Kieran Laskawy
@kieranlaskawy.bsky.social
Research Assistant @ University of Glasgow | Work on the comparative political economy of health and public health, now more perioperative care and anaesthesia inclined.
Feels like we are getting the worst of the Fabian tendencies of pragmatism, combined with intense anti-intellectualism.
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Feels like we are getting the worst of the Fabian tendencies of pragmatism, combined with intense anti-intellectualism.
The way 1.6 was meant to be played!
November 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The way 1.6 was meant to be played!
I would be very keen to read through that.
The lack of research into multimedia learning and neurodiversity surprises me not at all, but it is interesting that there is no primary research on the former. I would have thought n. sci. of visual perception would have been into this sort of thing.
The lack of research into multimedia learning and neurodiversity surprises me not at all, but it is interesting that there is no primary research on the former. I would have thought n. sci. of visual perception would have been into this sort of thing.
November 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I would be very keen to read through that.
The lack of research into multimedia learning and neurodiversity surprises me not at all, but it is interesting that there is no primary research on the former. I would have thought n. sci. of visual perception would have been into this sort of thing.
The lack of research into multimedia learning and neurodiversity surprises me not at all, but it is interesting that there is no primary research on the former. I would have thought n. sci. of visual perception would have been into this sort of thing.
I will most certainly be giving this a read, and I'd be interested to read your paper when it comes out. I care a lot about slide design and cognitive load as someone with a SpLD (and also someone who cares about aesthetics). It's certainly something I've thought about writing about, too.
November 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I will most certainly be giving this a read, and I'd be interested to read your paper when it comes out. I care a lot about slide design and cognitive load as someone with a SpLD (and also someone who cares about aesthetics). It's certainly something I've thought about writing about, too.
Great paper (and it totally confirms my priors😁)! This seems to be foundational knowledge in my department. As I begin to prep my teaching materials for some masters seminars I'll be running, I've been warned that even with them, instruction has to be very hands-on.
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Great paper (and it totally confirms my priors😁)! This seems to be foundational knowledge in my department. As I begin to prep my teaching materials for some masters seminars I'll be running, I've been warned that even with them, instruction has to be very hands-on.
I buy this argument generally, but I keep coming back to the fact that we are not taxing our productivity in this country. Labour is incredibly unproductive (although it should be taxed more), so why aren't we finding ways to tax where the productivity is; i.e., rent-seeking?
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I buy this argument generally, but I keep coming back to the fact that we are not taxing our productivity in this country. Labour is incredibly unproductive (although it should be taxed more), so why aren't we finding ways to tax where the productivity is; i.e., rent-seeking?
The case for PBL in the 90s was made because it's "active learning", but no one thought to examine the learners themselves who made PBL so active; incredibly engaged US 23 y/os with four years of experience learning how to learn. They thrived in "passive" mass-biochem lectures at undergrad, too.
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The case for PBL in the 90s was made because it's "active learning", but no one thought to examine the learners themselves who made PBL so active; incredibly engaged US 23 y/os with four years of experience learning how to learn. They thrived in "passive" mass-biochem lectures at undergrad, too.
There may be no such thing as active learning, but I find there is such a thing (and there is an imperative to be) an "active LEARNER". I think we focus a lot on delivery and not enough on what it actually is to learn. It's a teachable skill (to some extent).
November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
There may be no such thing as active learning, but I find there is such a thing (and there is an imperative to be) an "active LEARNER". I think we focus a lot on delivery and not enough on what it actually is to learn. It's a teachable skill (to some extent).
Coming from social science to medicine, I like that there are areas where we do not have unified mechanistic models. It's fun intellectually that it's still really hard to get from binding energies to protein interactions to consciousness suppression in a way one discipline can fully map out.
November 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Coming from social science to medicine, I like that there are areas where we do not have unified mechanistic models. It's fun intellectually that it's still really hard to get from binding energies to protein interactions to consciousness suppression in a way one discipline can fully map out.
With no transition plan I might add! How will the re-skill?
October 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
With no transition plan I might add! How will the re-skill?
Yeah, it’s tough for me to parse where that comes from and exactly who it’s for (other than him). It’s a very Salvini-esq line in a lot of ways.
October 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Yeah, it’s tough for me to parse where that comes from and exactly who it’s for (other than him). It’s a very Salvini-esq line in a lot of ways.
Not at all like the woke lanyard pits of today.
October 3, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Not at all like the woke lanyard pits of today.
Do they wear lanyards at EUI 😮
October 3, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Do they wear lanyards at EUI 😮
Katz and Mair weren’t no slouches!
September 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Katz and Mair weren’t no slouches!
My setting up a life here seems to always be rewarded in kind…
September 22, 2025 at 8:11 AM
My setting up a life here seems to always be rewarded in kind…
It’s only when I’m doing statistical analysis on wealth/income, that I am reminded that the extreme ends of the income and wealth distribution represent a lot of people in absolute terms. Hundreds of thousands/millions of them in actual fact.
September 21, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It’s only when I’m doing statistical analysis on wealth/income, that I am reminded that the extreme ends of the income and wealth distribution represent a lot of people in absolute terms. Hundreds of thousands/millions of them in actual fact.
I’m 23, which means I’m friends with a lot of scared and angry FY2s AND a lot of scared and angry AHP grads who haven’t secured Band 5 positions. It’s a team game in every sense. As my ex-rugby coach used to say before punishment sprints, “we win together and we lose together”.
September 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I’m 23, which means I’m friends with a lot of scared and angry FY2s AND a lot of scared and angry AHP grads who haven’t secured Band 5 positions. It’s a team game in every sense. As my ex-rugby coach used to say before punishment sprints, “we win together and we lose together”.
Spot on on both accounts!
September 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Spot on on both accounts!
You know the ice cream is good when the photo of it evokes a super strong “ice cream sense memory”!
September 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You know the ice cream is good when the photo of it evokes a super strong “ice cream sense memory”!
It’s also really important to get the headlines right so colleagues can know what’s going on. From my own experience talking to nurses, physios, pharmacists etc., aren’t aware of the bottle necks for both GPs and hospitalists. Understanding leads to solidarity and all that.
September 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It’s also really important to get the headlines right so colleagues can know what’s going on. From my own experience talking to nurses, physios, pharmacists etc., aren’t aware of the bottle necks for both GPs and hospitalists. Understanding leads to solidarity and all that.
Vagal tone still “go brrrrr” though I hope.
September 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Vagal tone still “go brrrrr” though I hope.