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Associate professor, clinical psychologist, leftie. These tweets are determined by my history and context.
New on the Psychological Sciences Research Group blog:
Standards and profits in academic publishing – all publishers and open access arrangements are not the same.
https://t.co/zY0mbuVIZL
@PSRG_UWE
New blog by @mvdct and @DrKaitClark exploring standards and profits in academic journal and book publishing.
They ask us to consider whether all publishers and open access arrangements are the same.
(TL;DR - they're not!)
https://t.co/qRClHtT5Rx
Dr Miles Thompson (@mvdct) publishes new research titled: "Critical community psychology: The perceptions of UK undergraduate psychology students"
UWE RBI Blog here: https://t.co/ASRsLUFmw3
Open access article, free for everyone to download here: https://t.co/TPTrd8ksP0
Dr Miles Thompson (@mvdct), Associate Professor in Psychology and lead of @PSRG_UWE, publishes research titled: "Climate change and community psychology: exploring environmental and wider social challenges"
Read more https://t.co/0ar4BDVhLI
Contact @mvdct for more details
Urgent!!!! Contractors have shown up to rip up hedgerows at Yew Tree Farm!! They don’t have planning permission but claim they can rip out ancient hedgerows because there’s no TPO. We need everyone to help stop this ASAP! Please spread this message. @Catherinewith11 needs you.
My stepdad @ChrisGPackham has bared the brunt of obsessive bullies who’ve burnt down his gates, thrown dead animals into his garden + sent death threats. They spread lies and hate because he stands up for wildlife.
I stand by him wholeheartedly
Pls share
https://t.co/koUmfVRCRg
Well done to actor @MichaelSheen who refused to cross a @ucu picket line at the University of South Wales today 👏🏴
Workers only win when we stick together.
Support your local strike!
“We raise the watch-word liberty;
We will, we will, we will be free!”
The Tolpuddle Martyrs, a group of Dorset rural labourers who were arrested for swearing a secret oath as members of a friendly society, were sentenced to penal transportation to Australia #OnThisDay 1834.
A final thought: however difficult the last few days have been, it simply doesn’t compare to having to flee your home from persecution or war to seek refuge in a land far away. It’s heartwarming to have seen the empathy towards their plight from so many of you. 3/4
Worth bearing in mind, this is what the BBC said to me in 2020 when Andrew Neil was being a shouty, right-wing pile on orchestrator on Twitter.
Compare and contrast.
BBC 5 Live presenter @TherealNihal ‘s Instagram post will resonate with many current and former BBC employees. An essential reading if you want to understand why the Lineker saga is so polarising. Nihal should be applauded for speaking out.