Sarah Waters
@sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social
French Studies, suicide research, running.
Delighted to share the first publication from our Wellcome Trust research project - explores what a social justice perspective can do for understanding work-related suicide @wellcomework.bsky.social
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Work-related suicide: an international social justice perspective - Crime, Law and Social Change
This paper explores what the study of work-related suicide can contribute to emerging discussions of a “criminology of work.” It does so by chronicling work-related suicide as an under-researched and ...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Delighted to share the first publication from our Wellcome Trust research project - explores what a social justice perspective can do for understanding work-related suicide @wellcomework.bsky.social
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@wellcomework.bsky.social Welcome to the new site for our Wellcome Trust Discovery Award project: 'Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis'!
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Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis - Grants Awarded | Wellcome
Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis
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October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
@wellcomework.bsky.social Welcome to the new site for our Wellcome Trust Discovery Award project: 'Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis'!
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Very useful blog for those interested in suicide research. Rates are rising in UK irrespective of change in standard of proof
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How suicide statistics are changing
A change in the standard of proof for how suicides are recorded that occurred in 2018 and increasing delays in the time taken for suicides to be registered have created challenges for ONS in communica
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October 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Very useful blog for those interested in suicide research. Rates are rising in UK irrespective of change in standard of proof
blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/03/h...
blog.ons.gov.uk/2025/10/03/h...
This is a massive breakthrough and will help rebalance huge injustice faced by bereaved families (including after suicide) who have been denied legal aid when facing powerful organisations in the courts @martinmckee.bsky.social
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A win for families: Government finally introduces Hillsborough Law to Parliament
16 September 2025
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September 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
This is a massive breakthrough and will help rebalance huge injustice faced by bereaved families (including after suicide) who have been denied legal aid when facing powerful organisations in the courts @martinmckee.bsky.social
www.inquest.org.uk/government-i...
www.inquest.org.uk/government-i...
Excellent report outlining new Ofsted inspection system and suicide risk
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Independent Ofsted wellbeing assessment published
This week Ofsted published an independent wellbeing assessment by our CEO, Sinéad Mc Brearty. It warns leader wellbeing may worsen under the revised inspection framework and recommends action from O...
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September 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Excellent report outlining new Ofsted inspection system and suicide risk
www.educationsupport.org.uk/news-and-eve...
www.educationsupport.org.uk/news-and-eve...
ONS statistics released today estimate that 160 students in England and Wales die by suicide every year
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ONS - Estimating suicide among higher education students, England and Wales: August 2016 to July 2023
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September 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
ONS statistics released today estimate that 160 students in England and Wales die by suicide every year
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Absolutely delighted that Leeds finalist Sophie Starsmore has just won the ASMCF undergrad essay prize (Brian Darling) for an essay she submitted to my module on May 1968. Her essay, written in French, examined the legacy of 1968 for 2nd wave feminism in 🇫🇷 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Absolutely delighted that Leeds finalist Sophie Starsmore has just won the ASMCF undergrad essay prize (Brian Darling) for an essay she submitted to my module on May 1968. Her essay, written in French, examined the legacy of 1968 for 2nd wave feminism in 🇫🇷 @lcsleeds.bsky.social @asmcf.bsky.social
Brilliant news
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Irish Central Bank will no longer approve Israeli bonds
The latest bond prospectus issued by Israel has been approved by Luxembourg and not the Central Bank in Ireland.
www.rte.ie
September 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Brilliant news
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See our new website for our Wellcome Trust Discovery project on work-related suicides!
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
Work-related Suicide. An International Social Justice Analysis
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August 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
See our new website for our Wellcome Trust Discovery project on work-related suicides!
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
wellcomesuicideproject.leeds.ac.uk
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📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
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July 30, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📢 Awesome job opportunity here, on a brilliant project with a super team 👇
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
Researcher - Work-related Suicide and Social Justice at Healing Justice London
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
www.jobs.ac.uk
July 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
We are recruiting a UK- based researcher to our project on work-related suicide and social justice @amychandler.bsky.social @drhilarycauser.bsky.social
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOC725/r...
We are recruiting a French post-doctoral researcher to our Wellcome Trust project: Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Portail Emploi CNRS - Offre d'emploi - Postdoctorat - analyse internationale des suicides en lien avec le travail d’une perspective de justice sociale H/F
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July 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We are recruiting a French post-doctoral researcher to our Wellcome Trust project: Work-related suicide. An international social justice analysis. emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/U...
Piece in New York Times about UK post office suicides:
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At Least 13 People Died by Suicide Amid U.K. Post Office Scandal, Report Says
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July 13, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Piece in New York Times about UK post office suicides:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/10/w...
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
Let Them Play
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine
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July 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Irish government is blocking these children's visas. #LetThemPlay #GaaPalestine my.uplift.ie/petitions/le... @uplift.ie
My sister Gill speaking last 2 minutes about heartbreaking news that visas refused for Palestinian children visiting Ireland as part of GAA Palestine
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Drivetime Wednesday 9 July 2025
Sarah McInerney and Cormac Ó hEadhra brings you all the latest news and stories of the day from around the country and beyond.
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July 10, 2025 at 8:23 AM
My sister Gill speaking last 2 minutes about heartbreaking news that visas refused for Palestinian children visiting Ireland as part of GAA Palestine
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GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a summer tour
'We won't give up' - GAA Palestine to appeal visa denial
GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a sum...
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July 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
GAA Palestine has said it will "not give up hope" and is working to appeal the decision by the Irish Immigration Service to deny visa applications for a group of its players and mentors ahead of a summer tour
Both UK Post Office and French La Poste deemed responsible for employee suicides. In French case, resulted in ruling of gross negligence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Post Office scandal may have led to more than 13 suicides, inquiry finds
First report from Horizon IT hearings lays bare ‘disastrous’ human impact as 10,000 people seek compensation
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July 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Both UK Post Office and French La Poste deemed responsible for employee suicides. In French case, resulted in ruling of gross negligence www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shame on Alex Sobel MP for voting to proscribe Palestine Action. A group that that has been protesting against genocide in Gaza and the UK's complicity through ongoing arms supplies.
July 4, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Shame on Alex Sobel MP for voting to proscribe Palestine Action. A group that that has been protesting against genocide in Gaza and the UK's complicity through ongoing arms supplies.
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great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The French care economy: between gendered inequality and feminist idealism
The care economy in France is a site of both profound gendered inequalities and of renewed feminist idealism for an alternative social model and feminist ethic. This paper focuses on the realities ...
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June 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
great to see this terrific article on the French care economy by @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social out online with @francemodern.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Also next week - a public lecture with @annamueller.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 7th May
Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland
Free tickets:
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Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland
Free tickets:
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Public lecture with Anna S. Mueller and Seth Abrutyn
Hosted by the Suicide Cultures Project, at the University of Edinburgh
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May 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Also next week - a public lecture with @annamueller.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in #Edinburgh on 7th May
Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland
Free tickets:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
Joined by @roryoc.bsky.social and Haylis Smith - we'll be making connections between work on youth suicide in the US and #Scotland
Free tickets:
events.bookitbee.com/suicide-cult...
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2/2 @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social & I wrote about Ofsted’s failures @bmj.com at the time. Why is the U.K. incapable of learning from countries that do these things better?
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Ofsted: a case of official negligence?
Ruth Perry took her own life on 8 January 2023. She was the headteacher of Caversham Primary School in Reading, England, and, six weeks earlier, her school had been inspected by the Office for Standar...
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April 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
2/2 @sarahwatersleeds.bsky.social & I wrote about Ofsted’s failures @bmj.com at the time. Why is the U.K. incapable of learning from countries that do these things better?
www.bmj.com/content/381/...
www.bmj.com/content/381/...
Legal complaint filed against French government ministers for "deadly working conditions" in hospital sector that led to spate of suicides
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April 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Legal complaint filed against French government ministers for "deadly working conditions" in hospital sector that led to spate of suicides
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...
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Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May
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Call for papers and participation: Suicide Cultures and the Sociology of Suicide (6th-7th of May 2025) – Suicide Cultures: Reimagining Suicide Research
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February 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Call for papers and participation - #SuicideCultures and the Sociology of Suicide, a 2 day symposium at the University of Edinburgh 6-7th May
blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...
blogs.ed.ac.uk/suicide-cult...
Julia Waters brilliant here as always on the intense pressures of school inspections, a lack of reform and preventable suicide risks youtu.be/zvQU7cnZ3lY?...
Professor Julia Waters interviewed on Newsnight about Ofsted's 'Report Card'
YouTube video by BiffTummyTum
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February 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Julia Waters brilliant here as always on the intense pressures of school inspections, a lack of reform and preventable suicide risks youtu.be/zvQU7cnZ3lY?...