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SciComm & Public Engagement ✍🏻 | CogPsych 🧠 | Academia & Industry 🔁 | Teaching in HE 👩🏻‍🏫 Psychology Senior Lecturer at Arden University. Views are my own. ashleighjohnstone.com

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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The happiest surprise from Bloom & Wild today! 💐😍
A card that reads ‘Dear Ashleigh,
I wanted to send you one of my favourite bouquets from our current range as a thank you for your tremendous loyalty to Bloom & Wild. I really appreciate it and hope you enjoy the flowers.
Warm regards
Aron (Bloom & Wild founder)’ on top of a cardboard Bloom & Wild box.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
‘Technology is not the direct opponent of play’ @ajohnstone.bsky.social (Associate Editor, and Senior Lecturer at Arden University) discusses the latest Toy Story film with her colleague, Holly Amber Stokes. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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‘Technology is not the direct opponent of play’ | BPS
Ashleigh Johnstone (Associate Editor, and Senior Lecturer at Arden University) discusses the latest Toy Story film with her colleague, Holly Amber Stokes.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Being a Scotland fan is bad for your health. Can my stress levels handle the rest of this game? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
The second half of that game got so intense. Scotland finally stepped it up and showed the resilience we love to see, just wish it came through earlier!
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I mean this is an eventful way to start the World Cup!
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The last 20 minutes of the Hearts v Celtic football commentary has been the most intense and confusing football moments I’ve seen in a while. Now need a lie down to recover!
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anil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
wow — the preprint host, arxiv, is banning authors for a year if they submit papers with hallucinated citations 🤖
Twitter thread from Thomas Dietterich, reading "Attention 
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 authors: Our Code of Conduct states that by signing your name as an author of a paper, each author takes full responsibility for all its contents, irrespective of how the contents were generated. 1/
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If generative AI tools generate inappropriate language, plagiarized content, biased content, errors, mistakes, incorrect references, or misleading content, and that output is included in scientific works, it is the responsibility of the author(s). 2/
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We have recently clarified our penalties for this. If a submission contains incontrovertible evidence that the authors did not check the results of LLM generation, this means we can't trust anything in the paper. 3/
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The penalty is a 1-year ban from arXiv followed by the requirement that subsequent arXiv submissions must first be accepted at a reputable peer-reviewed venue. 4/
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Examples of incontrovertible evidence: hallucinated references, meta-comments from the LLM ("here is a 200 word summary; would you like me to make any changes?"; "the data in this table is illustrative, fill it in with the real numbers from your experiments") end/"
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Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
This week on Wonkhe: Researchers studying trauma often carry emotional costs that universities rarely acknowledge. Robert Allen argues that it’s time for research ethics to recognise researcher wellbeing as well as participant protection
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Looking after researchers themselves is a blind spot in university research ethics
Researchers studying trauma often carry emotional costs that universities rarely acknowledge. Robert Allen argues that it’s time for research ethics to recognise researcher wellbeing as well as participant...
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Sometimes I find a marking period particularly difficult, and this is one of them. 4 intakes (and therefore 4 marking periods per year) can be rather brutal at times. More snacks needed!
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
It’s not every day that you’re working at home and see a Spitfire flying over your house! Very cool to have caught a glimpse of the 90th anniversary tour!
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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · 31/03/2026
The Program for Online #SIPS2026 is now available online! Let's meet online May 6-7 for exciting hackathons, unconferences, and workshops! Check out the program preview here 👇️ buff.ly/Ezzyql9
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SIPS 2026 – Online May 6-7 || DC June 8-10, 2026
Browse the SIPS 2026 online and in-person programs!
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Flavio Azevedo @flavioazevedo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
This has been many years in the making. We wanted to do it right—not simply get it done. Our goal was to contribute, however modestly, to an academia that genuinely strives for inclusivity. May the AWoP—small as the step may be—help move academia toward greater inclusion. 🤝🫂🌈🍉🏳️‍⚧️✊⚖️♿🦮🌐
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Psychology needs a… revolution www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... @maddipow.bsky.social @richardwiseman.bsky.social @joakimsundh.bsky.social @jamiecummins.bsky.social @lizstokoe.bsky.social @margaritap.bsky.social and others…
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Psychology needs a… revolution | BPS
Our editor Jon Sutton introduces a special collection, with your views...
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Our March issue looking fine in the Psychologist app. Complete access for @bpsofficial.bsky.social members.
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Health and Life Sciences Public Engagement @livuniengagehls.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Calling @liverpooluni.bsky.social researchers - Are you passionate about your work and enjoy a good pint? Then we want you! Sign up by February 25th to be part of this year's @pintofscience.uk 🍺 Find out more and sign up here forms.office.com/e/41shDEgEEz @livunihls.bsky.social
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
🚀 Making Replications Count Hackathon - in-person 🚀 3 days. 4 open tools. 1 goal: make replication studies impossible to ignore. 📆 4-6 May 2026 | Münster, Germany  ✈️ Travel & accommodation covered (UKRI-funded) Apply by 16 March ➡️ indico.uni-muenster.de/e/marco2 🧵👇 What we will build?
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Making Replication Count: Spring Hackathon
Join us for a three-day-hackathon to create a Zotero plug-in and a preprint bot to boost the visibility of replication studies! Background In the social, behavioral, and cognitive sciences, replicatio...
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Honestly #TheTraitors just brings me so much joy. It feels like proper event television. So perfect!
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Who or what would you like to see grace our cover in 2026? Comment below or reach me on jon.sutton@bps.org.uk We're after 'personal, practical, persuasive' - guidance here www.bps.org.uk/contribute-p... And of course, you can search www.bps.org.uk/psychologist to see what we've already put out!
Mock-up cover of The Psychologist, with a lightbulb shape formed from a crowd of people seen from above. Headline: 'Your work here'.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
1 week post-op and at the stage of having enough mental energy to be bored but not enough physical energy to do much about it. It’s turning into a game of how many books can I read during my sick leave! Always open to any book recommendations 📚
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Harriet's detective work #TheTraitors
Horse well drawn to a sketch meme
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I had endometriosis surgery yesterday and will forever be grateful for the nurse who gave me a tub of ice cream at 2am this morning because I was feeling sorry for myself 💜 Genuinely one of the kindest and most reassuring nurses I’ve ever met!
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
That may have been one of the best episodes I’ve ever watched of #TheTraitors! Utter chaos for absolutely no reason 😂
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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
I love this show so much #TheTraitors
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Ellie Buckley is not the first Traitors contestant who features in our archive... www.bps.org.uk/psychologist... ...but I think she's the first one who's a @bpsofficial.bsky.social member!
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Faith, trust and pixie dust | BPS
Ellie Buckley on new documentary Life, Animated.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
I find #TheTraitors truly fascinating from a psychological perspective. So many of the players are there because they love the show and they think they’re good game players. Yet they all consistently fall into the same traps and cognitive biases. It’s so inherently human and I love it!
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Nick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
You're on the right show, bbz. #TheTraitors
Adam on The Traitors says "I can't remember names, I can't sell names"
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
2025 was a really rough year of losses and poor health. Here’s to a more positive year ahead and reminding myself of what’s important in life ✨ Starting as I mean to go on: baking and ready for the new series of #TheTraitors 💜
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RoSE Network @rosenetwork.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
WANTED! Collaborators for a Big Team Science Systematic Review on Statistical Software in #StatsEd, led by @alyssacounsell.bsky.social (RoSE Statistics Software SIG Lead), @maddipow.bsky.social (@forrt.bsky.social rt.bsky.social Director of Education & Pedagogy), & @richharrisleeds.bsky.social. 1/2
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Post a night-time photo or video of the Night Edition cover in the replies below, and I'll decide the best and dig out some kind of prize... probably a few books...
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a full moon over the ocean with the words goodnight written below it
ALT: a full moon over the ocean with the words goodnight written below it
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Dr Zoë Ayres @zjayres.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
We are looking for bloggers for Voices of Academia for 2026. If you'd like to make a difference by sharing your mental ill-health experience whilst being in academia, please find out more and submit a pitch here: voicesofacademia.com/contact-2/
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Voices in Psychology - 'Me and AI'. Find our latest call… www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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From the Editor, November 2025; plus Voices In Psychology | BPS
Dr Jon Sutton introduces the November 2025 issue.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
I can’t explain how much joy #CelebrityTraitors brings me. Utterly hilarious whilst also being a psychological treat! Ruth going after Jonathan is bringing Maddy and Wilf vibes.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Knowing that my second endometriosis surgery is now booked in and scheduled brings up such mixed emotions. Grateful that I have a consultant who listens and is supportive, with a hint of feeling sorry for myself because it's a reminder that endo just sucks!
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Framework for Open and Reproducible Research Training @forrt.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
New preprint from member of FORRT - How to Develop and Use Open Educational Resources 📣 In this chapter, we position Open Educational Resources (OERs) as not only cost-saving tools but as instruments of epistemic justice and inclusion. 📃 osf.io/preprints/ed... 🧵👇
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Will Gervais @willgervais.com · 10/10/2025
Teaching a fun science & critical thinking course this semester. Trying out THAMES as a handy mnemonic for what to look for in evaluating science papers & such (obvs not all are as relevant for every paper)...
THAMES mnemonic for reading science:

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Theory
•What BIG IDEA is the focus?

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Hypothesis
•What SMALLER IDEA is actually getting tested?

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Assumptions &
Alternatives
•What needs to be true to connect T:H?
•What else could explain results/predictions?

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Methods:
Measures & Manipulations
•Were methodological tools validated?
•Evidence that we’re measuring/manip what’s claimed?

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Evidence &
Ethics
•Are claims calibrated to EVIDENCE? Is EVIDENCE appropriate?
•ETHICALLY sound in practice/intent/implication/application?

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Sampling
Statistical Model
•Who was studied? Who are claims about?
•Do stat results match verbal ideas?
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Finally watching the first episode of #CelebrityTraitors. First observation is that it’s interesting to watch celebs explicitly seeing it as a game, whereas I think many people in the normal version see it as an opportunity to win money to change their life and so don’t just see it as ‘a fun game’
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
I couldn't watch the first episode of Celebrity Traitors last night so I'm very much looking forward to catching up this evening! So intrigued to see how it goes when people already have an idea of each other's characters. How will that play into the way people play the game? SO EXCITED.
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Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Oh dang. This is an excellent analogy.
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BPS Research Digest @researchdigest.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A lot of us find ADHD TikToks relatable. However, some popular content doesn't quite reflect what we know about ADHD. A recent study explores how this sort of incorrect information about the condition is received by viewers: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
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TikTok ADHD content can increase confidence in misinformation | BPS
A recent study explores how incorrect information about ADHD is received by viewers.
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The Psychologist @psychmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
‘People with Huntington's disease can and do push back against the tyrant’ I met Dr Sarah Gunn, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Leicester. www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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‘People with Huntington's disease can and do push back against the tyrant’ | BPS
Our editor Dr Jon Sutton meets Dr Sarah Gunn, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Leicester.
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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
The T-FUN Festival is NEARLY HERE! 🎉 Join us online from TOMORROW FOR THREE DAYS of inspiring talks and events on Assessment & Feedback, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, and Engagement & Belonging. See our website for details on how to join in: buff.ly/x8SUDdp #TFUNFest2025 #HigherEd #Teaching
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Teaching-Focused University Network
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Rebecca Montacute @beckymontacute.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
Honestly the resilience of this team, coming back from behind again and again - I cannot believe the last few weeks #lionesses
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Dr. Rachel Kowert @drkowert.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
ICYMI: We are currently seeking proposals for the Psychgeist of Pop Culture: 🧠 Severance 🗡️ World of Warcraft rkowert.com/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers | Rachel Kowert, PhD
Here is where you can find all of the call for submissions currently open for the Psychgeist® of Pop Culture series.
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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
This is a superb article - agree that everyone working in HE should read it.
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Prof Neil Martin @thatneilmartin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Science/research chums. I am working on a project about replication and am very keen on your feedback. 1/3
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
I've been wanting to write again recently but I keep getting that little self-doubt voice that says 'you've got nothing interesting to say' and 'nobody will be interested anyway'. Maybe it's time to just push through the discomfort and get writing again regardless of the little self-doubt voice!
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Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Just read this on the lack of digital skills, which isn't new but reinforces experience in the classroom & should be a further nail in the coffin to idea that students are "digital natives" means anything other than they have probably grown up near connected devices. futuredotnow.uk/lack-of-digi...
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Lack of digital skills in workforce costing UK over £23 BILLION per year - FutureDotNow
New report: Lack of digital skills in workforce costing UK over £23 BILLION per year
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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
The T-FUN Festival is coming, this Sept! 🎉 3 themes in 3 days: 16/9: Assessment & Feedback 17/9: Equality, Diversity & Inclusivity 18/9: Engagement & Belonging Flash-talks, longer talks, collabo cafés & more, 10-3pm UK time. For more info subscribe to our mailing list: t-fun.co.uk?page_id=27
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
As an academic with endometriosis I sometimes struggle navigating academia with such a frustrating and misunderstood chronic condition. I find myself wondering if there’s enough support for students dealing with this condition, especially now so many are having to juggle jobs alongside studying.
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Dr Ashleigh Johnstone @ajohnstone.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
I've updated my 'Online Research Tips for Dissertation Students' slide deck on OSF: osf.io/rgxqn/ It's available for use or adaption, so if you have dissertation students doing online research (or you're delving into the world of online research), please do take a look! #AcademicSky #PsychSciSky
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Online Research Tips for Dissertation Students
A slide deck of online research tips for dissertation students, primarily focusing on psychological research. These can be used or adapted for education or research purposes with appropriate credit gi...
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