Dr Jamie Sims
@jamiesims.bsky.social
Academic @oxford_brookes. Researching, consulting, advocating epidemiology of human health behaviour & green space, social cohesion, regenerative building, natural environment exposures.
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What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 PM
What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. https://nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-planting/
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The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies.
It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
'Obscene' pay of uni fatcat bosses targeted in new proposals before MSPs
Greens co-leader Ross Greer has tabled amendments to a Scottish Government Bill to curb the earnings of top execs at universities and colleges.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies.
It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Wednesday Webinar Series 2025-26
Starting 12th November
We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics.
Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
Starting 12th November
We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics.
Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
October 27, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Wednesday Webinar Series 2025-26
Starting 12th November
We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics.
Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
Starting 12th November
We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics.
Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales.
October 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales.
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Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
tcnv.link
October 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
The wind in the pylons and cables combined to make a weird chorus. A deep hum from the cables, the wind in the trees, and a mechanical shriek from the pylon, I assume caused by the vibrations transferring from air to metal. Captivating. (This would have been more poetic in @hookland.bsky.social )
October 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The wind in the pylons and cables combined to make a weird chorus. A deep hum from the cables, the wind in the trees, and a mechanical shriek from the pylon, I assume caused by the vibrations transferring from air to metal. Captivating. (This would have been more poetic in @hookland.bsky.social )
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EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.
On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet
Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices,
and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...
www.thelancet.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report.
On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
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Tokyo is moving in the opposite direction. In addition to the ongoing loss of private green spaces, many large, old trees are being sacrificed for profit-driven redevelopment — all while summer temperatures continue to rise dramatically.
#unSmartCity
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
#unSmartCity
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
September 19, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Tokyo is moving in the opposite direction. In addition to the ongoing loss of private green spaces, many large, old trees are being sacrificed for profit-driven redevelopment — all while summer temperatures continue to rise dramatically.
#unSmartCity
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
#unSmartCity
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
August 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
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“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 30, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.”
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design.
I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
A part, small but important, of watching women’s football was the lack of simulation and time wasting so prevalent in the men’s game. Shame that Italy and Spain are doing so much to copy the worst parts of the men’s game.
July 27, 2025 at 6:22 PM
A part, small but important, of watching women’s football was the lack of simulation and time wasting so prevalent in the men’s game. Shame that Italy and Spain are doing so much to copy the worst parts of the men’s game.
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“No shops, no schools”: homes in England built without basic amenities. “Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure & doctors.”
Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to.
A planning mess.
Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to.
A planning mess.
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“No shops, no schools”: homes in England built without basic amenities. “Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure & doctors.”
Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to.
A planning mess.
Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to.
A planning mess.
I wonder if it ever occurs to Italy that if they hadn’t wasted so much time, the game would’ve been over before that goal.
July 22, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I wonder if it ever occurs to Italy that if they hadn’t wasted so much time, the game would’ve been over before that goal.
Of all the issues associated with being convinced to do another modelling study, knowing I'll have to engage with this is the worst. If you know, you know.
July 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Of all the issues associated with being convinced to do another modelling study, knowing I'll have to engage with this is the worst. If you know, you know.
Did you see this @landethics.bsky.social ? I was wondering how well it correlates with you cool wilder places map?
July 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Did you see this @landethics.bsky.social ? I was wondering how well it correlates with you cool wilder places map?
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❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy?
The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.
Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.
Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
July 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy?
The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.
Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications.
Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
Great PhD opportunity with Mark Goddard at @northumbriauni.bsky.social investigating the effects of exposure to nature in patient recovery in hospital settings. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University, listed...
www.findaphd.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Great PhD opportunity with Mark Goddard at @northumbriauni.bsky.social investigating the effects of exposure to nature in patient recovery in hospital settings. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
“The Food Foundation reported that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Make healthy food more appealing, government tells supermarkets
Supermarkets will be challenged to sell healthier food, under a new government obesity plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 6:36 AM
“The Food Foundation reported that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Full day of preparation for the regenerative materials building workshops, making sure the straw bale wall frames are ready, along with stands for clay plastering.
June 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Full day of preparation for the regenerative materials building workshops, making sure the straw bale wall frames are ready, along with stands for clay plastering.
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I've posted a Euraxess advert for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project under Horizon Europe, focused on accelerometer methods for assessing children's physical activity.
I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏
Link is below 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏
Link is below 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
Improving the utility and interpretation of children’s physical activity assessed by accelerometers
Edge Hill University is seeking to host exceptional research fellows funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme to develop accelerometer methods for the assessment of physica...
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
June 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I've posted a Euraxess advert for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project under Horizon Europe, focused on accelerometer methods for assessing children's physical activity.
I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏
Link is below 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏
Link is below 👇
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
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Only one member of staff at Oxford City Council was left to deal with housing complaints for a period last year, as the authority admits it had a 'difficult year'.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2525211...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2525211...
Oxford council had one staff member to deal with all housing complaints
Only one member of staff at Oxford City Council was left to deal with housing complaints for a period last year.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
June 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Only one member of staff at Oxford City Council was left to deal with housing complaints for a period last year, as the authority admits it had a 'difficult year'.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2525211...
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2525211...
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
June 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
“Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing–absolutely nothing–half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.”
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Absolutely delighted to have @rachgarr.bsky.social at the Oxford Martin School (18/6, 4pm) to talk about deforestation for cocoa, oil palm, soy and beef, and the equity issues involved. A fantastic way to wrap up our @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar series!
Sign up link below.
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Addressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropics
Future of Food seminar: Professor Rachael Garrett
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk
June 13, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Absolutely delighted to have @rachgarr.bsky.social at the Oxford Martin School (18/6, 4pm) to talk about deforestation for cocoa, oil palm, soy and beef, and the equity issues involved. A fantastic way to wrap up our @oxfutureoffood.bsky.social seminar series!
Sign up link below.
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📢 Leading UK scholars deliver letter to PM, urging him to put nature at the heart of growth, climate & resilience policy ahead of #COP30 Belém.
Covered @businessgreen.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2huncmv4
🙋🏽♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names.
🔗 Read letter & sign here:
tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb
Covered @businessgreen.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2huncmv4
🙋🏽♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names.
🔗 Read letter & sign here:
tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb
'Now is not the time to turn our backs on nature': Leading scientists issue warning to PM ahead of Spending Review
EXCLUSIVE: More than 35 nature experts urge government to ensure nature is properly valued in all economic decisions and reaffirm UK climate leadership ahead of COP30 Summit
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June 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
📢 Leading UK scholars deliver letter to PM, urging him to put nature at the heart of growth, climate & resilience policy ahead of #COP30 Belém.
Covered @businessgreen.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2huncmv4
🙋🏽♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names.
🔗 Read letter & sign here:
tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb
Covered @businessgreen.bsky.social tinyurl.com/2huncmv4
🙋🏽♀️ Fellow UK academics can add their names.
🔗 Read letter & sign here:
tinyurl.com/2s3b22sb