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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · 24d

⚡ TOMORROW: Don’t miss Social Economy Today 2025 with Dr Liz Gardiner on social enterprises & complexity 🌍
📅 16 Sept | GCU + Online

Register ASAP ⬇️
In person: eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

Online: eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

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gillmurray.bsky.social @gillmurray.bsky.social · 28d

Having read a draft of this lecture 👀 I can confirm it's brilliant.Using research from @socialenterprise.scot EDI groups to raise important challenges for the social economy to move beyond tokenistic inclusivity 👏👏👏 Join in person or online 👇

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 *Social Economy Today*
"In an increasingly uncertain world: Social enterprises dealing with complexity – the unheard voices"
🗓️ Tue 16 Sept 2025 | Glasgow Caledonian University
🎤 Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Gardiner
In Person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...
Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · 29d

⏰Less than a week to go⏰
Register via the EventBrite link below🎫

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨 Don’t forget to register for the Social Economy Today Lecture taking place on 16th September!

📅 Save the date and secure your spot 👉Book now via Eventbrite ⬇️

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 *Social Economy Today*
"In an increasingly uncertain world: Social enterprises dealing with complexity – the unheard voices"
🗓️ Tue 16 Sept 2025 | Glasgow Caledonian University
🎤 Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Gardiner
In Person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...
Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Sep 4

We are thrilled to announce a new £1.5m NIHR-funded project led by the Yunus Centre, launching 1st October 2025! More info below 👇

Glasgow Caledonian University @glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social · Sep 4

Researchers have launched a major new investigation into the power of Community Wealth Building (CWB) to affect local economies and improve population health. 💡

Find out more ⬇️
www.gcu.ac.uk/aboutgcu/uni...

Illustration explaining the interconnected relationship of local economies.

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Sep 1

Deadline to apply for this fantastic job opportunity is 7th September! More info below:

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY IN THE YUNUS CENTRE🚨 We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow to join our team working on The CoWBELLS project, a mixed methods, theory-based, impact evaluation of Community Wealth Building in Scotland. Apply here: myjobscotland.gov.uk/education/gl...

Research Fellow (1.0FTE) - GCU01845 | Glasgow Caledonian University | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this research (further / higher education) role in Glasgow with Glasgow Caledonian University on myjobscotland

myjobscotland.gov.uk

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 29

🚨 Don’t forget to register for the Social Economy Today Lecture taking place on 16th September!

📅 Save the date and secure your spot 👉Book now via Eventbrite ⬇️

lnkd.in/eKwMmGDX

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 *Social Economy Today*
"In an increasingly uncertain world: Social enterprises dealing with complexity – the unheard voices"
🗓️ Tue 16 Sept 2025 | Glasgow Caledonian University
🎤 Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Gardiner
In Person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...
Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 27

👏 @cowiej.bsky.social and Dani Hutcheon were delighted to present the WIGWAM-S scoping review findings at EHPS 2025 - 39th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society - today in Groningen 👏

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 25

📖 In light of the UK Government’s 10-Year Health Plan, Emeritus Yunus Chair @camdonaldson.bsky.social
and Dr Adrian Crofton explore how Community Interest Companies (CICs) could shape the future of true neighbourhood health services.

🔗 bjgp.org/content/75/7...

CICing the partnership model into the future: a new social enterprise model for general practice?

For some years, the number of new GPs going into partnership across the whole of the UK has been decreasing, while the number of GPs exiting partnerships has been increasing.1,2 These trends show no s...

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨JOB OPPORTUNITY IN THE YUNUS CENTRE🚨 We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow to join our team working on The CoWBELLS project, a mixed methods, theory-based, impact evaluation of Community Wealth Building in Scotland. Apply here: myjobscotland.gov.uk/education/gl...

Research Fellow (1.0FTE) - GCU01845 | Glasgow Caledonian University | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this research (further / higher education) role in Glasgow with Glasgow Caledonian University on myjobscotland

myjobscotland.gov.uk

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Aug 18

📢 *Social Economy Today*
"In an increasingly uncertain world: Social enterprises dealing with complexity – the unheard voices"
🗓️ Tue 16 Sept 2025 | Glasgow Caledonian University
🎤 Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Gardiner
In Person: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...
Online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/social-eco...

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · Jul 30

How do we create the right conditions for meaningful Patient & Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE)?

In her new blog, Mohasin Ahmed reflects on the successes, limitations and key learning from the CommonHealth Assets
Lived Experience Panel.

Read it here: www.gcph.co.uk/latest/news-...

Members of the Lived Experience Panel around a restaurant table, with the following quote next to the photo: "With varying communication and support needs amongst Panel members, we adopted a tailored approach to meet individual requirements."

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · Jul 28

📢NEW REPORT
Following the end of the CommonHealth Assets project, this report details the impact & outcomes of the Lived Experience Panel - a great resource to support others to develop better Patient & Public Involvement activities in public health research. www.gcph.co.uk/latest/publi...

Cover of the report, entitled 'CommonHealth Assets: Lived Experience Panel - Final evaluation report'. The cover is light blue with an illustration representing the panel. There are three women and two men of varied ages and ethnicities sitting around a table, conversing.

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · Jul 23

Find our more about GCPH's work in relation to the @commonhealthassets.bsky.social Lived Experience Panel here: www.gcph.co.uk/our-work/25-...

www.gcph.co.uk

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Glasgow Centre for Population Health @thegcph.bsky.social · Jul 23

👏Well done to GCPH's Mohasin & Jen and co-authors @profrachelbaker.bsky.social, @camdonaldson.bsky.social & Michael Roy on the publication of 'Creating the conditions for meaningful and effective PPIE in community-based public health research' researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Quote: To work well, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) must be a genuine collaboration that values lived experience alongside academic knowledge.
Ahmed M Et al. (2025

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jul 14

Cam Donaldson and colleagues Cathie Russell and Nick Kemp, address injustices in the adult care home funding in a recent editorial in the British Medical Journal. ⚖️🏥 @camdonaldson.bsky.social @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jul 4

🎓 Well done to all MSc Social Innovation (including Professional Practice) students who graduated yesterday! 👏 Wishing you every success in your next chapter. #Graduation #SocialInnovation #ClassOf2025

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jun 17

Last week Prof Rachel Baker and Prof Olga Biosca were lucky enough to be invited to a meeting with His Excellency Professor Muhammad Yunus. Both were delighted to congratulate him on the Kings Foundation Harmony Award presented earlier in the day by King Charles III.

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jun 16

Emeritus Yunus Chair Professor Cam Donaldson has had a new book published on the future of publicly-funded healthcare systems. For further information, visit: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Financing Health and Social Care

This book argues that clinical leadership and politicians need to pay more attention to the economic issues underlying health and social care

link.springer.com

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jun 5

🥳A successful night was had at the recent WIGWAM WIGWAM-S Curry and Chat Night in Denny🥳

Julie Cowie @cowiej.bsky.social · Jun 5

Great night of conversation at the WIGWAM-S project "Curry and Chat" night in Denny talking with local men about how best to support health and wellbeing in the community. Hopefully not the last curry and chat night.. watch this space! @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Jun 2

www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentship/... Funded PhD Opportunity! 🚨Join our team at the Yunus Centre for Social Business & Health through an ESRC-funded SGSSS Studentship: The alterity & transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland. 📅 Apply by: 24th June

The alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance in Scotland - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

This PhD will explore the alterity and transformative potential of democratic finance – Community Bonds and Community Shares – in Scotland. This (relatively) new form of finance creates citizen invest...

www.sgsss.ac.uk

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · May 20

See the latest Yunus Centre BMJ article highlighting injustices in care home funding and offering some solutions : Care home funding: lessons from Scotland
bmj.com/cgi/content/...

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · May 20

📢 Closing date: This Friday, 23rd May apply now 📢

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · May 6

⏳Deadlines for applications extended to 23rd May⏳

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎓PhD Opportunity – Join the Team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social 🏫@glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 🔔We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life. 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · May 9

Day One kicked off the annual Q Methodology Workshop with an incredible cohort from universities in 13 countries across 4 continents 🌍 Participants are exploring subjectivity in health, AI, criminal justice, education, environment, literature, leadership and more a truly interdisciplinary journey!

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · May 6

⏳Deadlines for applications extended to 23rd May⏳

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎓PhD Opportunity – Join the Team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social 🏫@glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 🔔We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life. 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life at Glasgow Caledonian University on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life at Glasgow Caledonian University, listed on FindAPhD.com

www.findaphd.com

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YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Apr 24

📣📣📣Join us at the Yunus Centre, GCU - don’t miss this fantastic funded PhD opportunity 👇

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Apr 17

📢 Don’t miss this fantastic funded PhD opportunity at the Yunus Centre, GCU 👇

YunusCentreGCU @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social · Apr 10

🎓PhD Opportunity – Join the Team @yunuscentregcu.bsky.social 🏫@glasgowcaledonian.bsky.social 🔔We're inviting applications for a fully funded PhD Exploring the developments of Living Labs fostering young people engagement in civic life. 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...