Dr Katherine Fender
@drkatherinefender.bsky.social
Research Manager (#mentalhealth) @CNGGcardiff @Cardiff; #animalsupporter; #Romanticism researcher / lecturer formerly @Oxford, @Cambridge + @Warwick; #Editor; #amateurphotographer; #wideningparticipation; #literature. Views=mine
Swansea / Cardiff
Swansea / Cardiff
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There’s still time to take part in the Skills for Adolescent wellbeing study (SWELL) - but not for much longer!
The study focuses on protecting young people against depression and also offers support to parents experiencing low mood.
Recruitment closes on 30 November 2025.
👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL
The study focuses on protecting young people against depression and also offers support to parents experiencing low mood.
Recruitment closes on 30 November 2025.
👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
There’s still time to take part in the Skills for Adolescent wellbeing study (SWELL) - but not for much longer!
The study focuses on protecting young people against depression and also offers support to parents experiencing low mood.
Recruitment closes on 30 November 2025.
👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL
The study focuses on protecting young people against depression and also offers support to parents experiencing low mood.
Recruitment closes on 30 November 2025.
👉 https://bit.ly/wcSWELL
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This #WorldMentalHealthDay MQ is focusing on children & parent's mental health.
Our free Parent Pack offers practical, research-backed advice to help the parents of young kids.
Find out more and get your free copy here 👇 www.mqmentalhealth.org/how-to-suppo...
#WithoutResearchItsJustGuesswork
Our free Parent Pack offers practical, research-backed advice to help the parents of young kids.
Find out more and get your free copy here 👇 www.mqmentalhealth.org/how-to-suppo...
#WithoutResearchItsJustGuesswork
Support Your Child's Mental Health | MQ Mental Health Research
Download our free parent pack to learn how you can support you and your children's mental health. Our guide provides the latest evidence-based tips.
www.mqmentalhealth.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This #WorldMentalHealthDay MQ is focusing on children & parent's mental health.
Our free Parent Pack offers practical, research-backed advice to help the parents of young kids.
Find out more and get your free copy here 👇 www.mqmentalhealth.org/how-to-suppo...
#WithoutResearchItsJustGuesswork
Our free Parent Pack offers practical, research-backed advice to help the parents of young kids.
Find out more and get your free copy here 👇 www.mqmentalhealth.org/how-to-suppo...
#WithoutResearchItsJustGuesswork
Pic. from awareness week 10 years ago; point still stands for #WorldMentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Pic. from awareness week 10 years ago; point still stands for #WorldMentalHealthDay
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Inclusive and accessible mental health support is critical.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we encourage governments to provide inclusive and accessible mental health support to all.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we encourage governments to provide inclusive and accessible mental health support to all.
October 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Inclusive and accessible mental health support is critical.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we encourage governments to provide inclusive and accessible mental health support to all.
On #WorldMentalHealthDay, we encourage governments to provide inclusive and accessible mental health support to all.
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Today is World Mental Health Day. Let’s do all we can to prioritise mental wellbeing, help each other and remind people they are not alone #WorldMentalHealthDay
Image: www.instagram.com/nikkimiles_
Image: www.instagram.com/nikkimiles_
October 10, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Today is World Mental Health Day. Let’s do all we can to prioritise mental wellbeing, help each other and remind people they are not alone #WorldMentalHealthDay
Image: www.instagram.com/nikkimiles_
Image: www.instagram.com/nikkimiles_
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Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍
Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities!
Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :
Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities!
Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :
Mental Health Research – Develop your career. Change lives.
mentalhealthresearch.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Happy #WorldMentalHealthDay! 🌍
Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities!
Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :
Do you have a passion for mental health research? 🌱 The MHR Incubator helps current & aspiring researchers explore #careerdevelopment & funding opportunities!
Read career advice & learn more on our website 📖 :
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Child stunting almost halved in Ghana and Vietnam due to poverty reduction, improved health systems and maternal education. This is what public investment in socio-economic rights can achieve equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Trends and inequalities in stunting and underweight among children aged 0–59 months in Ghana, 1993–2022 - International Journal for Equity in Health
Stunting and underweight remain significant public health issues in many low- and middle-income countries, including Ghana. This study examined the trends and inequalities in stunting and underweight ...
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com
September 5, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Child stunting almost halved in Ghana and Vietnam due to poverty reduction, improved health systems and maternal education. This is what public investment in socio-economic rights can achieve equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
Reposted by Dr Katherine Fender
EU Agency says despite progress made among
States, large disparities exist between
socioeconomic groups in the area of housing.
All states in and out of the EU need a right to housing. www.theguardian.com/society/2016...
www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
States, large disparities exist between
socioeconomic groups in the area of housing.
All states in and out of the EU need a right to housing. www.theguardian.com/society/2016...
www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
Working for children matters: An overview of service delivery and workforce in Europe | European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions
Promoting the well-being of children and tackling child poverty are key goals of the new European Commission. This report analyses trends and disparities in the accessibility of services for children ...
www.eurofound.europa.eu
August 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
EU Agency says despite progress made among
States, large disparities exist between
socioeconomic groups in the area of housing.
All states in and out of the EU need a right to housing. www.theguardian.com/society/2016...
www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
States, large disparities exist between
socioeconomic groups in the area of housing.
All states in and out of the EU need a right to housing. www.theguardian.com/society/2016...
www.eurofound.europa.eu/en/publicati...
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EU’s latest report Working for Children Matters: within the European Union child poverty decreased slightly in 2024 to 24.1% but is higher than poverty for the total population which is 20.9%. Without the incorporation of socio-economic rights poverty unlikely to reduce substantially.
August 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
EU’s latest report Working for Children Matters: within the European Union child poverty decreased slightly in 2024 to 24.1% but is higher than poverty for the total population which is 20.9%. Without the incorporation of socio-economic rights poverty unlikely to reduce substantially.
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91% of working class students report experiencing culture shock at university - many feel excluded. The University Code on Equal Opportunity for Working Class Students and Academics www.workingclassacademics.com/universitycode
shows how universities can overcome class bias in staff and students
shows how universities can overcome class bias in staff and students
University Code — Alliance of Working Class Academics Worldwide
www.workingclassacademics.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
91% of working class students report experiencing culture shock at university - many feel excluded. The University Code on Equal Opportunity for Working Class Students and Academics www.workingclassacademics.com/universitycode
shows how universities can overcome class bias in staff and students
shows how universities can overcome class bias in staff and students
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Critics of paid working class internships miss the point. It will not be self-defined but available to those whose parents were working class when the candidate was 14.
Fewer than one in five senior civil servants come from a working class background - the percentage is less than it was in 1967!
Fewer than one in five senior civil servants come from a working class background - the percentage is less than it was in 1967!
August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Critics of paid working class internships miss the point. It will not be self-defined but available to those whose parents were working class when the candidate was 14.
Fewer than one in five senior civil servants come from a working class background - the percentage is less than it was in 1967!
Fewer than one in five senior civil servants come from a working class background - the percentage is less than it was in 1967!
Reposted by Dr Katherine Fender
The welcome announcement that uk civil service internships will be open only to working class students will have major implications for policy, which will reflect more the views of a rich and diverse working class with direct experience of having less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Civil service interns must all be working class, government says
Internships will only go to students from poorer families in a push to make Whitehall more working class.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The welcome announcement that uk civil service internships will be open only to working class students will have major implications for policy, which will reflect more the views of a rich and diverse working class with direct experience of having less
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UCL’s Next Steps Study shows that ‘social and economic resources play a more pronounced role in buffering the mental health challenges associated with raising children’
The impact of socio-economic disadvantage and mental health needs to be given a higher priority in government policy.
The impact of socio-economic disadvantage and mental health needs to be given a higher priority in government policy.
July 16, 2025 at 2:27 PM
UCL’s Next Steps Study shows that ‘social and economic resources play a more pronounced role in buffering the mental health challenges associated with raising children’
The impact of socio-economic disadvantage and mental health needs to be given a higher priority in government policy.
The impact of socio-economic disadvantage and mental health needs to be given a higher priority in government policy.
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One of the many challenges of working class families is being able to afford food. Worrying about having enough food can lead to food disorders in adolescents.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
Should we have an enforceable right to food? - Professor Geraldine van Bueren Q.C. - UK Human Rights Blog
People are going hungry in England because England, to the detriment of the poor, has forgotten its legal history. Nearly eight hundred years ago, in 1216 English law first recognized a right to food....
ukhumanrightsblog.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One of the many challenges of working class families is being able to afford food. Worrying about having enough food can lead to food disorders in adolescents.
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-scienc...
A right to food is overdue in the UK and was a right we once had ukhumanrightsblog.com/2013/10/18/s...
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Groundbreaking issue Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Articles from Alliance of Working Class Academics Worldwide and National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice search.informit.org/toc/jaiis/28.... Should help change negative false images of working class and indigenous peoples.
July 9, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Groundbreaking issue Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Articles from Alliance of Working Class Academics Worldwide and National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth and Justice search.informit.org/toc/jaiis/28.... Should help change negative false images of working class and indigenous peoples.
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I spoke at the Education Dept’s interesting initiative on social mobility. Much needed. Astonishingly across the civil service there’s been a decrease in Senior Civil Servants from working class backgrounds. In 1967 it 19%, in 2021 it was 18%. Another reason to make class discrimination illegal.
needed.as
July 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I spoke at the Education Dept’s interesting initiative on social mobility. Much needed. Astonishingly across the civil service there’s been a decrease in Senior Civil Servants from working class backgrounds. In 1967 it 19%, in 2021 it was 18%. Another reason to make class discrimination illegal.
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Those advocating for greater equality may be interested in my study of the ignored intersection between class, indigenous peoples and race. See the link below
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
July 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Those advocating for greater equality may be interested in my study of the ignored intersection between class, indigenous peoples and race. See the link below
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/...
One perk of the commute to Cardiff is catching sunrises like these over Kilvey Hill in Swansea 🌄
August 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
One perk of the commute to Cardiff is catching sunrises like these over Kilvey Hill in Swansea 🌄
Morning commute
August 6, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Morning commute
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Hi, Bluesky! 🦋 We're the National Centre for Mental Health.
We're working to understand the causes of mental health problems so we can work to develop better diagnosis, treatment and support for the future.
Join us: ncmh.info
We're working to understand the causes of mental health problems so we can work to develop better diagnosis, treatment and support for the future.
Join us: ncmh.info
January 8, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hi, Bluesky! 🦋 We're the National Centre for Mental Health.
We're working to understand the causes of mental health problems so we can work to develop better diagnosis, treatment and support for the future.
Join us: ncmh.info
We're working to understand the causes of mental health problems so we can work to develop better diagnosis, treatment and support for the future.
Join us: ncmh.info