Geth Rees

'For social sciences, our analysis suggests that publication excellence may therefore have a commercial value to universities that conventional models do not show. Our modelling of 16 research-intensive universities illustrates the potential scale.'

THIS is the message about diagnosis from the recent report on mental health, ADHD, and autism. NOT the over/under diagnosis red herring. So disappointing how the media missed this powerful insight 😖😖😖 www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...

There are easier ways to do hospital ethnography.

This headline is simply infuriating as none of the rest of the story (nor the report itself from what I have seen) supports this claim. Rather consistent long term austerity has made it harder to get a diagnosis. Very poor show BBC.

Apropos of everything, my book on death in law enforcement custody begins with a chapter on lynching & the direct historical linkage btwn these two phenomena. Lynchings were very public acts and only declined as overtly racist policing & capital punishment were put into place. deathincustodybook.com

30k jobs lost in the university sector and nobody batters an eyelid. 900 jobs in the steel industry and government holds a COBRA meeting. Surprising strategy given multiple governments' commitment to "growth".

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Completely echo The Wheelers in Return to Oz when I was 6 (also watched the film later in life and still found it terrifying). Honourable mention to Stphen King's It as well, which was shown on our school bus every night for a week when I was 12. Couldn't go out alone for weeks.

What a fantastic (and much needed) module to provide MA students with a deep (and ultimately optimistic) scholarly approach for navigating our present technolandscape.

'We thought this time would be different – it hasn't been. Perhaps we need to accept an uncomfortable reality: higher education simply isn't high enough up the government's political priority list.'

Great thread!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, nearly all the students I see in my role as providing additional support, are all working full-time (or close to full-time) outside their studies. The cost of university nowadays is far too high.

University messaging on the value of universities has clearly failed. Instead of repeating the same messages for the same result (or hiring a new PR firm), maybe try engaging with academic staff (who actually teach and support students) to message differently and better?

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RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

Excited to attend the @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social annual conference this week. Specifically looking forward to @annekerr.bsky.social plenary today and @profellenstu.bsky.social and my special event on new sociological approaches to healthcare in criminal justice tomorrow.

My institution just launched a staff survey a week after 75% of applicants were turned down for promotion. This will end well (although should be grateful we had a promotion round, thanks to the unions for that). Might provide UEB with insight into why NSS scores collected in Feb are so poor!

Always easy to find contemporary examples for my social construction of crime lectures. This year's example 80 year old climate change "terrorists" versus blackshirt "protestors".

Excited to share my latest article! Through interviews with pathologists, I explore the fascinating intersection of medicine and law, and the tensions between the demands of the law for certainty and the realities of expert medical judgement. doi.org/10.1111/jols...

First edition of ‘Social Theory and Health’ founded by Paul Higgs and myself in 2003. Now published online.

Interesting BBC InDepth on Coroner's Courts. Interested by @drimogenjones.bsky.social take on this. Particularly concerning that there is no official requirement to respond to PFDs. BBC News - The grieving family who say the coroner's courts aren't working - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@inquest-org.bsky.social responds to data revealing increases in deaths at the hands of police. "The data lays bare the harm of police responding to people with mental ill health" said @debcoles13.bsky.social @europeangroup.bsky.social @britishcriminology.bsky.social mailchi.mp/inquest/inqu...

'the Humanities and Social Sciences....disciplines ask not just “what works?” but “for whom?”, “at what cost?”, “under what assumptions?” and “towards what kind of society?” They are central to good policy, democratic accountability and social mobility.' Essential reading. Read it. 3/3

📢 True, but the nation's health will need to be fixed "upstream" by reducing #inequality and #poverty. All else is just tinkering... #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth #ReadTheEvidence #EvidenceBasedPolicyMaking www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Attempting to book travel with Newcastle University's new travel agent. It is going as well as you can imagine.

Submissions for the 2027 BSA Annual Conference are now open! CfP by 11 September for ‘Freedom and Hope in the Current Global Context’, 31 March-2 April, University of Manchester – an opportunity to join the conversations that connect sociologists across generations tinyurl.com/5n6exjvc #sociology

If you're researching justice related topics and keen on creative writing please take a gander at this call. Feel free to get in touch if you want to talk an idea through before submitting. We're running a couple of writing workshops too in case you're looking for some pointers/ time to play!

Early train to Sheffield ahead of the Gendering Police Custody end of project event. Looking forward to discussing findings with @proflaylaskinns.bsky.social, Roxanna Dehaghani, Vanessa Munro and others.

Doubt you'll get good odds on Streeting as the next Chancellor now.

Fascinating looking opportunity (three years) for a criminology ECR working with amazing colleagues at Durham durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

Very much looking forward to attending this event today and hearing about all the latest work in the Policing and Health space.