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Dr Jamie Sims

@jamiesims.bsky.social
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Academic @oxford_brookes. Researching, consulting, advocating epidemiology of health behaviour & green space, social cohesion, regenerative building, natural materials & environmental exposures.

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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
A contemplative day in Imber, Wiltshire. Open to the public only a few times a year since it was requisitioned by the military in 1943, evicting the remaining population . The restored St Giles church is one of the few original buildings not destroyed.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
WTAF is Paddy McGuinness going on about?
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Completely agree, but to my mind the players decided that ten or twenty minutes before Tuchel made any changes. Same as it ever was. Score a goal then panic defend. Don’t think I saw more than twenty completed passes after the goal.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I find I can’t blame him. Was it Cruyff said in the 70’s that you didn’t need into worry about giving g the ball away to an English team, they’d give it right back to you very quickly. Not much has changed from what I’ve seen.
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
We're taking a bottom-up approach, generating practice-based evidence from organisations already delivering nature and place-based interventions. The goal is evidence that is useful locally and credible for commissioners, policymakers and funders. @wzgeography.bsky.social @jamiesims.bsky.social
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Hi Prof @landethics.bsky.social Might you know why these little streams on the coast form this regular herringbone pattern in the flow? Also attach a mini-hinterland at the top of said streams.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Simply millions of these by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) stranded on Porth Neigwl today.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Really pleased to be be working on this new collaborative project exploring how we co-produce practical evaluation frameworks for nature- and place-based interventions. Looking forward to learning on this one. naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/projects/dev...
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Developing a Flexible Collaborative Evaluation Framework for Health, Nature and Place-Based Interventions
Co-producing a flexible evaluation framework to help organisations measure and demonstrate the health, social and environmental impacts of nature- and place-based interventions.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
It is just me, or are the horseflies having a harvest year?
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Orchid patch spreads year on year in the new meadow.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Probably, dry weather and maybe some disturbed nests. Plenty of development going on.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Actual rat. Rattus norvegicus. Crawling with them.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Also, potentially a ratty year, just seen six on my evening walk. Never seen any before.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
VICTORY! Government to open up the Land Registry - bringing to an end a thousand years of secrecy shrouding who owns England. I’ve been campaigning for this for ten years: the new Land Use Framework, published later today, makes it government policy. 1/ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Government to lift paywall from large parts of the Land Registry
Exclusive: finding out who owns land will become simpler under plans to make the best use of green spaces and hit net zero targets
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Standard.
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Mark Avery @markavery.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
A distraction from rugby anyway… Good news. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Welsh charity buys more than 405 hectares for rewilding
Project in Ceredigion aims to help country catch up with large-scale nature recovery projects elsewhere in UK
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
What’s this then?
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Healthwatch Oxfordshire @healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk · 06/01/2026
Join us two weeks today, Tuesday 20th January from 1pm, for our latest public webinar, to learn more about neighbourhood health: healthwatchoxfordshire.co.uk/our-webinars Our webinars are free and open to all, giving you the chance to hear from speakers and ask questions.
Details of our webinar on neighbourhood health, with inset of doctor with an older patient both smiling
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Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford @ecioxford.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
🚢 New ECI research shows Europe’s ports face far greater climate risks than previously estimated. Ignoring compound hazards like flooding, storms & heat can underestimate losses by ~€100m a year. Adaptation planning needs to catch up. Read more ⬇️ www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/interac...
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Very much my sort of thing!
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝 More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf @ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
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NHS Forest @nhsforest.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
What better time to order fully funded NHS Forest trees than National Tree Week? We have lots of choice & can supply healthcare sites in England, Wales & Scotland. Our tree bundles come with tree guards & mulch mats – completely free of charge. nhsforest.org/green-your-site/tree-…
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Ross Greer (he/him) @ross-greer.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
The principal of Edinburgh Uni earns around £420,000 a year. This week his staff were on strike over the threat of redundancies. It's time we got the pay of uni and college bosses back under control. MSPs can back my plans to do that on Wednesday. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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'Obscene' pay of uni fatcat bosses targeted in new proposals before MSPs
Greens co-leader Ross Greer has tabled amendments to a Scottish Government Bill to curb the earnings of top execs at universities and colleges.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
It was their final,most essential command
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
I think we have some scarlet elf cups somewhere too.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Not sure if this is shroomy or mouldy but it is intriguing
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Arboricultural Association @arbassociation.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Wednesday Webinar Series 2025-26 Starting 12th November We’re pleased to confirm that the next series of Wednesday Webinars will feature a total of 12 webinars with expert speakers from around the world, covering a broad range of topics. Register Now: trees.org.uk/webinars
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Thanks Steve, looks like it’s a good indicator of healthy unimproved grassland, which is what we’ve been working on in the meadow.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Any idea what this is please @landethics.bsky.social ? It’s in a meadow that was cut late August. North Wales.
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 15/10/2025
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
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How the high-rise tower block came to symbolise the contradictions of modern Britain
Governments have repeatedly failed to learn lessons about keeping their residents safe and building better social housing for their future.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
The wind in the pylons and cables combined to make a weird chorus. A deep hum from the cables, the wind in the trees, and a mechanical shriek from the pylon, I assume caused by the vibrations transferring from air to metal. Captivating. (This would have been more poetic in @hookland.bsky.social )
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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
EAT-Lancet 2.0 report is out today, updating the influential 2019 report. On my first read it seems to bring further data/evidence to support the big solutions for food/climate/nature: 1) improve productivity & env performance of agriculture, 2) reduce food loss/waste, 3) healthy/sustainable diets.
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The EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy, sustainable, and just food systems
The global context has shifted dramatically since publication of the first EAT–Lancet Commission in 2019, with increased geopolitical instability, soaring food prices, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacer...
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
I always thought the same about Isn’t It Amazing by the Hothouse Flowers.
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Christian Dimmer @remmid.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Tokyo is moving in the opposite direction. In addition to the ongoing loss of private green spaces, many large, old trees are being sacrificed for profit-driven redevelopment — all while summer temperatures continue to rise dramatically. #unSmartCity www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Tokyo’s Scorching Summers Focus Public Anger Against Tree Cutting
A group of elderly residents who guard a row of ginkgo trees from being cut down are part of a wave of such activism in the Japanese capital.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
S.H.F.S…https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy3zjxy3dwo
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
Just FYI…the UK is in no position to match this offer.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
“Helsinki has not recorded a single traffic fatality in the past 12 months, city and police officials confirmed this week.” City engineer credits lower speed limits and smart design. I agree. #Helsinki #VisionZero
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Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
A part, small but important, of watching women’s football was the lack of simulation and time wasting so prevalent in the men’s game. Shame that Italy and Spain are doing so much to copy the worst parts of the men’s game.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“No shops, no schools”: homes in England built without basic amenities. “Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure & doctors.” Some developers not fulfilling legal requirements with little consequence, others didn’t actually have to. A planning mess.
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‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
I wonder if it ever occurs to Italy that if they hadn’t wasted so much time, the game would’ve been over before that goal.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Of all the issues associated with being convinced to do another modelling study, knowing I'll have to engage with this is the worst. If you know, you know.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
No learn g survives contact with the locals. I completed Duolingo Spanish and then couldn’t understand a word when I went to Spain.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Did you see this @landethics.bsky.social ? I was wondering how well it correlates with you cool wilder places map?
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UK Research and Innovation @ukri.org · 08/07/2025
❗Doctoral students: want to experience first-hand how research feeds into policy? The latest round of the UKRI Policy Internships scheme is open for applications. Apply by 8 September 2025➡️ www.ukri.org/apply-for-fu...
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Great PhD opportunity with Mark Goddard at @northumbriauni.bsky.social investigating the effects of exposure to nature in patient recovery in hospital settings. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The health and wellbeing benefits of biodiverse greenspace: A case study of green and social prescribing in Newcastle Hospitals (RDFC25/EE/GES/GODDARD ) at Northumbria University, listed...
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Why does @linkedin.com hate images?
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
“The Food Foundation reported that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for the equivalent amount of less healthy food, such as ready meals and processed meats.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Make healthy food more appealing, government tells supermarkets
Supermarkets will be challenged to sell healthier food, under a new government obesity plan.
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Dr Jamie Sims @jamiesims.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Full day of preparation for the regenerative materials building workshops, making sure the straw bale wall frames are ready, along with stands for clay plastering.
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Stuart Fairclough @physactivityed.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
I've posted a Euraxess advert for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship project under Horizon Europe, focused on accelerometer methods for assessing children's physical activity. I’d be grateful for shares and reposts! 🙏 Link is below 👇 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/354331
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Improving the utility and interpretation of children’s physical activity assessed by accelerometers
Edge Hill University is seeking to host exceptional research fellows funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships scheme to develop accelerometer methods for the assessment of physica...
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