This ❤️ #savethearts
Jeanette Winterson

Our Special Issue on 'Decolonizing and Diversifying Research in Cognitive Development' at J. of Cog and Dev is now published. Very grateful to all of the authors for their wonderful contributions!
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🚨Upcoming Event🚨
Join us in Sheffield on 25/04 for a fascinating afternoon, 'Navigating a Career in Higher Education as an Ethnic Minority'. Hear from a diverse panel of speakers with a range of career paths; travel subsidies available. Learn more here: ycede.ac.uk/category-event…

We have a 4-year post position and a 3-year RA position at the Essex Babylab. Deadline to apply is 28 April. 👇 for details.

Such a great few days with an absolute dream team. A joy to hear all of the wonderful feedback from EYFS practitioners so far on our integrated maths + EF intervention 🎲

A powerful report from Nesta, with important messages about how the two-child limit affects parent wellbeing; family resources, parenting and children's childhoods and early development, such as those in this screenshot.

Councils have no statutory duty to provide space for play, something that is literally vital for children & their wellbeing. This means that sites like adventure playgrounds can be cut, spun off, and undermined, despite all the evidence of their value.

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

How often do authors report SES in developmental research and why does it matter? Our recent paper (in press, Dev Sci) presents an in-depth analysis of SES reporting in 6 developmental journals and offers recommendations for greater attentiveness to SES. osf.io/preprints/psya…

*Less than 2 weeks to apply*

PhD studentship working with myself & Andrew Prestwich entitled: 'Childhood trauma, stress and suicide risk: Advancing understanding of mechanisms of action'.

Get in touch if you want to discuss. Closes 23rd April 2024.
findaphd.com/phds/project/c…

Why invest in programmes like Sure Start:
1. It's the right thing to do!
2. It's a proven intervention that works!
3. It's a service families want!
4. It literally pays for itself.... but like all good things you have to wait to see the results, no quick fixes!
# #SureStartWorks

Such important and timely research. Bring back Sure Start.

Call for Papers is now open for the 2024 BPS Developmental Section Conference. Join us in Glasgow and hear from our award winners Elizabeth Meins Maheen Siddiqui Jo Saul Mary Hanley and our keynote speakers Camilla Gilmore and Heather Ferguson #BPSDevCon24
bps.org.uk/event/developm…

Reminder that we have a fully-funded (UK) PhD working with me Richard Allen Luísa Superbia Guimarães, based University of Leeds, and with Jon Redshaw at UQ, looking at #cognitiveoffloading and #workingmemory Details below 👇 Deadline 23rd April Psychology at Leeds

To all PGRs from an ethnic minority background studying University of Sheffield Students UoS Centre for Equity & Inclusion University of Leeds University of Bradford University of York Sheffield Hallam University, please come and join to get some tips on navigating a career in HE.

In a space where it’s so often easy to play on fears, I think this article by gabyhinsliff is brilliant. Really articulate about the issues facing kids, but written with thought and empathy. More like this please! (Also yes I am quite partial to potatoes) theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Fully funded PhD studentship sheffielduni to work alongside Behavioural Research UK and investigate what effect sizes mean in real terms. With Harriet Baird Thomas Webb and Paschal Sheeran. Details below👇 findaphd.com/phds/project/w…

When I joined MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit I hoped to find a way to use approaches from cognitive neuroscience to understand how digital environments impact mental health. The first paper which perfectly exemplifies this vision is now published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences!

cell.com/trends/cogniti…

We are using #iwd2024 to call for 6 weeks paternity leave at 90% of salary bbc.co.uk/news/uk-684851…

🚨 Job posting! Dr Marina Bazhydai
and I are advertising a 3yr #postdoc #ResearchAssociate Lancaster Psychology
starting in Sept 2024 to develop a multi-dimensional test battery assessing #curiosity in primary age children funded by The Leverhulme Trust

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