Laura Sheard
@laurasheard.bsky.social
Reader, Uni of Manchester. Qualitative methodologist. Health inequalities, implementation science, prison healthcare, quality of care, patient experience #hashimotos #1stgen #cycling #Bradford
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I'm running an Edinburgh workshop this November on creative qualitative analysis, complete with art trips, chocolate tasting and emoji analysis! Details here:
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
Training course: Bringing Qualitative Analysis to Life: Making the most of your senses
Join Anuja Cabraal, Daniel Turner and Christina Silver for two days exploring creative, tactile and reflexive ways of working with qualitative materials. This workshop encourages you to go beyond rea
www.ncrm.ac.uk
October 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
I'm running an Edinburgh workshop this November on creative qualitative analysis, complete with art trips, chocolate tasting and emoji analysis! Details here:
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
www.ncrm.ac.uk/training/sho...
#qualitative #research #Edinburgh #training
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Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Best day of my @nihr.bsky.social fellowship so far today
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
Time spent with social scientists and methodologists doing excellent work and pushing us to think hard
Thanks team @bcqr.bsky.social
@laurasheard.bsky.social
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“I’ve just been published and I feel…” patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i... #AcademicSky
I’ve just been published and I feel…
When Dr. Sarah’s first peer-reviewed article appeared in the Journal of Sustainability and Urban Policy, her social media announcements said: “Delighted to share my latest research on ur…
patthomson.net
August 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
“I’ve just been published and I feel…” patthomson.net/2025/08/21/i... #AcademicSky
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Improving access to healthcare for people in marginalised positions - be that those accessing food aid, people in prisons - drives @laurasheard.bsky.social 's research focus on #healthinequalities. Discover more here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/l...
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
July 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Improving access to healthcare for people in marginalised positions - be that those accessing food aid, people in prisons - drives @laurasheard.bsky.social 's research focus on #healthinequalities. Discover more here: research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/l...
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
#healthierfuturesuom #fairerhealthforall
Anxiety about giving a 30 minute keynote talk = 0.1/10
Anxiety about being able to successfully 'share' the presentation on MS Teams without error, backtracking or swearing = 100/10
Anxiety about being able to successfully 'share' the presentation on MS Teams without error, backtracking or swearing = 100/10
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Anxiety about giving a 30 minute keynote talk = 0.1/10
Anxiety about being able to successfully 'share' the presentation on MS Teams without error, backtracking or swearing = 100/10
Anxiety about being able to successfully 'share' the presentation on MS Teams without error, backtracking or swearing = 100/10
Ah academia, possibly the only sector where attending a symposium for essential learning is considered a "treat" to be away from your computer, only to arrive home after said event and then do seven hours actual work
June 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Ah academia, possibly the only sector where attending a symposium for essential learning is considered a "treat" to be away from your computer, only to arrive home after said event and then do seven hours actual work
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Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
Starved in Jail
Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?
www.newyorker.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Sarah Stillman investigates a widespread crisis of deaths by starvation in America’s county jails. Most of the victims she identified had been arrested in the midst of a mental-health crisis, often on petty charges tied to their psychiatric distress.
📢📢 Qualitative researchers 📢📢
Does your research involve an interpretative approach?
Are you working on a topic connected to public health?
Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇
Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍
Does your research involve an interpretative approach?
Are you working on a topic connected to public health?
Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇
Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍
April 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📢📢 Qualitative researchers 📢📢
Does your research involve an interpretative approach?
Are you working on a topic connected to public health?
Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇
Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍
Does your research involve an interpretative approach?
Are you working on a topic connected to public health?
Submit an abstract to our one day FREE to attend symposium in Bradford in October 👇👇
Can't wait to read your abstracts 😍
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Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Academic mentees thrive in big groups, but survive in small groups - Nature Human Behaviour
Using longitudinal genealogical data on mentor–mentee relations and their publications, the authors find that mentees trained in larger groups tend to exhibit superior academic performance compared wi...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Lower survival rate among trainees in labs with highly productive mentors raises important concerns about what we value in academia. Many interesting things to stew over with this paper!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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🚨NEW: US prisons & jails are locking up MORE people after a decade of decline, growing the incarcerated population by 2%
But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral system in 2025's edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie👇
buff.ly/NDqIQ2i
But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral system in 2025's edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie👇
buff.ly/NDqIQ2i
Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie 2025
The big picture on how many people are locked up in the United States and why
www.prisonpolicy.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🚨NEW: US prisons & jails are locking up MORE people after a decade of decline, growing the incarcerated population by 2%
But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral system in 2025's edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie👇
buff.ly/NDqIQ2i
But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral system in 2025's edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie👇
buff.ly/NDqIQ2i
Happy Fishy Database Return Day to all UK academics!
May your "account temporarily locked" status be swift and it never come to pass that you press submit without including that obscure talk you forgot all about.
May your "account temporarily locked" status be swift and it never come to pass that you press submit without including that obscure talk you forgot all about.
March 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Happy Fishy Database Return Day to all UK academics!
May your "account temporarily locked" status be swift and it never come to pass that you press submit without including that obscure talk you forgot all about.
May your "account temporarily locked" status be swift and it never come to pass that you press submit without including that obscure talk you forgot all about.
PhD student: I read 12 papers this week, new knowledge is amazing
Assistant Prof: I read the journal club paper
Associate Prof: I read the journal club paper abstract
Prof: I know what I like and I like what I know
Assistant Prof: I read the journal club paper
Associate Prof: I read the journal club paper abstract
Prof: I know what I like and I like what I know
March 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
PhD student: I read 12 papers this week, new knowledge is amazing
Assistant Prof: I read the journal club paper
Associate Prof: I read the journal club paper abstract
Prof: I know what I like and I like what I know
Assistant Prof: I read the journal club paper
Associate Prof: I read the journal club paper abstract
Prof: I know what I like and I like what I know
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Week 6: We looked at how to present methods in a succinct yet clear way - always a challenge for qualitative research! I remember have a Twitter discussion with I think @laurasheard.bsky.social about protocol papers…
March 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Week 6: We looked at how to present methods in a succinct yet clear way - always a challenge for qualitative research! I remember have a Twitter discussion with I think @laurasheard.bsky.social about protocol papers…
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🎙️ Fully funded PhD studentship University of Birmingham @ Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science, Evidence Based Surgery Group. University of Birmingham 🤓
Supervisors me, @amylougrove.bsky.social
& Adrian Gardner (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital). 🚀
Details via:https://lnkd.in/ezG4K3Qn
Supervisors me, @amylougrove.bsky.social
& Adrian Gardner (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital). 🚀
Details via:https://lnkd.in/ezG4K3Qn
March 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
🎙️ Fully funded PhD studentship University of Birmingham @ Centre for Evidence and Implementation Science, Evidence Based Surgery Group. University of Birmingham 🤓
Supervisors me, @amylougrove.bsky.social
& Adrian Gardner (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital). 🚀
Details via:https://lnkd.in/ezG4K3Qn
Supervisors me, @amylougrove.bsky.social
& Adrian Gardner (Royal Orthopaedic Hospital). 🚀
Details via:https://lnkd.in/ezG4K3Qn
I have moved from University of York to University of Manchester as of earlier this week. I have the ace new job title of "Reader" 😎😎
Also....Spring has sprung in Bradford ☀️☀️
Also....Spring has sprung in Bradford ☀️☀️
March 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I have moved from University of York to University of Manchester as of earlier this week. I have the ace new job title of "Reader" 😎😎
Also....Spring has sprung in Bradford ☀️☀️
Also....Spring has sprung in Bradford ☀️☀️