Thanks so much for reading and sharing!

Agency and cruel optimism in the care obfuscations of UK-based academic mothers - Higher Education This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32 UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care obfuscation refers t...

Great @mol-etheridge.bsky.social paper on how academic mothers intentionally (often spontaneously) obfuscate their circumstances/caring responsibilities to remain or appear productive, masking their challenges and inadvertently helping the system to stay as it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Critical nursing shortages leave patients unsafe|Royal College of Nursing | Royal College of Nursing Due to severe workforce shortages in hospitals and community services, patients are experiencing pain and, in many cases, being cared for in corridors. Today, the Royal College of Nursing in Wales (RC...

There's a critical nursing shortage. The Welsh NHS is, frankly, a byword for poor results. And now Cardiff University is to close its nursing courses. Well done everyone, genius-level stuff! 👏👏👏👏👏
www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Academic mothers ‘hide’ impact of caring responsibilities on work Researcher questions whether ‘care obfuscation’ is the answer to mums’ sense of exclusion

Mothers working in academia often deliberately hide or underestimate their parental responsibilities in the face of workplace pressure, finds study by @mol-etheridge.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academi... via @patrickjack.bsky.social

Academic mothers ‘hide’ impact of caring responsibilities on work Researcher questions whether ‘care obfuscation’ is the answer to mums’ sense of exclusion

My recent paper on obfuscation has received a THE write up!

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/academi...

Agency and cruel optimism in the care obfuscations of UK-based academic mothers - Higher Education This article introduces the concept of “care obfuscation”, developed from interviews with 32 UK-based academic mothers about their experience of the transition to parenthood. Care obfuscation refers t...

Care is essential for existence. We give it, receive it, and feel its absence.

Do universities facilitate care - or do they obscure its necessity?

This question underpins my new article on the care obfuscations of academic mothers. I hope you enjoy it!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New year, new load of marking 😬 11 essays down, 44 left to go ...

Viva prep is a go... Might have left it a bit late 😬

Drunk on power, fear and exhaustion after releasing my first ever set of student marks 😧

Made it through my first ever term of lecturing (and maybe last since I was contracted for four months only...)

Now to rediscover who I am as a researcher...