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Sarah Waters
@sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social
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French Studies, suicide research, running.
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · 4d
Very useful blog for those interested in suicide research. Rates are rising in UK irrespective of change in standard of proof
blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/03/h...
How suicide statistics are changing
A change in the standard of proof for how suicides are recorded that occurred in 2018 and increasing delays in the time taken for suicides to be registered have created challenges for ONS in communica
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · 22d
This is a massive breakthrough and will help rebalance huge injustice faced by bereaved families (including after suicide) who have been denied legal aid when facing powerful organisations in the courts @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.inquest.org.uk/government-i...
A win for families: Government finally introduces Hillsborough Law to Parliament
16 September 2025
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · 23d
Excellent report outlining new Ofsted inspection system and suicide risk
www.educationsupport.org.uk/news-and-eve...
Independent Ofsted wellbeing assessment published
This week Ofsted published an independent wellbeing assessment by our CEO, Sinéad Mc Brearty.  It warns leader wellbeing may worsen under the revised inspection framework and recommends action from O...
www.educationsupport.org.uk
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · 29d
ONS statistics released today estimate that 160 students in England and Wales die by suicide every year
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ONS - Estimating suicide among higher education students, England and Wales: August 2016 to July 2023
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Sep 4
Absolutely delighted that Leeds finalist Sophie Starsmore has just won the ASMCF undergrad essay prize (Brian Darling) for an essay she submitted to my module on May 1968. Her essay, written in French, examined the legacy of 1968 for 2nd wave feminism in 🇫🇷 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Sep 1
Brilliant news
www.rte.ie/news/2025/09...
Irish Central Bank will no longer approve Israeli bonds
The latest bond prospectus issued by Israel has been approved by Luxembourg and not the Central Bank in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Aug 18
See also details of three researcher vacancies on the website
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Aug 18
See our new website for our Wellcome Trust Discovery project on work-related suicides!
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
Work-related Suicide. An International Social Justice Analysis
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 31
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Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Jul 30
📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 30
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 30
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 22
@francemodern.bsky.social @benbgdalton.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 21
We are recruiting a French post-doctoral researcher to our Wellcome Trust project: Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctorat - analyse internationale des suicides en lien avec le travail d’une perspective de justice sociale H/F
emploi.cnrs.fr
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 13
Piece in New York Times about UK post office suicides:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says
www.nytimes.com
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 10
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
Let Them Play
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 10
My sister Gill speaking last 2 minutes about heartbreaking news that visas refused for Palestinian children visiting Ireland as part of GAA Palestine
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Drivetime Wednesday 9 July 2025
Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra brings you all the latest news and stories of the day from around the country and beyond.
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · Jul 10
GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a summer tour
'We won't give up' - GAA Palestine to appeal visa denial
GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a sum...
www.rte.ie
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 8
Both UK Post Office and French La Poste deemed responsible for employee suicides. In French case, resulted in ruling of gross negligence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds
First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation
www.theguardian.com
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jul 4
Shame on Alex Sobel MP for voting to proscribe Palestine Action. A group that that has been protesting against genocide in Gaza and the UK's complicity through ongoing arms supplies.
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Jun 17
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Oliver Davis @oliverjdavis.bsky.social · Jun 11
great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The French care economy: between gendered inequality and feminist idealism
The care economy in France is a site of both profound gendered inequalities and of renewed feminist idealism for an alternative social model and feminist ethic. This paper focuses on the realities ...
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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · May 1
Also next week - a public lecture with @annamueller.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 7th May

Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland

Free tickets:

events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
Public lecture with Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn
Hosted by the Suicide Cultures Project, at the University of Edinburgh
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Martin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · Apr 28
2/2 @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social & I wrote about Ofsted’s failures @bmj.com at the time. Why is the U.K. incapable of learning from countries that do these things better?

www.bmj.com/content/381/...
Ofsted: a case of official negligence?
Ruth Perry took her own life on 8 January 2023. She was the headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading, England, and, six weeks earlier, her school had been inspected by the Office for Standar...
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Sarah Waters @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social · Apr 14
Legal complaint filed against French government ministers for "deadly working conditions" in hospital sector that led to spate of suicides
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Amy Chandler @amychandler.bsky.social · Feb 10
Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May

blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...
Call for papers and participation: Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide (6th-7th of May 2025) – Suicide Cultures: Reimagining Suicide Research
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