This month, I co-led strategic workshops in Jordan with global leaders from the Tertiary Refugee Student Network and at the Universities of Sanctuary conference in York with people from across the UK.
My memo for 2025: widening multi-level impact.
THIS is what a movement for change looks like.
This incredible lot are the Universities of Sanctuary network - a movement led by students, activists, lecturers & uni staff working together to create welcome & equal access in higher education for people seeking sanctuary.
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In 2023 @Hartpury were commissioned by Active Essex to mobilise Realist Ripple Effects Mapping within the context of Asset Based Community Development and Youth Justice.
Here is our paper positioning the merging of REM with Realist Evaluation
https://t.co/ava6P7B6f1
I’m pleased to have contributed to (and learnt from) this new report. I brought reflections from my time working on research for a specialist NHS mental health service @Research_SPFT and from my current work on public engagement and involvement @NIHRSPHR. Read and share!
@itvmeridian joined us on campus to interview 100-year-old Jewish refugee who fled the Nazis, and former history tutor, Dr Edgar Feuchtwanger, and to celebrate our new University of Sanctuary status.
Look out for their report on today's bulletins!
https://t.co/NutIvqVeCo
🚨New *funded* PhD scholarship on fossil fuels #CDoH in subsaharan Africa linked to our @NIHR Global Research Group Grant @GHPUEdinburgh is live (deadline end of month!): https://t.co/2Y7KVVSoL4 Funding is *only* available to students from LMICs by World Bank Classification
Out with the old, in with the new☀️
As @Keir_Starmer becomes PM, our Chief Officer Sian gives her thoughts on how this government should change tack on how people seeking sanctuary are welcomed & supported in the UK.
We want this gov to prioritise a fair new plan for refugees.
I just can’t get past Labour winning 65% of seats off 34% of the vote.
Absolutely wild mismatch between the headline result and, well, everything else.
Britain is now a multi-party system, and first-past-the-post can’t cope.
Very deserving winner @DanielMutanda_ who led the #SPHR Systems Thinking Webinar Series, watch all the webinars at:
https://t.co/FXsotzjE8b
#ASMSPHR2024
A great honour to receive two awards at the #ASMSPHR2024. Thank you @NIHRSPHR for recognising my capacity building work on systems thinking and for a joint award for my lightning talk 🎉
Loving the diversity of the topics covered at #ASMSPHR2024! All the talks have been incredible & so engaging. So inspiring in fact, that I’ve been creating some live drawings of the proceedings! (Pls note that I’m new to this!!)