Frances Thirlway
@fthirlway.bsky.social
Sociology/Criminology Programme Director @AstonUniversity: health inequalities, vaping, GenAI, marching bands. Bilingue 🌈 🇫🇷 🇳🇱
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Good morning! We’re in the final stretch of the #ChristmasChallenge.
There’s still £6m+ in match funds to double your donation, and many charities are so close to their targets.
Doubling ends 12pm tomorrow (or when funds run out).
Donate now: bit.ly/CC25-Social
There’s still £6m+ in match funds to double your donation, and many charities are so close to their targets.
Doubling ends 12pm tomorrow (or when funds run out).
Donate now: bit.ly/CC25-Social
1 day left to have your Christmas donations matched! I chose DEC's Middle East appeal, the Refugee Council, NEPACS supporting kids to visit parents in prison, Parkinson's Nurses in memory of my mum, and Youth Talk mental health 💕
1 day left to have your Christmas donations matched! I chose DEC's Middle East appeal, the Refugee Council, NEPACS supporting kids to visit parents in prison, Parkinson's Nurses in memory of my mum, and Youth Talk mental health 💕
Good morning! We’re in the final stretch of the #ChristmasChallenge.
There’s still £6m+ in match funds to double your donation, and many charities are so close to their targets.
Doubling ends 12pm tomorrow (or when funds run out).
Donate now: bit.ly/CC25-Social
There’s still £6m+ in match funds to double your donation, and many charities are so close to their targets.
Doubling ends 12pm tomorrow (or when funds run out).
Donate now: bit.ly/CC25-Social
December 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1 day left to have your Christmas donations matched! I chose DEC's Middle East appeal, the Refugee Council, NEPACS supporting kids to visit parents in prison, Parkinson's Nurses in memory of my mum, and Youth Talk mental health 💕
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However, this book 📕 gives case studies & explains how health #inequalities have previously been reduced through policies,it’s not impossible. We must believe that things can get better!
Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social
Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
However, this book 📕 gives case studies & explains how health #inequalities have previously been reduced through policies,it’s not impossible. We must believe that things can get better!
Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social
Available to read 🆓 online, but I am 40 so I am excited to be reading a real #book 📚😄
@profbambra.bsky.social
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✨New #book day 📚✨
When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….
And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2
When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….
And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2
June 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM
✨New #book day 📚✨
When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….
And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2
When I proposed my #PhD on #inequalities, some were dismissive, saying it is an insurmountable problem….
And after reading the opening page (that in New Orleans there is a 2️⃣5️⃣ YEAR gap in life expectancy between richest & poorest areas 🏚️💰) I can see why people feel that way….1/2
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Frantically learning all the wrong lessons.
People who want Reform policies will vote Reform.
People who want Labour policies ... well, perhaps they'll just have to vote Green.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
People who want Reform policies will vote Reform.
People who want Labour policies ... well, perhaps they'll just have to vote Green.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Labour targets international students claiming asylum after election losses to Reform
Exclusive: Ministers understood to be drafting white paper this month in move to reduce legal migration
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Frantically learning all the wrong lessons.
People who want Reform policies will vote Reform.
People who want Labour policies ... well, perhaps they'll just have to vote Green.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
People who want Reform policies will vote Reform.
People who want Labour policies ... well, perhaps they'll just have to vote Green.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The Israeli authorities have illegally banned all aid and goods into Gaza for two months.
This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
May 2, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Israeli authorities have illegally banned all aid and goods into Gaza for two months.
This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
This constitutes a genocidal act, a blatant form of unlawful collective punishment, and the war crime of using starvation of civilians as a method of warfare.
Doctoral researchers are turning to #GenAI to assist in their #research. How are they using it, and how can supervisors have frank discussions about using it responsibly? A
@unisouthampton.bsky.social team investigated: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/using...
#PhDsky #academicsky #highered
@unisouthampton.bsky.social team investigated: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/using...
#PhDsky #academicsky #highered
‘Using GenAI is easier than asking my supervisor for support’
Doctoral researchers are turning to generative AI to assist in their research. How are they using it, and how can supervisors and candidates have frank discussions about using it responsibly?
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The BBC’s motto is ‘Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation’ - not any more apparently as BBC blocks access from abroad www.classical-music.uk/opinion/arti...
The Long View | Blocking Radio 3 abroad is a catastrophe for UK music
Nation shan’t speak peace unto nation, Andrew Mellor warns, when the BBC prohibits international access to the overwhelming majority of its radio output
www.classical-music.uk
April 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The BBC’s motto is ‘Nation Shall Speak Peace Unto Nation’ - not any more apparently as BBC blocks access from abroad www.classical-music.uk/opinion/arti...
SUVs kill - ban them now www.theguardian.com/environment/...
More than 1m cars sold in UK each year too big to fit typical parking space
Campaign network calls on government to prioritise smaller cars and introduce higher charges for SUV owners
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
SUVs kill - ban them now www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New books woo! 4 for £7 at the bottom, the others all new from Collected Durham 💕
April 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New books woo! 4 for £7 at the bottom, the others all new from Collected Durham 💕
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According to the UK government’s own analysis, 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty by the latest social security cuts.
Call on the PM to stop the cuts: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop...
Call on the PM to stop the cuts: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop...
March 27, 2025 at 6:05 PM
According to the UK government’s own analysis, 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty by the latest social security cuts.
Call on the PM to stop the cuts: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop...
Call on the PM to stop the cuts: www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/stop...
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‘The End’ in cinemas from tomorrow – follow the blind optimism of a wealthy family sheltered in their palatial bunker as climate collapse finally comes knocking . . . @thinkfilmimpact.bsky.social mubi.com/theend
March 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
‘The End’ in cinemas from tomorrow – follow the blind optimism of a wealthy family sheltered in their palatial bunker as climate collapse finally comes knocking . . . @thinkfilmimpact.bsky.social mubi.com/theend
@newcastleunited.com you've really messed up with half the fans outside at kickoff after queuing 45mn
March 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@newcastleunited.com you've really messed up with half the fans outside at kickoff after queuing 45mn
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As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million
“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the third anniversary of the ban on secondary education for girls in Afghanistan
www.unicef.org
March 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
As new school year starts in Afghanistan, almost 400,000 more girls deprived of their right to education, bringing total to 2.2 million
“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
“The consequences for these girls - and for Afghanistan - are catastrophic.”
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis by WHO and UNICEF.
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
European Region reports highest number of measles cases in more than 25 years – UNICEF, WHO/Europe
127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region for 2024 – double the number reported for 2023 and the highest number seen in the Region since 1997
www.unicef.org
March 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
127,350 measles cases were reported in the European Region in 2024, double the number of cases reported for 2023 and the highest number since 1997, according to an analysis by WHO and UNICEF.
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
www.unicef.org/press-releas...
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Can #ecigs / #vapes help you to #quitsmoking? Are they safe for quitting? See our plain language briefing w/ Feb 2025 search update & findings from Jan 2024 living Cochrane review
@cochranetag.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/ele...
@cochranetag.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/ele...
February 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Can #ecigs / #vapes help you to #quitsmoking? Are they safe for quitting? See our plain language briefing w/ Feb 2025 search update & findings from Jan 2024 living Cochrane review
@cochranetag.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/ele...
@cochranetag.bsky.social
@oxfordtag.bsky.social
Thanks to @cancerresearchuk.org
www.cebm.ox.ac.uk/research/ele...
Like 1968 and 1989, 2025 could be year for the history books - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
John Simpson: 2025 could be year for the history books
Like 1968 or 1989, this could be a year when the world changes in a fundamental way.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Like 1968 and 1989, 2025 could be year for the history books - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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🧡 On Saturday, supporters of Just Stop Oil and @defendourjuries.bsky.social held a vigil in Cambridge for GP Dr Patrick Hart, celebrating his birthday on the 5th Feb.
🔥 This April we'll be sitting in the road to Reclaim Parliament. Join us: juststopoil.org/spring-2025
Photo credit: Derek Langley
🔥 This April we'll be sitting in the road to Reclaim Parliament. Join us: juststopoil.org/spring-2025
Photo credit: Derek Langley
February 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🧡 On Saturday, supporters of Just Stop Oil and @defendourjuries.bsky.social held a vigil in Cambridge for GP Dr Patrick Hart, celebrating his birthday on the 5th Feb.
🔥 This April we'll be sitting in the road to Reclaim Parliament. Join us: juststopoil.org/spring-2025
Photo credit: Derek Langley
🔥 This April we'll be sitting in the road to Reclaim Parliament. Join us: juststopoil.org/spring-2025
Photo credit: Derek Langley
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🏭 Come celebrate the career of Tim Strangleman, DePOT co-investigator and author of many books on the sociology of deindustrialization. Tickets available here:
DePOT Roundtable: Tim Strangleman in Conversation
Join DePOT as we reflect on the career of Tim Strangleman, with his colleagues, friends, and former students.
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January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🏭 Come celebrate the career of Tim Strangleman, DePOT co-investigator and author of many books on the sociology of deindustrialization. Tickets available here:
Join me in complaining to OFCOM about GB News homophobia 🌈
If you put it, privately, to GB News that they were trying to import the racism and hatred of Trumpism into the UK I doubt they'd disagree.
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Join me in complaining to OFCOM about GB News homophobia 🌈
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If you put it, privately, to GB News that they were trying to import the racism and hatred of Trumpism into the UK I doubt they'd disagree.
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
If you put it, privately, to GB News that they were trying to import the racism and hatred of Trumpism into the UK I doubt they'd disagree.
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
We need to stop them - now.
action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
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www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
"As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe."
good piece by Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read
"As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe."
good piece by Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read
It’s time for climate populism
As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe.
www.newstatesman.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
www.newstatesman.com/environment/...
"As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe."
good piece by Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read
"As politics turns against net zero, we need to mobilise a genuine mass movement against ecological catastrophe."
good piece by Caroline Lucas and Rupert Read