUPSLT blog has now been viewed over 500 times! Thank you for your continued interest and engagement. 🙏🌟
#Research #ResearchOpportunity
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WAIT-UP SLT / Gillian Rudd @waitupslt.bsky.social · Aug 22

Opportunity to join research advisory groups! WAIT-UP SLT is seeking expressions of interest from:
👥 parents and caregivers: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/waitup...
👥 individuals working within speech and language therapy services: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/bcu/waitup...
Please share 🙏

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · 27d

Read about Research Capacity in SLT/P a great study led by brilliant SLT @katiedooslt.bsky.social using behaviour change models (TDF & COM-B) to make sense of it!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Use of the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation‐Behaviour Model and Theoretical Domains Framework to Understand Barriers and Enablers of Research Capacity and Culture for Speech and Language Therapy Staff

Background Research Capacity and Culture (RCC) is important for research engagement. Little is known of what speech and language therapy staff perceives to be the barriers or enablers to this at ind...

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IASLT @iasltofficial.bsky.social · Aug 28

We are delighted to have @drhelenslt.bsky.social join us this morning to discuss the importance of agreed terminology in speech sound disorders. Thank you Helen and thank you all for joining us! #iaslt #iasltcpd

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Dr Stephanie van Eeden @stephvanee-slt.bsky.social · Aug 30

New article from my PhD findings. Children aged 5-8 with CLP had lower visual and auditory attention skills compared with norms and these skills were correlated with language outcomes. Available open access @drhelenslt.bsky.social @cristina-mckean.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Attention Skills in Children With Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip and Palate

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Aug 8

"43 per cent of doctors surveyed said they had researched career opportunities in other countries, and 15 per cent had taken “hard steps” towards working outside the UK – such as applying for roles overseas or contacting recruiters": save the NHS, pay Doctors properly. share.google/0b9GQ20fSb7b...

Warning of NHS staffing crisis as fifth of doctors tempted to move abroad

General Medical Council warns of ‘ongoing risks to retention of doctors’ in latest report

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · Aug 5

"Gaza is 25 miles long and 12 miles deep.. onto that area has been dropped around 100,000 tonnes of explosive, thats more than was used in Dresden, Hamburg & London in WW2, over a much larger area"

Emma Murphy was on a recent air drop flight over Gaza & describes what she saw

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · Jul 31

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Zaytoun - Ethically Sourced Fine Foods from Palestine

Ethically sourced olive oil and fine foods from Palestine. Medjoul dates, za'atar & other award winning products from Palestinian producers.

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Dr Gary James @garyjames.bsky.social · Jul 27

If you’ve been inspired by the England success tonight then why not come to a free event next Saturday in Hebden Bridge where we’re celebrating a prominent & successful women’s football team that was founded almost 80 years ago. Details: hebdenbridgepicturehouse.co.uk/movies/free-...

FREE! Pioneering Women: The Manchester Corinthians

Join author Gary James in a celebration of the Manchester Corinthians, a women’s football club that toured the world during the 1950s to 1980s. Established in 1948-49 these pioneering women play

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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Jul 18

The people asserting that the climate crisis isn’t real don’t make a penny off it, of course.

Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · Jul 17

Reform mayor Andrea Jenkyns tells Times Radio that she doesn’t believe climate change exists, and that it’s just a “racket” for some people to make money. If Reform win the next election, the UK could become a very different place quite quickly.

ait Borsay: "Do you think climate change exists?"
Andrea: "I've said for a long time, we need to ditch net zero and actually focus on economic growth. A million percent."
Kait: "But then how do you tackle climate change? And do you believe that climate change exists?"
Andrea: "Do I believe that climate change exists? No."
Kait: "Okay. So you are not a believer in climate, you know, despite rising global temperatures, melting glaciers, rising sea levels, despite all of that evidence?"
Andrea: "It depends. It depends what evidence you look at.... I think it's a way to actually make money."
Kait: "Okay. But you don't believe climate change exists. And so that's why there is no need for net zero, in your opinion."
Andrea: "Absolutely. And I think it's harming industry. I think it's a money making racket where certain businesses and individuals are making money out of it."

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