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Ellie MacPherson
@eleanormacp.bsky.social
I’m Knowledge Exchange Lead in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow. Focusing on impact, research culture and external engagement
Beautiful Loch Lomond. The view never gets old #scotland #lochlomond
September 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Exclusive: Global health research projects halted by latest UK aid cuts.

Winners of UK government grants for global health research have had their funding suspended after ministers decided to cut spending on international development, we can reveal.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Global health research projects halted by latest UK aid cuts - Research Professional News
Exclusive: Applications for HIV research among those impacted by suspension of NIHR schemes
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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US cuts to aid is violent and far from humane

WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w... via @statnews.com
WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health
Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.
www.statnews.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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🎂 The Glasgow Wrap is now officially 1 year old! What a journey it has been. Thank you to everyone who has been a part of the community whether you signed up from the very beginning or just joined us recently.
March 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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"Abímbọ́lá’s project, summarised in ‘The Foreign Gaze’, will help guide the flow of knowledge back to where it belongs – to those whose lives & work shape health systems from within"

Tom Wein reviews @seyeabimbola.bsky.social's book

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/01/06/w...
Where We Stand, Where We Look: A book review of The Foreign Gaze by Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá
In times of crisis, advises the American educationalist Fred Rogers, seek comfort by looking for the helpers. Ṣẹ̀yẹ Abímbọ́lá would rather have us seek truth by looking deeper still at the helped, in ...
speakingofmedicine.plos.org
January 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Beautiful writing on important issue by StephanieMcCrummen "Another deal turned over management of some 20 million acres of forest in Tanzania— 8% of the nation -to a company..run by a member of (UAE) royal family, and uses conserved land to generate carbon credits" #Maasai #DecolonizeEcology
The Maasai have been stewards of the Serengeti for centuries. Now they’re being evicted—by Dubai royals, wealthy tourists, and conservation groups, @mccrummen.bsky.social reports. Read one of our don't-miss stories of 2024:
‘This Will Finish Us’
How Gulf princes, the safari industry, and conservation groups are displacing the Maasai from the last of their Serengeti homeland
www.theatlantic.com
December 30, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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Decolonisation of global conferences: unfinished business for women's health advocates

Bodies like @womenlifthealth.bsky.social & International Confederation of Midwives are turning the tide by holding conferences in low-and-middle-income countries

www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
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On #WorldAIDSDay, we remember and thank all the inspiring activists who helped turn the tide on this deadly pandemic

www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
AIDS Activism, A Playbook For Global Health Advocacy
AIDS activism was exceptionally successful. Other areas of global health can and must use the AIDS activism playbook.
www.forbes.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.

They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.

The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
I love the Glasgow Wrap. It curates local news daily. If you live in a Glasgow I highly recommend subscribing to the substack
🌥 Good Morning Glasgow. It will be cloudy with a low of -1C today. Here’s Wednesday’s Wrap…

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#glasgow #glasgowlife #peoplemakeglasgow #glasgownews #visitscotland
November 27, 2024 at 7:47 AM
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Ten years ago Scotland became the 17th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage after the Scottish Parliament passed the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act.

Don't miss this important event being run by @johnsmithcentre.bsky.social in December to mark the anniversary👇
November 18, 2024 at 1:25 PM
For people looking to connect with @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Starter pack to find University of Glasgow related people...

Please post if you want to be added/removed.

go.bsky.app/PgJ23HK
November 21, 2024 at 11:09 AM
Beautiful (if freezing) cycle this morning along the Kelvinway
November 20, 2024 at 9:06 AM
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🔥🔥

You can download a PDF copy of @seyeabimbola.bsky.social book now!

www.editions.ird.fr/produit/728/...
November 18, 2024 at 11:01 PM
The International Development Committee of the UK Parliament has issued an open call for submissions to guide the scope of its inquiries this year. committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
#internationaldevelopment #academicpolicyengagement
Pitch Parliament an international development inquiry - Committees - UK Parliament
Up to 10 individuals will be invited to pitch their ideas to the Committee with the hope of shaping an inquiry. The Committee is inviting submissions of up to 500 words, outlining potential inquiry id...
committees.parliament.uk
November 18, 2024 at 1:47 PM
Winters arrived in Glasgow
November 18, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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The researcher development community has, well, a community on BlueSky!

If you're from this background and are involved in the researcher ecosystem in some way then give it a follow: go.bsky.app/2Akig68

An easy place to find all our people in one go...

#researchers #phd
Researcher development community
Join the conversation
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November 16, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
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Thx to @madhupai.bsky.social & colleagues for their continued advocacy on this crucial issue. ⏬️

Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Shifting power in global health will require leadership by the Global South and allyship by the Global North
Global health continues to be a field where Global North actors see themselves as leaders.1,2 Although the decolonising global health movement has exposed the deep inequities inherent within the archi...
www.thelancet.com
November 2, 2024 at 9:02 AM