Impact Acceleration Funding bid success for the Un-tiques Roadshow (Tim Buescher)

Do you find yourself arguing with a partner or relative over what to keep and what to let go of? Do you keep things for different reasons? Most of us do, be these reasons of sentimentality, usefulness, or value. Or do you find clutter stressful and intrusive? Perhaps some of these things cause friction between family members. Now a set of interventions is to be offered for these objects to try and help repair the relationships they have with people and that people have with each other.

Tim Buescher has secured funding to carry out a public engagement project about holding on to and letting go of possessions. This will take place in the new year and will involve partnership with Chris Westoby, Hull History Centre, Hull libraries of stuff CIC, Hawley’s antiques, ltd., Anna Bean photography and many other parties.

If you would like to find out more, please contact  Tim .

‘What about me?’ The cross-disciplinary group facilitating writing the self and autoethnography

Chris Westoby, Ros Masamha and Tim Buescher write:

‘What about me?’ was established earlier this year as a space for colleagues interested in writing the self – academically, artistically, therapeutically – to meet, share work and discuss which directions they wish to take their ideas.

Throughout summer we have ran monthly sessions, and it has proven to be a comfortable, inspiring and supportive space to share ideas and reflections concerning writing the self. We saw an attendance from every corner of the university, working in entirely different disciplines, approaching writing the self in different ways, and for different purposes.

Now, we’re excited to continue this momentum and invite any and all academics and post-graduate researchers from every department – whether writing the self/autoethnography is an element of your research, or if it exists outside of it in a separate pursuit or purely personal practice.

Each session will invite a speaker to present their angle on writing, perhaps sharing their unique research methodologies, their personal investment, or the work of an author who inspires their practice. We will have time for group discussions, and most importantly time to write in a safe space. In the first session, Ros Masamha is presenting on Scholarly Personal Narratives: challenging methodologies in academia and academic writing.

With marking rolling in in January, it’s a busy time; taking two hours to focus purely on one’s self is more vital than ever, before needing to focus elsewhere!

Come along on 8th January, 13:00-15:00. The venue is Nidd Boardroom, complete with a selection of biscuits.

Weight, height, and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross‐sectional study

Anand Ahankari has co-authored:

Anand S. Ahankari1, Laila J. Tata, Andrew W. Fogarty (2019) Weight, height, and midupper arm circumference are associated with haemoglobin levels in adolescent girls living in rural India: A cross‐sectional study Maternal & Child Nutrition doi: 10.1111/mcn.12908

Conceptualising women’s perinatal well-being: A systematic review of theoretical discussions

Fran Wadephul, Lesley Glover and Julie Jomeen have published:

Fran Wadephul, Lesley Glover, Julie Jomeen (2019) Conceptualising women’s perinatal well-being: A systematic review of theoretical discussions Midwifery doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2019.102598

Predictors of obstetric anal sphincter injury during waterbirth: a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study

Lesley Smith has co-authored:

Ethel Burns, Laura Price, Jane Carpenter1 & Lesley Smith (2019) Predictors of obstetric anal sphincter injury during waterbirth: a secondary analysis of a prospective observational study International Urogynecology Journal doi: 10.1007/s00192-019-04167-6