Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 29/07/2025www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comChatGPT launches study mode to encourage ‘responsible’ academic useTool gives guidance rather than serving up complete essays or answers, amid rising AI misuse at universities 130
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyOpen Access Social Work @openaccess-sw.bsky.social · 25/07/2025COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF ONLINE VS. FACE-TO-FACE GROUP INTERVENTIONS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW Rafieifar, M. et al / Research on Social Work #openaccess #socialwork #research doi.org/10.1177/1049... 011
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/07/2025Ozzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the lighttheguardian.comOzzy Osbourne, the people’s Prince of Darkness, took heavy metal into the lightHaving escaped a life of drudgery in Birmingham, Ozzy became the rare rock frontman you could relate to – and then, against the odds, a national treasure 2138478
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 09/07/2025NEW on Wonkhe: All the data and headlines you need from this year's National Student Survey buff.ly/lKWgy39 021
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 28/06/2025This week on Wonkhe: Hailie Pentleton explores how reforms to the welfare system will create impossible choices for disabled students trying to access and thrive in higher educationbuff.lyWelfare reforms will hit disabled students hardHailie Pentleton explores how reforms to the welfare system will create impossible choices for disabled students trying to access and thrive in higher education Hailie Pentleton explores how reforms to... 123
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Interesting decision and rationale www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comNo sanction for doctor found guilty of misconduct in Martha’s rule caseTribunal says consultant’s failings in treatment of Martha Mills ‘single lapse of judgment in an otherwise exemplary career’ 010
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyBrandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 08/06/2025There is no bigger story right now than the White House asserting that California residents are in a state "of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States."whitehouse.govDepartment of Defense Security for the Protection of Department of Homeland Security FunctionsMEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ATTORNEY GENERAL 753158595994
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyRob Mitchell @robmitch92.bsky.social · 08/06/2025If we continue to believe that we have a duty to safeguard people, rather than safeguard their fundamental rights, we wont help keep people safe, we will merely continue to embed a culture of othering. Every person who requires residential support should have access to advocacy. 0118
Reposted by Aidan WorsleySmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 02/06/2025guys we HAVE to get rid of DEI. it’s about FAIRNESS 63168573433
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Jodey Whiting - a 42 year old disabled mum - died in 2017, leaving a note saying she had no money for food. Now, a new inquest has ruled Jodey killed herself after her benefits were “mistakenly stopped by the DWP.” Thoughts to Jodey’s mum who fought for justice. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comDisabled woman killed herself after DWP mistakenly withdrew benefitsRare second inquest hears that Jodey Whiting, 42, left notes saying she had no food and could not pay bills 615279
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 31/05/2025This week on Wonkhe: Research impact must emerge from academics' own beliefs and networks, requiring institutional support rather than interference, argue Andy Phippen and Louise Ruttbuff.lyImpact can't be gamed or systematisedResearch impact must emerge from academics' own beliefs and networks, requiring institutional support rather than interference, argue Andy Phippen and Louise Rutt 031
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyMalcolm Payne @malcolmp25.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Useful research based info on helping older people who feel low in summer - we often think that feeling seasonally depressed is a winter thing but bereavement, loneliness & disability can lead to feeling low when everyone else is having fun. www.mcmasteroptimalaging.org/hitting-the-...mcmasteroptimalaging.orgSummer blues: Why some people feel down this time of year — and what to do about itSummer doesn’t feel sunny for everyone — and that’s okay. Recognizing the signs and taking small steps to care for your emotional well-being can make a big difference. 042
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyPaul Ridley @paulridley5.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Family carers of all ages need looking after too www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comFamily carers of all ages need looking after too | LettersLetters: Readers respond to a column by John Harris about the need to include unpaid carers in the political conversation 033
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyBryony Shannon @bryonyshannon.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Rewriting Social Care THE BOOK now officially has a cover, and isn’t it fabulous!? It’s due to be published in September and is available to pre-order now.. more info including reviews at www.hachette.co.uk/titles/bryon... 🌼🩷 291
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyKyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 23/05/2025BREAKING: Judge Burroughs has granted Harvard's restraining order, barring the administration from terminating its foreign student population. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... 964792863
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyScottish Association of Social Work @scotssocialwork.bsky.social · 23/05/2025Finalists announced! The BASW Social Work Journalism Awards 2025 celebrate powerful, informed reporting on social work across the UK. Congrats to all shortlisted journalists. Winners revealed at our 10 June conference! 🔗Find out the full list of finalists here: basw.co.uk/articles/fin... 073
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyHelen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 20/05/2025ICYMI: How To Edit Your Writing helenkara.com/2023/02/09/h... #AcademicSky #PhDSky #HowToEditYourWriting #CRMethodshelenkara.comHow To Edit Your WritingWhen I teach creative academic writing, students sometimes ask: ‘How should I edit my writing?’ It’s a good question. There are lots of books and courses to teach you how to write; far fewer to tea… 042
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyResearch in Practice @researchip.bsky.social · 20/05/2025'The complexities of racism mean that anti-racism is not solved through one-day training or strategies, though both are important. It demands continuous anti-racist education'. Explore the importance of embedding anti-racist social work in practice in a new blog. ow.ly/mrxn50VVq4Cow.lyAnti-racist social work in practiceMany social workers have the desire to be anti-racist but lack confidence and do not know where and how to begin. Antonia Ogundayisi and Phil Chiza explore the importance of embedding anti-racist soci... 011
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyYouth Resilience Unit @qmulresilience.bsky.social · 19/05/2025New paper! Identifying the active ingredients and contextual factors of #socialprescribing when used to support the #mentalhealth of children and young people: a qualitative study - please do share! Social prescribing can be very useful for young people link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comIdentifying the active ingredients and contextual factors of social prescribing when used to support the mental health of children and young people: a qualitative study - European Child & Adolescent P...Recent years have seen a rise in mental health challenges among children and young people (CYP), while frontline treatments remain limited. Social prescribing (SP), a holistic approach using community... 065
Reposted by Aidan WorsleySimon Bottery @blimeysimon.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Valuable new @HealthFdn report on the potential cost of improved #socialcare. It considers three ‘levels’ of improvement and finds cost rises of between £3.4bn and £8.7bn in 2028/29 (all figures are real terms). Quick summary and some thoughts below 🔽 www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...health.org.ukAdult social care funding pressures: 2023–35We project the costs of meeting growing demand for adult social care in England and making some improvements to care up to 2034/35. 134
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🏆 BASW England is proud to be the headline sponsor for the Social Worker of the Year Awards! There are 18 categories shining a light on outstanding practice across children’s and adults’ services. Nominations are open until 27 May. Find out more 🔗 www.socialworkawards.com/award-entry 032
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyElaine James @elaineljames.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Oh my, it's tomorrow @robmitch92.bsky.social @jackskinner.bsky.social 241
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyThe Relational Social Work Podcast @relationalsw.bsky.social · 09/05/2025New podcast episode incoming! Hannah and Matt were joined by Isabelle Trowler CBE for next weeks' episode, where we chat about the social care reforms, with a focus on multi-agency child protection teams and the interface between these and family help 💗 032
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Utterly appalling www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.com‘Utterly traumatised’: anger at ordeal of UK woman accused of illegal abortionCalls for law change after ‘cruel and unnecessary investigation’ into Nicola Packer that CPS brought to trial 010
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyRobin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 08/05/2025New article out with John Devaney: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 011
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 08/05/2025NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson questions whether academic judgment can hold in the AI era, as flawed detection tools create a system where students can't challenge misconduct allegations buff.ly/p24YPkl 011
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyMartin Webber @martinwebber.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Next Monday from 11am-12pm for Mental Health Awareness Week, I'll be giving a webinar on Connecting People and how we can support people to connect with others. Please do come along: www.bespokementalhealth.co.uk/live-events/.... Thank you @bespokemh.bsky.social!bespokementalhealth.co.ukConnecting People: an evidence-informed approach to developing social connections 022
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyHelen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I'm hosting three free one-hour seminars starting next week as tasters to my full 1-day seminars with @instats.bsky.social and you are invited to join! My first free seminar is: Creative Research Methods, Tuesday 13th May: instats.org/seminar/crea... I hope to see you there! #CRMethodsinstats.orgCreative Research Methods (Free Seminar) - Live-streaming:This Instats seminar on Creative Research Methods (Free Seminar) taught by Helen Kara will help you take your research to the next level. Sign up today! 089
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyWonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Last week on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic successbuff.lyLatest from Belong – students' health is not OK, and that's not OKJim Dickinson explores new polling that reveals a worsening picture of students' physical and mental health, undermining their academic success 011
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Appalling www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comMother of autistic boy left with £10,000 debt after breaching DWP rules by £1.92 a weekOver five-year period Oksana Shahar – who cares for her son – was paid a small amount more than carer’s allowance earnings limits allow 000
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyDr. Marissa Civic @stemfactually.com · 02/05/2025Unbelievable. 🧪👩🔬🥽🧬⚛️🍎 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing onesUS science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’. 54719
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyGerry Nosowska @gerrynos.bsky.social · 01/05/2025So glad to see the Social Work with Older People research findings published in the British Journal of #SocialWork. Making visible the expertise, nuance and creativity of social workers, and how they remain hopeful and make a positive difference alongside people in later life. tinyurl.com/4cuuthy3tinyurl.com‘Being that hopeful person’: The contribution of social workers to older people’s well-beingThis article discusses the findings from research about what social workers with older people do in their day-to-day work and how this helps older people. 011
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025It was brilliant to speak to Woman’s Hour about Who Wants Normal? We chatted media coverage of disability, taboos about dating, and why men should probably stop telling women they’re “too pretty” to be disabled. You can catch up on BBC Sounds now. 03210
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Big news www.communitycare.co.uk/2025/04/30/f...communitycare.co.ukFast-track social work scheme to end in 2027 after government decides to withdraw funding - Community CareDepartment of Health and Social Care will not renew Think Ahead's contract to deliver fast-track mental health social work scheme 001
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Interesting piece on how well our system of research funding works wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...wonkhe.comJust because the UK could have a different approach to research funding doesn't mean it shouldA new report by PWC commissioned by the Russell Group leaves a lingering sense that wholesale change to the research system might be a bad idea 000
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. - Anne Frank 12143101524
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyHelen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 29/04/2025🚨 Tickets are officially on sale for the International Creative Research Methods Conference! Join us for powerful keynotes from @jacqpriego.bsky.social and @amltaylor66.bsky.social. Lock yours in here 👉 creativeresearchmethods.com #ICRMC #CreativeResearchcreativeresearchmethods.comCreative Research Methods Conference 2025The International Creative Research Methods Conference is an annual gathering for academics of all disciplines who are interested in using creative methods in their research. 086
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyADASS @adass.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Today we launch our new #CareCantWait campaign, sharing stories of how good adult social care can enable us to live meaningful lives in our homes and communities, but reform and investment are urgently needed to achieve this for everyone. Find out more: www.adass.org.uk/care-cant-wait/adass.org.ukCare Can't Wait - ADASSRealising the potential of social care so that everyone can live a good life 03115
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyCaroline Sharkey @caroline-sharkey.bsky.social · 27/04/2025What is it looking like for folx at social work departments in universities being forced to strip their courses of critical theories, anti-racist praxis, social justice, et cetera and any support from CSWE? I’m hearing of courses being stripped and no idea how the CSWE is intervening. Any word?? 022
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyDawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Currently, anyone can call themselves a nurse. There's been some very worrying cases of people impersonating nurses. We must stop it. My Bill will legally protect the title “nurse”, ensuring only Registered Nurses can use it. #ProtectNurse My column ✍🏾 metro.co.uk/2025/04/24/d...metro.co.ukDangerous people are pretending to be nurses - I have a plan to stop itI’ve reintroduced my Bill to protect the title 'nurse' in law. 2225
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/04/2025NHS in England failing to record ethnicity of those who sue over maternity caretheguardian.comNHS in England failing to record ethnicity of those who sue over maternity care‘Shocking blind spot’ in data collection comes despite ‘well-documented racial disparities in maternity care’ The NHS is facing criticism for not recording the ethnicity of people who sue it over poor maternity care, despite black, Asian and minority ethnic women experiencing much greater harm during childbirth. Health experts, patient safety campaigners and lawyers claim racial disparities in maternity care are so stark that NHS bodies in England must start collating details of people who take legal action to help ensure services improve. Continue reading... 45918
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyTanya Moore @tanyamoore.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Woo Hoo! My copy has finally arrived. So very proud to be involved in this book which has brought together some of social work’s richest thinkers and most expressive writers to create an essential’How to’ for anti-racist practice @nimaljude.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social @coproisaac.bsky.social 083
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyBritish Association of Social Workers @basw-uk.bsky.social · 22/04/2025📢 NEW: Success in Social Work Research Series! BASW are delighted to launch a webinar series connecting social workers with the research community. Find out more 🔗 basw.co.uk/success-soci... 141
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyTrisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 19/04/2025The UK and the US are becoming a very particular kind of “poor country”. Not poor overall in the big league tables, but in a situation where the average citizen lives in poverty. And if that doesn’t motivate you to change things, I don’t know what will? From @dannydorling.bsky.social’s book. 11548173
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyThe King's Fund @thekingsfund.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Today is #NationalLibrarianDay. Did you know the team from @kingsfundlibrary.bsky.social offer a free 'ask a librarian' service? If you have a question about health and care, get in touch and they might have the answer! Find out more: buff.ly/w8P4Gtj 088
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyFrances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Disabled people’s lives are ignored by popular culture or distorted for clicks. It’s time for a new narrative: where disability is defined by disabled voices - and celebrated. Who Wants Normal? out in hardback, audio and e-book TOMORROW. Pre-order: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal 37124
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Great to see Braun & Clarke on this list! www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comExclusive: the most-cited papers of the twenty-first centuryA Nature analysis reveals the 25 highest-cited papers published this century and explores why they are breaking records. 000
Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Marina on excellent form with this piece www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhat’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina HydeThe all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberish, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde 000
Reposted by Aidan WorsleyPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Interesting UK Govt statistics Fraud on PIP, 0%. Attendance Allowance 0%. Disability Living Allowance 0.1% Employment and Support Allowance 1.5% Carer’s Allowance 3% Housing benefit 3.9% Pension Credit 3.9% Why is Govt taking powers to snoop 24/7 on bank accounts of all benefit recipients?gov.ukFraud and error in the benefit system, Financial Year Ending (FYE) 2024 34444253