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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Thanks Margaret! Agreed it was a great session 😁

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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Thanks so much for all the reposts. You're all ace. Here's a short version of the post. RAFFLE! £2 a ticket! WIN LOADS OF SIGNED BOOKS. Raise money for schools by entering. BUY TIX HERE www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...

Ten books, all signed by the authors. This is the prize for winning the raffle.
Authors include Val McDermid, George Saunders, Bradley Wiggins, Kate Mosse, Rebecca Lucy Taylor (Self Esteem), Mary Beard, Colm Toibin, Rev Richard Coles, Niall Harbison, and me!

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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 09/03/2026

With an increasing prevalence of long-term survival among patients with cancer, understanding, managing, and reducing the effects of radiotherapy on benign tissues are of critical importance and warrant continuous reexploration and consideration. Learn more: nej.md/4cjpcxk #MedSky #Oncology

Key Points from the Review Article "Effects of Radiotherapy in Normal Tissue"

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

What an innovative CPD learning opportunity 👏 particularly the hands on practice too. I know this CPD session with Dr Helen Newman was much anticipated & exceeded expectations.

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Dr Gemma Clunie @gemmaclunie.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Huge thanks to Dr Helen Newman for delivering a CPD session on clinical applications of ultrasound for the SLT team at ICHT including fascinating insights into scanning pig tracheas&cadavers for her PhD research! Hands on practice at the end as well. @jodiallenslt.bsky.social @drcoffey.bsky.social

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 02/03/2026

‘“I don’t think it’s extreme or radical to think that working hard should get you a nice life,” Hannah Spencer said. The speech could once easily have been delivered by a centre-left Labour politician.’ @piercepenniless.bsky.social on the Gorton and Denton by-election. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/fe...

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James Butler | Just Voting

The Green Party’s Hannah Spencer has won the Gorton and Denton by-election with 41 per cent of the vote. Progressive...

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Well done Prof Louise Taylor and team from Oxford Brookes University for producing this helpful guide for non-Muslim staff on how to support our Muslim students during Ramadan. Read it NOW, Ramadan starts on 1st March. figshare.edgehill.ac.uk/articles/edu...

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Creating an inclusive approach to teaching and learning during Ramadan: A brief evidence-based guide for educators in the UK

This brief evidence-based guide to supporting students who are fasting during Ramadan in the UK was developed from a survey of almost 300 educators who provided examples of how they had changed practi...

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

If your conference networking plan involves hiding in the bathroom for five minutes of peace, Gemma Lace has reassuring advice and practical survival tips. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/blog-an-intr...

Illustrated infographic titled “An Introvert’s Survival Guide to Conferences.” The image contrasts expectations of confident networking with the reality of social anxiety, busy crowds and conference overwhelm. A central character holds a notebook and coffee while surrounded by speech bubbles and conference attendees. The lower section features blog author Gemma Lace alongside Dementia Researcher branding.

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sabrenalee.bsky.social @sabrenalee.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

I had the pleasure of presenting at the UKSRG conference with one of my PPI parents, Shevonne. We spoke about parents' views and experiences of feeding and swallowing in children with long-term ventilation. Very grateful for the opportunity to share this work together. Thank you @uksrg.bsky.social !

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Maternity cover role at UCL. Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow supporting work on psychological outcomes in rare and inherited dementias. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/senior-r...

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Senior Research Fellow: Genetic & Non-Memory Led Dementia talk project

UCL seeks a Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow to lead and manage research improving psychological outcomes in rare and inherited dementias.

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North East SLT Research Network @nesltresearch.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

‼️SAVE THE DATE‼️ This year the North East SLT Research Network will be holding a Clinical excellence: Research, Audit & Quality Improvement Workshop. DATE: 1st July 2026. This is a HALF DAY EVENT, running from 9am-12:30pm. Location: Newcastle University. We look forward to seeing you there 😆

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Helen Spicer-Cain @helensc.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

City St George’s is looking for UK paediatric SLTs to take part in research interviews exploring their views and experiences of providing child-facing reports. If you are interested, please follow this link for more info and to sign up: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #bskyspeechies

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From initial assessment to planning intervention for paediatric clients: what do UK SLTs need?

The study is aiming to find out which information allows speech and language therapists to select intervention goals. By overviewing speech and language therapists’ current practice in planning interv...

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Nikki Botting @profnikkibotting.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

#Autistic Speech & Language Therapists or #SLT #students needed to help with new project rating #narratives of autistic & non-autistic teenagers online. We’re interested in neurotype mismatch in lang assessment. Please click here: cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... @helensc.bsky.social

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Whoever got this unethical trial cancelled, you just saved some lives. Kennedy, you should be ashamed of yourself for backing it in the first place. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa is cancelled

$1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease

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Dr Claire Mills @clairemillsslt.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Great opportunity to come and join our team at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals. Band 7 Highly Specialist SLT Full Time Permanent Post @ Royal Brompton Hospital in Critical Care and Cardiothoracics www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/current-vaca...

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Current vacancies

Our current job opportunities.

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European Society for Swallowing Disorders official account @essd-dysphagia.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Please help support this survey study! You don’t need to be an expert; share your thoughts about what questions future research should answer. There are no limits on the number of questions. Complete the survey with @LindAlliance here: bit.ly/3Lm0ssH Dramyfs.bsky.social

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ASHA Journals @ashajournals.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Welcome to Research Tuesday! Individuals with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnea have an atypical swallow. Authors suggest that expiratory muscle strength training may help. Learn more: at.asha.org/T0 @csdisseminate.bsky.social #SLPeeps #SLP2B

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Mark Jayes PhD, FRCSLT @markjayes.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Join our free @manmetuni.bsky.social #Speech #Language and #Communication #Research Group #webinar on 28 January 2026 16.30-17.30 GMT #SLT #SLP #aphasia Dr Jytte Isaksen presents "More than a language disorder - from person-centred to family-centred aphasia services" Join: lnkd.in/eBSpDAV2

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

I'll be giving the Annual Guest Lecture for the Oxford Centre for Personalised Medicine. On 28th April 2026 at 5.30 pm. ‘Personalised Medicine, a Primary Care Perspective’. Open to all. cpm.ox.ac.uk/event/cpm-an...

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CPM Annual Lecture 2026 - cpm

We are delighted that the 2026 CPM Annual Lecture will be given by Professor Trish Greenhalgh; Personalised Medicine: A Primary Care Perspective. This will take place at the Maths Institute on Tuesday...

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stephwilsoncity.bsky.social @stephwilsoncity.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

PhD opportunities in the School of Health and Medical Sciences at City St George's, including one that involves exploring our #EVAPark virtual world for autistic children and young people.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

32 people died in ICE custody last year — the agency’s deadliest year in over two decades. Meanwhile, private prison corporations that are building and overseeing ICE detention centers are raking it in. Cashing in on cruelty.

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

The brilliant Doug Still kept us SLTs on our toes looking at chest x rays during a respiratory CPD session for SLTs. Thank you Doug & thank you to @gemmaclunie.bsky.social for organising another excellent SLT CPD session

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Caroline Bowen, Speech-Language Pathologist 🇦🇺🇳🇿🌻 @carolinebowen.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

🧑‍🍳 Speechwoman's site of the month for November, 2025. Two amazing recipe books, to download free, for people with or cooking for people with #dysphagia. www.speech-language-therapy.com/index.php?op... 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

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UK Swallow Research Group @uksrg.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

‼️ We think this speaker highlight is really rather brilliant. We are so excited to have @viviers_mari leading a paediatric ultrasound workshop at our conference next year! Register now to sign up to Mari’s workshop. ‼️ 🦅 Last few days of early bird : app.oxfordabstracts.com/register/eve...

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Congratulations to Gavi Simson for her stimulating ASHA25 talk on Dysphagia Outcomes for people with laryngectomy in Washington DC. @nihr.bsky.social @imperialbrc.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social @jodiallenslt.bsky.social

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Exciting to be at the 2025 ASHA meeting with Lauren Murphy. We shared evidence & learning from people with laryngectomy around when SVR doesn’t go to plan. This topic stimulated great audience discussion @imperialbrc.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social

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Lorraine Bamblett @bammo44.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

I’ve recently started a YouTube channel and hope to share some clinically useful videos, focused on Speech Sound Disorders and CAS. My first video is a walkthrough of the DEAP, how to use the summary screen and the various subtests. Please share! youtu.be/iUokSZm99vc?...

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How to conduct a Diagnostic Evaluation of Articulation and Phonology (DEAP) - UK version.

YouTube video by Lorraine Bamblett Speech and Language Therapy

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Hearing it was a great day at the NWL Research Symposium today 👏👏👏Congratulations to Gavi Simson who presented her work on dysphagia related PROMS for people with Laryngectomy. Gavi was joined by service user @imperialbrc.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @gemmaclunie.bsky.social

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Clinical Research Fellow Vacancy, London. Supervised by Professor Paul Edison at Imperial Memory Research Centre, focusing on neuroimaging and dementia research including Alzheimer’s disease. Closing date: 27th October www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/clinical...

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Clinical Research Fellow - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

Clinical Research Fellow, London. Work with Professor Paul Edison at Imperial on dementia and Alzheimer’s research using PET, MRI, and CSF imaging.

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Anna Caute @annacaute.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

SLT students at Essex Uni are looking to interview SLTs and SLTAs with experience of using gesture in aphasia therapy in acute settings- please get in touch with Maddy and Laura if you’re interested. @basaphasia.bsky.social @susieslt.bsky.social @aphasiatherapycen.bsky.social @abracabadger.com

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Joan Ma @drjoanma.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Attending many great talks at #ESSD2025 in Athens, and a great opportunity to present our work on using the compartmental tongue theory to reshape how we quantify tongue movement in swallowing.

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Dementia Researcher @dementiaresearcher.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Francis Crick Institute, London. Seeks early career group leaders in biology or biomedicine to start labs with funding, training and collaborations. www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/funding/earl...

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Early career group leaders - DEMENTIA RESEARCHER

The Francis Crick Institute, London. Seeks early career group leaders in biology or biomedicine to start labs with funding, training and collaborations.

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life? #TwentyfiveFortyseven

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Clare Fuller @clarefuller.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

🚨 New Podcast alert! Public misunderstanding & impact on care with @mancunianmedic.bsky.social ✅The episode explores public misunderstanding of terminology around death, dying & Advance Care Planning 🎧 speakforme.co.uk/podcast-epis... @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social #AdvanceCarePlanning

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

“The second anyone suggests that a man whose entire political career has been devoted to attacking migrants and making discriminatory comments about non-white people, might be a racist, all hell breaks loose” Enough. Farage is a racist menace. We must say so. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

Nigel Farage Is a Racist

The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
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Nigel Farage is a racist. That is my honestly held opinion based on absolutely everything he has said and done since entering politics in the late nineties.

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Professor Helen Stringer @drhelenslt.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Very proud to see brilliant SLT Researcher @samburrslt.bsky.social mentioned not once but twice in this list of awards. Congratulation Sam!

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 02/10/2025

The attack on the Manchester Jewish community is devastating. No ifs, ands or buts. People being killed through hateful violence is abhorrent. My heart goes out to the victims, their families & everyone living in fear because of this cruelty. Grief must bind us closer not drive us further apart.

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 03/10/2025

Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 02/10/2025

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

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Margaret Coffey PhD @drcoffey.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Thank you to the amazing working group who put these documents together including @gemmaclunie.bsky.social @jodiallenslt.bsky.social

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Helen Newman @helennewmanslt.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

First post on #bsky and I'm happy to share this 'bonus' workstream from my #nihr funded PhD. A privilege to work with my co-authors who helped make this happen #tracheostomy #ultrasound #artefact @ucl.ac.uk @royalfreecharity.org link.springer.com/epdf/10.1186...

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The challenges of using ultrasound to measure the trachea: a brief report

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