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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Aug 12

I'm sorry to not be able to join this year, and cannot recommend this important conference enough. #equitablepartnership

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Registration of interest for attendance, presentations, and posters is now open for the Second Equitable Partnerships Conference: buff.ly/o4XkjfF 

Hosted by South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF), @royalsociety.org, and the British Academy on 3-5 February 2026 in Pretoria, South Africa.

Second Equitable Partnerships Conference

Register your interest

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Aug 12

Why give the credit to an incredibly brave woman when you can instead highlight a can of drink?

I thought this article would be about fingerprints or DNA but nope. Turns out Dr Caroline Muirhead making a scary decision solved the mystery. But yeah, it was the can.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How a Red Bull can helped solve mystery of missing cyclist in Argyll

Dr Caroline Muirhead helped lead police to the spot where Tony Parsons had been buried after a confession from her boyfriend.

www.bbc.co.uk

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · Jul 29

Dr Emiline Smith shares how Indonesian archaeologist Dr Tular Sudarmadi led the country’s first repatriation of ancestral remains and cultural objects to the Warloka community, showing the power of ethical research and collaboration.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/3cswnvx5

UGM-UofG Partnership Leads to Repatriation of Cultural Heritage and Ancestral Remains group photo

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Jul 8

Congratulations to the FIVE new PhD Graduates from the #Ifakara Health Institute, #Tanzania & @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk

Dr Najat Kahamba
Dr Joel Odero
Dr Emmanuel Mwanga
Dr Issa Mshani
Dr Andrea Kipingu

Future for #malaria control looks bright -so proud of you

Picture of 5 PhD Graduates in robes, standing under an arch at the University of Glasgow. Left to right Issa Mshani, Najat Kahamba, Andrea Kipingu, Joel Odero and Emmanuel Mwanga. It's a sunny day.

Picture of 5 PhD Graduates and current graduate students from the Ifakara Health Institute in Tanzania, who are studyingat the University of Glasgow. They are standing in the cloisters, behind a large white 'UofG' sign, with the Tanzanian flag draped over it. Left to right Issa Mshani, Joel Odero, Heather Ferguson, Najat Kahamba, Najat's friend, Doreen Siria, Andrea Kipingu, Emmanuel Mwanga and Joel Nkya.

Dr Najat Kahamba standing outside in her graduation robe, holding a Tanzanian plan in front of her

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · Jul 8

New paper led by Joel Odero from the #VectorsGlasgow team in @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk and #IfakaraHealthInstitute
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Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania academic.oup.com/genetics/art...

Genomic evidence of spatially structured gene flow and divergent insecticide resistance backgrounds of the malaria vector Anopheles funestus in Tanzania

Abstract. Population genetic analysis of mosquitoes is important for understanding the distribution of insecticide resistance alleles, devising sustainable

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Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social · Jul 4

With American universities under threat from a hostile government, where will liberal arts education thrive? Abderrahim Agnaou asks the question: is the Global South now better positioned to lead #liberalarts into the future? ow.ly/8wUs50WkZYG #highered #edusky #Trump #culturewars #academicsky

The future of liberal arts may belong to the Global South

With American universities under threat from a hostile government, where will liberal arts education thrive? Perhaps it’s time for a reimagining

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Jun 29

Is it imposter syndrome if someone is actually incompetent? Just mulling the University of Dundee financial crisis hearings...

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Jun 25

Calling all folks working in research management and administration in Southeast Asia: the EQUIPSEA project will offer a 4-day research management and capacity strengthening workshop in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in February 2026.

Apply on the website: www.oucru.org/equipsea/

Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Jun 16

Canada's peculiar subspecies definitely has a knack for providing the pressure valves we need in depressing times. Still hard to believe the extent of the shift under way, but safe to say we'll need a lot more of Mark Critch in the coming months and years.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jun 15

"Donald Trump has wrecked America’s brand. He’s made crossing over from Canada a betrayal, bordering on treason, while turning the U.S. into a laughingstock around the globe." @rollingstone.com
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Trump Has Completely Wrecked America's Brand

In Canada, crossing over to America is not just taboo now — it’s a kind of betrayal, even borderline treasonous.

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Jun 10

Starting to feel more likely California will become the 11th province than Canada will become the 51st state. Just sayin'...

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Heather Ferguson @drheatherferg.bsky.social · May 23

Thx to @theguardian.com for this article & interview on implications of finding #WestNileVirus in UK #mosquitoes. As I say,
#1 priority for govt to protect UK citizens long-term is to invest in control in the countries where they the overwhelming burden & death

www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Climate change could bring insect-borne tropical diseases to UK, scientists warn

Mosquito experts say cuts in aid will lead to collapse of crucial surveillance and control in endemic countries

www.theguardian.com

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · May 12

My letter to the Prime Minister. #immigration

Slightly amended so I can fit this here:

I am writing to you as an immigrant who chose to make the UK my home. As someone who is now also a British citizen. And as a German-born historian who understands where the complete normalisation of the far right can end. I write to say: For shame!

I first came to the UK in the 1990s for a visit with my grandmother. Objectively, much was backwards here. No mixer taps in the bathroom; awful ‘bread’; and strings had to be pulled to switch on lights. But however I felt about this, my own string had been pulled: I loved this Cool Britannia. It was quite possibly then that I decided that the UK was to be my home. When I arrived to settle here permanently, I made a choice: to contribute my skills, my knowledge—all I have to offer—to this country rather than another one.

I am deeply disgusted by your comment today that immigration has done ‘incalculable damage’ to the country.

This is the language of the far right. It is insulting, hateful & will fuel xenophobia. And it is just wrong.

Migration is a normal part of the human existence. None of us would be where we are without it. Open your fridge and you will see migration. Immigrants help make the UK tick every single day, whether we clean toilets in our hospitals or provide care for the elderly; whether we empty our bins or carry out cancer research. We are mothers, sons-in-law, aunts and uncles, friends, neighbours and colleagues.

I ask you not tell me that you do not mean me. I know that you do not—at least not primarily—mean a white woman from Europe who has a PhD. But who do you mean? And, much more importantly, who do you think those racists who were engaged in riots on our streets last summer think you mean?

Anti-immigration narratives have defined UK policymaking for the best part of two decades. And fundamentally so. They were the key driver in delivering Brexit, for example, and, as such, have directly limited the rights and opportunities of British citizens.

This obsessive focus on immigration as the ‘problem’—that is the real problem. And it is consistently delivering poor outcomes for the UK. Instead of tackling this, you are choosing to consolidate it, sowing divisions along the way.

You may point me to polling and tell me that this is what voters want. Do they? I am not surprised at all that over 50% of voters might say they want to see immigration reduced if that is the question they are being asked. What we need to know is what they would answer to the question: “Would you like to see immigration reduced? What this would mean for you and your local community is XYZ.” That is not how surveys can ask questions, but governments absolutely can choose to make policy using such a more informed position.

Prime Minister, you continue to talk a lot about making the tough choices. But let’s be clear: setting immigrants up as the ‘other’, as a scapegoat—describing us as a threat ‘pulling the country apart’, a ‘squalid chapter’, a risk that might make the UK an ‘island of strangers’—these are not tough choices at all. These are the easy choices. They are the choices that populists make who have no solutions to the real problems a country faces.

What I would like to know, Prime Minister, is what you will do when your policies lead to the implosion of the UK’s Higher Education sector. What you will tell communities when they can no longer provide any care for the elderly.

The policies you announced today will not solve anything at all. They will have exclusively negative impacts. For those immediately affected; for our communities; and for our economy.

Being pro-immigration—it is progressive, yes, but the much more crucial point is that it is also the most pro-UK policy approach that any politician in the country can pursue. And you are choosing to do the opposite. This, Prime Minister, is the real damage—and it will be very calculable indeed.

Tanja Bueltmann

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · May 3

Tiree is always such a wonderful place to recharge. And also run a 10k.

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Apr 29

That'll do. When in doubt, I'm always in favour of voting for the party that isn't trying to tell you who to blame/be afraid of (well, unless there are actual threats to democracy and wellbeing in the mix, then I'm all about calling that out).

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Christina Faust @clfaust.bsky.social · Apr 27

Happy to answer any questions! Applications due May 12.

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Apr 27

I thought the Hidden Glen 10k was going to be an easy run but that's only because I didn't look at the elevation map of the route. 197m of elevation gain, 150 of that between km 2 and 6. This is me dragging myself across the finish line. I'll get my act together and be ready for next year.

Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Yes, my suspicion is that this is the case and that circumstances outside of the narrow framework used to create fear have not been considered.

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Am slightly curious about where all the women celebrating the UK decision think trans men will go. Are they genuinely okay with sharing what they consider to be a single sex space with a trans man? Did they forget that trans men also exist? Something else entirely?

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School of Biodiversity One Health and Veterinary Medicine @sbohvm.gla.ac.uk · Apr 22

Prof Dan Haydon @sarahcleaveland.bsky.social and @nairuichng.bsky.social discuss #PlanetaryHealth and the vital leadership role they play on #EarthDay

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wW4...

Exploring Planetary Health with Theme Champions

YouTube video by UofG MVLS

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Apr 3

I now seem to operate in a world where pulling out a process map elicits amazement and perhaps envy and "What, you mean you guys don't have a process map?" is a mic drop moment. Not sure what to make of anything these days.

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · Apr 1

The US shutting down its development agency has global consequences. Experts explore the impact on aid, democracy & the rule of law.

Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/3ppwvkw2

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Mary Ryan @maryraryan.bsky.social · Mar 20

I'm so glad that through our success in this important funding programme, I'll have the chance to work with these amazing colleagues over the next two years:
Zawadi Mageni Mboma from IHI, Alfred Maluwa from MUST, Palinji Mungoni from KUHeS, Eliza Kussaga & Tupokigwe Jana from KCRI. #partnership

The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Mar 14

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the ODA Research Management Capacity Strengthening scheme. The successful projects will enhance working practices within institutions to support equitable partnerships in international research. Read more:

The British Academy announces recipients of its ODA Research Management Capacity Strengthening programme

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Francesco Baldini @baldini-francesco.bsky.social · Feb 26

International research needs international research professionals by @maryraryan.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/inter...

International research needs international research professionals

When researchers in poorer countries are expected to deliver programmes to the exacting standards of funders in the Global North, it makes international collaboration more difficult. Here, Mary Ryan c...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Feb 25

International research relies on strong partnerships but research managers in LMICs often lack development opportunities readily available in the UK.

Read @maryraryan.bsky.social in @timeshighered.bsky.social on why strengthening research management capacity is important.

International research needs international research professionals

When researchers in poorer countries are expected to deliver programmes to the exacting standards of funders in the Global North, it makes international collaboration more difficult. Here, Mary Ryan c...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Miranda Prynne @mirandaprynne.bsky.social · Feb 25

When #researchers in poorer countries must meet demands of funders in the Global North without access to relevant training it hinders international collaboration. @maryraryan.bsky.social of @uofglasgow.bsky.social calls for global skills development: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/inter...

International research needs international research professionals

When researchers in poorer countries are expected to deliver programmes to the exacting standards of funders in the Global North, it makes international collaboration more difficult. Here, Mary Ryan c...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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