Demographer, stats geek & feminist against inequality. Views my own. Researcher with @SLS_DSU & @SCADR_data at @EdinburghUni
Joined November 2011
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I am an art teacher. Last year one of my pupils made a papier mache Sabrina Carpenter. Art room was being renovated so took it home. When my wife's away I now enjoy speaking to SC like it's the real singer, sitting her at the table for tea, playing board games, PlayStation, etc
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The new interactive maps of Scotland's census data were released this week. They are fascinating! I have already spent hours exploring them, and there is so much more to look at!
Census data in maps!
Choose your topic & search for the place you want down to small areas of about 50 homes.
This screenshot shows 8.3% of people in this area aged 3+ can understand, speak, read or write in Gaelic.
Can you guess where it is?
Try it: bit.ly/MapScotCensus
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For women in academia, barriers to having children aren't just finding partners or preserving fertility. It's systemic barriers—relentless relocations, temporary contracts, focus on individual achievement—planning for a family is like an impossible luxury.science.org/content/article/…
Job alert! Come join our expanding SLS team
Vacancies: the SLS team are expanding! We are looking to recruit a Head of Research Support Service. Info & applications: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/… Closing 19/09
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Job alert! Come join our wee SHiPP team
Do you have excellent technical problem-solving skills in the areas of #databases and #Linux systems, and are looking for an exciting new job? We have a great opportunity for a highly skilled Senior Technical #Data Manager to join our team. bit.ly/4cUs8h9 #SHiPP
ALT SCADR have exciting new job opportunity - SHiPP Senior Technical Data Manager
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🆕paper in Health and Place @ElsevierNews showing how air pollution exposure in early life contributes to worse health among older adults. A collaboration between @CRESHnews, @GeosciencesEd, @SLS_DSU, @NatRecordsScot, and @CEH_AirQuality
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The Calls for Papers for #BSPS2024 is out!
Submit! Submit! Submit!
📢#BSPS2024 Call for Papers out now! Does your work look at Ageing? Climate change? Longitudinal data? Migration? Violence and abuse? These and many more sessions open now for submissions. 9-11 September, Bath. Full details at lse.ac.uk/international-deve…. Spread the word! 📢
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Demography themes in "Fast Car" -- economic mobility, unemployment, weathering, belonging, marriage/parenting, caregiving, substance use, place-based poverty, rural/urban/suburban economics, educational attainment, transportation security.
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P1 loved their trip to the fire station today #edinburgh #edinburghfirestation
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Please can you tell me which font was used for my poem on Hardy's Well? Here it is.
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A kick in the teeth for the bereaved, the broken, the millions in Britain who did their decent best to obey the rules in order to help others. Sickening.
BREAKING: The Met Police have issued a further 24 referrals for partygate fines for this party at Conservative HQ on 14th Dec 2020.
That means total fines for partygate now stand at 150. teapawt.net/LouisHenwood/status/16…
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We’re not going anywhere! @ucuedinburgh members demanding a decent pay offer + action to address unsafe work loads, casualisation and pay equality! #ucuRISING ✊
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🆕Paper in Environmental Research investigating the life-course impact of early life air pollution exposure on mortality in a representative Scottish study @SLS_DSU @UK_CEH @CRESHnews @EdinburghUni
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The @bspsUK poster session was jam packed. Hanna & @amrcampop's was on 'Subnational mortality patterns in GB 1861-1901' from the project campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/resear…
using Scottish cause of death data from @digitisingscot @SCADR_data Scottish Historic Population Platform
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Finally, Celia Macintyre @celiamac58 gave an interesting overview of 'Developing supporting information for users of
administrative data - ADR
Scotland's approach' in the @bspsUK session on Developments in official
population statistics:
Administrative data
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Eilidh Garrett presented on 'Migration flows from stock census data, GB, 1851-1901’ from the Britain's first demographic transition project (campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/resear…), using some Scottish @digitisingscot data from @SCADR_data SHiPP
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