STUDENTS: REGISTER TO VOTE RIGHT NOW!

The law is as follows.

1. You can register at home AND at your term-time address, if that's more convenient for you.

2. You can CHOOSE on the day where to vote.

3. But you can ONLY legally vote in ONE place on the day.

Rishi Sunak shouting over a protestor playing THINGS CAN ONLY GET BETTER in the pouring rain is peak Britain. 10/10.

Change.

Interesting discussion about exercise and mental health with Jon Roiser 🟣 and Claudia Hammond

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Investment in educational research is significantly lagging compared to other public sectors, warns a new report released today by the The British Academy and the Royal Society. Read more: royalsociety.org/news/2024/05/e…

The British Academy and The Royal Society are calling on the government to raise investment in UK universities' educational research in proportion with other sectors. Learn more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/education…

JOB: Director of Research, Institute for Ethics in AI, University of Oxford.

Deadline: June 10th

minervasearch.com/current-opport…

It's lovely hearing from people who want to sign up to this co-creation course. The last one sold out in a week and I expect this one will sell out too.

It's pay-what-you-can, so anyone can take part.

If you've been on one of my courses before, please help spread the word.

Interesting short thread about the history of the Royal Society

Congratulations Heidi Johansen-Berg FRS! Fantastic news.

I am absolutely bowled over and delighted by this honour. I would like to acknowledge with immense gratitude the hard work of the brilliant people who have worked in my group over the past 20+ years and the support of my amazing mentors, without whom this would not have happened

Three weeks left to apply. Come and join us MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge

Enjoyed filming this piece last week, aired on BBC today, about our work on physical activity and mental health bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…. Massive thanks to Joe Wicks for endless enthusiasm (obligatory post-wrap selfie below!) and to The ISEH 🏃🏽‍♀️🏃‍♀️ and Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging for all your support!

Great interview with Sonia Livingstone - if you're thinking about kids and mobile phones, this is the expert to pay attention to

Reading this theory paper on mechanisms of social media risks in adolescence by Amy Orben, Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore & colleagues & very much enjoying it. Think our own paper aimed at clinical audience sits well with it. cambridge.org/core/journals/…

New analysis of suicide figures over the last decade.

Showing (1) rise in under 25s, (2) highest rates in middle age in both M&F, (3) regional variation, with London rates lower.

Data from Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.

gov.uk/government/sta…

New theory paper led by Amy Orben on cognitive and neural mechanisms that are developing in adolescence and might make young people particularly vulnerable to aspects of social media

🗣️ Join us in-person or online on Tuesday 14th May at 11am, when Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore will host Kavya Neeba & Tatiana Iakovleva from CSaP - The Centre for Science and Policy, for the CFR Seminar Series.

Sign up: bit.ly/4djuCGt

#CFRSeminars