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Morwenna Rogers

@morwenna73.bsky.social
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#InformationSpecialist with the Evidence Synthesis Team, NIHR PenARC, University of Exeter. Likes #SystematicReviews, books, wildlife, politics (occasionally). Villager.

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. #ucu #defendexeteruni @ucu.org.uk On 15 June HR called Exeter UCU into a confidential meeting and informed us they would be putting over 500 colleagues at risk of redundancy and expected to loose around 200 staff. The number of c.150 you’ll have seen is FTE.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Something deeply troubling & shocking is happening at Exeter University*, where a mass cull of staff is planned, even though it's in surplus. No good justifications given. @jamesgdyke.info provides the details: www.technosphere.earth/the-bonfire-... *Disclosure: I have a Visiting Fellowship here. +🧵
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The bonfire of the humanities
150 academic posts at the University of Exeter are to be cut, most in the humanities but also in social sciences, engineering and environmental sciences
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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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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...
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End the sewage pollution scandal
We're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo...
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Dr Hema Chaplin @hemachaplin.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I'd like to share our findings & #researchpriorities from our @NIHRresearch #evidencesynthesis & #consultation for education in early-stage Chronic Kidney Disease #CKD in the final report found here (open access & citable): doi.org/10.5281/zeno... - Full published results soon!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing. www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
A chart showing child poverty in the UK increasing sharply if the two child limit remains in place, and falling if it is scrapped.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🏠 New NIHR funding for PenARC’s HOPE Project: Optimising health outcomes for people experiencing homelessness. The 18-month study brings together researchers, clinicians & people with lived experience to improve access to emergency care. 🔗 bit.ly/3WSbyIz #NIHR
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New Funding Awarded for Homelessness and Health Research Project  - PenARC
PenARC researchers have just signed contracts for new NIHR funding to support a major research project tackling health inequalities for people experiencing homelessness.  The project, Optimising healt...
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Professors *never* supply information. Students aren’t paying premium prices for ‘information’ at all. How can people who presumably have attended universities misunderstand their role so badly?
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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 16/10/2025
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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David Oliver @mancunianmedic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
@skynews at Labour Party conference "If you ask them how much trouble they are in, they just reel of a list of talking points on policy successes/plans" Well what would you expect them or any party to do? Sit there saying "yes we are completely fucked"? A scoop you can clip up?
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 11/09/2025
We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder. Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries Read more here 👇 @exeter.ac.uk @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @profcallum.bsky.social @ruththurstan.bsky.social
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Study tracks UK’s journey from seafood self-sufficiency to dependence on imports
More than a century of data reveals how the UK has gone from supplying domestic seafood needs from productive home waters to importing seafood from almost 90 countries. University of Exeter researcher...
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Nigel Farage wants to unban Handguns, which were banned after the Dunblane School Shooting. How do you feel about that, do you think we need School Shootings? Do they need bringing back?
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
PenARC Knowledge Mobilisation Fellow Harriet Aughey presents an analysis of the NOAH project. By giving babies with probable bacterial infection oral antibiotics, families can be at home earlier with an estimated NHS cost savings of 66.5k annually. #ChildHealthImpact2025 @nihr.bsky.social
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Fantastic to welcome @SteveRaceMP to St Luke’s earlier this month! He met Prof Chris Morris & Fleur Boyle to hear about our work on childhood disability – esp. the peer-led Healthy Parent Carers programme promoting parent carer wellbeing, shaped by 10 years of research 💙 🔗 healthyparentcarers.org
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ESMI@Exeter @esmi-exeter.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New research from the Evidence Synthesis Team - read more on their #evidencegapmap on #topicalsteroidwithdrawal
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Learning about topical steroid withdrawal was a real eye-opener! Our evidence gap map brings together academic research and social media posts. Check out our blog for details #tsws #TopicalSteroidWithdrawal @penarc.bsky.social evidsynthteam.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/t...
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Topical Steroid Withdrawal: Evidence, Anecdotes, and Everything In Between
Is there a mismatch between academic literature and social media? Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome (TSWS) is considered a rare side effect of using steroid creams. It is estimated that over 100 …
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.
The movement among Uk party voters
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
ISCA Evidence at Exeter Uni are seeking a new information specialist to join the team. Details here: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Alison Bethel @abeth.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Job alert. Researcher specialising in information science wanted by ISCA Evidence at the University of Exeter jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Physicians for a Healthy Democracy @physiciandemocracy.medsky.social · 11/05/2025
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Before vaccines, 1 in 5 babies didn’t survive a year.
-Dr. Neil Stone
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 07/04/2025
Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds
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Areas receiving levelling-up funds show smaller Reform UK vote share, study finds
Analysis suggests prioritising projects that give quick local results may hold back support for populism Areas that received money from the last government’s much-criticised levelling up fund tended to have lower votes for Reform UK in the general election, a study has found, indicating that projects delivering quick results may hold back support for populism. The study by the Social Market Foundation (SMF) thinktank, billed as the first to examine a mass of data factors linked to support for Reform at the level of individual seats, identified a series of factors likely to make voters more likely to back Nigel Farage’s party. Continue reading...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Anecdote, meet data.
The anti-poverty charity’s data, obtained from the Department for Work and Pensions under freedom of information, found that five in every six people receiving the benefit with a mental health condition had at least one physical condition as well.

The JRF found that 90% of the forecast spending growth on personal independence payments (Pip) between now and 2030 will be for those who get both components – meaning they are people with significant difficulties with mobility and conducting daily tasks such as washing and cooking.
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Will Hayward - Wales Journo @willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Last month I did a little experiment. I wanted to see how the exact same post would perform on both X (Twitter) and Bluesky. The results were...interesting... [Thread]
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JBI @jbiebhc.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
🔥 Hot tip! Before starting a systematic review, make sure an information scientist/research assistant is part of the review team. They have specialised skills to develop and implement a comprehensive search strategy 🔎 synthesismanual.jbi.global #MedLibs #JBImethodology #EvidenceSynthesis
JBI logo and 'JBI MANUAL FOR EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS' are displayed against blue background with an abstract suggestion of ripples. The ripples evoke the JBI logo. (The JBI logo depicts a pebble ("evidence") dropping into water, symbolising the ripple effect of positive change driven by evidence.)
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Carrie Price @carrieprice.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's me. The biomedical librarian is me. I wasn't sure whether to stay anonymous or not but I don't think it matters anymore, maybe. Thank you @usha.bsky.social and others at @statnews.com for talking about what is happening in the U.S. right now. www.statnews.com/2025/02/17/t...
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Drug inspectors, AI experts, maternal health workers: Trump’s health agency cuts are far-reaching
In interview after interview with STAT, those who were fired from federal health and science agencies, along with officials who remain, argued the cuts would be deeply felt.
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
New research shows supervised #toothbrushing 🦷 programmes are up 28% but barriers remain to successfully tackle childhood tooth decay. > Learn more: tinyurl.com/3erdyjd4 BRUSH Project funded & supported by PenARC & @arc-yharc.bsky.social . #childrenshealth #toothdecay @nihrarcs.bsky.social
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More work needed on children’s supervised toothbrushing programmes - PenARC
PenARC-supported research shows barriers remain for supervised toothbrushing programmes to help tackle childhood tooth decay.
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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 15/02/2025
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
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The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
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Dr Hema Chaplin @hemachaplin.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Check out my LinkedIn for detailed insights from Exeter's #MixedMethods #SystematicReview & #EvidenceSynthesis course! 🎓 Learned about integrating #qual & #quant from @jog13.bsky.social @ruthgarside.bsky.social & others in beautiful surroundings - Highly recommend!🌟 www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-hem...
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Brilliant end to #COREIRF2025 yesterday with inspirational talk from Su Golder. Can AI replace information specialists? Answer...no
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Judy Wright @jmwleeds.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
#InformationRetrieval careers progression - super panel. So interesting to hear how we've found and developed our roles #COREIRF25 @michellemaden.bsky.social
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Alison Bethel @abeth.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The first #informationspecialist conference here in the UK at Newcastle University #coreirf25 @jmwleeds.bsky.social is sharing her experiences
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Using search summary tables can make systematic searches more evidence based @abeth.bsky.social #COREIRF25
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Study results from a paper co-led by one of our #NIHR Dementia Research Fellows have been published by @theguardian.com 👇 > More on our site: arc-swp.nihr.ac.uk/news/common-... @nihr.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/01/2025
I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh
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I set out to study which jobs should be done by AI – and found a very human answer | Allison Pugh
Much of the power of work like counselling lies in a relationship where we really see each other. And tech just can’t do that * Allison Pugh is a professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, and the author of The Last Human Job: The Work of…
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Cochrane IRMG @cochraneirmg.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Sign up to Cochrane Training's 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis: Learning Live webinar series' to keep up to date with AI developments in evidence synthesis. training.cochrane.org/AI-in-eviden...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) methods in evidence synthesis: Learning Live webinar series
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JMIR Publications @jmirpub.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
New in JMIR: Reviewing the Evidence Base for Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome in the #Research Literature and #SocialMedia #hcsm #SoMe Platforms: An Evidence Gap Map
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Reviewing the Evidence Base for Topical Steroid Withdrawal Syndrome in the #Research Literature and #SocialMedia #hcsm #SoMe Platforms: An Evidence Gap Map
Background: Within the dermatological community, topical steroid withdrawal syndrome (TSWS) is a ##Medically contested condition with a limited #Research base. Published studies on TSWS indicate that it is a distinct adverse effect of prolonged use of…
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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Ofwat is making us pay for decades of criminal behaviour by water companies. Time to scrap both of them and give the public a real say over the future of our water. Back my Water Bill here: actionnetwork.org/forms/add-yo...
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Morwenna Rogers @morwenna73.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Critical thinking should be taught in schools. BBC News - Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
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Judy Wright @jmwleeds.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
One of my favourite things - The Systematic Review Toolbox is back! systematicreviewtools.com Check it out to find software and guidance tools for different stages of #SystematicReview and #EvidenceSynthesis. There are currently 84 entries for software tools for searching! #medlibs
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
For all the talk of Farage as the voice of the people, it's worth remembering his net approval rating is -20. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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How dangerous is Reform to Labour?
Nigel Farage’s strengths are clear – but so are his weaknesses.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/12/2024
South Western Railway to become first train operator nationalised under Labour
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South Western Railway to become first train operator nationalised under Labour
As part of a comprehensive programme of renationalisation, it will come into public ownership in May South Western Railway will be the first train operator nationalised under the Labour government, ministers are expected to announce this week. One of…
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
In "news you didn't expect" - the Commons has just (accidentally?) passed a motion for a bill to introduce proportional representation...
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Jack Wilkinson @jdwilko.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Some people are appalled by suggestions that systematic reviews might require time, resource and expertise to do well. This is some of the most influential research we do. We should probably do it properly?
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