Owen Garling
@ojgarling.bsky.social
Knowledge Transfer Facilitator at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
About to grumble about the Christmas DJ at Cambridge train station when he dropped possibly the finest Christmas pop song.
youtu.be/-wNhdjoF-6M?...
youtu.be/-wNhdjoF-6M?...
East 17 - Stay Another Day (Official Video)
YouTube video by London Records
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
About to grumble about the Christmas DJ at Cambridge train station when he dropped possibly the finest Christmas pop song.
youtu.be/-wNhdjoF-6M?...
youtu.be/-wNhdjoF-6M?...
Fascinating looking article from colleagues at the Fitzwilliam Museum on the Cambridgeshire family of Olaudah Equiano.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Fascinating looking article from colleagues at the Fitzwilliam Museum on the Cambridgeshire family of Olaudah Equiano.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Some really wide ranging conversations at this event last night, and above all, a great chance to connect our work with what's happening in places across the UK and the many roles that heritage assets can play.
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Some really wide ranging conversations at this event last night, and above all, a great chance to connect our work with what's happening in places across the UK and the many roles that heritage assets can play.
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Great @archhfund.org.uk event @buildingcentre.bsky.social last night, featuring excellent research insights from @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @anooshc.bsky.social in conversation with a host of top projects. Emphasised once again the importance of heritage assets as vital social infrastructure.
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Great @archhfund.org.uk event @buildingcentre.bsky.social last night, featuring excellent research insights from @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk & @anooshc.bsky.social in conversation with a host of top projects. Emphasised once again the importance of heritage assets as vital social infrastructure.
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Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Today, the @houseoflords.parliament.uk Home-based Working Committee released a report which repeatedly references research by an interdisciplinary team at @cam.ac.uk highlighting the need for better data on productivity & mental health in the workplace to inform policy on home-based working.
November 13, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Time for some performative reading.
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Time for some performative reading.
Been on a couple of trains today. On the first one, a couple of young people were knitting. On this one, a young person is sketching. It's us oldies glued to our phones.
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Been on a couple of trains today. On the first one, a couple of young people were knitting. On this one, a young person is sketching. It's us oldies glued to our phones.
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🚨Economics students! People who know or teach economics students!🚨
The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share.
ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share.
ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
IFS recruitment event 2025: Summer students | Institute for Fiscal Studies
We're offering an opportunity to meet current IFS staff and find out more about our summer placement scheme for current university students.
ifs.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
🚨Economics students! People who know or teach economics students!🚨
The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share.
ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
The IFS offers summer internships each year. Many of our permanent staff started with one of these. On Monday we're holding an online event to provide more info. Please do come/share.
ifs.org.uk/events/ifs-r...
"Govern well, govern clearly, and in the broad interest of your overall voting base." Simple.
This from @benansell.bsky.social is excellent.
Labour at the Margin...
...of survival
open.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Govern well, govern clearly, and in the broad interest of your overall voting base." Simple.
Off to London for an @archhfund.org.uk event. Some particularly relevant reading for the train:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - Why Historic Places Matter Emotionally
www.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Off to London for an @archhfund.org.uk event. Some particularly relevant reading for the train:
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Exploring AI at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social 📱🐋
For the last year, the Museum has invited visitors to chat to museum animals in an innovative AI experiment with Nature Perspectives.
One year on, what have they learned? Find out in our latest blog: bit.ly/480raQs
For the last year, the Museum has invited visitors to chat to museum animals in an innovative AI experiment with Nature Perspectives.
One year on, what have they learned? Find out in our latest blog: bit.ly/480raQs
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Exploring AI at @zoologymuseum.bsky.social 📱🐋
For the last year, the Museum has invited visitors to chat to museum animals in an innovative AI experiment with Nature Perspectives.
One year on, what have they learned? Find out in our latest blog: bit.ly/480raQs
For the last year, the Museum has invited visitors to chat to museum animals in an innovative AI experiment with Nature Perspectives.
One year on, what have they learned? Find out in our latest blog: bit.ly/480raQs
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We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
We @connectedbydata.org are planning a conference next year (early March, in Manchester) about people, power and participation in (public sector) data and AI.
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
If you were coming, who would you really like to hear from as a keynote speaker to kick off the day?
Walter, 'Squib' and Bill (the three on the right) are three of my great uncles. Walter and Squib never came back from France.
They'd enlisted together and after Walter and Squib were killed, Bill was sent home.
#RIP
They'd enlisted together and after Walter and Squib were killed, Bill was sent home.
#RIP
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Walter, 'Squib' and Bill (the three on the right) are three of my great uncles. Walter and Squib never came back from France.
They'd enlisted together and after Walter and Squib were killed, Bill was sent home.
#RIP
They'd enlisted together and after Walter and Squib were killed, Bill was sent home.
#RIP
Whilst we're having an #EdwardThomas moment, As the Team's Head-Brass:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57207/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57207/...
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Whilst we're having an #EdwardThomas moment, As the Team's Head-Brass:
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57207/...
www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57207/...
I didn't realise Michael Caine was still alive?!?
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign voice deal with AI company
Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine sign voice deal with AI company
The voices of the Oscar-winning actors can now be used to create AI-generated versions in a new deal with ElevenLabs
Oscar-winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have both signed a deal with the AI audio company ElevenLabs.
The New York-based company can now create AI-generated versions of their voices as part of a bid to solve a “key ethical challenge” in the artificial intelligence industry’s alliance with Hollywood. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I didn't realise Michael Caine was still alive?!?
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Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Pride in Place Programme phase 2: methodology note
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
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Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
November 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Applications are now open for our new MPhil in Digital Policy starting Oct 2026.
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
The course will draw on the latest Bennett research & close collaboration with policymakers, business leaders, & civil society to address key challenges.
Find out more: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Pride in Place Programme phase 2: methodology note
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Another methodology for assigning Levelling up / towns fund / neighborhood fund / pride in place funding.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Worked well for Tony Greig
Tory culture spox demanding the BBC "grovel" to Trump is baffling. Who is this supposed to chime with?
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
Just a bizarre line that no one who doesn't use X would ever think.
November 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Worked well for Tony Greig
Is there a win/loss/never happened ratio for all of Trump's threatened litigation? (Was going to type sewerage but that felt a bit close to the bone)
November 10, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Is there a win/loss/never happened ratio for all of Trump's threatened litigation? (Was going to type sewerage but that felt a bit close to the bone)
Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
📝 New blog: Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that community-led, non-clinical initiatives that support men’s mental health should be viewed as vital social infrastructure, with the Bennett School’s framework a useful tool for making them visible.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/from-pi...
From pies to policy: Measuring the social infrastructure that supports men’s mental health - Bennett School of Public Policy
In a new blog, Dr Dimitrios Panayotopoulos-Tsiros argues that men’s mental health benefits from viewing community-led initiatives as vital social infrastructure, using the Bennett School’s framework t...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Nice example of how our @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk framework for measuring social and cultural infrastructure can cast a different light on important initiatives that may sit at the edge of policymakers' thinking.
My other half has always wanted to do a PhD on the underwear of the civil war so this is a definite!
Our new exhibit 'Stitching the Nation: Fashion in Times of Turmoil' is now open, looking at how what we wore was affected by the turmoil of the mid-1600s. It includes rare surviving items kindly loaned to us - more details at: cromwellmuseum.org/events/stitc...
November 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My other half has always wanted to do a PhD on the underwear of the civil war so this is a definite!