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Dr Anna Weighall
@drannaweighall.bsky.social
Reader in Psychology and Education, University of Sheffield. Cognitive /developmental psychologist interested in sleep; language, literacy, and development; mental health and wellbeing; intervention development and evaluation, co-approaches.
Can ChatGPT pass an engineering degree? Probably www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
What happens when ChatGPT takes a university exam?
It's clear that GenAI tools can already effectively deal with and solve many of the topics taught to university students
www.rte.ie
February 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🌟 Join the BPSS for a Morning of Paediatric Sleep Research! 🌟

🎤 Got research to share?
We still have presentation slots available! If you’re eager to showcase your work, don’t miss out—sign up now!

#SleepResearch #Paediatrics #BPSS #ScienceEvent #OpenCallForPresenters
Join us for the British Paediatric Sleep Society Research Fest 2025, an inspiring day dedicated to advancing paediatric sleep research.

Sign up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpss-resea...
January 8, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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I just noticed that one of my favourite artists is on Bluesky. Her name is Gail and she creates the most stunning linocut prints.

I recently bought her book here. I find her work so inspirational.

#art #artist #railway
December 16, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Here is a free, compassionate reflection tool to help you reflect:
❤️ Without a negativity-bias
❤️ In a way which will feel meaningful and supportive
❤️ On memories of connection and contentment, within your busy life.

⬇️ Find the link below
https://buff.ly/4iloIY8
RESOURCE: Compassionate Reflection Tool
I spend a lot of time helping people to reflect.
buff.ly
December 16, 2024 at 7:54 AM
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Campbell’s witty response to this homophobe makes me want to enjoy some of their delicious chicken noodle soup right now! 🍜 🏳️‍🌈
December 15, 2024 at 2:18 PM
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Thank God Vanity Fair is keeping it REAL!
December 15, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Finally, and humbly, I wrote a bit about the role of meta-analyses and syntheses in theory development, as a part of this article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
What Can Educational Psychology Learn From, and Contribute to, Theory Development Scholarship? - Educational Psychology Review
One of the field of psychology’s stated goals is to produce scholarship with findings that benefit the world. Over the last 10 years, psychology scholarship and its presumed societal benefits have bee...
link.springer.com
September 27, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Job advert in my division at UCL: Associate Professor in Developmental Language Sciences
Closes 8th Dec

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
November 10, 2023 at 8:28 AM
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This jumps right to the top of my "to read" list.
November 22, 2023 at 11:24 AM
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We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

🧵 below
The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk
November 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM
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Dream Science 2.0 — AKA New Strategies for the Cognitive Science of Dreaming - Online ahead of print in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 2024 doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2024.10.004.
by Remington Mallett, Karen R Konkoly, Tore Nielsen, Michelle Carr, and Ken A Paller
November 17, 2024 at 3:19 AM