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cjpope.bsky.social

Professor of Medical Sociology, Nuffield Department of Primary Health Care, Oxford

58 posts 921 followers 283 following

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My first post on BlueSky. Is anybody out there. If you know me and see this please repost.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Let's do this. It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime. What better place than here, what better time than now?

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

Huge thank you to @philipcball.bsky.social who gave a fantastic talk for our annual lecture last week at the Sheldonian Theatre. Followed by a dinner in the breathtaking Divinity School @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. Video coming soon...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

I've got my #ucu ballot papers for national executive committee roles. Some friends on the list who I know work hard to represent ordinary union members. But feeling an overwhelming sense of dread that 'the factions' will get in and post-16 education will continue to burn.

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence

submitted 14 days ago • 106 comments

Taking comfort from small things. Here's a flag. It's the one that reminds me that inclusion means LGB & T & Q & + are welcome here. So today I'll keep working on #diversity #equality and #inclusion and hope that my colleagues in the US can somehow keep this flag flying in these dark days.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

Today I am going to ponder my personal Rubicon. Maybe you can take few minutes to watch this provoking video, and join me. I think we need to know where the line is and start figuring out what to do. youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs?...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

As the EOs and orders keep coming, I keep thinking of the exhibit in the Berlin Jewish Museum that displays the 962 anti-Jewish laws and policies in order as they came down. These kinds of drumbeats are designed not just to oppress but to normalize oppression. www.jmberlin.de/en/jmb-journ...

submitted 25 days ago • 24 comments

Today I am going to ponder my personal Rubicon. Maybe you can take few minutes to watch this provoking video, and join me. I think we need to know where the line is and start figuring out what to do. youtu.be/0YFdwfNh5vs?...

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

And yesterday the ordinary #Southampton folk came together again to make sure that today's fascists (a motley clump with different allegiances) know that these streets are ours, and we don't want racism here.

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Then they came for the research funding bodies and there was no science and no evidence ... www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Thread on increasing lack of academic control of academic publishing - will be familiar to editors of corporately-owned journals. Do choose community led journals when you can!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

This woman is an inspiration. She just gets on with trying to make the world a better place. She gives me hope, despite the tech bros and social media sycophants... Thank you @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

If you are curious about #QualitativeResearchMethods we're running our 8 week evening class, from 22/1/25... Pull up a comfy chair and join us as we read the Pope and Mays textbook and chat to expert researchers (& chapter authors). @oxprimarycare.bsky.social www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-...

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

Another academic journal Editorial Board mass resignation. Is it time for researchers to take back the means of production. We write, review, edit and prep copy and get charged £3K to publish. We could form a collective and do it ourselves (following in the lead of cphn.net )

submitted 61 days ago • 0 comments

This is the course I describe as "like your friends' reading group, without wine, and online, but basically a group of people getting together to chat about a book". Wasn't sure it would take off, but here we are again (there are some spaces left) See you in January...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

In the light of the new government announcement of a national review of Physician Associate roles and scope of practice, I repost our Statement of Concern (March 24) on how the Royal College of Physicians of London had dealt with the matter. At the time we were described as a "social media rabble".

submitted 96 days ago • 7 comments

Ok. I'm calling this. Twitter is over. Bluesky is now delivering the perfect serendipitous notes for my morning coffee break...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Welcome to the new bluebird diaspora. I deleted my account in Aug 2023. Just quit, no lurking in hope it would get better. Such a good decision. The blue butterfly is starting to get the serendipitous, helpful provocation feel and chat of old Twitter, and I'm delighted y'all are here.

submitted 108 days ago • 2 comments

I put together this online short course to fill dark, gloomy New Year Wednesday evenings. It's aimed at people who fancy reading and discussing a book about #QualitativeResearch as a gentle introduction to these methods. Places available for Jan-Mar 2025 here: www.phc.ox.ac.uk/study/short-...

submitted 138 days ago • 1 comment

We're delighted that today, Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh OBE, has started as our next Head of Department and Nuffield Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences at @universityofoxford.bsky.social. Read more 🔽

submitted 148 days ago • 0 comments

Saturday academic life: Watching Tori Ford (@toriherstory on other platforms) talking about the social impact organisation Medical HerStory, tackling #gender #discrimination and gender based health #inequalities through sharing stories. Take a look medicalherstory.com @oxprimarycare.bsky.social

submitted 151 days ago • 0 comments

Great to see pharma acknowledging that patients can make such a valuable contribution to making clinical trials more accessible 1.reutersevents.com/LP=37335

submitted 166 days ago • 2 comments