Senior Lecturer & Academic Governor at Birkbeck, University of London; Director @BirkbeckCIRMH; Editor @HistHum; Co-PI @C3Worlds; #UKRIFLF#mentalhealth
Are you in the field of #mentalhealth, as a practitioner, expert by experience, policy-person or researcher? We have a new CPD short course on Mental Health Past & Present running week beginning 19th May. Contact [email protected] for more info
https://t.co/N6LaeoGT0r
Film Screening: The Directors
19th March 6-8.30, Birkbeck Cinema, a collaboration between artist Marcus Coates and five individuals with lived experiences of psychosis @Artangel
Followed by Q&A with Marcus Coates & Kiara Wickremasinghe
Please register:
https://t.co/zZsSjUs5gJ
Congratulations to Libby O'Neil and Alfred Freeborn - winners of this year's History of the Human Sciences Early Career Prize! 📚 🎊
Their winning essays will be published in forthcoming issues of the journal
Birkbeck is seeking a Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research, Knowledge Exchange and Innovation, closing date for applications 30th September 2024 https://t.co/oaPmipLQ0n
A project commissioned by the Wellcome Mental Health strategy team to trace and visualise causal theories in mental health research from 1800s-today. Designed by @sashabkatz & Gal Cohen, research led my @kentishscribble@rebeccawynter & myself, & editing by @thekeiranwilson
How have ideas about the causes of mental ill-health changed over time, & what are the priority areas for #mentalhealth science today? Thanks @wellcometrust for featuring the https://t.co/1SfTvkhCY5 timeline...
https://t.co/wyg9Ibjvbv
14 Birkbeck Alumni and Fellows, including 3 Cabinet Members, elected to Parliament 👏- a reflection of Birkbeck's history as a university of choice for Parliamentarians and policymakers. #UKGeneralElection2024 👉https://t.co/64jQPCIwxI
@ChrisRenwick @MichGwynn I used to go round to a friend's house after school specifically so we could watch MTV. I think I also owned at least one bootleg VHS of indie music videos taped off MTV ordered from a xeroxed catalogue I sent away for from the classifieds in Melody Maker.
En route to Berlin for the @MPIWG's conference 'Globalizing Schizophrenia' on the history & legacies of the WHO's international schizophrenia studies, inc. contributions across continents. Thanks to Alfred Freeborn for organising. #histpsych#medhums
https://t.co/e1mEBEqFru
Looking forward to contributing to @hssonline's Annual conference in November, in the Rethinking Psychiatry & Psychology panel - full conference programme now online, with strong representation from the @C3Worlds team #histsci#hstm#histmed#histpsych
Higher education should be given greater esteem in recognition of its positive contribution to our economy and society rather than being undermined by “culture war” narratives."
Mental Health Manifesto from @StudentMindsOrg, with support from @BirkbeckUnion, makes crucial points on improvements needed nationally in healthcare & #HigherEd policy. #Election2024
Well worth a read:
https://t.co/auiY22AgAc
...Clarity on the roles and responsibilities of universities and statutory health services must be provided to ensure mental health support is delivered appropriately....
Coming up @BirkbeckCIRMH 25th June 11:00 BST
We'll be hosting members of the Agency-In-Practice project to discuss their innovative approach to #LivedExperience involvement in youth #MHResearch
Online & free to attend. Register: https://t.co/c6NwUqOC2j
🗓️ Save the date!
Next in our Researching Lived Experience Seminar Series
Join members of the the Agency-in-Practice project @AstonUniversity & @McPinFoundation reflecting on Integrating #LivedExperience into Research about #YouthMentalHealth
25th June 11:00 BST
£5000 MA scholarships for students from groups underrepresented in History
@RoyalHistSoc
- if you have a place to study on one of our History MA Programmes this Autumn, consider applying by 23rd June #MAfunding#Birkbeck#HistoryScholarships
https://t.co/S3BRqn8Hh7
“There are three levels of challenges: access, supply of essential goods and security.”
@dr_michaelmarks speaks to @BBCRadioScot on challenges faced by aid efforts to Papua New Guinea #landslide. 👉https://t.co/sp39NXundN 00:24:40 📻