Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh
@aroeschmarsh.bsky.social
#socialworker and #socialwork academic- joy, hope, arts engaged methods,
nature, creativity - based at the University of Edinburgh. Co-Director The Binks Hub. #PoetryHelps #NatureIsNurture (she/her)
nature, creativity - based at the University of Edinburgh. Co-Director The Binks Hub. #PoetryHelps #NatureIsNurture (she/her)
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My Whole World: Integrating the Digital into Social Work Assessments with Children and Young People
Most children and young people now live a significant proportion of their lives online, a situation that has been accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic which required many services, including educat...
www.tandfonline.com
So happy to share this article which we hope will be helpful for anyone doing #socialworkassessments with children and families. Integrating issues around the #digitalworld can be tricky - this article brings together research and practice wisdom to help www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:41 AM
a new small post on 柏舟 ("Cypress Boat") from the Book of Songs (c 600 BCE).
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
My heart is not a mirror
To reflect what others will
My heart is not a stone
It cannot be rolled
My heart is not a mat
It cannot be folded away
我心匪鑑 不可以茹
我心匪石 不可轉也
我心匪席 不可卷也
#everynightapoem chowleen.substack.com
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“Researchers who study the misdeeds of authoritarian governments are almost always under threat.” In a guest essay, Laura Murphy argues that “democratic governments need to build a fortress around academic freedom”
A human-rights researcher on why she pushed back when China bullied her university
Democratic governments must resist authoritarian states trying to co-opt their institutions, writes Laura Murphy
econ.st
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
“Researchers who study the misdeeds of authoritarian governments are almost always under threat.” In a guest essay, Laura Murphy argues that “democratic governments need to build a fortress around academic freedom”
‘Everyone needs to feel seen, heard and safe - this includes staff’ - SallyAnn Kelly #StafConference2025
#PracticeWisdom #socialwork
#PracticeWisdom #socialwork
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
‘Everyone needs to feel seen, heard and safe - this includes staff’ - SallyAnn Kelly #StafConference2025
#PracticeWisdom #socialwork
#PracticeWisdom #socialwork
‘How do we as leaders be the simplifies to create space for relationships’ - SallyAnn Kelly CEO opening speaker #StafConference2025
November 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
‘How do we as leaders be the simplifies to create space for relationships’ - SallyAnn Kelly CEO opening speaker #StafConference2025
Another wonderful interdisciplinary @thebinkshub.bsky.social event yesterday with Dr Kristina Konstantoni, Robina Rubin, Dr Kamal Dokurugu Ibrahim - great conversations about the power of using creative methods to work with children from different backgrounds and cultures
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Another wonderful interdisciplinary @thebinkshub.bsky.social event yesterday with Dr Kristina Konstantoni, Robina Rubin, Dr Kamal Dokurugu Ibrahim - great conversations about the power of using creative methods to work with children from different backgrounds and cultures
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Another great year for the International Creative Research Methods Conference!
Read our reflections, feedback, and plans for 2026 including a new and exciting initiative: helenkara.com/2025/11/11/i...
Also, ticket prices remain unchanged since 2023!
#CreativeResearchMethods #ICRMC2025
Read our reflections, feedback, and plans for 2026 including a new and exciting initiative: helenkara.com/2025/11/11/i...
Also, ticket prices remain unchanged since 2023!
#CreativeResearchMethods #ICRMC2025
Creative Research Methods Conference 2025
The International Creative Research Methods Conference is an annual gathering for academics of all disciplines who are interested in using creative methods in their research.
creativeresearchmethods.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Another great year for the International Creative Research Methods Conference!
Read our reflections, feedback, and plans for 2026 including a new and exciting initiative: helenkara.com/2025/11/11/i...
Also, ticket prices remain unchanged since 2023!
#CreativeResearchMethods #ICRMC2025
Read our reflections, feedback, and plans for 2026 including a new and exciting initiative: helenkara.com/2025/11/11/i...
Also, ticket prices remain unchanged since 2023!
#CreativeResearchMethods #ICRMC2025
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What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
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'As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature, held in South Africa, to argue that the arts are still vital to the world’s intellectual and moral life.'
‘It’s what makes us human’: Top writers defend humanities
As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature to argue that ...
www.universityworldnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
'As pressure mounts globally on the humanities, Africa’s leading writers and scholars used this week’s Nobel Symposium in Literature, held in South Africa, to argue that the arts are still vital to the world’s intellectual and moral life.'
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‘He growled, “When one of your Marines is dying, what are you gonna do, recite poetry at him?”
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Things Worth Remembering: Finding Meaning in the Madness of War
Memorizing poetry began as a way to kill time in the Marines. It turned into a lesson in how to live with the possibility of death, writes Phil Klay for The Free Press.
www.thefp.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
‘He growled, “When one of your Marines is dying, what are you gonna do, recite poetry at him?”
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Well . . . no, probably not.’
I wrote about the Yeats poem “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” for @thefp.com
www.thefp.com/p/things-wor...
Another little love note from Mother Nature today - sweet dreams Bluesky friends #NatureIsNurture
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Another little love note from Mother Nature today - sweet dreams Bluesky friends #NatureIsNurture
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Do you have a deep appreciation and unwavering commitment to ensuring people with lived experience are heard and understood? Our new Participation Practice Lead role could be for you. Find out more: buff.ly/1Z66Ler
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Do you have a deep appreciation and unwavering commitment to ensuring people with lived experience are heard and understood? Our new Participation Practice Lead role could be for you. Find out more: buff.ly/1Z66Ler
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Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, protecting lives as our planet heats up.
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Healthcare workers are on the frontlines of the climate crisis, protecting lives as our planet heats up.
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
This is their call to action:
🗣️It’s time to put health at the centre of #ClimateAction
Learn more: bit.ly/HealthCOP30 #COP30
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Went to a fantastic writing workshop today - part of this festival - wrote my first Kenning poem STONE
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Went to a fantastic writing workshop today - part of this festival - wrote my first Kenning poem STONE
Someone I loved died a year ago today. This picture I took on a walk the day after the funeral is still a comfort #NatureIsNurture
November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Someone I loved died a year ago today. This picture I took on a walk the day after the funeral is still a comfort #NatureIsNurture
At a time when we need more than ever to reinvigorate and innovate in our approach to teaching and learning in HE, this is an incredibly shortsighted decision from the University of Edinburgh. But those of us who love to teach and care for our students will fight on. #HEincrisis
Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
At a time when we need more than ever to reinvigorate and innovate in our approach to teaching and learning in HE, this is an incredibly shortsighted decision from the University of Edinburgh. But those of us who love to teach and care for our students will fight on. #HEincrisis
Autumn is still doing her beautiful thing here in #Scotland but not many of the beech trees still have so many of their leaves. Going to get out and savour it this weekend before it is gone. #NatureIsNurture
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Autumn is still doing her beautiful thing here in #Scotland but not many of the beech trees still have so many of their leaves. Going to get out and savour it this weekend before it is gone. #NatureIsNurture
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Because it's a good day, a thread of images from fantastic show I saw last week: African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. First up, Crite's luminous "Streetcar Madonna," which resonates with incoming NYC mayor's pledge to make transit more affordable
November 5, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Because it's a good day, a thread of images from fantastic show I saw last week: African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite at Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. First up, Crite's luminous "Streetcar Madonna," which resonates with incoming NYC mayor's pledge to make transit more affordable
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Anni Albers, Design for a rug, 1925. One of the best known Bauhsus trained textile artists of the 20thc #womensart
November 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Anni Albers, Design for a rug, 1925. One of the best known Bauhsus trained textile artists of the 20thc #womensart
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If you’re living with damp, cold and mould in your home, you’re not alone.
These issues are impacting millions of us in the UK – putting our wellbeing on the line.
Tomorrow, we're launching our new campaign pushing the government to act.
Learn more about some of the issues here. 👉 bit.ly/3LnYatm
These issues are impacting millions of us in the UK – putting our wellbeing on the line.
Tomorrow, we're launching our new campaign pushing the government to act.
Learn more about some of the issues here. 👉 bit.ly/3LnYatm
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
If you’re living with damp, cold and mould in your home, you’re not alone.
These issues are impacting millions of us in the UK – putting our wellbeing on the line.
Tomorrow, we're launching our new campaign pushing the government to act.
Learn more about some of the issues here. 👉 bit.ly/3LnYatm
These issues are impacting millions of us in the UK – putting our wellbeing on the line.
Tomorrow, we're launching our new campaign pushing the government to act.
Learn more about some of the issues here. 👉 bit.ly/3LnYatm
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Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
Jamie Oliver, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and major supermarkets want to double amount of beans Britons eat
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Magic beans: the protein-rich superfood in a potful of top chefs’ recipes
Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are among a group of celebrity chefs and supermarkets spearheading a new campaign to double UK bean consumption by 2028.
There has been a long push for people to include more legumes in their diets – they are climate friendly and healthy. As the UK faces increasing disease related to poor diets as well as increasing food prices, and the campaigners argue that it is the correct time to launch a drive to “bang in some beans” to the nation’s meals. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Celebrity chefs urge Britons to ‘bang in some beans’ to boost legume consumption
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Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
End tax breaks on oil and gas
Sign the petition to stop the giveaway and demand a fair jobs plan needs major people power right now.
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Join me in calling on @RachelReevesMP to stop propping up declining oil and gas companies with £2.7 BILLION of tax breaks a year (🤯) and fund a jobs guarantee for workers instead: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
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Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Thatcher in NE England #womensart
Image care of and property of Ella Murtha
Image care of and property of Ella Murtha
November 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Tish Murtha (1956-2013), social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities under Thatcher in NE England #womensart
Image care of and property of Ella Murtha
Image care of and property of Ella Murtha
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If you're interested in work on friendship and care, don't miss out on this conference next week - our Co-Director @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social and @stafscot.bsky.social are launching their resources. Watch this space for more soon! #AcademicSky
We are launching our care experience and friendship respurces at this conference next week - the whole team are really excited #cocreation #socialwork - still some
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...
Staf National Conference 2025 - 11/11/2025 10:00:00
Tuesday 11 November 2025 | 10am to 4pm | Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling
www.staf.scot
November 4, 2025 at 7:44 PM
If you're interested in work on friendship and care, don't miss out on this conference next week - our Co-Director @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social and @stafscot.bsky.social are launching their resources. Watch this space for more soon! #AcademicSky
We are launching our care experience and friendship respurces at this conference next week - the whole team are really excited #cocreation #socialwork - still some
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...
Staf National Conference 2025 - 11/11/2025 10:00:00
Tuesday 11 November 2025 | 10am to 4pm | Stirling Court Hotel, University of Stirling
www.staf.scot
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We are launching our care experience and friendship respurces at this conference next week - the whole team are really excited #cocreation #socialwork - still some
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...
Places if you want to come along www.staf.scot/event/staf-n...