Maria Pierce
@mariapierce.bsky.social
Lecturer / Assistant Professor in Social Policy, Department of Applied Social Studies, Maynooth University
The Stinging Fly is developing supports for disabled writers. Interested in sharing your experiences as a writer with disabilities, see below on how to join the information session on 30 November
Join our meet and greet session on Thursday October 30th to share your experiences as a writer with a disability, as we devise a range of targeted supports for disabled writers.
Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
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Please contact Declan Meade by Wednesday October 22nd
We’d love to hear from you.
stingingfly.org/news/a-call-...
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The Stinging Fly is developing supports for disabled writers. Interested in sharing your experiences as a writer with disabilities, see below on how to join the information session on 30 November
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Might interest @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ewanrobo.bsky.social @v-yilmaz.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social @profjsdavies.bsky.social @mariapierce.bsky.social @markwong.bsky.social
Might interest @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social @rnieuwenhuis.bsky.social @ewanrobo.bsky.social @v-yilmaz.bsky.social @danielbeland.bsky.social @katebradleyhistory.bsky.social @danieledmiston.bsky.social @profjsdavies.bsky.social @mariapierce.bsky.social @markwong.bsky.social
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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This is huge. These centers effectively house and support nearly all university and medical school research focused on Alzheimers Disease. They're the bedrock, the infrastructure, that undergirds all of that research.
🧪The Alzheimer's Disease Research Center program is a crown jewel in the NIA's funding portfolio. 35 centers in red, blue and purple states put data in a single repository working towards a shared goal of curing AD. Funding for center renewals is on hold.
tinyurl.com/yc2pr626
#standupforscience2025
tinyurl.com/yc2pr626
#standupforscience2025
March 9, 2025 at 1:45 PM
This is huge. These centers effectively house and support nearly all university and medical school research focused on Alzheimers Disease. They're the bedrock, the infrastructure, that undergirds all of that research.
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New data suggest the public's top priority for the NHS is improving GP access
But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times
Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities
Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times
Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities
Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
Things can only get better?
What does the public make of the new government’s early agenda for the NHS and social care? Have perceptions and expectations of NHS and care services changed? This analysis presents findings from the...
www.health.org.uk
February 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New data suggest the public's top priority for the NHS is improving GP access
But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times
Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities
Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
But government's headline NHS pledge is reducing elective waiting times
Hospitals risk crowding out other priorities
Polling @healthfoundation.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social: www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Excellent piece from PLOS co-founder and Nobel laureate, Harold Varmus: "If the attacks on our scientists and their institutions are allowed to continue, our envisioned future of longer, healthier lives will happen more slowly, in other countries, or not at all."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
Opinion | American Science is Under Attack (Gift Article)
The Trump administration hobbles research and endangers the public health.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Excellent piece from PLOS co-founder and Nobel laureate, Harold Varmus: "If the attacks on our scientists and their institutions are allowed to continue, our envisioned future of longer, healthier lives will happen more slowly, in other countries, or not at all."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
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Nature, holding the line.
Nature has been doing amazing reporting on precisely how the Trump is impacting scientific research and communication. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature has been doing amazing reporting on precisely how the Trump is impacting scientific research and communication. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers
The mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an executive order from president Donald Trump, and applies to research not yet published.
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nature, holding the line.
Nature has been doing amazing reporting on precisely how the Trump is impacting scientific research and communication. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature has been doing amazing reporting on precisely how the Trump is impacting scientific research and communication. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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The deadline to register for the new Higher Education Seanad Éireann constituency is January 23rd 🗓️
Calling all alumni of the below designated institutions; YOU could be eligible to vote!
Head to seanadvoter.ie to register now 🗳️
Calling all alumni of the below designated institutions; YOU could be eligible to vote!
Head to seanadvoter.ie to register now 🗳️
January 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The deadline to register for the new Higher Education Seanad Éireann constituency is January 23rd 🗓️
Calling all alumni of the below designated institutions; YOU could be eligible to vote!
Head to seanadvoter.ie to register now 🗳️
Calling all alumni of the below designated institutions; YOU could be eligible to vote!
Head to seanadvoter.ie to register now 🗳️
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The PhD programme in Political and Social Sciences at the @eui-eu.bsky.social recruits new candidates, deadline 31 January 2025. With scholarships from all over Europe, candidates can get their own national scholarship to work on their PhD thesis in Florence. Tell your master students!
January 15, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The PhD programme in Political and Social Sciences at the @eui-eu.bsky.social recruits new candidates, deadline 31 January 2025. With scholarships from all over Europe, candidates can get their own national scholarship to work on their PhD thesis in Florence. Tell your master students!
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And it’s out! The 7th edition of How to Read a Paper, coauthored with new blood in the shape of my ex PhD student Paul Dijkstra @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social. So good working with you on this Paul!
January 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
And it’s out! The 7th edition of How to Read a Paper, coauthored with new blood in the shape of my ex PhD student Paul Dijkstra @drpauldijkstra.bsky.social. So good working with you on this Paul!
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Only 1⃣ day left!
Join Suzanna Dooley & Lisa Sheridan tomorrow for our webinar "Emerging Research: Dementia and Speech and Language Therapy".
The webinar takes place at 11.00 tomorrow, 14 January - we hope you can join us!
➡️Register here: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
Join Suzanna Dooley & Lisa Sheridan tomorrow for our webinar "Emerging Research: Dementia and Speech and Language Therapy".
The webinar takes place at 11.00 tomorrow, 14 January - we hope you can join us!
➡️Register here: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
January 13, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Only 1⃣ day left!
Join Suzanna Dooley & Lisa Sheridan tomorrow for our webinar "Emerging Research: Dementia and Speech and Language Therapy".
The webinar takes place at 11.00 tomorrow, 14 January - we hope you can join us!
➡️Register here: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
Join Suzanna Dooley & Lisa Sheridan tomorrow for our webinar "Emerging Research: Dementia and Speech and Language Therapy".
The webinar takes place at 11.00 tomorrow, 14 January - we hope you can join us!
➡️Register here: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
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🤝Meet the speakers!
With less than a week left until our Dementia Research and Speech & Language Therapy webinar, excitement is building!
🗓️Join Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan on Tuesday, 14 Jan at 11.00!
➡️To register: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
With less than a week left until our Dementia Research and Speech & Language Therapy webinar, excitement is building!
🗓️Join Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan on Tuesday, 14 Jan at 11.00!
➡️To register: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🤝Meet the speakers!
With less than a week left until our Dementia Research and Speech & Language Therapy webinar, excitement is building!
🗓️Join Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan on Tuesday, 14 Jan at 11.00!
➡️To register: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
With less than a week left until our Dementia Research and Speech & Language Therapy webinar, excitement is building!
🗓️Join Suzanna Dooley and Lisa Sheridan on Tuesday, 14 Jan at 11.00!
➡️To register: forms.office.com/e/t5TPj3Ggja
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Marie Sherlock (Labour) elected in Dublin Central | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1484023
December 1, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Marie Sherlock (Labour) elected in Dublin Central | Live updates: rte.ie/b/1484023
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Have you wanted to know more about philosopher Hannah Arendt, but not known where to start. Here is an excellent @britishacademy.bsky.social 10 Minute Talk from @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social which gives you some of the key concepts and why they matter today
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/hannah-...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/hannah-...
Hannah Arendt's lessons for our times: the banality of evil, totalitarianism and statelessness
Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) was one of the most influential political theorists and philosophers of the 20th Century. Professor Lyndsey Stonebridge FBA explores three of Arendt's key concepts – totalita...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 30, 2024 at 12:39 PM
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Plenty in this by Michael Byrne on housing in the Irish election that English readers will find familiar (Help to Buy, 'landlord exodus' etc) but all the parties' targets for housebuilding and social homes are way higher than anything proposed here
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/irelands-h...
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/irelands-h...
Ireland's housing politics: hidden consensus?
The Week in Housing 27/11/24
theweekinhousing.substack.com
November 27, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Plenty in this by Michael Byrne on housing in the Irish election that English readers will find familiar (Help to Buy, 'landlord exodus' etc) but all the parties' targets for housebuilding and social homes are way higher than anything proposed here
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/irelands-h...
theweekinhousing.substack.com/p/irelands-h...
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Tomorrow at 12.00 at UCD
November 26, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Tomorrow at 12.00 at UCD
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Seeking participants for my research. Social workers. Students and educators docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Google Forms: Sign-in
Access Google Forms with a personal Google account or Google Workspace account (for business use).
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November 15, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Seeking participants for my research. Social workers. Students and educators docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.
November 13, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.