Annette Boaz
@annetteboaz.bsky.social
Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of the Policy Research unit for the Health and Social Care Workforce (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru), Kings College London, Co-lead https://transforming-evidence.org
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🚨 Tonight
Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions
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Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions
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NEXT WEEK: Truth and Trust: The Vital Role of Social Science in a Divided World
Join us and an expert panel, including Julia Gillard, to discuss how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation
🎟️ Register for the livestream ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
Join us and an expert panel, including Julia Gillard, to discuss how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation
🎟️ Register for the livestream ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚨 Tonight
Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions
⬇️
Join us to hear Julia Gillard and expert speakers share insights on how social science can still have global impact in an era of political polarisation and widespread misinformation, public scepticism, political interference, and funding reductions
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We're launching the refreshed uremethods.org Repository - a free database to share and find tools researchers use to conduct high-quality research into how evidence use made, mobilised and used. Great to be here @ebrnetwork.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We're launching the refreshed uremethods.org Repository - a free database to share and find tools researchers use to conduct high-quality research into how evidence use made, mobilised and used. Great to be here @ebrnetwork.bsky.social
At the fantastic @ebrnetwork.bsky.social conference in Bergen @transformevidence.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
At the fantastic @ebrnetwork.bsky.social conference in Bergen @transformevidence.bsky.social
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"@bobbyduffy.bsky.social director of the Policy Institute at KCL, said the study showed a 'frightening increase' in the sense of 'national division' and decline in the UK"
The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
Britons becoming increasingly divided over ‘culture wars’
Survey finds that young people are also losing a sense of pride in the UK and that a majority of people believe life was better in the past
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"@bobbyduffy.bsky.social director of the Policy Institute at KCL, said the study showed a 'frightening increase' in the sense of 'national division' and decline in the UK"
The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
The Times on our latest culture wars study with @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social
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Newly added to NNERPP Extra’s #ResearchRoundup: New #edresearch from Georgia Policy Labs, Office for Education Policy, and Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research nnerppextra.rice.edu #ResearchRoundupMonday
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Newly added to NNERPP Extra’s #ResearchRoundup: New #edresearch from Georgia Policy Labs, Office for Education Policy, and Stanford-Sequoia K-12 Research nnerppextra.rice.edu #ResearchRoundupMonday
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Alcohol researchers at @arc-southlondon.bsky.social have evaluated a home- and neighbourhood-based treatment approach that improves outcomes for people with serious alcohol problems, while reducing #NHS costs and hospital admissions
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...
💫 #ARCimpacts
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...
💫 #ARCimpacts
October 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Alcohol researchers at @arc-southlondon.bsky.social have evaluated a home- and neighbourhood-based treatment approach that improves outcomes for people with serious alcohol problems, while reducing #NHS costs and hospital admissions
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...
💫 #ARCimpacts
arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/research-and...
💫 #ARCimpacts
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How can different forms of literature can help us make sense of environmental change, reconnect with place, and imagine more hopeful ways of living? Book here for our Art Club event on Thursday which will include a poetry workshop run by Dr Yvonne Reddick www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
Art Club: Writing Wild Worlds
Explore how creative writing can deepen our connection with the natural world and help us imagine a more hopeful future for our planet through this exciting discussion and interactive creative writing...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 27, 2025 at 9:10 AM
How can different forms of literature can help us make sense of environmental change, reconnect with place, and imagine more hopeful ways of living? Book here for our Art Club event on Thursday which will include a poetry workshop run by Dr Yvonne Reddick www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/livin...
Deadline approaching 😊
Call for Abstracts!
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Deadline approaching 😊
Kathryn did an awesome inaugural lecture yesterday 👏
@transformevidence.bsky.social
@transformevidence.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Kathryn did an awesome inaugural lecture yesterday 👏
@transformevidence.bsky.social
@transformevidence.bsky.social
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Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...
October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Challenging and incisive report from the Transforming Evidence team on what needs to change in health R&D in the UK. Well worth reading. It's at transforming-evidence.org/resources/op...
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Call for Abstracts!
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Call for Abstracts!
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
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@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below
transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...
With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...
With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
@transformevidence.bsky.social has put out a new report on how to optimise the value of the UK's clinical research system , commissioned by CRUK, accompanying @crukpolicy.bsky.social summary below
transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...
With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
transforming-evidence.org/projects/opt...
With @abudur.bsky.social and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
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'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Call for Abstracts!
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Call for Abstracts!
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Special Issue: Strengthening Research Practice Partnerships in Social Care: Evidence, Impact and Policy Learning
Deadline: 3 Nov 2025
Full details:
evidenceandpolicyblog.co.uk/2025/10/15/e...
@bupjournals.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @a-mtowers.bsky.social
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Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on:
Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy.
Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy.
Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
The National Programme on Substance Use Mortality (NPSUM) | King's College London
The NPSUM enables analysis of trends in deaths due to illicit substances or licensed medications to inform harm reduction strategy and increase patient safety.
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 11, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Next keynote at #CMHP25 is Dr Caroline Copeland from King’s College London who is speaking on:
Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy.
Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
Medicines, Misuse & Mortality: Lessons for Mental Health Pharmacy.
Her research exposes the human cost of medication misuse and how policy can sometimes make things worse.
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/the...
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📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...
Evidence & Policy: Call for Abstracts | King's College London
Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care
www.kcl.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
📢 Evidence & Policy journal SPECIAL ISSUE Call for Abstracts:
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...
"Strengthening research practice partnerships in social care: Evidence, impact and policy learning"
Guest Editors: @annetteboaz.bsky.social & @a-mtowers.bsky.social
Abstracts deadline 3 November.
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/strengt...
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Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
October 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Our Community First Responders work, noted here by Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care Karin Smyth MP, is available via:
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/communi...
It was a real pleasure talking to #CFRs for the study mentioned in the Minister of State’s letter @hscwru.bsky.social
In a heartfelt letter to #ambulance trust chief executives, Karin Smyth, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care, has praised the indispensable work of ambulance #volunteers, particularly Community First Responders (#CFRs), across the UK.
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October 2, 2025 at 6:54 AM
It was a real pleasure talking to #CFRs for the study mentioned in the Minister of State’s letter @hscwru.bsky.social
What a beautiful evening to be cycling @denbies vineyard. Very lucky to have all this on our doorstep
October 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
What a beautiful evening to be cycling @denbies vineyard. Very lucky to have all this on our doorstep
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Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨
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Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights 🙏
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social
Absolutely intellectually spoiled these past 2 days! At ‘A New Odyssey for Public Engagement’ in London, leading thinkers in science, diplomacy & public engagement from 4 continents came together to explore how the ODESSI framework (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) can guide global dialogues on science 🌍✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Huge thanks to Shaofeng Hu (UNESCO) & @francoisefrancois.bsky.social for inspiring keynotes, and to our brilliant speakers & discussants for their transdisciplinary insights 🙏
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social
@itswiggins.bsky.social @annettemarkham.bsky.social @annetteboaz.bsky.social @davidludwig.bsky.social @gsej.bsky.social
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If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
September 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
If you are interested in universities policy I’ll be on a panel discussing this with @greenmirandahere.bsky.social @pollymackenzie.bsky.social @papiteide.bsky.social & Michael Spence on Monday 3.15pm in Liverpool
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House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...
House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work | King's College London
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 8:21 AM
House of Commons Education Select Committee cites Unit work by Ian Kessler and @annetteboaz.bsky.social
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...
The Committee has published: 'Solving the SEND Crisis'
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/house-o...
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New in British Journal of Social Work
Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada.
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Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada.
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September 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New in British Journal of Social Work
Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada.
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
Visiting Professor Cheryl Regehr, with Reader in Social Care at the Unit Mary Baginsky and colleagues: Experiences of in-person violence and cyberviolence against child welfare workers in Canada.
academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...
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In our new project, we are exploring how NHS Nursing Associates are working in GP practices. What's their role in the wider healthcare team, the types of work they do and the factors that affect their development and integration? #PrimaryCare
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How are Nursing Associates working in primary care? - ARC West
Nursing Associates (NAs) are a relatively new role in healthcare. Introduced in 2016, they work at Band 4 – between Healthcare Support Workers and Registered Nurses. After 2 years of training, NAs can...
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September 23, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In our new project, we are exploring how NHS Nursing Associates are working in GP practices. What's their role in the wider healthcare team, the types of work they do and the factors that affect their development and integration? #PrimaryCare
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-are-nurs...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/how-are-nurs...