Can’t think of anyone more deserving! Congratulations Kate!

Exciting news! The @yorkpsychology.bsky.social are recruiting 3 new ART (research and teaching) lecturers! One role will be prioritised for cognitive, affective and/or social neuroscience.

#neuroskyence #cognition #psychscisky #neurojobs

Looking forward to this!

Yep! I hope its an anomaly of the recent UKRI changes rather than the new reality.

Thanks! Yes. I’m grateful to reviewers for at least being nice, because that feels like all I can hold on to!

Absolutely gutted by the recent UKRI MRC rejection, with review scores of 5,5, and 6 (out of 6).

I don't really know what we could have done. Hours of work by me, my co-leads, and importantly, our stakeholders, including parents, teachers and SENCOs.

Group photograph of faculty and participants of the very first Cold Spring Harbor summer course on Genetics and Neurobiology of Language in 2014, taken as the sun was going down at the Banbury Campus, Lloyd Harbor.

Please tell friends & colleagues about our unique course “Genetics & Neurobiology of Language” July 27-Aug 3 2026. Expert tutors, interactive talks, panel discussions, all in a beautiful setting. Scholarships available: meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx...
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The University College London will host the 2026 Child Language Symposium from July 6 to 7. They invite empirical, theoretical, or methodological work in a wide variety of areas revolving around language acquisition. Submissions are due February 10th. Read more here: www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...

MRC instructs grant review boards to slash funding rates - Research Professional News Boards asked to recommend just three applications for funding, as BBSRC also suspends calls

Would have been good to have added an apology for the lack of comms so far this year, particularly for those that submitted grants to UKRI applicant-led funding streams in Sept 2025, as these are highly unlikely to be funded (www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...)

Of course all grants are competitive. But this is a serious change, and some advance comms would have changed the funding schemes I targeted.

I - and I am sure many others - poured hours into our grant application last summer. These are not straightforward applications involving one group, as there are many researchers, patients, families and educators involved .. Hearing this makes me feel all our time was wasted.

Toward an Improved Understanding of Dyslexia: Reflections on a New Consensus Definition and Its Implications Inconsistencies in the definition and diagnosis of dyslexia continue to impede research, assessment, and intervention. This paper, authored by members of the UK Specific Learning Difficulties Network....

Some of us from the UK's Specific Learning Difficulties Network @sldnetwork.bsky.social have shared our views on the new Delphi definition of dyslexia onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/..., special thanks to Kinga Morsanyi @kmorsanyi.bsky.social for pulling it together so nicely!

Child Language Symposia is an international conference that brings together scholars working on all aspects of child language development. It will be hosted by UCL in London on 6–7 July 2026. The call for abstracts is now open! tinyurl.com/ye6kpxmy

We're looking for great students interested in language processing and cognitive development in fNIRS. We use HD-DOT / fNIRS and eyetracking to understand how infants develop. If interested see the scheme and please get in touch.

Figure 2 in the review: Levels of analysis from genes and brain systems to cognition and behaviour. The child both influences and is influenced by parents through genetically shaped interactions, and by the wider school and social environment. Figure design by Neil Usher. Figure from this review paper: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w23yz_v1

🧩Learning to talk & read isn’t just about effort or teaching—it’s shaped by biology, experience & context

🧠Our new review links genetics, neuroscience, psychology & education to show why some children find language or reading easier.

📖 doi.org/10.31234/osf...

🖼️genes→brain→cognition→behaviour 🧵👇

THRIVE: Neurodivergence at work Please take the time to complete our survey. Your feedback is important.

To do this, we're really keen to hear from adults in the UK identifying with #dyslexia, #DevLangDis, #dyspraxia and other #neurotypes - so please take our survey here: www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/THRIVEsurv...

Find out more about us here: ukyoungacademy.org/activities/t...

I've been working with the UK Young Academy THRIVE team on how we can make workplaces more neuro-inclusive.

We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers and professionals, obviously including neurodivergent researchers, who are keen to see change

#neurodiversity #employment

Card with UK young Academy branding asking neurodivergent people to share their experiences at work

October is an exciting month - it includes Dyslexia Awareness week (#DAW25), ADHD Awareness Month, and DLD Awareness Day - and I thought it was a great time to raise awareness of #neurodiversity - and talk about a new project thats close to my heart..

This Thursday (Oct 2nd) @hannahhobson.bsky.social is presenting @radld.bsky.social's @deevybee.bsky.social lecture on camouflaging in #DevLangDis. Don't miss it. Recording tickets also available. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-2025-d...
#DLDday

Research Assistant at UCL Recruiting now: Research Assistant on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

We’re hiring! We’re looking for two RAs to study neuroplasticity in sight loss, sight rescue and development in children and adults @ucl.ac.uk using a wide range of neuroimaging and behavioral methods. Please help spread the word! Apply by 16 Oct! t.ly/q3aYe #neurojobs #NeuroSkyence

Issues | Cerebral Cortex | Oxford Academic Publishes papers on the development, organization, plasticity, and function of the cerebral cortex, including the hippocampus.

A birthday is a good time to reflect! To mark SPM @ 30, this month's issue of Cerebral Cortex features deeply insightful commentaries on neuroimaging analysis from Ed Bullmore, Peter Bandettini, Peter Fox, Pedro Valdes-Sosa, Klaas Enno Stephan, Viktor Jirsa, et al [1/2] academic.oup.com/cercor/issue

Absolutely agree, this is such a good point - and not an easy ask at all!

EXPRESS: Providing choice enhances reading motivation - Amrita Bains, Carina Spaulding, Jessie Ricketts, Saloni Krishnan, 2025 Multiple literacy programmes embed choice of reading material into their programmes, as this is believed to enhance motivation for reading. Yet, this practice h...

This was work led by ex-PhD student Amrita Bains, along with Carina Spaulding (The Reading Agency) and Jessie Ricketts!

📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1177/1747...
📰 Psychology Today summary: www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/when...

EXPRESS: Providing choice enhances reading motivation - Amrita Bains, Carina Spaulding, Jessie Ricketts, Saloni Krishnan, 2025 Multiple literacy programmes embed choice of reading material into their programmes, as this is believed to enhance motivation for reading. Yet, this practice h...

It’s not just what you read—it’s whether you chose to read it.

In our new paper out at QJEP 🎉 we show that:
👉 Having a choice over what you read makes reading more enjoyable
👉 …and makes people willing to pay more for books

Excited to see this paper out! Led by @charlie-wiltshire.bsky.social and @kateewatkins.bsky.social

📣 New job alert! I'm looking for a 2-year research assistant for a project on word learning from childhood to adulthood. Come and join us in lovely York! Please RT 🙏 @yorkpsychology.bsky.social jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

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Very proud of lab members Sana and Hannah, who gave excellent presentations at #NDAS25 today

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Poor kid! It sounds like you did the best you could…