Head on over to LinkedIn to read my thoughts on co-leadership. In summary, i'm in favour!
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@MarkKelson
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Professor of Statistics for Health丨Turing Fellow丨Interim co-director of IDSAI | Uni of Exeter, UK丨Reproducibility | Trials & physical activity丨Reading: The Quincunx
Come to Exeter to do a fascinating 4-year PhD with me and Russ Jago and Tom Monks - "Using modelling approaches to reduce inequality in physical activity interventions".
Exeter is a great place to live and the University campus is beautiful!
It is open to UK *and* international students!
The closing date is 5.00pm on 1st November 2023. The stipend is £18,622 p.a. for 2023/24 (updated each year).
Details here: https://www.exeter.ac.uk/study/funding/award/?id=4863
I'm on a policy evaluation course and spent some time looking through Hansard yesterday. Found the first mention of the term "statistically significant" from 1952 regarding proportions of admissions to psychiatric hospitals! Made by Sir Reginald Bennett. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Bennett
My feasibility study on Kinship Connected has been published on the What Works for Children's Social Care website. We propose some ways forward in evaluating this intervention. https://whatworks-csc.org.uk/research-report/kinship-connected-the-feasibility-of-a-pilot-randomised-controlled-trial-investigating-outcomes-for-children-in-kinship-care/
Kinship Connected: The feasibility of a pilot randomised controlled trial investigating outcomes for children in kinship care - What Works for Children's Social Care
Summary Kinship Connected is a programme developed by Kinship, the leading kinship care charity. The programme offers one-to-one support to kinship carers for at least six months via a dedicated project worker, and develops and maintains kinship carers’ support network through community-based peer support groups. Research illustrates that Kinship Connected has been positively received by […]
Was out in Exeter for the IDSAI Christmas party this week and took a few shots of the decorations. Looked very nice (but deserted)!
Had a great day hosting Neil Jacobs of UKRN. We discussed all aspects of reproducible research and made so many connections. Many thanks to all who took part!
Nice paper on the availability of statistical code in European Urology papers. And a checklist to get us all thinking about how good the code we share is. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6705117/ #OpenScience #Reproducibility
Been experimenting with this chocolate orange negroni recipe. It's a success if you like a cocktail that is not too sweet. Recommended! https://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/bottled-chocolate-orange-negroni/
I learned the word albeit through reading so the first time I said it out loud I pronounced it the same as this stadium!
