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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · 5d

BBC News - True cost of becoming a mum highlighted in new data on pay - BBC News
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True cost of becoming a mum highlighted in new data on pay

New figures reveal mums in England see their earnings drop after having a first, second and third child.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · 26d

Very pleased to have joined @sallyannkelly1.bsky.social at celebrations to mark 150years of @aberlourcharity.bsky.social supporting children, young people and families in Scotland.

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Gender Violence Collaboration Network @gvrcn.bsky.social · Aug 29

🌟 Join Us for an Informal GVRCN Meet-Up at ECDV 2025! 🌟

We are excited to host an informal lunch meet-up during the European Conference on Domestic Violence (ECDV)!

📅 When: 5th September 2025
🕧 Time: 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

🔗 Registration is required. More details shared soon.
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ECDV Early Career Researchers (and practitioners!) Meet-Up!

The Gender Violence Research and Collaboration Network (gvrcn.org) is hosting an early career researcher/practitioners informal lunch meet up on the 5th of September at 12:30pm. If you are interested ...

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Aug 13

The Irish diaspora need their snacks, at any price!

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 9

‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’

Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid, was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to the Palestine Football Association Mohamed Salah has criticised Uefa for failing to state how a footballer known as the “Palestinian Pelé” died in a tribute it posted. Suleiman al-Obeid, 41, was killed on Wednesday in southern Gaza when Israeli forces attacked civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, the Palestine Football Association (PFA) said. Continue reading...

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jul 26

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Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse

Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jul 23

Apology for S Korean woman convicted of biting man's tongue as he attacked her
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Apology for S Korean woman convicted of biting man's tongue as he attacked her

Choi Mal-ja, now 78, has campaigned for years to overturn her sentence, after she was attacked when she was 18.

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Insta Science @instascience.bsky.social · Jul 19

Nature’s masterpiece! Behold the beautiful Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jun 27

Keynote on involving children in research on trauma by the fantastic Prof Helen Beckett at the JUSWA conference.

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jun 25

Hotel view, Preston

John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jun 22

Yesterday's view

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Uni Edinburgh Social Work @uoesocialwork.bsky.social · Jun 11

Dr Isang Awah opening this year's staff and student conference with a keynote on cross-sector partnerships to advance child protection @uoe-sps.bsky.social @dspi-oxford.bsky.social #SWConfEd25

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Uni Edinburgh Social Work @uoesocialwork.bsky.social · Jun 11

Vivien McCree on the use of oral history and auto/biography in social work research to investigate childcare history
#SWConfEd25

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jun 10

Today's view - Tallinn, Estonia

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Dr Hayley Bennett @haylesben.bsky.social · Jun 9

JRF policy assistant roles. Of interest to social policy graduates perhaps? jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...

Octo Candidates - Application Form - Vacancy Details

jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Jun 9

A brilliant discussion at @uoe-sps.bsky.social on the role and use of AI in the social sciences.

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · May 29

@profharryferguson.bsky.social It will never be resolved 😅

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The Campbell Collaboration @campbellreviews.bsky.social · May 28

Join us for this webcast hosted by the The Center on Knowledge Translation for Disability and Rehabilitation Research in follow-up to 2023 webinar on state-of-the-art methodology in meta-analysis of single-case experimental designs (SCEDs). July 17 2-3:30pm ET

ktdrr.org/training/web...

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Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · May 28

Aaaaand I think we're done here #TACO

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Apr 25

Today's view- Kyoto, Japan

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University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science @uoe-sps.bsky.social · Apr 16

Inaugural Lecture: Professor Lotte Hoek

Join us to celebrate Lotte Hoek's professorship at her inaugural lecture, titled 'For an anthropology of the screen'.

Friday 9 May
4:15pm - 5:30pm
Basement Lecture Theatre, Adam House
Followed by a reception

Book tickets here: edin.ac/3FQIL1O

decorative image with text reading: Professor Lotte Hoek: For an anthropology of the screen. 4.15 - 6.30pm, Friday 9 May 2025. Adam House
Basement Lecture Theatre, 3 Chambers St, Edinburgh, EH1 1HR, https://edin.ac/3FQIL1O

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Apr 1

View for today, New College, Edinburgh

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Mar 19

Today's view in London

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John Devaney @jdev65.bsky.social · Mar 18

Proposed changes to disability benefits in UK are less about reform and more about rationing. A very limited and myopic approach to a complex issue - reform is needed, but this isn't it. BBC News - At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up
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At-a-glance: Key changes to benefits in welfare shake-up

How Personal Independence Payments (Pip) and other health-related benefits could change under government plans.

www.bbc.com

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