The recent Guardian headline* about the world being short a million midwives connected to our School's history in leading the Lancet Series on Midwifery**
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/2014-lancet-series-midwifery-midwife-shortages-jan-r-b%C3%B6hnke-itd9e

"[...] #midwifery is an essential intervention that can substantively improve survival, health, and well-being in low-, middle-, and high-income countries" ***

#DundeeUni #BanasGluine #GlobalHealth #MaternalHealth

* https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/20/world-shortage-million-midwives-icm-healthcare-mothers-babies-intervention

** https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/midwifery

*** Taken from https://results2021.ref.ac.uk/impact/dac997a2-328f-4fba-9be1-78052a32c38d?page=1
#REF2021

It fascinated me during my time in #REF2021 how little attention this receives:
"England allocates about £2bn each year to [REF-based] funding – you may wish to compare this to £44bn of sector income (from all sources, public and private) each year, or to the £21bn higher education providers spend on employing staff. "
https://wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/do-you-really-have-to-sign-up-to-a-political-agenda-to-get-research-funding/

Sure, it is about accountability.
It is about the ranking.
And everything else.

But in the current crisis, this seems sobering to me.

#REF2029 #HigherEd

#Introduction

Hi Mastodon!

I work at the School of Health Sciences, University of Dundee.

I research #MentalHealth MentalIllness #Multimorbidity.

I am interested in Health-related Quality of Life #HRQL
#HealthEconomics.

I have experience in the assessment & evaluation of research, thanks #REF2021 😂

I am a #NightshiftEditor & post about editing, publishing & #PeerReview.

Looking forward to exchanges about all these & will post the odd picture of my Scottish Environs.

A reminder of some things going on @UACES

#FundingOpportunity - UACES Microgrants (up to £500): http://www.uaces.org/funding/microgrants

#REF2021 Workshop in Birmingham (UK) in Jan: http://www.uaces.org/events/ref

#ArtExhibition Call as part of the #DIMES project: http://www.uaces.org/dimes

@UACESgf Doctoral Training Academy for #EuropeanStudies #PhDs. Funding of up to £150 available: http://www.uaces.org/dtasurrey

@politicalscience