Bethan Gulliver
@bgulliver.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Medical Education, UEA. Passionate about education and equality. Norwich, Pembrokeshire, Forest of Dean.
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📰 In our latest newsletter you can find out more about our Project Showcases (happening over the next 2 days), catch up on all of our Roadmap activity and see a roundup of reports, events, funding & opportunities in the #agrifood space. View here👉 tinyurl.com/yfmxww83
AFN Network+ Newsletter: Issue 29, November 2025
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November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
📰 In our latest newsletter you can find out more about our Project Showcases (happening over the next 2 days), catch up on all of our Roadmap activity and see a roundup of reports, events, funding & opportunities in the #agrifood space. View here👉 tinyurl.com/yfmxww83
So pleased to see so many comments supporting Team @lewisgoodall.com here…. I was despairing listening to Maitlis and Sopes on this one….
"We breed this family to be our head of state and it screws them up time and time again. It is a litany of sadness and torment."
Can King Charles make the "brutal" changes needed to make sure the Royals survive?
Can King Charles make the "brutal" changes needed to make sure the Royals survive?
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 AM
So pleased to see so many comments supporting Team @lewisgoodall.com here…. I was despairing listening to Maitlis and Sopes on this one….
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October 31, 2025 at 5:17 AM
@evawiseman.bsky.social hitting the nail squarely on the head with this…
Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over
The main trend revealed on the catwalks is that, as the use of weight-loss drugs booms, women are expected to be thinner than ever
observer.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
@evawiseman.bsky.social hitting the nail squarely on the head with this…
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Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
October 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.
Maybe Beth is on a diet.
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Did you see that we published our Roadmap for Resilience report last week, but haven't had time to dig into the detail?
No problem! We've digested the key points for you 👇 🔗tinyurl.com/5n7eet6r
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
No problem! We've digested the key points for you 👇 🔗tinyurl.com/5n7eet6r
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
DIGEST: Roadmap for Resilience; key points and priority actions - AFN Network+
AFN’s report, Roadmap for Resilience: A UK Food Plan for 2050, is published today. It brings together three years of work, with contributions from 150+ people in the Network. So what does it say?
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October 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Did you see that we published our Roadmap for Resilience report last week, but haven't had time to dig into the detail?
No problem! We've digested the key points for you 👇 🔗tinyurl.com/5n7eet6r
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
No problem! We've digested the key points for you 👇 🔗tinyurl.com/5n7eet6r
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
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Are you an employer in the #agrifood space or an early career researcher/student interested in working in the #agrifood space? Check out the below & apply to join us on the 12th November for our careers fair!👇
📢We are organising our first careers fair aiming to connect early career researchers and students in the agri-food sector with potential employers.
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
Application form to attend the AFN Network+ Careers Fair
Thank you very much for your interest in attending the AFN Network+ Careers Fair as a potential job applicant.
The event will be held on Wednesday 12th November 2pm-3.50pm and the employers will inclu...
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October 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
October 15, 2025 at 8:15 AM
1/ How should the UK respond to mounting pressure from climate change, health problems, and global instability? Our Roadmap for Resilience report calls for rapid and urgent action on food, at a scale not seen since WW2.
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Full report: tinyurl.com/369s6wuy
#UKFoodPlan2050 #AFNRoadmap
Wow! Booking my vaccine now!
The science is in: COVID boosters are worth it, even if you've been vaccinated and/or infected before. Stay safe out there, friends!: 🧪 🛟 www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-...
Annual COVID Vaccines Save Lives, New Study Shows
A new study shows that receiving an updated COVID vaccine reduced people’s risk of severe disease and death in all age groups, regardless of immunity from prior infection or vaccination
www.scientificamerican.com
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Wow! Booking my vaccine now!
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📢We are organising our first careers fair aiming to connect early career researchers and students in the agri-food sector with potential employers.
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
Application form to attend the AFN Network+ Careers Fair
Thank you very much for your interest in attending the AFN Network+ Careers Fair as a potential job applicant.
The event will be held on Wednesday 12th November 2pm-3.50pm and the employers will inclu...
tinyurl.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
📢We are organising our first careers fair aiming to connect early career researchers and students in the agri-food sector with potential employers.
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
📆Weds 12th Nov 2pm - Online
ECRs & students - please apply here👉 tinyurl.com/ynjkrh7c
Employers - please apply here 👉 tinyurl.com/2vuawxkr
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Labour have so far rolled out free breakfast clubs to 750 primary schools across England, with work already starting on the next 2000.
These are actual policies delivering real change and improvements to real people.
Here Michela tells us how she is benefiting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPeKtTiE11H/
These are actual policies delivering real change and improvements to real people.
Here Michela tells us how she is benefiting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPeKtTiE11H/
October 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Labour have so far rolled out free breakfast clubs to 750 primary schools across England, with work already starting on the next 2000.
These are actual policies delivering real change and improvements to real people.
Here Michela tells us how she is benefiting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPeKtTiE11H/
These are actual policies delivering real change and improvements to real people.
Here Michela tells us how she is benefiting.
www.instagram.com/p/DPeKtTiE11H/
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We need to develop a more planet-based diet !
New EAT-Lancet warns: food systems breach Planetary Boundaries.
“EAT-Lancet 2025 places justice at the centre, not only as a goal but also as a vital part of enabling transformation,” says Centre Director Line Gordon, one of the report’s lead authors.
www.stockholmresilience.org/5.5e96ff7d19...
“EAT-Lancet 2025 places justice at the centre, not only as a goal but also as a vital part of enabling transformation,” says Centre Director Line Gordon, one of the report’s lead authors.
www.stockholmresilience.org/5.5e96ff7d19...
October 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We need to develop a more planet-based diet !
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Despite the naysayers & those complaining it wouldn't work, free breakfast clubs are up & running in 750 schools.
And they are about to be expanded, with 2000 more schools ready to offer them from April 2026, serving 500k more children and helping their families.
Thank you Labour!
And they are about to be expanded, with 2000 more schools ready to offer them from April 2026, serving 500k more children and helping their families.
Thank you Labour!
Free breakfast clubs for half a million extra children next year
Thousands more families will soon benefit from free breakfast clubs as the government confirms plans for 2,000 new schools to join the scheme from April 2026.
www.gov.uk
September 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Despite the naysayers & those complaining it wouldn't work, free breakfast clubs are up & running in 750 schools.
And they are about to be expanded, with 2000 more schools ready to offer them from April 2026, serving 500k more children and helping their families.
Thank you Labour!
And they are about to be expanded, with 2000 more schools ready to offer them from April 2026, serving 500k more children and helping their families.
Thank you Labour!
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Not waving but drowning: Stevie Smith, born #OTD 1902, English poet & novelist, whose work inspired Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath.
Stevie Smith Archive Hull
Stevie Smith Archive Hull
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Not waving but drowning: Stevie Smith, born #OTD 1902, English poet & novelist, whose work inspired Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath.
Stevie Smith Archive Hull
Stevie Smith Archive Hull
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social’s @kellyedmunds.bsky.social is always worth reading!
NEW on Wonkhe: Kelly Edmunds and Kate Strudwick ask why there is so little research into the experience of postgraduate students buff.ly/R2D2mTm
September 3, 2025 at 5:32 AM
@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social’s @kellyedmunds.bsky.social is always worth reading!
Shocking, but not surprisingly for those of us working in education - how can we revive hope in our young people?
Lifetime trends in happiness change as misery peaks among the young – new research
The rapid rise in despair before the age of 45, and especially before the mid-20s, has fundamentally changed the lifecycle profile of despair.
theconversation.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Shocking, but not surprisingly for those of us working in education - how can we revive hope in our young people?
I learned to do this in Vietnam… perfect in hot weather! Now I use AF lager - perhaps even more of an atrocity?
Ice cubes in beer: is this popular pub order atrocious – or ingenious?
Ice cubes in beer: is this popular pub order atrocious – or ingenious?
A new survey has found that more than a quarter of adults under 35 commit the sin of dilution to keep their pint cool. Is this alarming new trend here to stay?
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I learned to do this in Vietnam… perfect in hot weather! Now I use AF lager - perhaps even more of an atrocity?
This has made me very happy!
"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.
August 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This has made me very happy!
This is interesting... I'm hearing a lot of backlash against the New Labour expansion of HE, this would suggest it did far more good than harm and that many perceptions are just plain wrong...
Public hugely overestimate graduate regret while underestimating economic value of universities and being wrong on tuition fees – new study
People guess that 40% of graduates wouldn't go to university if they could choose again, when the reality is just 8%
www.kcl.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 8:43 AM
This is interesting... I'm hearing a lot of backlash against the New Labour expansion of HE, this would suggest it did far more good than harm and that many perceptions are just plain wrong...
I just know this is going to come in handy…
Got a friend or family member who’s become a little Reform-curious? Today on The Bunker, @paulmason.bsky.social joins @nndroid.bsky.social to explore how to push back against a potential Reform supporter.
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
Listen here: linktr.ee/bunker_pod
August 19, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I just know this is going to come in handy…
Good thinking!
People living near pylons to get £2,500 off electricity bills over 10 years, as smart meter plans are unveiled to give consumers better rights and compensation
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Energy bills cut for communities helping electrify Britain
People living near pylons to get £2,500 off electricity bills over 10 years, as smart meter plans are unveiled to give consumers better rights and compensation
www.gov.uk
August 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Good thinking!
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“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work two minutes faster?”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Journey times up, deaths down: Welsh 20mph speed limit still divisive two years on
Protests continue against default lower limit in urban areas that supporters say is working ‘exactly as intended’
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“What is an acceptable death toll that justifies getting to work two minutes faster?”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working’
The 20mph policy has reduced casualties by over 25%, paid for itself already, and reduced insurance premiums…. Win, win, win!
The 20mph policy has reduced casualties by over 25%, paid for itself already, and reduced insurance premiums…. Win, win, win!
Great piece on the Welsh government’s 20mph policy by @willhaycardiff.bsky.social
“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”
Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.
“What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working”
Inspiration for England as DfT work on the promised road safety strategy.
Turns out the 20mph limit was great idea!
Two years on from the controversial policy, it's becoming increasingly clear that the doubters were wrong
willhaywardwales.substack.com
August 3, 2025 at 7:13 AM
‘What is great about evidence based policy is that it has a wonderful habit of working’
The 20mph policy has reduced casualties by over 25%, paid for itself already, and reduced insurance premiums…. Win, win, win!
The 20mph policy has reduced casualties by over 25%, paid for itself already, and reduced insurance premiums…. Win, win, win!
Graduated with for my MA in Higher Education Practice yesterday from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and feeling very grateful for all the support I received!
July 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Graduated with for my MA in Higher Education Practice yesterday from @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and feeling very grateful for all the support I received!