Dr Emma Hock

Post-16 white paper poor substitute for proper public funding UCU today responded to the government's post-16 white paper.

The government’s post-16 white paper is a missed opportunity.

Instead of fixing a broken funding model, ministers are doubling down on tuition fees and attacking international students.

We’re balloting because staff and students deserve better. #WeAreTheUniversity

www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

What tranSPIREs from recent research on e-cigarettes? Towards a comprehensive approach to model vaping policies. Lion Shahab, PhD, Hazel Squires, PhD; What tranSPIREs from recent research on e-cigarettes? Towards a comprehensive approach to model vaping policies., Nic

Principal investigators from our SPIRE Project, Hazel Squires and Lion Shahab, have published an editorial in Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal, exploring what we know and what we still need to know to create effective vaping policies.

More on the SPIRE project here: lnkd.in/eVarNm2b

Average levels of indoor air pollution exceed WHO recommendations among households in Bradford in a 2-week period.

My poster is in location, P27 in the Forster Suite @socsocmed.bsky.social #SSM2025 - come and see it and say hi!

Gained some interesting insights into indoor air pollution from Rachael Cheung, using Born in Bradford cohort study data #SSM2025

Prof John Wright giving the welcome address

Prof John Wright, Director of Born in Bradford @bihr.bsky.social, giving us a warm welcome to Bradford

Brilliant opening to #SSM2025 by John Wright - really engaging. City of Research - “We made it up ourselves” 🤣 A true Yorkshire welcome

Can’t wait for #SSM2025 tomorrow! @socsocmed.bsky.social Presenting a poster on our review of stakeholder involvement in public health evidence synthesis

📢Today, ASH launches our new 2025–2030 strategy to end the harm caused by tobacco.
Our goals:
❤️No one starts
🚭Everyone stops
📉No profit in tobacco

Find out more: ash.org.uk/about/who-we...

Critical Realism: Opening the door to enriching the evidence base of public health co-creation Written by Katrina Messiha. In this blog, the author advocates for critical realism as a philosophical approach to better understand the complex nature of health issues and to guide the co-creation…

Critical Realism: Opening the door to enriching the evidence base of public health co-creation - interesting post on the @ischp.bsky.social blog

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Communicable Research Podcast #41 - Professor Andrew Booth - The Evolution of Evidence Based Health Research Podcast Episode · Communicable Research Podcast · 11/08/2025 · 25m

Enjoyed listening to this Communicable Research Podcast by @andytattersall.bsky.social (the last one!) with Prof Andrew Booth

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Presented two posters at the Sheffield University School of Medicine and Population Health Research Showcase - here is one of them

Industrial action- information for students Information for students about why University staff are taking industrial action, and how you can show your support.

If you are a student at the University of #Sheffield and would like to know more about the upcoming strike, please have a look at the information on this webpage. @sheffielducu.bsky.social ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a...

Make Points, not Topics YouTube video by Melanie Rimmer

An easy way for social science undergraduates to write much better essays by changing how they think about paragraphs at the planning stage: Make Points, not Topics. new study skills video at youtu.be/C42cX_uO428

Creating a Smokefree Generation: The role of universities in supporting the Tobacco and Vapes Bill - Sheffield Addictions Research Group In this blog post Duncan Gillespie discusses the UK Government's Smokefree Generation policy, highlights Sheffield's student-led research and advocates for a national university network to share best ...

✍️Dr Duncan Gillespie (of @sarg-scharr.bsky.social) explores how universities can support new tobacco legislation through smokefree policies and why a national network could help share best practices.
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Solitary Drinkers in Great Britain: How Do Their Sociodemographic Characteristics, Consumption Patterns, and Drinking Occasions Differ From Those Who Drink With Others?: Journal of Studies on Alcohol ... Objective: Inequalities in alcohol-related harm may arise partly from differences in drinking practices between population groups. One underresearched practice associated with harm is consuming alcoho...

This new SARG study led by Luke Wilson is the first to examine solitary drinking in Great Britain. It identifies key characteristics of solitary drinkers and drinking occasions and provides useful insight into this under-researched area of British drinking culture. @jsadjournal.bsky.social #alcohol

What a heartening approach to public involvement and engagement
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