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Dr Emma F-C, PhD, FHEA
@emmafc.bsky.social
Lecturer, Dementia and Ageing, University of West London
Research: Deaf signers with dementia and Deaf carers
Found either in Barr, Ayrshire or West London
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Drs Scott McDonald & Sarah Knight at Newcastle University are seeking a PhD in Psychology of Ageing: Understanding the dynamics of the hearing loss/cognition relationship in chronological vs. biological ageing. Closing date: 16th April

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/phd-hear...
PhD: Hearing Loss and Ageing - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
Drs Scott McDonald & Sarah Knight at Newcastle University are seeking a PhD in Psychology of Ageing: Understanding the dynamics of the hearing loss/cognition relationship in chronological vs. biologic...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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We just published research project with the deaf community in Nigeria…GDRI’s first research publication!

It’s a big milestone for us, and we’re proud to contribute to empowering deaf communities through research. Thanks to everyone who supported this project!

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
March 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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University of West London is seeking a Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow to work within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West London. Closing date: 20th March

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/knowledg...
Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER
University of West London is seeking a Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow to work within the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West London
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
March 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Apply for one of our Knowledge Mobilisation Fellows posts – providing funding for 0.5 WTE to support you to work half your time on research impact and translating high quality research evidence into practice. bit.ly/4ingBtc
NIHR ARC NWL Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow (30 Months, 0.5 FTE) at University of West London
Discover an exciting academic career path as a NIHR ARC NWL Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow (30 Months, 0.5 FTE) at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!
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March 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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From an idea in 2008 to a book in 2025, ECHOES OF CARE: DEAFNESS IN MODERN BRITAIN has been published by @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social ! It explores how changing perceptions of deafness intersected with healthcare, disability, and eugenics in 19th-century Britain.

www.mqup.ca/echoes-of-ca...
February 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Access to Work application takes most of my afternoon, and then I see their cheery response that they’ll reply in the next… 24 weeks. That’s a third of my contract. (I think I knew this but had repressed it, as you do.) Academic ableism is structural, I mutter, as I get back to reading about it
January 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Merry Christmas everyone! Sending love xxx
December 25, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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Public service announcement. Anyone who trots out the "not all men" line after the sentencing of 51 rapists in France will be blocked. 50 'ordinary blokes' thought what they did was ok. Violence against women has been socially acceptable for too long. Either stand with us or get tae...
December 19, 2024 at 9:40 AM
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Do you have strong analytical and research skills, and expertise in health economics and policy?

We are looking for a Head of Secretariat to join our new NHS Productivity Commission.

Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 5 January ⬇️

https://buff.ly/3DkWNHG
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
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Research Assistant for the Dementia Community Research Network
Closing 5 Jan 2025
my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...
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December 17, 2024 at 4:19 PM
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New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...
Where Can I Sign My Language?: A Systematic Literature Review (2000–2019) of Young People's Access to Sign Language Socialisation Spaces in the Nordic Countries | Disability Studies Quarterl...
doi.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Just had my first Christmas do with a new team 4 months after joining a new university research group. What a fab bunch! My gast was flabbered to find that there are 2 ex-DJs in the team - haha!
December 11, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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🎅🏻 🏴‍☠️ 🎤
December 9, 2024 at 7:47 AM
December 5, 2024 at 1:50 PM
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My fantastic colleagues at the Geller Institute of Ageing and Memory (and me) recently did a Webinar with NIHR on coproducing research with people living with dementia, and now you can watch it here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyJ0...
PPI in Action Webinar Series part 1: Co-Production for Research with Impact
YouTube video by NIHRtv
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December 4, 2024 at 12:20 PM
December 4, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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Postdoc post at University of Oxford exploring alcohol-related dementia, investigating the degree to which alcohol-related dementia has a unique clinical profile, genetic susceptibility and molecular basis to other types of dementia. Closing: 13 Jan

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/research...
Researcher: Genetic Epidemiology / Statistical Genetics
Postdoc position at University of Oxford exploring alcohol-related dementia, investigating the degree to which alcohol-related dementia has a unique clinical profile, genetic susceptibility and molecu...
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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As I have somehow surpassed 7k followers on here I thought it might be nice to do a giveaway: All 7 of my books to one lovely winner. Just share and like to be in with a chance! 😁📚
November 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM
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dinnertable trauma therapy

my therapist suggests
an empty chair activity
so i can share
my anguish

But, i say,
i am the empty chair.

ala nov 2024

*for all the deaf children -past and present -whose families don't sign with them. You are loved.*
November 28, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Funded by SPCR, Alice Burnand and Sarah Griffiths reflect on their attendance to an online Cultural Competency course by Centre for Ethnic Health Research (CEHR): bit.ly/3B2y36c

@sgriffiths-6.bsky.social
November 28, 2024 at 11:53 AM
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Exciting opportunity to undertake a fully-funded PhD on #QueerData and #Resillience with Lexi Webster and Kristen Schuster @unisouthampton.bsky.social 🌈

#LGBTQ #gender #sexuality #research pirs.soton.ac.uk/apply/
November 27, 2024 at 9:41 AM