A mother goes to the GP worried about son’s birthmark known as blue spot which is common among BAME
She gets referred to hospital where staff call police & she is arrested
Dermatologist confirms it’s a birthmark not bruises
NHS says ‘sorry’ & ‘protocols have to be followed’
Today's Nobel is a reminder to focus on the work and not the journal. The key publications cited by the committee were published in Immunity, Molecular Therapy, and Nucleic Acids Research. Respectable journals, but not the Big 3. The discoveries are what's important, not a name.
Today, we're proud to launch Exeter Innovation – our exciting new initiative to forge partnerships that tackle today’s major challenges, by helping organisations connect with our world-leading researchers, educators and innovators.
Learn more 👉 https://t.co/cG8glzsppv
Watford’s Ken Sema suffers with a stutter, but he bravely came out and did the post-match interview last night... ❤️
This will really help a lot of people. Anyone who suffers with a stammer knows how hard and deflating it can be. Brilliant @Semaken! 👏
The EPSRC/NERC Aura Centre for Doctoral Training in Wind Energy is a brilliant multidisciplinary initiative led by @UniOfHull. It works with over 20 industrial partners to develop the next generation of researchers in this key sector:- https://t.co/yCCDWIDS9Y
This week, we opened the brilliant new Data Science, Artificial Intelligence and Modelling (DAIM) building at @UniOfHull. It's a terrific facility for our students.
Inventions that would not exist without Black Women.
—A THREAD—
Valerie Thomas, NASA physicist, invented 3D Movies
In 1977, she began to develop the illusion transmitter, the 1st mechanism that allowed images to be viewed in 3D using concave mirrors & rays of light.
Ahead of Small Business Saturday, I want to celebrate the collaborations between @UniofHull and its partners, driving real change in the Humber.
@_aurainnovation typifies this, working with local SMEs to pioneer innovative solutions to technical, economic and societal problems.
People pleasing is exhausting and leads to resentment.
It's also a coping mechanism we learned to stay safe.
Here's how to stop people pleasing, to become more authentic in your relationships.
A THREAD 🧵:
I get lots of people asking me how a chemistry curriculum can be 'decolonised', so I thought I'd make a short thread with examples.
Firstly, decolonisation is not about removing science from the curriculum, it is about giving students more context (see: https://t.co/X8C9A8JwkK)
Frances Tiafoe just beat Rafael Nadal and is now the last remaining American male at the US Open.
You may not know who Frances is, but once you hear his inspirational story, you will always root for him.
Let me explain 👇
Hornsea 2 now officially the world's biggest offshore windfarm - can generate enough electricity to power about 1.3 million homes - that's enough for a city the size of Manchester.... we have the climate solutions, we just need the drive to implement them:
https://t.co/FHb6QmHOt4