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Dr Esther Sharma

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Researching maternity & migration | #Afghanistan #Serbia | King's College London | personal account | https://birthingontheway.wixsite.com/project

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07.10.2025 09:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Does anyone know of a paper that describes or provides examples of how participants can be involved in data analysis / interpretation using creative methods? @helenkara.bsky.social @jpueblafortier.bsky.social

25.09.2025 07:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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On time and on budget? Whaaat? Make this man prime minister immediately www.ft.com/content/639a...

10.09.2025 10:57 πŸ‘ 513 πŸ” 99 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 20
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Anthropological Perspectives on Health System Resilience CC BY-NC-ND

Just published @mitpress.bsky.social our chapter: Anthropological Perspectives on Health System Resilience. Wonderful to work with @dianeduclos.bsky.social and @profkarlblanchet.bsky.social on this.

Download for free here: shorturl.at/A6qmC

10.09.2025 15:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Rising Scholars - Announcement: New Self-Study Course! Introduction to Research Ethics

New! Self-study course 'Introduction to Research Ethics'.
Free to LMIC scholars.

Covers everything from understanding ethics and examples of good practice to what not to do.

Also, I wrote it, so you know it'll be engaging and useful πŸ˜‰

Please share #AcademicSky

risingscholars.net/en/news/deta...

09.09.2025 14:44 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Brings back memories of being presented an award by Julia Neuberger in sixth form many years ago!

09.09.2025 20:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Are you a midwife who has significant experience of using interpreters to discuss mental health with women?

How do you do that effectively? πŸ€”. Would you be willing to share those experiences and help help shape future good practice recommendations? πŸ€”

Contact me 4 more info…

09.09.2025 19:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic project led brilliantly by @rachelbenchekroun.bsky.social with some really exciting contributions. A real treat for anyone interested in #migration

09.09.2025 10:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

03.09.2025 16:39 πŸ‘ 21161 πŸ” 6826 πŸ’¬ 1297 πŸ“Œ 1402
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Expectations, Experiences and Contexts of European Midwives Pursuing a Doctoral Degree: A Twenty‐Three‐Country Exploratory Survey Background Despite the increasing number of doctorally prepared midwives in Europe, particularly after the Bologna Declaration 1999, little is known about the context and experiences of their doctor...

πŸ†• Our new paper just out in the Journal of Advanced Nursing!

What’s it like to be a midwife in Europe doing a doctorate?

Big thanks to the 207 midwives & associations who took part πŸ’™

Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#Midwifery #PhDlife #Research @ansluyben.bsky.social

16.08.2025 10:14 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks incredible!

03.09.2025 11:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As a new PhD student I'd like to have known:
*Dummies guide to how publishing works
*Academic etiquette incl. how to reach out to those working in similar fields
*What to do during a PhD to give oneself the greatest chance of success in academia at the end of it all

03.09.2025 09:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yesterday: Nigel Farage says Reform UK "will detain and deport absolutely anyone that comes via that route.. Yes, women and children"

Today: Nigel Farage, "Deportation of illegal immigrants, we were not even discussing women and children at this stage. The news reports who said that were wrong"

27.08.2025 21:42 πŸ‘ 649 πŸ” 339 πŸ’¬ 138 πŸ“Œ 62

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

26.08.2025 11:01 πŸ‘ 8481 πŸ” 3298 πŸ’¬ 492 πŸ“Œ 260
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Taliban: We’re ready to work with Farage on migrants Senior official says they will not take money but instead accept aid to support any Afghans deported under Reform plans

Absolutely outrageous that the Taliban claim that Afghanistan is a "place where everyone can live with dignity" and equally outrageous that Farage wants to do a returns deal with them. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn #genderapartheid

www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

28.08.2025 09:43 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Another View: The state regulation preventing midwives from serving Texas women Granting certified nurse-midwives full practice authority aligns with conservative principles. It is time for Texas lawmakers to take action.

Why is Texas limiting midwives’ ability to care for womenβ€”especially in rural areas? Silvia Esparza calls on lawmakers to grant midwives full practice authority.

zurl.co/t6rvJ

28.07.2025 08:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the Home Office behaving exactly as intended:

The visa fees paid by a grieving widower to bring his wife to the UK are kept. Despite the face that she literally died before she made it to UK soil.

We need to rip this broken institution apart.

30.06.2025 08:38 πŸ‘ 540 πŸ” 186 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 13

This is a disaster for maternal health in Afghanistan

26.06.2025 17:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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A much needed few days of head space to write @cumberlandlodge.bsky.social with the @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Methodologies Crew. Amazing how much one can get done when in beautiful surroundings with a constant flow of gastronomical treats (and the odd game of croquet!)

26.06.2025 15:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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24.06.2025 16:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: US seeks to gut UN development goals American negotiators proposed hundreds of amendments aimed at reversing prior commitments to achieving U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

This is outrageous and must be condemned by all nations!

US seeks to gut UN Sustainable Development Goals development

www.devex.com/news/exclusi...

13.06.2025 03:25 πŸ‘ 37 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Addressing food insecurity through better food aid and improved collaboration at University of Southampton on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Addressing food insecurity through better food aid and improved collaboration at University of Southampton, listed on FindAPhD.com

Amazing funded opportunity to apply to do a PhD with us on food insecurity!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

11.06.2025 11:05 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Doing a project per career stage versus executing multiple projects: Pros, cons and my own experience Should you do a single project for each of your career stages or should you

NEW BLOG POST: Doing a project per career stage versus executing multiple projects: Pros, cons and my own experience www.raulpacheco.org/2025/06/doin...

In which I reflect on whether I could have taken a more linear, one-project-per-career-stage approach.

#RPVSky

01.06.2025 23:46 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for this - very timely for me on my research journey.

Is there a way to subscribe to your blog? The 'subscribe' button seems to be greyed out/ not doing anything.

05.06.2025 20:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Choose the research method that suits your participants and answers your research question.

Not the one that you’ve got a cool new Miro board for.
Not the one you heard about on LinkedIn.
Not the one you want to mention on your CV.

That is all.

05.06.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

What a bizarre coincidence! Great minds think alike and all that….

03.06.2025 19:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This year has been devastating for Afghan refugees. As Afghanistan is plagued by insecurity, economic collapse, and deepening poverty, both Iran and Pakistan have started large-scale mass deportation of Afghan refugees.
zantimes.com/2025/06/03/n...

03.06.2025 16:34 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Really looking forward to reading this!

03.06.2025 18:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A rather belated welcome, but great to see you here Julia! πŸ¦‹

26.05.2025 21:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

How lovely to see the baby in the photo - we need more pics like this and more baby friendly academic spaces!

26.05.2025 21:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0