We just held our 1 minute flash talks! ⏲️ Talking on their PhD research, our incredible students Abbey Rowe and Bryony Weavers. We also heard from @joannamphd and Amanda Marchant 👏

Incredible event from End Youth Homelessness Cymru last night sharing their neuordivergent youth homelessness research and highlighting how #impossibletonavigate neurotypical systems can be, with OUTSTANDING performances from Rhys Shanahan jonathan.giles.3958 @yes_its_au @pure.gliss well done all

It was so lovely to meet the @ALPHA_DECIPHer team this week, such an interesting and enthusiastic group!

Feeling organised at @DECIPHerCentre Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health! Very happy to have received ethical approval for the school case study stage of my PhD project and busy getting documents ready to share with schools...obligatory tea at desk and resource content attached!

Happy 2nd birthday to spark|sbarc 🥳! Very grateful to have a base to work from here in this epic building with Wolfson Centre for Young People's Mental Health and @DECIPHerCentre along with so many other great organisations! Just a shame about the view this morning 😁... #PhD #translationalresearch #cardiffuni

There's still time to sign up and get involved with Neurodiversity Celebration Week next week. 24 FREE events to attend!!! #NCW 2024

Abbey's PhD is on 'The role of schools in supporting the mental health of neurodivergent young people', a great theme for #NeurodiversityCelebrationWeek 🌈 📝 Read the blog post she wrote about the 2nd year of her PhD: bit.ly/arblog2

Join me at the BERA 2nd annual ECR Network Conference in June where I'll be delivering a short talk on 'Transitioning into educational research from a life in education'. You perhaps won't be suprised to learn that this journey has so far been...educational! 😁 #BERAWERA2024

📢School staff with a pastoral role needed to complete a national survey We want to understand what priorities, enablers + barriers they see as important when promoting the mental health of autistic/ADHD students + staff working with them. Survey👇 qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_a9…

Our latest research paper considers how mental health and wellbeing programmes in schools can be sustained. Read it here: orlo.uk/PJGpF Produced by our team Evidence Based Practice Unit Daniel Hayes, PhD Emily Stapley and Jess #MentalHealthResearch #Schools #TeachingResources

Big shout out to Sparrow Coffee House who have provided a warm, safe and nourishing community space for me to work in since I started my PhD. My namesake orchid is currently flowering and looking absolutely stunning! Anyway, i'm off for more cake...☕️🍰🌺

Yesterday I presented at the #BERAECR conference on the 'crossroads to becoming'. It was great to meet and hear from other ECR's about their personal research journeys. I even found some pertinent street art in Leeds market! Thanks for having me BERA Early Career Researcher Network

I've just completed the final interview for my qualitative case study project and am eternally grateful for everyone who took part and openly shared their experiences and expertise with me. 3 secondary schools, 15 staff, 31 students. Thank you all 🙏🙏🙏

Thank you to everyone who attended the @DECIPHerCentre forum this afternoon to hear a preliminary update from the thematic analysis of my secondary school staff interviews. I am grateful for your feedback, insights, and commitment to a bit of light 'audience participation'! 😊

Unless systemic changes are made that include Education, Health and Social Care our children and families will continue to suffer. #SEND #autism #ADHD #adoption

Asking myself some BIG questions after attending the BERA Early Career Researcher Network conference. Take a look at my blog and while you're there enjoy the cover illustration that kind of looks like me...but maybe a little less dishevelled 🙂

Congratulations to Professor Anita Thapar on receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award for her pioneering work in psychiatric genetics! A great honor recognising her contributions to mental health research. 👏 cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2884… #Genetics #MentalHealth #ResearchExcellence