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More questions need to be asked about the impact of tech oligarchs on society, elections and government, my comment on BBC Points of View (10:44) discussing recent documentary on tech billionaire www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

'Disability lived experience and expertise: recognising the expert contributions of people with disability' by Shane Clifton et al. New Debate Article, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

'Towards (more) evidence-based ethics guidelines: devising the REIGN framework' by Corinna Klingler & Marcel Mertz From our latest issue, 21.4, with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

'Political embeddedness versus social networks: influences on social work NGO #policy advocacy in China – insights from the 2019 Social Work Study' Read with #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1332/1744... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

'#Policy impacts through local intergenerational collectives' The latest from the Evidence & Policy Blog, by Asherah Adler-Eldridge, @danestickney.bsky.social & Milahd Makooi evidenceandpolicy.home.blog/2026/04/29/p... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

'#Policy impacts through local intergenerational collectives' New on the Evidence & Policy Blog, by Asherah Adler-Eldridge, @danestickney.bsky.social & Milahd Makooi evidenceandpolicy.home.blog/2026/04/29/p... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social

How youth reference groups can help amplify research findings in public discussions and improve policymaking Where youth engagement in policymaking is often tokenistic or absent (Waite et al, 2024), this could be improved by collaborating with young people as research evidence users. In a previous…

“If we want to have a real successful legal industry, the people who blazed the trail can not be forgotten, and people can not be getting arrested for cannabis every 90 seconds in this country, still ...

If I was going to give one piece of advice that’s not never do a PhD unless it’s fully funded, this would be the other piece of advice I’d give

On a policy level, life has been hard lately. Certainly, in the United States, we understand that the current administrations’ policy decisions, which have been implemented quickly, harshly and wit…

Where youth engagement in policymaking is often tokenistic or absent (Waite et al, 2024), this could be improved by collaborating with young people as research evidence users. In a previous post, we examined what it means for practitioners to use research well (Rickinson et al., 2024). The Quality Use of Research Evidence (QURE) Framework guides how research can effectively be applied in practice. High‑quality, relevant research needs to be thoughtfully integrated into professional practice through critical engagement and deliberate implementation. Quality use is best supported by individual skills, mindsets and relationships, as well as organisational leadership, culture and infrastructure to enable effective evidence use.

and it turns out, no! not at all! successfully attaining the PhD is mostly about having enough "fuck you" energy to wade through the drudgery, but having the life circumstances in place such that you don't get stuck in that drudgery for too long, however long "too long" is for you personally