John MacArtney
@johnmacartney.bsky.social
Marie Curie Associate Professor
Sociologist of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, and bereavement.
https://profiles.warwick.ac.uk/u1772723-john-macartney
Sociologist of dying, palliative and end-of-life care, and bereavement.
https://profiles.warwick.ac.uk/u1772723-john-macartney
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John MacArtney
@johnmacartney.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Come along to hear us discuss how social sciences and humanities can be better involved in research into dying, palliative and end-of-life care.
The report we will be discussing is available here: healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-1
The report we will be discussing is available here: healthopenresearch.org/documents/7-1
This is not your usual research presentation!
We have some amazing people who will talk about the important difference Men's Sheds have made to them and the people they care for.
If you work in an end-of-life care context, you will want to make sure you are signed-up for this FREE ONLINE event!
We have some amazing people who will talk about the important difference Men's Sheds have made to them and the people they care for.
If you work in an end-of-life care context, you will want to make sure you are signed-up for this FREE ONLINE event!
We’re delighted to share that Professor Mark Taubert joins us for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026 opening session, 23 February!
Register now - events.zoom.us/ev/Aq_RYaxKT...
Register now - events.zoom.us/ev/Aq_RYaxKT...
February 12, 2026 at 12:19 PM
This is not your usual research presentation!
We have some amazing people who will talk about the important difference Men's Sheds have made to them and the people they care for.
If you work in an end-of-life care context, you will want to make sure you are signed-up for this FREE ONLINE event!
We have some amazing people who will talk about the important difference Men's Sheds have made to them and the people they care for.
If you work in an end-of-life care context, you will want to make sure you are signed-up for this FREE ONLINE event!
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As @jimdickinson.bsky.social explains in today's @wonkhe.bsky.social, there has been progress in attitudes towards disability and disabled students (about time - this stuff has been the law for decades, but #UKHE is positively glacial)
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
Universities need to get a grip on reasonable adjustments
Jim Dickinson examines new research on access at universities, and asks why improved attitudes toward disabled students have yet to translate into reliable, systemic support
wonkhe.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
As @jimdickinson.bsky.social explains in today's @wonkhe.bsky.social, there has been progress in attitudes towards disability and disabled students (about time - this stuff has been the law for decades, but #UKHE is positively glacial)
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
wonkhe.com/blogs/univer...
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We've actually LOST ground since Covid. Many of those adjustments brought in to ensure that education could continue amid a global pandemic were also super useful and accessible to disabled students. But we've rolled back on many of them, often using arguments about 'belonging'
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
We've actually LOST ground since Covid. Many of those adjustments brought in to ensure that education could continue amid a global pandemic were also super useful and accessible to disabled students. But we've rolled back on many of them, often using arguments about 'belonging'
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It's @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social Access Insights Report Publication Day! This is always a big one, as it gives us so much insight into the experiences of disabled students on the ground in #UKHE. And, for the same reasons, it's pretty depressing for a career disability practitioner like me 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 9:45 AM
It's @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social Access Insights Report Publication Day! This is always a big one, as it gives us so much insight into the experiences of disabled students on the ground in #UKHE. And, for the same reasons, it's pretty depressing for a career disability practitioner like me 🧵
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Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Inquiring Minds 03: Mark Ungrin - Science, Pseudoscience and Public Policy
YouTube video by Deep River Public Library
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Policy on health is clearly broken - politicized, out of touch, reactive and slow. My recent keynote at the Canadian Biosafety Symposium took a big-picture look at how and why that's happening, and how we can turn things around.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
Here's a general-audience version, recorded at the Deep River library.
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The implicit use of the deficit model is rife in health and medical paper recommendations, especially the go-tos of "raising awareness" and "improving communication".
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Why don’t people believe experts? A lot of public communication still relies on the deficit model. But this approach consistently fails, and here I explain why.
For more science content follow my channel on YouTube > youtube.com/shorts/IkKdD...
For more science content follow my channel on YouTube > youtube.com/shorts/IkKdD...
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The implicit use of the deficit model is rife in health and medical paper recommendations, especially the go-tos of "raising awareness" and "improving communication".
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
The implicit use of the deficit model is rife in health and medical paper recommendations, especially the go-tos of "raising awareness" and "improving communication".
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Why don’t people believe experts? A lot of public communication still relies on the deficit model. But this approach consistently fails, and here I explain why.
For more science content follow my channel on YouTube > youtube.com/shorts/IkKdD...
For more science content follow my channel on YouTube > youtube.com/shorts/IkKdD...
January 21, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The implicit use of the deficit model is rife in health and medical paper recommendations, especially the go-tos of "raising awareness" and "improving communication".
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
Next step is to develop those understandings of "values" and "identity"... Anyone know a discipline that could help with that?! 👀
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If you have lost someone to covid in the UK and would like their photo displayed on the 29th, please email us at [email protected]. (Please don't send a photo if you've done so in the past - looking for duplicates is massively time consuming!)
We will never forget them. ❤️
We will never forget them. ❤️
January 19, 2026 at 2:59 PM
If you have lost someone to covid in the UK and would like their photo displayed on the 29th, please email us at [email protected]. (Please don't send a photo if you've done so in the past - looking for duplicates is massively time consuming!)
We will never forget them. ❤️
We will never forget them. ❤️
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Unpopular no doubt, but I find this stuff tedious beyond belief - not least because it bolsters an idea that the university (especially the humanities) is some kind of pointless, idiosyncratic endeavour. Reactionary shite disguised as self-deprecation.
January 17, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Unpopular no doubt, but I find this stuff tedious beyond belief - not least because it bolsters an idea that the university (especially the humanities) is some kind of pointless, idiosyncratic endeavour. Reactionary shite disguised as self-deprecation.
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This is a seriously good article, a must read.
“At stake is whether health systems have been knowingly deploying substandard protective equipment in environments where exposure to lethal airborne disease is foreseeable, continuous and unavoidable.”
Yes they have.
Yes they have.
Why the WHO respirator revolt could reshape global health governance - Business Upturn Trade & Policy
When a group of senior clinicians and public health scientists formally urged the World Health Organization in January 2026 to...
www.businessupturn.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:18 AM
This is a seriously good article, a must read.
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Some of my work this week has reminded me of the initial analysis of data on higher education staff's experiences of bereavement, including unclear policies, workload and support at work. Link to report here: oro.open.ac.uk/88719/
The Open University
oro.open.ac.uk
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Some of my work this week has reminded me of the initial analysis of data on higher education staff's experiences of bereavement, including unclear policies, workload and support at work. Link to report here: oro.open.ac.uk/88719/
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January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
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2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
Recalibrating Stigma
Gareth Thomas, Tanisha Spratt, Oli Williams, and Amy Chandler reflect on the 2023 symposium: Recalibrating Stigma, Sociological Perspectives on Health and Illness.
thepolyphony.org
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
2 years ago @the-polyphony.bsky.social kindly invited me @gmthomas.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social & Tanisha to write about the book we were putting together on stigma (see ⬇️). Now it's out @brisunipress.bsky.social they've let us do a mini-takeover! 1/5
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
thepolyphony.org/2023/09/11/r...
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🚨Register now for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026!
events.zoom.us/ev/Aq_RYaxKT...
events.zoom.us/ev/Aq_RYaxKT...
Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026
events.zoom.us
December 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
🚨Register now for the Marie Curie Research into Practice Conference 2026!
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I’ve moved four times in seven years. It’s exhausting. I don’t know if I can keep doing this.’
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
www.rgs.org
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I’ve moved four times in seven years. It’s exhausting. I don’t know if I can keep doing this.’
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
— FTC participant
#StatesofPrecarity
Read our report and recommendations 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
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Boy do I have a lot to say about competence standards and PGR assessment (i.e. vivas). Happy to see a nod to the guidance I co-wrote in this article. FWIW it is NOT difficult to make adjustments for PGRs. People just don't want to....
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
Why is it so difficult to make reasonable adjustments when assessing disabled PGRs?
Reasonable adjustments for disabled postgraduate research students are still running up against opposition. Theresa McKinven, Katherine Dean and Paula Holland explore what’s going wrong and how to put...
wonkhe.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Boy do I have a lot to say about competence standards and PGR assessment (i.e. vivas). Happy to see a nod to the guidance I co-wrote in this article. FWIW it is NOT difficult to make adjustments for PGRs. People just don't want to....
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
wonkhe.com/blogs/why-is...
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Literally ALL Uk academics need to sign and share this
Northumbria Pay and Pension Petition: Stop the Steal!
If Northumbria does this, other universities will too.
These cuts will harm thousands of people, their students, families, and their local communities now and into the future.
www.megaphone.org.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Literally ALL Uk academics need to sign and share this
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Exciting new collection co-edited by my excellent colleague @leahmouse.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to checking it out 👇
New book! "Communities of Care in Migration" is an edited collection of chapters highlighting the often-unrecognised labour of care given and received between migrants in diverse contexts. Edited by @leahmouse.bsky.social & Valerie Francisco-Menchavez: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
December 2, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Exciting new collection co-edited by my excellent colleague @leahmouse.bsky.social. Very much looking forward to checking it out 👇
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If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
📢 Call for Presentations!
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
CHSTM Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar Series (Spring 2026) invites PhD students to share their research in HSTM.
🗓️ Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
Apply here 👉 forms.gle/rN5SL487xvg1...
Enquiries: [email protected]
#HistSTM #histmed
November 28, 2025 at 1:34 PM
If you are a PhD student working in the history of health, medicine or adjacent topics and disciplines, and you would like to present your research in an engaging and friendly environment, the online CHSTM postgrad seminar series is the right place!
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Myself & @sarah-stan.bsky.social are delighted to announce that the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit is available on the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social website. Chat to us at the @hospiceuk.bsky.social conference - come to our lunchtime session on 26/11
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Myself & @sarah-stan.bsky.social are delighted to announce that the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit is available on the @mariecurieuk.bsky.social website. Chat to us at the @hospiceuk.bsky.social conference - come to our lunchtime session on 26/11
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
#hapc
It is #InternationalMensDay
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
*FAO all hospices!*
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
How to start a Men's Shed in your hospice
YouTube video by Marie Curie
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:30 AM
It is #InternationalMensDay
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
If you work in end-of-life care you will know how your services can struggle to support many men.
We found that Men's Sheds help bridge that gap.
Follow the links below to find out how to start a men's shed and support men's mental health and wellbeing in #PEOLC
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Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
BioSocieties
BioSocieties is a journal dedicated to research on the interrelationship between the life sciences and societyExplores how biotechnology, biomedicine, and ...
link.springer.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Excellent and important special issue of @biosocieties.bsky.social just out! Have a look:
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
"Reconceptualising Toxicity and Environmental Justice", guest edited by Raffaele Ippolito, Anna Lora‑Wainwright, Beth Greenhough & Maaret Jokela‑Pansini
link.springer.com/journal/4129...
We still want to speak with hospices about supporting men's wellbeing at the end of life.
We found that some men who try hospice services say it is "not for me".
But hospice men's sheds were described as "an essential part of the service".
Find out how to start a shed below!
#Hospices #PEOLC
We found that some men who try hospice services say it is "not for me".
But hospice men's sheds were described as "an essential part of the service".
Find out how to start a shed below!
#Hospices #PEOLC
*FAO all hospices!*
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
We want to help you set-up and develop a Men's Shed support group.
For more information please watch our short presentation (25mins) explaining what Men's Sheds are, the benefits they bring, and how we are able to help you start your own!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5ZY...
How to start a Men's Shed in your hospice
YouTube video by Marie Curie
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Researchers – Three new commissioned research calls are open for application (below)
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Researchers – Three new commissioned research calls are open for application (below)
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
The aim is for evidence from these projects to inform our policy and campaigns activities.
Calls close Friday 12th December 2025 at 5pm. Details can be found on our website - www.mariecurie.org.uk/research-and...
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Delighted to announce that we will launch the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit resource for #PalliativeCare professionals. The event will take place on at Liverpool Science Park, on Wednesday 3rd December 2025, from 1000 - 1500.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Launch of the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit
Join us for the launch of the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit, with support from Marie Curie - it's going to be a great event!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Delighted to announce that we will launch the Palliative Care Journal Club Toolkit resource for #PalliativeCare professionals. The event will take place on at Liverpool Science Park, on Wednesday 3rd December 2025, from 1000 - 1500.
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc
Register here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
#hapc