An array of speakers at the Digital Inclusion APPG launch of state of nation report. 11% families have cancelled their home broadband over the past year. We need a Data poverty strategy and task force.

Good piece looking at what universities are doing to improve support for students' mental health inews.co.uk/news/health/uk…

Last week we delivered our first empathy lecture to medical students, sharing patient, student, and evidence-based perspectives on why empathic healthcare is important. Jono Broad Jeremy Howick Amber Bennett-Weston @UniofLeicester Leicester Medical School #Empathy #medicaleducation #healthcare

We are offering a self-funded PhD opportunity in evidence-based empathy education and training! Applications close 12th October. #empathy #healthcare #medicaleducation #ApplyNow #phdpositions findaphd.com/phds/project/e…

FINAL COUNTDOWN! Less than a month until my new "The Power of Placebos: How the Science of Placebos and Nocebos can Improve Healthcare," will be published. See excerpt below about why the Hawthorne Effect should be called the John Henry Effect.

Need help understanding DLS? We are hosting some FREE courses near to you soon! A 3rd evening session aimed at how to use PCS Pro for laptops (Windows based) Thu 4 April, at Castleford CC from 6.30pm to 8.30pm Click here to book: forms.gle/je3ijmaoPxpX2m…

Celebrating all the fabulous women and girls who work in science. Our economy and country are better and stronger with all your contributions and hard work in this space. 👏 #IDWGIS #womeninscience

ACS member Stephen Blades has pointed out that Adam Lyth's century for Yorkshire against Leicestershire on Monday made him the most prolific first-class batter at Headingley, with 4,859 runs - overtaking Geoff Boycott's 4,824. #YorkshireCricket #CountyChampionship #YORvLEI

Winning inside two days!!!!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩 #ForTheNorth

I'm sad to report that Frank Duckworth MBE, co-creator of the Duckworth-Lewis method for adjusting targets in rain-affected cricket matches, passed away last Friday. His method was used just yesterday in the rain-affected World Cup match between Afghanistan and Bangladesh. RIP.

Under a warm sun and with the white horse in the background, I can’t think of many better places to watch Clifton Alliance CC play than Sessay Cricket Club

⚠️Warning⚠️ Announcement Incoming! ⚠️ T-4 days before we launch our next step in our support of the 32 x ECB Premier Leagues 'Like & Share' with your cricketing network please! #PremierLeague #CricketInsights #cricket #cricketfans #cricketer #clubcricket #cricketclub

One of the delightful challenges of being British is attempting to explain to foreign folk why this is the most exhilarating TV drama ever made.

Only four players have ever had a Test innings in which their score was the square root of the year when it was made: Dudley Nourse, Jack Siedle, Bert Oldfield and Amar Singh, all of whom scored 44 in 1936 (44^2). Others have the opportunity to join them by scoring 45 in 2025!

As Radio 4 continues to celebrate the centenary of the Shipping Forecast, some of our Continuity team have travelled the length and breadth of the UK to some of the famous points on the forecast in a special programme called The Shipping Postcards.

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All at GCHQ are deeply saddened today to learn of the passing of @BletchleyPark codebreaker Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb MBE at the age of 101. 🧵 [1/3]

Working as a codebreaker at our wartime home at Bletchley Park during WWII on German Enigma messages, Betty was then tasked with indexing translated Japanese communications. Her work and life was honoured in 2015 when she received an MBE. [2/3]

Bletchley Park After retirement she kept in touch with GCHQ, and we were delighted to see her receive the Legion d'Honneur from the French government for her wartime work. Thank you Betty. [3/3]

🎬 Happening now at #OBSWebinars: Michelle Falkenbach opens the floor by asking participants about barriers to implementing climate-resilient & low-carbon practices in their health system or org. 📌 Register to drop in live or to receive the recording later: eurohealthobservatory.who.int/news-room/even…