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Since October 2023, higher education in Gaza has been in prolonged crisis. Universities have been damaged or destroyed, hundreds of students and staff have b...
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New Research Topic alert!
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
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#HigherEducation
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
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Genocide destroys language just as it destroys life and land. It kills thinking and transformational thought. This destruction is everywhere. But the human spirit has to find a way- as it always does.
What now?
What now?
February 7, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Genocide destroys language just as it destroys life and land. It kills thinking and transformational thought. This destruction is everywhere. But the human spirit has to find a way- as it always does.
What now?
What now?
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Which is what I’ve been saying.
It was a deeply inequitable decision for rich countries with strong health systems and lower HIV/malaria/malnutrition rates to decide to keep a pet SARS virus.
Frankly, it’s just another form of oppression.
It was a deeply inequitable decision for rich countries with strong health systems and lower HIV/malaria/malnutrition rates to decide to keep a pet SARS virus.
Frankly, it’s just another form of oppression.
"In a high HIV prevalence country, approximately 70% of children with a positive SARS-CoV-2 test were hospitalised for COVID-19 treatment; almost 70% of these children were severely ill."
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Severe, primary, and incidental COVID-19 in hospitalised children, South Africa: 2020–2023
Knowledge gaps persist regarding paediatric COVID-19 clinical presentation, treatment and outcomes in high HIV prevalence settings, with low COVID-19 vaccine coverage. An ambi-directional cohort study was conducted in 13 South African public sector ...
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February 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Which is what I’ve been saying.
It was a deeply inequitable decision for rich countries with strong health systems and lower HIV/malaria/malnutrition rates to decide to keep a pet SARS virus.
Frankly, it’s just another form of oppression.
It was a deeply inequitable decision for rich countries with strong health systems and lower HIV/malaria/malnutrition rates to decide to keep a pet SARS virus.
Frankly, it’s just another form of oppression.
A brilliant collection of thoughts on what kind of revolution psychology needs in The Psychologist! Impossible to choose from all the amazing insights, but here one of them by M McKeen: 'Psychology must disentangle itself from coloniality/ism and state power, (to be cont)
Psychology needs a… revolution
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Psychology needs a… revolution | BPS
Our editor Jon Sutton introduces a special collection, with your views...
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February 6, 2026 at 1:18 PM
A brilliant collection of thoughts on what kind of revolution psychology needs in The Psychologist! Impossible to choose from all the amazing insights, but here one of them by M McKeen: 'Psychology must disentangle itself from coloniality/ism and state power, (to be cont)
Here is where to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3d440a... 😊
February 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Here is where to register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/3d440a... 😊
3 sleeps till our webinar for our Frontiers call for papers! We cannot wait to see you all there! 🤓😊
February 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
3 sleeps till our webinar for our Frontiers call for papers! We cannot wait to see you all there! 🤓😊
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We invite you again to this urgent yet daunting work which introduces a scholarship of heartbreak through stunned languaging.
The most read piece in Language & Intercultural Communication.
A beginning, a trouble.
A call, a response.
A rethinking
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The most read piece in Language & Intercultural Communication.
A beginning, a trouble.
A call, a response.
A rethinking
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Hospicing Gaza ( غزة ): stunned languaging as poetic cries for a heartbreaking scholarship
The article explores the notion of stunned languaging in the construction of poetic cries as a genre of grief in times of unspeakability while witnessing the online streaming of the Gaza Genocide. ...
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February 5, 2026 at 7:33 AM
We invite you again to this urgent yet daunting work which introduces a scholarship of heartbreak through stunned languaging.
The most read piece in Language & Intercultural Communication.
A beginning, a trouble.
A call, a response.
A rethinking
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The most read piece in Language & Intercultural Communication.
A beginning, a trouble.
A call, a response.
A rethinking
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
4 sleeps until the webinar for our Frontiers call "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"!
Please join us for a webinar for authors and contributions for our call for papers on "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"! lnkd.in/ejhWQ_xd
The webinar will take place on Monday 9th of February 2026 at 2.30pm UK time, please register here:
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February 5, 2026 at 9:15 PM
4 sleeps until the webinar for our Frontiers call "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"!
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February 5, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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Please join us for a webinar for authors and contributions for our call for papers on "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"! lnkd.in/ejhWQ_xd
The webinar will take place on Monday 9th of February 2026 at 2.30pm UK time, please register here:
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February 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please join us for a webinar for authors and contributions for our call for papers on "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"! lnkd.in/ejhWQ_xd
The webinar will take place on Monday 9th of February 2026 at 2.30pm UK time, please register here:
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Please join us for a webinar for authors and contributions for our call for papers on "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"! lnkd.in/ejhWQ_xd
The webinar will take place on Monday 9th of February 2026 at 2.30pm UK time, please register here:
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February 3, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please join us for a webinar for authors and contributions for our call for papers on "Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones"! lnkd.in/ejhWQ_xd
The webinar will take place on Monday 9th of February 2026 at 2.30pm UK time, please register here:
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We could not agree more @Professor Braun! And if anyone is interested in partnering with Palestinian colleagues for our Frontiers Research Topic, please fill in this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
We could not agree more @Professor Braun! And if anyone is interested in partnering with Palestinian colleagues for our Frontiers Research Topic, please fill in this form: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Our universities could be doing so much more to support education and research among students and scholars in Gaza, in the context of scholastics and genocide
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In Gaza, university scholarships are now a matter of survival | Asia Pacific Report
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January 30, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Our universities could be doing so much more to support education and research among students and scholars in Gaza, in the context of scholastics and genocide
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'Every person deserves dignity, understanding, and access to psychological care…'
Psychologists Professor Rhona Flin, Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor Divine Charua, and Dr Ayla Humphrey were recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.
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Psychologists Professor Rhona Flin, Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor Divine Charua, and Dr Ayla Humphrey were recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.
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'Every person deserves dignity, understanding, and access to psychological care' | BPS
Psychologists Professor Rhona Flin, Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor Divine Charua, and Dr Ayla Humphrey were recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.
www.bps.org.uk
January 29, 2026 at 4:34 PM
'Every person deserves dignity, understanding, and access to psychological care…'
Psychologists Professor Rhona Flin, Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor Divine Charua, and Dr Ayla Humphrey were recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Psychologists Professor Rhona Flin, Professor Andrew Steptoe, Professor Divine Charua, and Dr Ayla Humphrey were recognised in the 2026 New Year Honours list.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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‘Psychology has become an essential instrument of survival, testimony, and resistance…’
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
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Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
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‘Psychology has become an essential instrument of survival, testimony, and resistance’ | BPS
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
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January 28, 2026 at 9:58 AM
‘Psychology has become an essential instrument of survival, testimony, and resistance…’
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Aspa Paltoglou, a Chartered Psychologist at Manchester Metropolitan University, meets Basel El-Khodary, a fellow Chartered Psychologist at Islamic University of Gaza.
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
We hope to arrange an online webinar soon, so that we can chat with prospective writers -stay tunned! In the meantime, please contact us if you have any questions! 😊
Please consider our call for papers on Frontiers in Education! We are so grateful for those authors and researchers already sending their writing in - we got 5 summaries and one fully-written paper already! Such a privilege - thank you!
New Research Topic alert!
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#HigherEducation
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#HigherEducation
January 27, 2026 at 8:09 PM
We hope to arrange an online webinar soon, so that we can chat with prospective writers -stay tunned! In the meantime, please contact us if you have any questions! 😊
Please consider our call for papers on Frontiers in Education! We are so grateful for those authors and researchers already sending their writing in - we got 5 summaries and one fully-written paper already! Such a privilege - thank you!
New Research Topic alert!
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#HigherEducation
'Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other Conflict Zones' is now open for submissions in Frontiers in Education.
Submit your summary by: 01/04/26
Submit your article by 01/09/26 ➡️
www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
#HigherEducation
Frontiers | Higher Education and Mental Health in Palestine and other conflict zones
Since October 2023, higher education in Gaza has been in prolonged crisis. Universities have been damaged or destroyed, hundreds of students and staff have b...
www.frontiersin.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Please consider our call for papers on Frontiers in Education! We are so grateful for those authors and researchers already sending their writing in - we got 5 summaries and one fully-written paper already! Such a privilege - thank you!
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I teach. We should be adventurous with our vocabulary.
We are not “post-Covid”. “During COVID” is boring & misleading.
“She stood firm amid the chaos.”
“They found calm amid the turmoil.”
“Amid fears of further attacks, he persisted.”
What do you do amid COVID?
#AmidCovid
We are not “post-Covid”. “During COVID” is boring & misleading.
“She stood firm amid the chaos.”
“They found calm amid the turmoil.”
“Amid fears of further attacks, he persisted.”
What do you do amid COVID?
#AmidCovid
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
I teach. We should be adventurous with our vocabulary.
We are not “post-Covid”. “During COVID” is boring & misleading.
“She stood firm amid the chaos.”
“They found calm amid the turmoil.”
“Amid fears of further attacks, he persisted.”
What do you do amid COVID?
#AmidCovid
We are not “post-Covid”. “During COVID” is boring & misleading.
“She stood firm amid the chaos.”
“They found calm amid the turmoil.”
“Amid fears of further attacks, he persisted.”
What do you do amid COVID?
#AmidCovid
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January 19, 2026 at 11:48 PM
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#MedSky
“I got COVID in hospital. My kidneys started to back up. Everything seemed to converge at the same time,” he continued.
Can we please do something about infection control of airborne disease.
People are being hurt by healthcare. People are avoiding care.
“I got COVID in hospital. My kidneys started to back up. Everything seemed to converge at the same time,” he continued.
Can we please do something about infection control of airborne disease.
People are being hurt by healthcare. People are avoiding care.
Relax everyone, I'm not going to cover Phil Collins.
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Phil Collins Under '24-Hour' Care amid 'Ongoing' Health Struggles: 'It's Been a Difficult, Frustrating Last Few Years'
Phil Collins revealed that he has a 24-hour live-in nurse due to his "ongoing" health troubles. The musician, 74, admitted that it's been a "difficult" past few years.
people.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:11 AM
#MedSky
“I got COVID in hospital. My kidneys started to back up. Everything seemed to converge at the same time,” he continued.
Can we please do something about infection control of airborne disease.
People are being hurt by healthcare. People are avoiding care.
“I got COVID in hospital. My kidneys started to back up. Everything seemed to converge at the same time,” he continued.
Can we please do something about infection control of airborne disease.
People are being hurt by healthcare. People are avoiding care.
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I teach. I have children under 16. They wear masks in school. For protection.
I'm not wild about age verification for under-16s.
I'm not alone. But interestingly, lots of the loudest opponents of age verification are not wild about people who wear masks.
Especially under-16s.
I'm not wild about age verification for under-16s.
I'm not alone. But interestingly, lots of the loudest opponents of age verification are not wild about people who wear masks.
Especially under-16s.
January 23, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I teach. I have children under 16. They wear masks in school. For protection.
I'm not wild about age verification for under-16s.
I'm not alone. But interestingly, lots of the loudest opponents of age verification are not wild about people who wear masks.
Especially under-16s.
I'm not wild about age verification for under-16s.
I'm not alone. But interestingly, lots of the loudest opponents of age verification are not wild about people who wear masks.
Especially under-16s.
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School is one of THE largest sources of community spread of infectious disease, and in particular, the airborne pathogen that causes lasting and cumulative neurological damage in adults, children, and even the fetus. At what point are we going to care about brain [email protected]
January 14, 2026 at 9:56 PM
School is one of THE largest sources of community spread of infectious disease, and in particular, the airborne pathogen that causes lasting and cumulative neurological damage in adults, children, and even the fetus. At what point are we going to care about brain [email protected]
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There is a crack in everything.
It's how the light gets in.
I had to learn 3 Leonard Cohen songs for an event. #EverybodyKnows
A good chance to try out a fashionable revision technique - “spaced practice” and “interleaving”.🧵
It's how the light gets in.
I had to learn 3 Leonard Cohen songs for an event. #EverybodyKnows
A good chance to try out a fashionable revision technique - “spaced practice” and “interleaving”.🧵
January 18, 2026 at 10:29 PM
There is a crack in everything.
It's how the light gets in.
I had to learn 3 Leonard Cohen songs for an event. #EverybodyKnows
A good chance to try out a fashionable revision technique - “spaced practice” and “interleaving”.🧵
It's how the light gets in.
I had to learn 3 Leonard Cohen songs for an event. #EverybodyKnows
A good chance to try out a fashionable revision technique - “spaced practice” and “interleaving”.🧵
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Extraordinary conditions, ordinary fears…
Dr @aneezapervez.bsky.social watches ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ @altitudefilms.bsky.social
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Dr @aneezapervez.bsky.social watches ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ @altitudefilms.bsky.social
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Extraordinary conditions, ordinary fears | BPS
Aneeza Pervez watches ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’.
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January 22, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Extraordinary conditions, ordinary fears…
Dr @aneezapervez.bsky.social watches ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ @altitudefilms.bsky.social
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Dr @aneezapervez.bsky.social watches ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ @altitudefilms.bsky.social
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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When words are said, ignored and absented, they demand to be said again and again for as long as the night lasts.
On language in times of immense suffering...
On language in times of immense suffering...
January 16, 2026 at 7:32 AM
When words are said, ignored and absented, they demand to be said again and again for as long as the night lasts.
On language in times of immense suffering...
On language in times of immense suffering...
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“This video is for the world outside, nothing is over until people are safe..."
January 14, 2026 at 7:27 PM
“This video is for the world outside, nothing is over until people are safe..."