Dr Gemma Hughes
@gemhughes.bsky.social
Social scientist. Co-Director Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Policy & Management, University of Leicester School of Business. Editor-in-Chief Journal of Health Services Research & Policy https://journals.sagepub.com/home/HSR
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Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
Shaping a Brighter Future
The first event in our Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Lecture Series, delivered by Hetan Shah, Chief Executive, The British Academy
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November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Are you worried about the devastating cuts we are seeing to arts, humanities & social sciences in UK universities? Last call for my lecture in Leicester this Thurs 27th Nov on the value of these subjects and how they support UK security, cohesion and prosperity www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shaping-a-...
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"[...] the more impossible it becomes to make that kind of choice, the smaller the space for learning for the joy of it becomes … well, then, it will eventually only be for the elite. Modern language degrees will be the domain of the rich."
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Universities blame ‘societal shift’ for axing foreign language degrees
Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people
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November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"[...] the more impossible it becomes to make that kind of choice, the smaller the space for learning for the joy of it becomes … well, then, it will eventually only be for the elite. Modern language degrees will be the domain of the rich."
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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If people in your team or organisation are using AI notetakers as a way of coping with too many meetings and a culture of presenteeism, there's not a technological fix for this. The answer is to have fewer, better organised meetings www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
If people in your team or organisation are using AI notetakers as a way of coping with too many meetings and a culture of presenteeism, there's not a technological fix for this. The answer is to have fewer, better organised meetings www.careful.industries/blog/2025-11...
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If you work in communication and primary care then please do consider submitting original research to BMC primary Care's “Communication in Primary Care” Collection. I’m delighted to guest edit this collection alongside Prof Russel Rothman, and we’ll be accepting submissions until 30th July 2026 👇
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
If you work in communication and primary care then please do consider submitting original research to BMC primary Care's “Communication in Primary Care” Collection. I’m delighted to guest edit this collection alongside Prof Russel Rothman, and we’ll be accepting submissions until 30th July 2026 👇
Being flooded (in London no less) was up there as one of the very worst experiences of my life. Hate to see this happen to others in all parts of the world
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris
Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Being flooded (in London no less) was up there as one of the very worst experiences of my life. Hate to see this happen to others in all parts of the world
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Language cold spots are emerging: the East Midlands provision is vulnerable if threats of closure at Leicester and Nottingham are carried out.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Language cold spots are emerging: the East Midlands provision is vulnerable if threats of closure at Leicester and Nottingham are carried out.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
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'After vigorous and partially successful attempts to save modern languages degrees at Cardiff...and the University of Aberdeen in the past two years, linguists are now called upon to point out the equally obvious folly of cutting modern languages at the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.' 1/3
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'After vigorous and partially successful attempts to save modern languages degrees at Cardiff...and the University of Aberdeen in the past two years, linguists are now called upon to point out the equally obvious folly of cutting modern languages at the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.' 1/3
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In this week's post I make the case for an #AI #metaphor observatory tracking how we think and talk about and act on GenAI and LLMs makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/14/m...
Making the case for an AI metaphor observatory
Between 2023 and 2025 I have written various posts on GenAI, Large Language Models and metaphors: one where I went out hunting for metaphors; one where I had a chat with ChatGTP about metaphors for…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In this week's post I make the case for an #AI #metaphor observatory tracking how we think and talk about and act on GenAI and LLMs makingsciencepublic.com/2025/11/14/m...
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Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it?
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
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Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
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November 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it?
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
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The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Why Management Matters To The NHS 10 Year Health Plan | The Kings Fund
Professor Judith Smith, Suzie Bailey and Professor Sir Chris Ham explore why strong, well-trained NHS management is essential to delivering the ambitions of the 10 Year Health Plan.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The NHS 10 Year Health Plan will only succeed with strong management and leadership.
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Our new long read with @unibirmingham.bsky.social explores why management matters, and what needs to change to help leaders deliver better care.
Read more: bit.ly/437AuPW
Never too old to enjoy a sparkler on Bonfire Night
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Never too old to enjoy a sparkler on Bonfire Night
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Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
A DPhil is as much about developing yourself as a researcher as it is about your specific project: Laiba Husain, DPhil in Translational Health Sciences alumna shares her journey
Dr Laiba Husain, first ever student to complete the DPhil in Translational Health Sciences, researcher at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences and tutor in digital health on the MSc...
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October 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Interested in applying for our DPhil in Translational Health Sciences?
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
Dr Laiba Husain, our first ever student to complete the DPhil, shares her experiences on the programme, how the DPhil has contributed to her career so far, and about her journey pre-DPhil in her blog here: ow.ly/gOkg50Xj6aw
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📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
November 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📉 Calling all chart enthusiasts! 📢 The Resolution Foundation is hiring 👀
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
This is a rare opportunity to join our senior leadership team and take forward our work on productivity and growth.
Applications close in a little over two weeks ⤵️ buff.ly/x40DZV1
Post-strike pay slip
Post-menopausal stomach flab.
I'm going as Making Tax Digital.
October 31, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Post-strike pay slip
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UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
UCU (@ucu.org.uk) has called a national demonstration against the planned redundancies at the University of Leicester.
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
Please come and march alongside us in Leicester on 12 November.
All welcome!
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The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
University finances and the elephant in the senior common room | Letter
Letter: The marketisation of higher education, like the marketisation of other public services, has been an abject failure, writes Avi Shankar
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October 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The marketisation of higher education has been an abject failure, writes Prof Avi Shankar
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Research Associate in Health Services Research in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Research Associate in Health Services Research vacancy in Leicester. We are seeking a Research Associate to our School of Management and contribute to the NIHR-funded ...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
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This week's slightly delayed post is about #metonymy. I collected examples on my travels to Oxford, from a coffee cup to the White House. #linguistics makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
A week in metonymy: From the personal to the political
Last week was metonymy week for me. In this post I’ll tell you three stories about metonymy, all related to a train ride to and from Oxford with my husband – a sort of anniversary trip, as we met t…
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October 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
This week's slightly delayed post is about #metonymy. I collected examples on my travels to Oxford, from a coffee cup to the White House. #linguistics makingsciencepublic.com/2025/10/26/a...
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"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
Other people five — Surviving Work
I realise this is not a good look to say this a week before the publication of my book that defends relationships between humans but Surviving Work started in 2011 when I was put in a compulsory red...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"It is in this random way that the universe is returned to its benign and hopeful axis, a reminder that you never know who you will meet on a picket line and how much that will mean. "
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
New blog post from a colleague in the School of Business:
www.survivingwork.org/surviving-wo...
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Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
October 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...
Sharp observations
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
AI might be creating a ‘permanent underclass’ but it’s the makers of the tech bubble who are replaceable | Van Badham
Despite the relentless insistence of tech’s grifters, AI is not industrially inevitable – or even sustainable. Which is why it is time to push back
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October 16, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Sharp observations
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"Striking isn't just about disrupting operations; it's a costly signal of commitment to fair working conditions. By withholding cooperation, workers force a renegotiation of terms."
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www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
Why we strike: Bargaining as an expression of human cooperation | BPS
Dr Kristen Syme considers labour action, and draws parallels with family conflict…
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October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"Striking isn't just about disrupting operations; it's a costly signal of commitment to fair working conditions. By withholding cooperation, workers force a renegotiation of terms."
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress
LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress
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October 10, 2025 at 8:34 AM
If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...