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Lockdown and school closures have disproportionately impacted women, with mothers taking on most of the additional unpaid labour. Caroline Criado Perez UK society regressing back to 1950s for many women, warn experts theguardian.com/inequality/202…

Super proud of Alison Lacey. Data from our Covid-19 study looking at impact of #lockdown on families & wellbeing is discussed in this The Guardian article on gender inequalities. You can still take part here: tinyurl.com/vagdn2v theguardian.com/inequality/202…

"Society has regressed to 1950s" - Proportion of mothers doing 90-100% of childcare increased from 27% to 45% during lockdown and 70% of mums report doing most or all home schooling - new findings by University of Sussex bit.ly/2Cfcn85 Fawcett Society EHRC The Women’s Equality Party #GenderPayGap

You can still take part in our Sussex Psychology research looking at the impact of Covid-19 on family life and wellbeing at tinyurl.com/vagdn2v

Join our School! We're recruiting 2 full-time lectures in Developmental/ Social Psychology or digital mental health, and 1 full-time lecture in organisational psychology sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/lec… sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/lec…

Children’s mental health will suffer irreparably if schools don’t reopen soon theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Playground Development Officer job alert (not something you see every day), location: Brighton and Hove. new.brighton-hove.gov.uk/jobs/job-detai…

As lockdown eases, what children, families, AND teachers now desperately need is a great Summer of Play – but who will provide it? policyforplay.com/2020/06/23/as-…

PEDAL Cam's Paul Ramchandani and our own @ciara_laverty spoke to the The Guardian about their recent study that suggests various benefits of fathers playing with their children. Give it a read 👉theguardian.com/society/2020/j…

Crowdfunder for a fantastic project to get children and adults outdoors, learning about and embracing nature

A very sad day. I’ll always remember Rob keers as a kind, funny, smart, wonderful colleague who was always so generous in sharing his expertise. His smile and dry sense of humour lit up a room. So sad at the loss of a wonderful person and exceptional scientist.

“The recommendation comes in a report published on Friday that advises universities to provide online learning as the default rather than in-person teaching, noting the latter carried “the most risk of transmission” of coronavirus.” theguardian.com/education/2020…

In Conversation...Maria Loades #COVID19 & social #isolation, school-based interventions, and CBT Maria also discusses the IMPACT study (Improving Mood - Promoting access to collaborative treatment) buff.ly/31KFPfl Pls share Kathryn Lester @DrVanessaCobham @JackAndrews100

Kathryn Lester and I have written a conceptual paper about why we think adventurous/risky play might help to reduce children's risk for anxiety (drawing on the anxiety literature). The preprint is available here: psyarxiv.com/78upg. Kind, constructive feedback is welcome.

Teachers, you have the most important job on earth. This week must feel really tough, but please know how appreciated you are.

As millions of children start home-learning again, Alison Lacey Kathryn Lester who interviewed families during the first lockdown, have published guidance on how schools can help children learn well at home: Contact, Content, Creativity & Community sussex.ac.uk/news/research?…

Published today our paper about why adventurous play might decrease children's risk for anxiety. This forms the basis for my UK Research and Innovation #UKRIFLF Grateful to Kathryn Lester for being a fantastic co-author. Please share Dr. Mariana Brussoni Ellen Beate Tim Gill rdcu.be/cdSXL

Children deserve and need time to play. Fantastic to work with playfirstuk again to call on government to finally put kids first. Please share far and wide to show your support! The Mental Elf Play England Play Scotland Play Wales PlayBoard NI Playing Out Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷

Fantastic to work with playfirstuk Professor Helen Dodd again to call on the government to put children’s mental health and wellbeing first. More than ever, children need the time and space to play with their friends, be outdoors and have fun.

We're looking for young people aged 14-21 with lived experience of depression (past or current) to take part in a photo study about mental images of the self! 📸 For more info, or to sign up please click here: bit.ly/mentalimagerys… ADvaNCE network Mind Sussex Psychology