Mary Darking

Social Scientist, Brighton, enjoys bringing community-education-health-policy (sometimes technology) worlds together. Researcher, teacher, mum, activist.

[Kat Zacharek @kzacharek212]

Thank you to @TheCanaryUK for offering us your platform to oppose redundancies at @uniofbrighton @pgrs_brighton @BrightonUCU https://t.co/H8GQ83CDSD

[BBC Sussex @BBCSussex]

Hundreds of students protest possible redundancies at the University of Brighton

Read statement from @ucu union here:
https://t.co/RYI2PUaewz

[Brighton UCU @BrightonUCU]

Press Release:

Brighton University staff vow to strike in defence of jobs, as 130 staff face redundancy

https://t.co/Q6uwLPK1rf

#ucuRISING #BrightonUniStrike

[Brighton UCU @BrightonUCU]

Today @uniofbrighton has announced its intention to make more than 100 redundancies saving £17.9m. But our SMT have just SPENT a similar amount buying Virgin Active out of a lease.

We will fight this failure of management.

RT to support our fight!
#ucuRISING #BrightonUniStrike

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

Another great midwife-mum-birth partner communication tool @cardmedic

[Skye Rolfe @Midwife_Skye]

Loved putting these into action today so all birthing wishes are clear on the wall #Birthplans #birthchoices @MVP_Shrop_TW

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

Fantastic experience of supporting @CDCI_Brighton #InternationalWomensDay event today. Thank you @sijuyusuf for organizing and hosting such an inspiring event.

[Centre for Digital Cultures and Innovation @CDCI_Brighton]

Moved, inspired, energised - already - and we have only just heard @sijuyusuf INTRODUCE our #InternationalWomensDay @CDCI_Brighton event this morning

[Class Divide @DivideClass]

Multiple Whitehawk parents have been in touch to report their anger after receiving a letter from the dep head @LonghillSchool

The letter suggests @BrightonHoveBus thinks a small cohort of children are attempting to defraud them by not paying the fare to travel to school.

[Carlie Goldsmith @GoldsmithCN]

*Sigh* @DivideClass campaigning for nearly 2 years to try and get free school travel for all kids in the poorest part of #Brighton and Hove. There is no local secondary and kids can't walk or cycle to school. Told 'there's no money' @BHGreens @bhlabour @BHGreenCllrs

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

@lawson_unit @DanielRBrighton Happy Birthday Daniel!!!

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

@IanPhilipsITS I wonder if it’s possible to encourage emulation, trust and credibility so that people can lead change towards low-carbon travel in their communities?

[Dr Steve Westlake @steviedubyu]

Just submitted my PhD thesis 🥳:

"The power of leading by example with high-impact low-carbon behaviour: emulation, trust, credibility, justice"

Thanks to everyone who has provided inspiration, insight, opinions, and energy - not least on this site 🙏

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

With PhD applications due soon, thousands of young people are currently beginning their statements of purpose with the same cliché story, or the same anodyne statement

Stop right now!

Here are 10 thoughts for doing this right. Helps you, and helps admissions committees.👇

[Carlie Goldsmith @GoldsmithCN]

My dad grew up in Whitehawk, I grew up in Whitehawk. I work in Whitehawk @crewclub and @DivideClass. The place is amazing but the reality is stark. Keeping people poor is an act of violence. #Brighton is not a fair city. The UK is deeply unequal.
https://t.co/IB3gLF5fHH

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

Listening to people with experience and empowering them to change systems will end homelessness and the suffering it causes. The #CommonAmbition Steering Group funded by @HealthFdn are here to show #BrightonHove the way #WorldHomelessDay #EndHomelesness

[Arch Health CIC @archhealthcic]

Today is #WorldHomelessDay - our steering group of people with experience of homelessness have lots of ideas on how you can make a difference. We'd love you to say hello! Being acknowledged makes a huge difference. https://t.co/Sesxd0GR98 @uniofbrighton @BrightonHoveCC

[Arch Health CIC @archhealthcic]

According to @crisis_uk, 282,000 single people, couples and families were judged as homeless or threatened with homelessness by local authorities in England in 2020/21. Rough sleeping is just the tip of the iceberg. #WorldHomelessDay https://t.co/FpYcLxVrcK @justlifeuk

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

Brilliant work here from @cardmedic and @UHSussex So many crucial moments on people's healthcare journeys when attending to communication needs could transform health outcomes especially for people experiencing #inequalities

[CardMedic @cardmedic]

They support people for whom English is not their first language and/or who require interpreter support.
Keep up the incredible work, team @UHSussex 👏https://t.co/UK9VsfyAtO
#healthcareinequalities #maternitycare #maternitysafety

[Arch Health CIC @archhealthcic]

In 2021 we gathered feedback on people’s experiences of #HomelessHealthcare for our co-production project, #CommonAmbition. We developed a collaborative analysis approach, standing shoulder to shoulder with the person relating their experience. https://t.co/UeJWlBTg82

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

🏆💪LIONESSES FOREVER 💪🏆

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

Spent an amazing day @crewclub funday. What a wonderful team and what brilliant kids to spend the day with. Keith Turner and his East Brighton Community Science project put on a fantastic pop-up planetarium and @EBFoodcoop a delish bbq. Spirit of @causewayed70 lives on 💪👍

[Mary Darking @marydarking]

@stevec009 @archhealthcic @uniofbrighton The 2018 mapping research and survey are cited as evidence of grassroots activism and concern in the city; not street homelessness levels. Our lived experience group have carried out their own 2022 mapping of B&H services and accommodation to specify what needs to change and why.