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As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

I was going to cancel this week’s post due to the heat — then I noticed I wasn’t alone. We are currently living or rather sweating through the second heatwave this year. It’s really qui…

Imperial College scientists analysed health records before and after introduction of air pollution reduction zones

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Siva Anandaciva looks at seven reasons why politicians restructure the NHS, and seven lessons to learn from this.

Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The use of digital technology to facilitate remote access to care can increase inequalities, especially for people with complex health and social care needs. Care navigation, human input to support a....

I have been writing about metaphors in genetics and genomics since 2003 and about metaphors in AI/GenAI/LLMs since 2023. Recently, I started to wonder whether there are any similarities and differe…

A new UK-wide research study has found high-risk patients account for nearly 80% of post-surgery deaths, highlighting the need for open conversations and more tailored care.

Recognising the medical and surgical complexity of certain patient populations, perioperative pathways are evolving to incorporate multidisciplinary t…

Synthesis challenges in complex evidence: A critical analysis of systematic reviews of face mask efficacy

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

A short course designed for researchers and doctoral students to critically engage with the theory and practice of ethnography in healthcare settings.You w

There’s a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from staring at a word count that’s meant to reach 80,000 or 100,000, knowing you’re only at 12,000. Or from looking at a journa…

The NAO has published an update on the New Hospital Programme following government's decision to reset the programme.

Background This study addresses the need for a comprehensive, evidence-informed conceptually based quality framework for structures and processes of perioperative care. Methods We combined a rapid re...

Nvidia shares are the purest bet you can make on the impact of AI. The leading firms are lending money to one another in...

At the end of last year, I wrote a blog post in which I dissected the word ‘enshittification’, a staple of AI slang. At the beginning of this year, I want to do the same for enshittification’s conc…

Research is an attempt to find out something useful about the world. Whether we like it or not, how we choose our methods, conduct data analysis, and draw conclusions flow from our underpinning assump...

Lack of prompt access to primary care blamed for rise in hospital cases of minor ailments including blocked noses

This short article represents a contribution to the debate on the motion “Social science is explanation, or it is nothing.” While in the format of parliamentary debating the contribution would fall o...