Undergraduate open days Visit Keele’s undergraduate open days and explore our 600-acre campus, see our excellent teaching facilities, and meet our academics. Book now.

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Don’t make me tap the sign. Strikes are supposed to be disruptive

If you see anyone talking about how the Amazon strike could disrupt the flow of packages:

Join us for Keele Open Day! fb.watch/z_u27mPBA1/?...

Understanding and addressing factors affecting health outcomes: a study of lived experiences at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Understanding and addressing factors affecting health outcomes: a study of lived experiences at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com

Funded PhD opportunity for qualitative work on health inequalities and factors affecting health outcomes at University of Aberdeen, in partnership with Aberdeen City Council
Please share!
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I just can't remember the story of Charles Darwin writing On the origin of species being that he sliced it into 40 papers while supervising four PhD students, answering 70 emails and attending 4 Microsoft Teams meetings a day while completing an e-Learning course about fire safety in the background

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

50% of people in prison are neurodivergent, compared to 15% of the general population. But why?

David Breakspear & @oxonadvisory.com discuss how neurodivergent people get caught up in the CJS & what the system could do to prevent unfair criminalisation

🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/2c2982

Have you got what it takes? Dynamic and talented people wanted to lead our prisons, as exclusive leadership programme launches His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has today (4 April) launched the Future Prison Leaders Programme to recruit and train the next generation of prison leaders.

Have you got what it takes? Dynamic and talented people wanted to lead our prisons.
HMPPS launches Future Prison Leaders Programme to recruit and train the next generation of prison leaders.
www.gov.uk/government/n...

We’re looking forward to the release of the ‘Our Message Our Voice’ film, led by @keeleuniversity.bsky.social and funded by the SSA. Find out how to watch it: tinyurl.com/2hkmu3ed #academicsky #researchsky #livedexperience #addiction

Liverpool 2023 Prisons Week Lecture: Dr Shona Minson – Changemakers YouTube video by Liverpool Cathedral

Last year I gave the Prisons’ Week lecture at Liverpool Cathedral, on Changemakers and women’s justice.
I talked about Elizabeth Fry, and hopeful uncertainty and where imagination might take us.
I’ve discovered it’s on YouTube so sharing it (& my Betsy Fry obsession) m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgb...

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2024, Mothers on trial Shona Minson explores the pardoxical thinking around sending mothers to prison

If you can tear yourself away form Married at First Sight Australia, there is an alternative: Radio 3 every night 9.45pm next 2 weeks - the current New Generation Thinkers have recorded essays for Radio 3 . Mine is entitled 'Mothers on Trial' . on at 9.45pm 1st April. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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The UK is a low tax economy

It has been for decades and has therefore invested less in public services like health

The result is poorer services & less access, a higher debt burden & an unhappy population

Choice is poor services low tax or better services higher tax

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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (background picture: silhouette of an adult and a child singing and dancing)

The 2025 national #ARCseminar series on:
The healing power of creative arts

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7 May: Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts

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11 June: Exploring lived experience with creative arts

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9 July: Creative arts for #dementia

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Do you work in Local Government and have a #PublicHealth scheme in need of evaluation?

The PHIRST scheme is now accepting Expressions of Interest ➡️ nihr.ac.uk/funding/publ...

@local.gov.uk @adphuk.bsky.social @cosla.gov.uk @nhswalesexecutive.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social

It's International Women's Day! ❤️

Today is all about celebrating and honouring the achievements of women around the world, as well as advocating for gender equality.

#internationalwomensday

A Co-produced International Qualitative Systematic Review on Lived Experiences of Trauma During Homelessness in Adulthood and Impacts on Mental Health, Emma Adams, Mental Health Fellow, et al writes for Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/15248380241286839

Co-produced International Qualitative Systematic Review on Lived Experiences of Trauma During Homelessness, Emma Adams, Career Development Award holder, et al writes for Trauma, Violence, & Abuse: bit.ly/3F7hHuN

#MentalHealth

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Feeling (Un)safe in Prison: A Comparative Analysis of England & Wales and Norway Abstract. While there is abundant literature on prison violence, much less has been written about how safety is perceived and conceived in prison. Even les

New article by Sophie Martens and me in the British Journal of Criminology, exploring perceptions of safety among prisoners in England & Wales and Norway, and how they differ.
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We are looking forward to our webinar on 4th March sharing a bit about our research and how members of the public from across the UK can help. Please do join us - and please share to help us reach others.
Joining the webinar does not commit you to further involvement. shop.bris.ac.uk/conferences-...

‘For women especially, prison is a place of chaos and trauma where vulnerable people struggle to maintain their dignity, let alone sanity… into these containers of suffering are dropped women whose only crime is mental illness.’

Lalitha Try, Economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “The incomes of poor households haven’t risen enough in recent decades, as the UK economy has stagnated. But where their money comes from and what it is spent on has changed considerably. “Two bursts of rapid jobs growth in the late 1990s and 2010s mean that earnings play an ever more important role in shaping lower income households’ living standards, while social security benefits contribute less. “Council Tax is consuming a larger share of their poor families’ household budgets, who are spending almost as much on these bills as they pay in Income Tax. This terribly designed tax increasingly resembles the very thing it was meant to replace – the dreaded Poll Tax.”

🚨 New research published today 🚨

For the poorest half of working households, income from work has increased & benefits decreased.

But lower income families are spending a disproportionate amount of their income on Council Tax, which has become increasingly regressive.

https://buff.ly/4gE0beF

The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing | Samira Shackle For 20 years, Britain has been inflating sentences despite little evidence it deters crime. But a new review offers a glimmer of hope, says journalist Samira Shackle

Pleased to see our paper 'Sentence inflation: a judicial critique' cited in @samirashackle.bsky.social's piece 'The punishment doesn’t fit the crime in Britain. That’s why our jails are overflowing'.

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James Timpson: the prisons minister who employs ex-offenders James Timpson’s parents took in foster children and he gives jobs to former criminals in his family business. Now he wants the government to do the same

Lengthy interview with Lord Timpson in The Times today, but nothing much new in it. Feels like everything’s really on hold now, until @davidgauke.bsky.social’s review reports.

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Great to be at the latest Bromley Briefings launch this evening. Such a brilliant annual piece of research by @prtuk.bsky.social, and one which undoubtably has a huge impact on the prison service.

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Image: Pale green arches on a white background, with a headline stating Workshop:Mastering Impact. Text underneath reads: Join us for an interactive workshop on how to plan for, track, and communicate the impact of your research-related activities. Ashling Hotel, 10-13 Parkgate St, Stoneybatter, Dublin 8, D08P38N. 13 March 2025 www.hrci.ie The HRCI logo is in the right corner.

Whether it's the research you fund, your support for PPI, events you organise, or other research initiatives, understanding and demonstrating impact is important and valuable. HRCI members are invited to register for our Mastering Impact workshop on March 13th www.eventbrite.ie/e/hrci-membe...

“Arts-based approach” shows promise for reintegrating women with convictions | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama An arts-based approach to Transformative Justice can improve social cohesion and shows promise for reintegrating women with convictions into their communities, according to new research involving Cent...

Our report on transformative justice & arts is out! We learned creative practice can enable communities to explore harm & accountability in deep & nuanced ways.
Huge thanks to the our creative collaborators the HJC Members, Restoke, Clean Break, and Rideout.

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Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care a book by Kelly Hayes, Mariame Kaba, Harsha Walia, et al. What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building powe...

It will be easy to fall into a pattern of dunking & reacting in these times. Performing disapproval can be a consuming pastime & it is not enough. Refuse to abandon vulnerable people. Build a rebellious culture of care. If you need help, @prisonculture.bsky.social and I wrote a book to assist you.

Lack of basic care leads women in prison to self-harm - Russell Webster Prison inspectors say prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves.

Lack of basic care leads women in prison to self-harm
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social finds prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves. www.russellwebster.com/a-lack-of-ba...

🧩 Unlock Drama: Unveiling Our Core Rehabilitation Techniques
At Unlock Drama, we are committed to harnessing the transformative power of theatre to rehabilitate and empower. Our methods are meticulously designed to nurture growth, empathy, and resilience. Here’s a glimpse into our core approaches:

Great to see a culture of rehabilitation rather than #WastingTime inside. Our #WastingTime campaign wants to see people better prepared for release through work and education in prison. Often, work in prison is inconsistent and only a few hours a week: tinyurl.com/4mtk7938