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"One email at a time, one informational interview after another, I became comfortable, confident, and strategic in building my network of mentors." One mentor isn’t enough. On #NationalMentoringDay, read this #ScienceWorkingLife essay from 2021 to learn how Erika Moore built

‼️New paper out today from my MRes looking at the impact of BMI restrictions on women seeking NHS-funded IVF. BMI restrictions create heavy emotional and moral work and displace health. 🧵 Wolfson Institute of Population Health Health Data in Practice DTP Meredith KD Hawking #weightstigma #fertility BMC Women's and Reproductive Health at BMC

We are very pleased to announce the winners and runners up of our GFGRG dissertation prize, for both 2022/23 and 2023/24. Thank you to all those who submitted a dissertation, the quality of work was brilliant and were a pleasure to read! (1/8)

The Taliban have forbidden women in Afghanistan from talking to each other. This is the latest in a series of restrictions since the group seized power three years ago.

Insights from the Living with SAD project, co-led by Prof @hesterparr of UofGGES 🌍, are shared as part of a new blog from CPSL Mind on dealing with low moods this winter. Read the full piece here: cpslmind.org.uk/seasonal-affec…

Novo Nordisk has been sanctioned by the UK pharmaceutical industry regulator over the way it has promoted its weight loss medications semaglutide (Ozempic/Wegovy) and liraglutide (Saxenda) bmj.com/content/387/bm…

For too long we’ve told women that if they don’t want to be raped then they “shouldn’t wear that skirt”, or they “shouldn’t walk home alone”. But to stop rape we need to teach men to stop raping us. Short skirts and nights out don’t cause rape - male entitlement does.

A thoughtful review of making accommodations for students in higher education - and the burden it places on the academic.

Normalize not making little girls hug anyone. Let them say no. Teach them it’s ok to not want to be touched, to need space, and to choose who they share affection with. Let this generation stop the performance.

In Iran, a student harassed by her university’s morality police over her “improper” hijab didn’t back down. She turned her body into a protest, stripping to her underwear and marching through campus—defying a regime that constantly controls women’s bodies. Her act is a powerful

Have you heard of RIDE HIGHER? It's an initiative by and for disabled people working in higher ed in the UK. They're about to launch a UK-wide survey and are hosting a launch webinar reviewing where we are now. Find out more here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-dis… #disability #research

Are you interested in doing a PhD that explores: drone geographies, political geographies of airspace, feminist geopolitics/ political geographies of technology, or geographies of verticality and volume? If so, I'd love to hear from you! Info: findaphd.com/phds/project/d… UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

AAG has worked to compile repositories and bibliographies on issues ranging from black geographies and racial justice to recent journal articles on “Building Places to Thrive In: Toward More Just Geography Graduate Departments.” 📚 Learn more: bit.ly/4ftguL1

A group of women rallied in London in solidarity with Ahoo Daryaei, the Iranian activist detained after protesting university harassment over hijab rules. She is now in a mental institution, likely facing torture.

Who would have thought that 60 years after this tranquil scene—a schoolyard in 1960s Kabul, full of girls running and a teacher playing music—a group like the Taliban would ban girls’ school? Today marks 1,150 days since Afghan girls were denied their right to learn. #LetHerLearn

Check out this new book by our very own Ivan Markovic Ivan Marković. You can also listen to Ivan speaking about the topic and his book on BBC 4's Thinking Allowed programme: tinyurl.com/3fhxsuv9

Universities across the world report having greater mental health provision for students than for staff, sparking calls for providers to “prioritise” staff well-being, data collected by THE has found #THEunirankings #THEGlobalimact timeshighereducation.com/news/impact-ra…

The dissertation competition of the Gender and Feminist Geographies Research Group (GFGRG) is now open and accepting entries for the best UK university based undergraduate dissertation on any issue relating to geographies, feminisms, and gender. shorturl.at/seKXR

Mass redundancies won’t just ruin lives, they will wreck UK universities’ global reputation. As Nick Megoran of Newcastle University UCU newcastleucu.bsky.social writes, cuts aren’t just short-sighted, they’re self-destructive. ✊ Join UCU and Fight back. #ucu #STOPtheCUTS timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mass-r…