😊 Great for RCSLT 💙 to hear new Department for Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson talk about her commitment to speech and language support.

The early years are pivotal to our children’s life chances. That's why we will make early education a top priority to give every child the best start in life👇🏻 independent.co.uk/news/uk/govern…

Great to see my guest editorial for IJBPE in print in July supplement 👍 Let’s work together to maximise our resources & unite in our call for prioritisation of the “best start in life” for all children 👇iHV

Great to hear Melanie Cross talking about SEMH and oracy. If this piques your curiosity, why not check out some RCSLT 💙 elearning on the links as well? It was authored by Melanie and you can access it via our learning site: rcsltcpd.org.uk

It's official! I have been awarded the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship to develop reading comprehension interventions for primary school students in the Philippines. Thank you UK Research and Innovation for this opportunity, also mentors & colleagues for all the support! bit.ly/4cLbjp2

Presenting my poster on 'a day in the life of 12 toddlers: how do activity contexts affect parent input' at #iascl2024. Thank you to everyone who stopped by for the interesting conversations!

Our latest preprint from ICICLES looks at risk and protective factors for children’s socioemotional development during the pandemic osf.io/preprints/osf/…

سعدت بالمشاركة في المؤتمر العلمي الدولي ١٦ لأبحاث اللغة لدى الأطفال وتقديم ملصق علمي بعنوان " المهارات اللغوية الشفهية ومهارات ماقبل القراءة لدى الأطفال السعوديين ذوي اضطراب اللغة النمائي"

Celebrating the re-launch of the Oxford Education Deanery - the hub for professional development and policy engagement in education at Oxford 🚀🥂 👀 Keep an eye on our website for lots more events, resources and courses coming soon: bit.ly/OxEduDeanery OxfordSocialSciences

We talk a lot about the recruitment crisis in education; about the inability to find enough applicants to fill our ITT courses. But it’s as much a retention crisis as it is anything to do with recruitment. 🧵 (1/5)

I don't know why MDPI doesn't just go ahead and rename its journal "The journal of anecdotes". This is a disgrace to the literature and will be used as promotional material by those promoting dubious treatments.

Overjoyed and proud to have been promoted to Professor of Developmental Psychology and Inclusive Education ✨ Very happy news, which I am digesting by Lake Geneva 🏔️ Full of gratitude to the brilliant students, colleagues, mentors I’ve learned from along the way

Woo hoo! Our text book on #DevLangDis and social emotional development is out! Umar Toseeb Developmental Language Disorder and Social-Emotional Development: An Introduction to Theories, Concepts, and Research amzn.eu/d/83RH9iV

Post doctoral researcher with experience of systematic reviews, interested in DLD and contributing to development of a core outcome set? See here for details of a specific purpose contract with me on a wonderful project led by Dr Pauline Frizelle 👇

Pleased to say that yesterday I passed my PhD viva with minor corrections 🎉🧑‍🎓 thank you Rena Lyons and Patricia Neville for a really interesting and thoughtful discussion. And thanks to Prof Yvonne Wren FRCSLT and Sam Harding for being there to cheer me on! (and bringing snacks) 😅

Delighted to see this #openAccess paper describing research needs in childhood #apraxia of speech. Thanks and congratulations to all my co-authors

Yesterday was an exciting day for us new faculty of American University of Beirut as we got to spend the day in the beautiful mountains of the Chouf region meeting the University President, the Provost, the Deans and our new colleagues. Thank you Fida Afiouni for organizing such a great event! 🇱🇧

Congratulations to Michelle O'Donoghue Passed her PhD viva with flying colours! Huge thanks to examiners Prof Jenny Gibson, Jenny Gibson Dr Clare Carroll,Clare Carroll SLT, Prof Katie Robinson Katie Robinson viva Chair, fellow supervisors Profs Norelee Kennedy Prof Norelee Kennedy & John Forbes

Congratulations Michelle 👏 👏 👏