Dr Louise Marryat
@lmarryat.bsky.social
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow, University of Dundee. Interested in all things child development, parenting, mental health and substance use. Chair of Board for Parenting Across Scotland. https://www.dundee.ac.uk/projects/opioid-pregnancy-study
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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With the proviso in the replies, this is a painfully accurate analogy.
Lots of universities are starting to resemble football clubs that have no academy - some other unnamed institution will do all the professional training, won’t they?
The only difference is, in football managers are sacked for failing, not the team.
The only difference is, in football managers are sacked for failing, not the team.
Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
With the proviso in the replies, this is a painfully accurate analogy.
Good grief - just seen that @edinburghuni.bsky.social are shutting the Institute of Academic Development, which is such an amazing resource with an incredible amount of expertise in it. What a massive loss for their staff and students!
Edinburgh University is closing the Institute for Academic Development. Download these student resources while you can. Making notes, reading strategies, time management, dissertations and so on.
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
CC licenses. Pdf and text only versions. #HE 🗃️
institute-academic-development.ed.ac.uk/study-hub/le...
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Good grief - just seen that @edinburghuni.bsky.social are shutting the Institute of Academic Development, which is such an amazing resource with an incredible amount of expertise in it. What a massive loss for their staff and students!
Thanks @parentingscotland.bsky.social . I really enjoy chairing the Board of PAS and contributing to improving lives for parents, carers and children in a very different way from my everyday work. I also get to work with a terrific team of staff, trustees and members!
This #TrusteesWeek, we want to say a massive thank you to all our trustees who dedicate their time to helping us achieve PAS' vision. They are an invaluable source of guidance, expertise and support to us!
November 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Thanks @parentingscotland.bsky.social . I really enjoy chairing the Board of PAS and contributing to improving lives for parents, carers and children in a very different way from my everyday work. I also get to work with a terrific team of staff, trustees and members!
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A nice primer here (ft. @sarg-scharr.bsky.social research) on no/lo alcohol prices and whether they really are more expensive than their alcoholic equivalents.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Why are alcohol-free drinks so expensive? Some fake spirits cost over £25 a bottle!
In this new series, our money and consumer editor considers the often perplexing reasons items cost what they do. As a new report suggests booze-free booze can cost 25% more than the alcoholic equival...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
A nice primer here (ft. @sarg-scharr.bsky.social research) on no/lo alcohol prices and whether they really are more expensive than their alcoholic equivalents.
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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We hear about the legitimate concerns of white working class communities a lot from the British hard-right, think they’ll care about these horrific and very legitimate concerns?
Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Babies born to black mothers 81% more likely to die in neonatal care, NHS study shows
Analysis of England and Wales units also finds 63% higher risk to babies whose mothers live in most deprived areas
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:21 PM
We hear about the legitimate concerns of white working class communities a lot from the British hard-right, think they’ll care about these horrific and very legitimate concerns?
Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Being a black baby in the UK shouldn’t make you 81% more likely to die in the NHS www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Our second manifesto call is to ensure parents and carers are confident champions of their children's rights by increasing their understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our second manifesto call is to ensure parents and carers are confident champions of their children's rights by increasing their understanding of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC).
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After his own experience with addiction, #UofT nursing grad offers patients a message of hope #UofTGrad25 📜 uoft.me/bXC
October 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
After his own experience with addiction, #UofT nursing grad offers patients a message of hope #UofTGrad25 📜 uoft.me/bXC
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Are you an ESRC PhD student looking for an academic placement?
Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social
Happy to answer Qs
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
#JusticeHealth
@stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social
Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social
Happy to answer Qs
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
#JusticeHealth
@stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social
Justice Health: Advancing understanding of emergency and unscheduled care use among people released from prison - Scottish Graduate School of Social Science
The successful student(s) will work with their host to conduct a bespoke analysis on an interdisciplinary topic (justice and health) using data from the RELEASE study, contribute to a paper, and creat...
www.sgsss.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Are you an ESRC PhD student looking for an academic placement?
Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social
Happy to answer Qs
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
#JusticeHealth
@stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social
Work with the RELEASE dataset to understand post-imprisonment emergency service use: with me and @kjephd.bsky.social
Happy to answer Qs
www.sgsss.ac.uk/internship/c...
#JusticeHealth
@stirlingucu.bsky.social @sacasrstir.bsky.social
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Ever used the Child Maintenance Service?
Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.
Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.
Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.
Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.
Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
#TransformingChildMaintenance
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ever used the Child Maintenance Service?
Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.
Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.
Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
#TransformingChildMaintenance
Parents who have, helped us create this simulation.
Every click and dead end, is based on their experiences.
Find out more: www.opfs.org.uk/betterforeveryone
@ipprscotland.bsky.social @fifegingerbread.bsky.social
#TransformingChildMaintenance
A lovely sunny autumnal weekend!
October 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A lovely sunny autumnal weekend!
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How can museums help support early-years learning and development?
We're exploring this with our Mini Wonders programme, a collaboration with Art Fund and 15 museums - blending museum adventures with evidence-based parenting strategies ⤵️
We're exploring this with our Mini Wonders programme, a collaboration with Art Fund and 15 museums - blending museum adventures with evidence-based parenting strategies ⤵️
Mini Wonders: unlocking the social value of museums for families
Working with museum partners and early-years professionals to develop and enhance the programme for caregivers and children
www.nesta.org.uk
October 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How can museums help support early-years learning and development?
We're exploring this with our Mini Wonders programme, a collaboration with Art Fund and 15 museums - blending museum adventures with evidence-based parenting strategies ⤵️
We're exploring this with our Mini Wonders programme, a collaboration with Art Fund and 15 museums - blending museum adventures with evidence-based parenting strategies ⤵️
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New ELSA research shows women with early or surgical menopause face greater risk of leaving work.
Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed:
bit.ly/3L4kNm7
#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy
Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed:
bit.ly/3L4kNm7
#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy
Hormone therapy may help women stay in work after menopause, research suggests
New research using data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA) finds that early and surgical menopause are linked to different patterns of employment during midlife, and that hormone the...
bit.ly
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
New ELSA research shows women with early or surgical menopause face greater risk of leaving work.
Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed:
bit.ly/3L4kNm7
#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy
Hormone therapy soon after menopause could help more women stay employed:
bit.ly/3L4kNm7
#Menopause #WomensHealth #Workforce #MenopauseAtWork #ELSAstudy
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
The orange will be throwing ketchup all over the White House!
The orange will be throwing ketchup all over the White House!
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to María Corina Machado for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
The orange will be throwing ketchup all over the White House!
The orange will be throwing ketchup all over the White House!
My research has been described as 'grim, but interesting', which seems apt- often dealing with child and maternal abuse/death. In my 1st week of my PhD I had a conversation about frivolous hobbies that folk use to balance this: for one prof, reading trashy magazines share.google/pIJfgso18jys...
I photograph food to escape my harrowing research
Catriona Byers is an expert on 19th Century morgue who also works as a food stylist.
share.google
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
My research has been described as 'grim, but interesting', which seems apt- often dealing with child and maternal abuse/death. In my 1st week of my PhD I had a conversation about frivolous hobbies that folk use to balance this: for one prof, reading trashy magazines share.google/pIJfgso18jys...
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Today we launch our Manifesto for the 2026 Holyrood Elections which outlines six key policy calls that we believe, if introduced, would have a profound and positive impact on the lives of parents, carers and their families in Scotland
Access it here: www.parentingacrossscotland.org/news-views/p...
Access it here: www.parentingacrossscotland.org/news-views/p...
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Today we launch our Manifesto for the 2026 Holyrood Elections which outlines six key policy calls that we believe, if introduced, would have a profound and positive impact on the lives of parents, carers and their families in Scotland
Access it here: www.parentingacrossscotland.org/news-views/p...
Access it here: www.parentingacrossscotland.org/news-views/p...
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New research led by Sarah Tipping explores how gambling harms affect emotional wellbeing, not only for individuals but also for their loved ones.
Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw
Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw
October 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New research led by Sarah Tipping explores how gambling harms affect emotional wellbeing, not only for individuals but also for their loved ones.
Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw
Read more on the #SocSciHub: tinyurl.com/43r34hnw
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Oh hello there!!! The printed copies of our report have arrived - and I am the chosen Laura to lug them across the country!
So, come and join us in Edinburgh on the 22nd of October for our first @carersinstemm.bsky.social report launch and get your own copy!
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
So, come and join us in Edinburgh on the 22nd of October for our first @carersinstemm.bsky.social report launch and get your own copy!
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Oh hello there!!! The printed copies of our report have arrived - and I am the chosen Laura to lug them across the country!
So, come and join us in Edinburgh on the 22nd of October for our first @carersinstemm.bsky.social report launch and get your own copy!
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
So, come and join us in Edinburgh on the 22nd of October for our first @carersinstemm.bsky.social report launch and get your own copy!
forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'
Huge Cardiff University Cuts Have Been A Disaster For Staff & Students -
Reading Time: 3 minutesMonths since bosses at Wales’ biggest university imposed dramatic cuts, an anonymous academic reveals what…
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September 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
'Huddled under blankets in my freezing office, because the anti-suicide lock on the window has seized slightly ajar, I am – like everyone –frantically trying to make it work for the students, [since] any hit in our student satisfaction scores will be an excuse for management to cut more jobs.'
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New @aberlourcharity.bsky.social research highlighting school meal debt in England, indicating that nearly 1 in 4 pupils not eligible for free school meals has school meal debt. We are calling on UK Gov to take action to tackle school meal debt & hidden school hunger in its Child Poverty Strategy.👇
Today, with Unity Consulting Scotland, we’ve launched our new research into School Meal Debt in England. Our research indicates that 1 in 4 children in England not in receipt of FSM have school meal debt. No child should be burdened with debt or denied a school meal due to financial hardship.
October 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New @aberlourcharity.bsky.social research highlighting school meal debt in England, indicating that nearly 1 in 4 pupils not eligible for free school meals has school meal debt. We are calling on UK Gov to take action to tackle school meal debt & hidden school hunger in its Child Poverty Strategy.👇
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“For me, pain is not just physical — it affects every part of life.”
Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...
Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“For me, pain is not just physical — it affects every part of life.”
Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...
Hear directly from people living with chronic pain in Your Voice Matters, a new short film co-produced with people who know pain best.
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVnD...
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Medical trainees are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and are often shut down or silenced when they do report incidents, finds new research led by @uofgasbs.bsky.social @dundeeuni.bsky.social
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
October 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Medical trainees are particularly vulnerable to sexual abuse and are often shut down or silenced when they do report incidents, finds new research led by @uofgasbs.bsky.social @dundeeuni.bsky.social
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
www.adruk.org/news-publica... Feeling very privileged to be among these super researchers! Many of these presentations I sadly didn't get to hear, but @drsarahmckenna.bsky.social 's talk was fantastic - a very well deserved win!
ADR UK Conference 2025 Awards: Introducing the winners
Congratulations to the winners of the ADR UK Conference 2025 Awards, who were recognised for their outstanding contributions to the programme.
www.adruk.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
www.adruk.org/news-publica... Feeling very privileged to be among these super researchers! Many of these presentations I sadly didn't get to hear, but @drsarahmckenna.bsky.social 's talk was fantastic - a very well deserved win!
Highly recommend @dyellowlees.bsky.social presentation tips/training for anyone looking to improve their presentations. Since our team started implementing some of his tips, one of our PhD students won the school 3MT round, and we were awarded the ADRUK best presentation award. Thanks Duncan!
@adruk2025.bsky.social heading back after a fabulous conference. Met so many fabulous people and heard about lots of terrific projects! The future of administrative data research in the UK looks very bright! A lovely unexpected prize at the end too!
September 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Highly recommend @dyellowlees.bsky.social presentation tips/training for anyone looking to improve their presentations. Since our team started implementing some of his tips, one of our PhD students won the school 3MT round, and we were awarded the ADRUK best presentation award. Thanks Duncan!
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Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.
September 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin.