Few things make be more annoyed within academia than academics acting with contempt for PS staff.
It’s usually those who haven’t/don’t hold positions where the admin and responsibility would land otherwise on them and lack understanding of the experience and/professional knowledge held in PS.
Listen to my conversation with Ian Leslie about why we keep getting education wrong open.spotify.com/episode/3m0q...
What Supported Self Management is NOT
Supported Self Management (SSM) is a concept primarily associated with healthcare and wellness, where people manage their own health conditions with the assistance of healthcare professionals.
Read more … selfmgttoolkit.org/news/article...
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Much innovative work in teaching is not the big flashy new platform but 'frugal' iterative changes, against constraints.
This blog post (see also linked article) notes this type of innovation is often invisible and not celebrated.
teachinginhighereducation.wordpress.com/2026/02/24/f...
A series of medical royal colleges are stepping back from Elon Musk’s social media platform X after issues of abuse and hatred.
Three have left, and two more are reviewing their activity. @stokel.bsky.social reports
www.bmj.com/content/392/...
One of the best common sense explanations of the huge problems of neoliberalism and how "free markets" produce horrible outcomes in reality I've listened to.
youtu.be/AMTQNI3BV90
illustration of a light bulb to create ideas, with keywords - create, innovation, work, super, solution and brainstorm
LearnHigher is the UK's library of learning development resources for higher education. Take a look at the 20 most popular, most downloaded resources http://aldinhe.ac.uk/learnhigher/20-most-popular-resources & if you have a resource of your own, please share it via the submit a resource ... #LoveLD
New Supported Self Management Website is nearly ready.
Just needs a few tweaks
#InspireSelfMgt
Darlington nurses were ‘unlawfully harassed’ over trust trans rules
An employment tribunal in Newcastle has found that eight Darlington nurses who complained about a trans colleague using single sex changing rooms at work suffered harassment. #nursing #nhs
www.nursingtimes.net/policies-and...
having spent a big chunk of my consultant career setting up/working on shared orthopaedic/geriatric medicine wards& co-leading a load of national improvement work on it a few years ago - - i just spent the past couple of days visiting my mum on one in the hospital i grew up near
What an excellent idea…
The agent was not in the path of the SUV when he fired 3 shots” and was not run over.
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
PedoGate
#donaldtrump #jeffreyepstein #epsteinlist
#epsteinfiles #epsteincoverup #maga #republicans #releasethefiles #pambondi #pedonald
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Pain affects millions: but understanding it can make a real difference💡
If you're a health/care/fitness/wellbeing professional, join us in Huddersfield for a free event 👇
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So…the Supported Self Management Toolkit has come up with Meaningful Movement Prescription, especially for those healthcare providers, who write prescriptions.
Contact via the website, if you would like the PDF. www.paintoolkit.org/contact
#InspireSelfMgt
Keith Meldrum
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
Nuffield Trust Fellow, Stelios Vassiliou spoke to @fullfact.org about doctor pay changes: “You can paint a very different picture of real-terms changes to resident doctors’ pay packets over time, depending on the methods you use..."
Read more 👇
fullfact.org/health/bma-r...
Our analysis shows that, for nursing staff, stress-related illnesses accounted for nearly a quarter of the 7 million days lost to sickness in 2023.
Explore our latest magazine feature for advice on recognising the signs of stress and accessing support – particularly during winter. ⬇️
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What’s it really like to train as a nurse?
Whether you're at university doing a degree, or undertaking an apprenticeship, we want to know.
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And it’s in Newcastle!
"Axing nursing specialist fields could cost lives." 💬
In the wake of University of Nottingham’s plans to suspend two nursing courses, nursing student Kaammilah reflects on the impact of these decisions, and the often unrecognised value of nurse education.
Read more ⬇️ bit.ly/4ioMz9L
The UK media is overstating the benefits of prostate specific antigen tests, which can result in risk without benefit.
Men need fair information about screening for prostate cancer, writes @mgtmccartney.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Trump says the US is collecting "hundreds of trillions of dollars" in tariff revenue.
The size of the entire world's economy is around $110 trillion.
We had the lovely Carol Fucker around for tea.
She’s the singer with 80’s band T’Cau.
After some cake she said I was a total c*nt.
She called the vicar a twat & told Bunty to go f*ck herself.
She left blaming Ramrod our lab for the rise of knife crime in the UK.
We adored her!🥺
And by "our borders" I assume you mean in Dubai, the country you live in.
Pain Featured Image 31 October 2025
In this week’s #PAIN Featured Image, Jones et al. depict the proportion of connections within the sensory, affective, and cognitive subnetworks of the pain connectome. Learn more at bit.ly/4gYNZqV
Farage: epic grifter
LTHE Chat 341: Superpowers for Level 7 Learning
Join us on Bluesky with guest Professor David T Evans @david-t-evans.bsky.social on Wednesday 29th October 2025 at 20:00 GMT Superpowers? I understand not everyone in Higher Education appreciates the notion of ‘superpowers’ in relation to academia. I…
You might ask why he joined, and I don’t doubt I differ from Watson on many things, but I applaud his principled stand, recognition of the toxic direction of travel, and genuine commitment to multi-faith tolerance. We need more people today to be able to say ‘I was wrong to align myself with this’.
