I have several students completing their PhDs soon. If you'd like to come and study with me, get in touch! My research interests and publications are outlined here: marjon.ac.uk/about-marjon/s… #PhD Life #PhD #AcademicTwitter Andreas Walmsley

36 UK universities have so far announced plans to make redundancies - with no solution to a mounting sector-wide funding crisis in sight…

Portsmouth to cut jobs and merge faculties in ‘academic reset’ timeshighereducation.com/news/portsmout… via Times Higher Education

Just been looking at this great guide developed by Dr Tracy Ann Hayes JNC FRGS SFHEA 🐻🌍 💙 on supporting young people with SEN/D to discover and explore local outdoor spaces: insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/5829… #OutdoorEducation #SEND #InclusionMatters

Levelling-up funds going to the second wealthiest University in UK is actually normalising inequity. Whatever you understand by 'levelling-up' is not what this tory govt means. Shame on all involved.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/m…

Apply for an SWDTP funded post-doc at Plymouth Marjon University! If you have recently completed a social science PhD in Education, Sustainability or Health and Wellbeing, check out this amazing opportunity. Further details here: marjon.ac.uk/research/south…

Lots of good work achieved today with Michelle Jones Debby Cotton Prof Jennie Winter & Professor Gary Kinchin Marjon University Cornwall. Thanks for coming to Truro!

Online REF Event ‘SEDA, Educational Development, and the Research Excellence Framework’ Tuesday 27th February, 14.00-16.00. Hosted by the SEDA Scholarship and Research Committee.
Tickets are free and can be booked via Eventbrite: seda.ac.uk/events/upcomin…

With new REF updates just out, maybe this is time to promote the SEDA session on 'SEDA, Educational Development, and the Research Excellence Framework' - 27th Feb 2-4pm online. More details and booking here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/seda-educati…
Prof Jennie Winter

Another paper on immersive or block delivery - such a lot of interest in this still, and a lot of scope for wider take-up across the sector. Congratulations to Becky Turner who was the lead on this work!

Brilliant to see this published, now the challenge to implement this type of learning across all of our programmes Plymouth Marjon University ! Few high impact activities hit that sweet spot of contributing to learning, research and civic engagement.

I couldn't be more pleased to see this paper out in the public domain. The model of student-led knowledge exchange is really worth a look (even if i do say so myself!) ;-)

Looking for a career in health? 🚑 Start with your degree! From Nursing Apprenticeships to Hearing Aid Dispenser FdAs, we've got this. 🔗 Get started here: loom.ly/ZPcJ3ak #Health #Care #Wellbeing #Education #MarjonUni

Congratulations George and Mark, great work!

'I would like to see the government, and if they don't, then the opposition, set up an independent commission to look at future funding'

Lord Blunkett tells us about his hopes for the future of higher education funding🎤

Just catching up with BERA blog posts on AI and HE and discovered these two little gems:
bera.ac.uk/blog/dyslexia-…
and
bera.ac.uk/blog/what-can-…

Dr Tracy Ann Hayes JNC FRGS SFHEA 🐻🌍 💙 Katie Major-Smith Pille Ben Jane Debby Cotton Marjon Research & Knowledge Exchange A lovely end-of-semester shared lunch with a side of Two Truths and a Lie, :)

Marjon has achieved a 100% rating across two categories in the People & Planet University League 🎉
We scored a 100% rating for both the energy source and carbon reduction categories thanks to our Marjon Zero project! #TeamMarjon

#PostDoc opportunity #PlasticPollution

This post will be working with a network to understand what is needed to make the fashion industry more sustainable. Fancy using #SocialScience and to be an evaluation lead to make a difference? See: shorturl.at/dhtO9

deadline 3 Jan

New from Tate group in New Zealand:

A pilot study on the immune cell proteome of #longCOVID patients shows changes to physiological pathways similar to those in #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis / #ChronicFatigueSyndrome

Free fulltext:
nature.com/articles/s4159…

#MEcfs #CFS #PwME

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Yes, youth workers do have a key role to play in schools.
It'd be good to see an intro to youth work included in initial teacher training programmes. Increase understanding of what youth work is.
Marjon Youth & Community Work Professor Gary Kinchin Miles Smith Prof Tanya Ovenden-Hope PFHEA FCCT FSET Debby Cotton Michelle Jones