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This afternoon, the Planning Bill enters the House of Lords. Within it is a proposal that would make it easier to destroy the woods, rivers and wildlife we all love - by weakening the laws that keep them safe. If Part 3 isn’t changed or scrapped, nature will pay the price. ⚠️

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🚨 Milestone alert! 🚨 We are celebrating having published 125 books, collaborating with @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social academics, staff & students in Diamond Open Access publishing while highlighting research from authors around the world. Go Team Edinburgh Diamond! books.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-di...

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"People need a little bit of land to dig and just do their own thing on" For the second issue of GNAW, Lauren Cameron looks at how Leith Community Croft – and the people growing on it – are rethinking food, community and what it means to belong ☀️

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In this feature story, read about how a new relational, child-centred approach to adoption in Aberdeenshire, including the introduction of a Therapeutic Transition Social Worker, is supporting children, families, and their carers: buff.ly/b2LjfVG

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The latest house building stats for Scotland paints a damning picture - that the Scottish Government is CHOOSING to allow homelessness to get worse. Building more social housing is the only way to end the #HousingEmergency, and yet, new social home approvals and starts have hit a decade low. 🤯

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Just ordered mine ❤️

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If your MP is vocal on women’s rights but less so on disability, send them today’s Guardian story. Tell them charities have warned the disability cuts will have a “devastating” impact on women and could even breach the Equality Act.

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‘I needed respite from the story, then as now.’ Joy Harjo speaking truth #PoetryHelps

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Three Research Schools' Online Seminar | Women’s prisons: how can we engage lived experience to improve primary care for women with severe mental illness, 24 September 2025, 12 - 1pm: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/events/women... #MentalHealth #Research @ashmore1973.bsky.social @georginaspcr.bsky.social

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Karen Newman's bust portrait in honor of the bravery of Noor Inayat Khan (2016), British-Indian WW2 agent who aided the French Resistance against the Nazis, and was later shot in Dachau #WomensArt

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Joy ❤️❤️❤️

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Last week we were delighted to collaborate with the Ripple on an exhibition at @scotparl.bsky.social titled ‘The Ripple Project: Manifesting the Future of Lochend, Restalrig and Craigentinny’ ✨

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An independent report finds serious leadership failings at the top. Now over 600 staff face the axe. @ducuuo.bsky.social £35 million black hole at Dundee University. Senior mismanagement created this crisis. Staff shouldn’t be paying the price. www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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More than ever 💔

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Essential reading

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The wildflowers were in fine form at Aberlady nature reserve this weekend #NatureIsNurture #Scotland

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Incredible support for our staff at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on picket lines today in their fight against management's plans to slash budgets and jobs ✊

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🚨IT'S A WIN 🚨 Well done to every single @newcastleucu.bsky.social member 44 days on the picket line ZERO compulsory redundancies University bosses need to look at what our members have achieved in Newcastle & heed the warning: work with us or face disruption www.ucu.org.uk/article/1406...

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Solidarity to our members at @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social striking today against cuts

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Great atmosphere and turnout #ucustrikes @ucu.org.uk @edinburghup.bsky.social These cuts are not necessary, there is no deficit Staff are the ❤️ UoE - NO STAFF CUTS

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Liza Adamczewski (aka the Accidental Ecologist), artist and creator of the 1000 postcards project; mini paintings of natural life inspired by her ‘re-wilding’ of a Welsh farm #WomensArt

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Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting opens at National Portrait Gallery on Friday. We're celebrating with contemporary art that depicts the female form for the #OnlineArtExchange tomorrow! 💗 'Female Form' by Ronald Pope (1920–1997) © the artist's estate. 📷 Derby Museums

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We are honoured to be exhibiting our co-created artworks with the Ripple Project at the Scottish Parliament this week! #CreativeMethods #AcademicSky #CreativeResearch #Community

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Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the Minneapolis shootings and the dangers of a political environment in which it’s unclear who represents what area of law enforcement—and where the limits of their mission lie. nyer.cm/sn7MBGV

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"One person comes in... a lot of times they haven't read the books. And they just object and it gets banned. And that's madness," James Patterson tells Whoopi Goldberg on The View. #BannedBooks #FreedomToRead

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Worried about qualitative sampling? Read this karenoreilly.wordpress.com/2025/05/15/i...

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‘My dad says I can do anything’ Lucky I have had one of those dads. Far from perfect but full of faith and love. What a difference it has made to me. #FathersDay

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Wild roses #bloomscrolling #NatureIsNurture

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Bit of Saturday night self-care, more and more drawn to collage as a practice with limits that force new inspiration #ArtHeals

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Happy #caterday - chilling with my fur babies is the best kind of self-care

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#ReframingWomenPrintmakers 🧡 'Night Clocks' by contemporary printmaker Lisa Benson #WomensArt

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Laughing and crying - a deadly farce

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So sad - Prof Palmer was a fierce advocate, bringing kindness and intelligence to all his work. He will be missed by so many.

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"This prize amplifies women’s voices and says to girls and women that their stories matter." A pleasure to talk to BBC South about the force for good that is @womensprize.bsky.social ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Stone speaks in poetry. This was such a fun day, and quite the honour. The sun shone, tourist buses passed, and the Canongate Wall, which wreathes the Scottish Parliament with lines of poetry, now has three new plaques, craved by Gillian Forbes. Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead and me - sisters in verse.

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This is so very sad - his work to care for drug users and to demand society show them respect has been an inspiration. He will be missed by so many but his fight continues

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Trump and his cronies want farm workers afraid. They know when workers fear federal agents, they're less likely to report wage theft or bad conditions. We're fighting hard against the Trump Admin's destructive, xenophobic campaign. Donate today! ufw.org/fightback #WeFeedYou

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This film looks fantastic- and was filmed in and around the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh #Scotland

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💡 Reminder: The SPCR Public Involvement, Engagement & Dissemination Enablement Fund is now open! 💷 Up to £2K for projects | £5K for dept-wide activities 📅 First deadline: Thurs 24 July 2025, 5pm 🔗 Learn more & apply: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/PPI/spcr-PPI... #PublicInvolvement #HealthResearch #SPCR

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And we are off #SWConfEd25 with the wonderful Dr Isang Awah from University of Oxford

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The work of Native American, Navajo master weaver, Elsie Holiday #womensart

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Sociology is at its most powerful when it disturbs us “in a good way”. So almost anything can be sociological; even analysing our relationship with our houseplants. @carinrunciman.bsky.social‬ writes in the June magazine on The Sociological Review journal’s editorial choices. buff.ly/R9DWhvA

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What a line up of fantastic speakers @carlenefirmin.bsky.social

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📱🦠 Misinformation spreads like a virus – and social media is the host New research calls misinformation a public health threat, driven by social media's speed and scale. Fighting it needs action from users, tech companies, and governments alike. 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/heap... #SciComm #FakeNews 🧪

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Thank you to everyone that attended the recent NIHR Three Schools’ Mental Health Programme Webinar; Engaging marginalised young people in education. For anyone who was unable to attend a recording of the session is now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-He...

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How Should Health Researchers Care for Participants? A Creative Writing Event✨ 10 Jun | 10-12pm | @scotstorycentre.bsky.social Join a unique blend of sociology, storytelling and imagination! Explore what care means in health research and dive into a creative writing session More: edin.ac/45yvMgb

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