Helen Bowes-Catton
Academic Lead for PGR training at Open University, UK. @ougradsch.bsky.social I research 1) inclusion in doctoral education and 2) LGBTQIA+ identities and politics.
Northern, working class, queer, cis feminist. Lifts heavy things for fun. Views mine.
Starter Packs
Created by Helen Bowes-Catton (1)
Researcher Development in the UK
A starter pack of people and organisations working in and/or writing about researcher development in the UK. Please let me know if you'd like to be added/removed.
@kevinguyan.bsky.social
RAINBOW TRAP AVAILABLE TO PREORDER NOW 🌈 Author of Queer Data 📊 Researching LGBTQ data at the University of Edinburgh 🌍 he/him/his linktr.ee/kevinguyan
@beyondreflectuk.bsky.social
Charity working to create a safe community for trans+ people and their allies, providing support designed with and for the community. https://linktr.ee/beyondreflections
@zeteo.com
Unfiltered news. Bold opinions. A new media organization from @mehdirhasan.bsky.social https://zeteo.com
@kateclancy.bsky.social
Feminist science professor at the University of Illinois. Obsessed with the uterus, even when it's being shitty. Author of PERIOD: The Real Story of Menstruation, now out on paperback. Up next: PREGNANCY, INTERRUPTED. White, settler, queer. 🍉
@transhistoryweek.com
Official page for Trans+ History Week. Key calendar week wordwide. May 05-11 2025 Nonprofit CIC Donate: transhistoryweek.com/donate linktr.ee/transhistoryweek Launchpad project from @wearequeeraf.com
@translegalproject.bsky.social
TLP analyses and comments on UK law that affects trans people's lives and rights. We can't advise on individual cases. Utterly opposed to The UK Supreme Court ruling of 16/4/25 and to its rampant exploitation subsequently. www.translegalproject.org
@eap4sj.bsky.social
A special interest group focused on Social Justice within the British Association of Lecturers in English for Academic Purposes (BALEAP) ✊ #eap4sj 🌐 Our website: eap4sj.weebly.com ✉️ Our mailing list: https://shorturl.at/rvGHL
@meadwaj.bsky.social
Economist. Host of the weekly Macrodose podcast: https://bsky.app/profile/macrodosepod.bsky.social
@s-a-silverio.bsky.social
| Social Scientist & Chartered Psychologist | Lecturer in Medical Psychology & Lifecourse Health at University of Liverpool | Research Fellow in Social Science of Women's Health at King's College London |
@allisonl.bsky.social
Interested in how people learn with digital technologies and data. Pro Vice Provost (Data Empowered Societies GC) at University College London.
@ctsgbrighton.bsky.social
The @uniofbrighton Transforming Sexuality & Gender Research Centre brings together researchers working on sexuality, gender, LGBTQ issues & social change. https://www.brighton.ac.uk/ctsg/index.aspx
@seenpoliceuk.bsky.social
We oppose ‘PoliceSEENUK’ on X - an anti-LGBTQ hate-group operating secretly within the UK police. They seek to incite hatred-of & isolation of LGBTQ police staff and to make LGBTQ unemployable. We have pulled their teeth 🙂
@viteklis.bsky.social
@papercutsshow.bsky.social
We read the papers so you don't have to Every Monday and Friday 📆 Listen here 👉 https://listen.podmasters.uk/PCBlueskyBioLink?at=1001l39LM Support us 👏🏼 http://back.papercutsshow.com
@cartoons.katymontgomerie.com
A better place for my shit cartoons about the TERF WARS
@senthorun.bsky.social
A/Prof in Human Rights Law ✨ Professional Gay🦩 Books: 📕 The Emotions of LGBT Rights and Reforms 📕 Queer Judgments 📕 The Queer Outside in Law 📕 Feeling Queer Jurisprudence Links: https://linktr.ee/senthorun (He/Him)
@alicemydaughter.bsky.social
Recovering psychiatrist, writer, would be campaigner. Trans ally. She/ her. Author ‘HER NAME IS ALICE’ on the life and death of my transgender child. Mudlark Books Harper Collins. Getting up off the sofa and out the door a bit more these days.
@transactivismuk.bsky.social
Trans and non-binary folks raising awareness of UK injustices via public demonstrations. transrightsprotest@gmail.com linktr.ee/TransActivismUK Running on limited resources
@transactualuk.bsky.social
Advocating, informing and empowering. By trans people, for trans people. https://www.transactual.org.uk/ Press: press@transactual.org.uk Social media policy: http://transactual.org.uk/socials
@lgbtiscotland.bsky.social
The Equality Network is a leading Scottish lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) equality and human rights charity
@jossprior.bsky.social
@clairestranstalks.bsky.social
Education, Research & Advocacy about & for Transgender & Non-Binary People. Views my own. https://linktr.ee/CTransTalks
@dadtrans.bsky.social
Dad of a #Trans child. He/him. www.growinguptransgender.com. @dadtrans on twitter
@alizaadi.bsky.social
✊🏼 Co-founder and Diversity Officer of @FeministGreens 📢 Community Engagement Facilitator - VAWG, CSA, ACE, GRT, LGBTIQA+ 🌍 Fan of Clean Air/DEEI 💊 Former Head of Patient Services and Head of Policy - GenderGP Views mine, typos definitely ☸️ 🇷🇪 🏳️🌈 🇮🇪
@roseschmits.bsky.social
Trans kiln witch™ Ceramics artist based in London www.roseschmits.com she/her 🏳️⚧️
@theabigailthorn.bsky.social
Actress & Writer. Sharako Lohar in HOUSE OF THE DRAGON; Eurus in STAR WARS; Jess in DJANGO; Nocturne in BALDUR’S GATE 3; Hotspur in THE PRINCE; Belle in DRACULA’S EX-GIRLFRIEND. Philosophy Tube & @KillJamesBond ✨👑
@sarahoconnellshow.com
Host of YouTube.com/SarahOConnellShow - Subscribe! Comedian • Celebrity Interviews • Film Critic • Actress BAFTA Connect member • Artist • Animator • IG/FB/Threads/TikTok: SarahOConnellShow • Twitter @SarahO_Connell
@cri-uos.bsky.social
Centre for Research in Inclusion (CRI) at the University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social. Co-directors @vstrogilos.bsky.social & @achalagupta.bsky.social https://www.southampton.ac.uk/research/institutes-centres/centre-for-research-in-inclusion
@lizisabella.bsky.social
Learning & Teaching, digital education, distance learning, edtech, student engagement | Views my own | she/her
@mikecollins.bsky.social
Senior Learning Designer at The Open University and prolific podcaster at Pedagodzilla and The Infinite Escape Room
@r3beccaf.bsky.social
Open University professor emerita, making the shift over to podcasting, audio drama and fiction.
@theblacacdemic.bsky.social
Asst Prof of CFT | he, him, his | #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Blacksky | Research developmental consequences of stigma among Black SGMs.
@dremilygoodall.bsky.social
Academic Development Consultant at University of Leeds | Supporting researcher development | #ResearchCulture #ResponsibleResearch #OpenResearch Research Culture Uncovered Podcast host
@tanyafrances.bsky.social
Psychology & Counselling academic at The Open University. Psychotherapist & Counsellor. Yoga teacher. Writer, researcher, vegan, interested in feminist work, epistemic justice, learning & unlearning 🌱 | she/her
@genderlib.com
Help us build a people’s movement for bodily autonomy, self-determination, collectivism, and fulfillment. Learn more at genderlib.org
@gemmabriggs.bsky.social
Professor of Applied Cognitive Psychology at the OU researching dual tasking whilst driving and visual perception for complex scenes. Views are my own. drivingchange.webflow.io
@reacpolrn.bsky.social
The Reactionary Politics Research Network brings together researchers to study and tackle the rise of exclusionary, authoritarian and reactionary politics Find us at: https://reacpol.net/
@stonewalluk.bsky.social
We imagine a world where all lesbian, gay, bi, trans, queer, questioning and ace (LGBTQ+) people are free to be themselves 🌈
@bellhookedme.bsky.social
Professor teaching radical love, critical pedagogies & community building. Affiliate Researcher UC National Center for Free Speech & Civic Engagement. Anti-authoritarian.
@katrinamcchesney.bsky.social
Researcher of inclusive higher education | Co-Editor of Studies in Graduate & Postdoctoral Education | Lover of coffee ☕, Christmas lights ✨ and all things pink 🌸 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3991-6265 https://profiles.waikato.ac.nz/Katrina.McChesney
@kalwantbhopal.bsky.social
Professor of Education and Social Justice, Director Centre for Research on Race and Education, University of Birmingham. Interests: race, gender, class, equity, social justice. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/education/bhopal-kalwant
@janmcarthur.bsky.social
Head of Department and Professor in Higher Education and Social Justice, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. Passionate about education and social justice - plus cats, chickens and gardens.