Dr Gemma Hughes
@gemhughes.bsky.social
Social scientist. Co-Director Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy & Management, University of Leicester School of Business. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Health Services Research & Policy https://journals.sagepub.com/home/HSR
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Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it?
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
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Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
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November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it?
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
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The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Why Management Matters To The NHS 10 Year Health Plan | The Kings Fund
Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential to delivering the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Never too old to enjoy a sparkler on Bonfire Night
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Never too old to enjoy a sparkler on Bonfire Night
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Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
A DPhil is as much about developing yourself as a researcher as it is about your specific project: Laiba Husain, DPhil in Translational Health Sciences alumna shares her journey
Dr Laiba Husain, first ever student to complete the DPhil in Translational Health Sciences, researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and tutor in digital health on the MSc...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
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📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
Post-strike pay slip
Post-menopausal stomach flab.
I'm going as Making Tax Digital.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Post-strike pay slip
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UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
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The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
University finances and the elephant in the senior common room | Letter
Letter: The marketisation of higher education, like the marketisation of other public services, has been an abject failure, writes Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Research Associate in Health Services Research in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Research Associate in Health Services Research vacancy in Leicester. We are seeking a Research Associate to our School of Management and contribute to the NIHR-funded ...
jobs.le.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
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This week's slightly delayed post is about #metonymy. I collected examples on my travels to Oxford, from a coffee cup to the White House. #linguistics makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
A week in metonymy: From the personal to the political
Last week was metonymy week for me. In this post I’ll tell you three stories about metonymy, all related to a train ride to and from Oxford with my husband – a sort of anniversary trip, as we met t…
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October 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This week's slightly delayed post is about #metonymy. I collected examples on my travels to Oxford, from a coffee cup to the White House. #linguistics makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
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"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
Other people five — Surviving Work
I realise this is not a good look to say this a week before the publication of my book that defends relationships between humans but Surviving Work started in 2011 when I was put in a compulsory red...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
Sharp observations
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Sharp observations
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"Striking isn't just about disrupting operations; it's a costly signal of commitment to fair working conditions. By withholding cooperation, workers force a renegotiation of terms."
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Why we strike: Bargaining as an expression of human cooperation | BPS
Dr Kristen Syme considers labour action, and draws parallels with family conflict…
www.bps.org.uk
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Striking isn't just about disrupting operations; it's a costly signal of commitment to fair working conditions. By withholding cooperation, workers force a renegotiation of terms."
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress
www.lse.ac.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
@bnerlich.bsky.social hi @jackiewalumbe.bsky.social you might like these blogs/ this work
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@bnerlich.bsky.social hi @jackiewalumbe.bsky.social you might like these blogs/ this work
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A quick overview of our industrial action:
What we are doing, why we are doing it, and how you can support us.
What we are doing, why we are doing it, and how you can support us.
October 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A quick overview of our industrial action:
What we are doing, why we are doing it, and how you can support us.
What we are doing, why we are doing it, and how you can support us.
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Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning
Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...
Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...
October 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yesterday the Royal Society held a series of panels & keynotes in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Turing Test. The unanimous critical takes on AGI, big tech's power concentration & the call for urgent action left me w hope things might be turning
Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...
Watch here m.youtube.com/live/GmnBTCK...
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“I will tell you, my daughter, of your worth”
October 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
“I will tell you, my daughter, of your worth”
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We are outraged by the findings of this evening’s BBC Panorama investigation into the Metropolitan Police.
There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.
A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...
There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.
A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...
October 1, 2025 at 7:04 PM
We are outraged by the findings of this evening’s BBC Panorama investigation into the Metropolitan Police.
There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.
A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...
There can be no other logical conclusion than that the Met Police is irredeemable.
A statement from us 👇
www.runnymedetrust.org/news/the-met...
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Are you ready to join us on the pickets?
Check out our activities for week 1, starting tomorrow:
Check out our activities for week 1, starting tomorrow:
September 28, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Are you ready to join us on the pickets?
Check out our activities for week 1, starting tomorrow:
Check out our activities for week 1, starting tomorrow:
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Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
September 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Leicester UCU will be on strike from Monday 29 September until Friday 17 October.
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In London, hate will never win.
September 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
In London, hate will never win.
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Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).
Calling all researchers and educators📣 This new RMR by @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social on how to conduct effective case studies, offers guidance for using them for learning & decision-making.
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
Essential reading for robust research!
https://bit.ly/47PL01l
September 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).