Biomedical Scientist, Associate Professor of Biomedical Science Practice, Husband, Father - not necessarily in that order... my views, my tweets. He/His

University of Staffordshire
Joined June 2013
Beyond proud to win the @IBMScience sponsored @AHAwards national Advancing Healthcare Award for “Biomedical Scientist of the Year”. Thank you to all my brilliant @StaffsUni colleagues, students and graduates for your constant support 😊 @SpatialityJones @MI4EYP @StaffsUniHSW
Congratulations to Ian Davies - the Advancing Healthcare Awards' Biomedical Scientist of the Year 2023! Ian is a huge advocate for the profession.
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More team building for the Staffordshire WSJ27 team - Connie representing the @4thStafford at unit 60 camp at Gradbach 🇬🇧🇵🇱
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Proud to receive my MBE from HRH The Princess Royal at Windsor Castle this week for services to NHS Diagnostic Pathology Services and Biomedical Science Education.
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What a brilliant idea for a camp - great to see how much the leaders trust the scouts and the scouts trust the leaders! Thanks to all the leaders for all the planning to make this happen 👏
Winter Camp 2026 ❄️ ⛺ A step into the unknown. The PLs and APLs were sent on a series of challenges Part 1, meeting near Alderley Edge, being sent on a little walk before discovering their first mission was to go down a mine! ⛏️🪨🔦 #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife #Scouting
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Huge congratulations to Dame Suzy Lishman @ilovepathology, former president of the RCPath, on being appointed as a Dame of the Order of the British Empire by HM The King in this year’s New Years Honours.
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Amazing - what brilliant opportunity for the Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. None of this would be possible without outstanding leaders and young leaders giving up their evenings and weekends all through the year - thank you all!!!
It's the moment you've all been waiting for... Forget Spotify wrapped, it's time for the 4th Stafford Wrapped... Our annual summary of our amazing activities and statistics from our adventures in 2025. What a year it's been...! 🥳 #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife #Scouting
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I don’t post much here now, but for tradition’s sake here’s our annual pre-Christmas montage 🎄🎁🎄🎁🎄🎁 “It’s beginning to look a lot like……”
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Massive #GoodLuck to two of our Scouts, Connie and Matty, who are at the Staffs Scouts World Scout Jamboree (WSJ) selection camp this weekend. They have the chance of being part of the UK contingent at the WSJ in Poland in 2027!🤞 #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife #Scouting
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Any remaining long-time followers will remember my daughter’s annual birthday cake challenge… Prompted by a nostalgic visit to the Lake District earlier this year’s challenge was…. Peter Rabbit 🐰🥕🥬🎃
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Watching Saving Lives At Sea tonight reminds me what a brilliant organisation the @RNLI is - donation sent; life is life 🛟
The facts behind our work in the Channel. In 2024, our crews launched 114 times to Channel crossings – that's just 1.2% of our total launches. Our core purpose is to save lives at sea. Anyone can drown, but no one should.
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Ben Nevis - completed it mate 🥾⛰️
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This is great; the initiative, maturity and leadership shown by these young leaders is seriously impressive to watch. Brilliant role models for the younger squirrels, beavers, cubs and scouts!
Our Young Leaders were in action again yesterday evening, completing modules C, D and E. Completing a series of challenges to promote effective communication, positive behaviour and great games with our Sections. #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife #Scouting #GoodForYou
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Huge congrats to Ian Davies MBE, Associate Professor at University of Staffordshire, recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours for outstanding service to the NHS and biomedical science education. #KingsHonours Read more: bit.ly/4dZHfrd
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Good to see the new @UniofStaffs branding at Stafford rail station 👍
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Spent Saturday breaking camp and setting up next site to support the @4thStafford Scouts’ weekend point to point hike - amazing to experience first hand how much backstage planning and preparation the leaders put in to make these incredible experiences happen!! #PioneeredAtThe4th
Replying to @4thStafford
Arrived at Barnswood Scout Campsite after our amazing hike! Site setup and Scouts now putting their hammocks back up. #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife #Scouting #GoodForYou
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Brilliant news 👏
We are delighted to have been nominated in @BBCRadioStoke's Make a Difference Award - Community Group Award Category! We're honoured to have been recognised. Thank you to those who nominated us. #BBCMakeADifference #PioneeredAtThe4th #SkillsForLife @scouts
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I often struggle with the emotional split between the mesmerizing beauty of pathology and the knowledge of what that beauty portends. This particularly astounding case of metastatic tumor infiltrating bone is most beautiful to the histopathologist’s eye on one hand but heartbreaking on the other hand knowing the diagnosis. The main solace in such cases is that at least the patient and their health professionals will get to know what the ailment is, which will guide management. #Pathology #histopathology #Diagnosis #DiagnosisMatters
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Annual celebration that my wetsuit still fits… 🏊
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Many Congratulations to Sarah Green for being so brilliant at her Registration Portfolio Verification! You should be so proud 😊. We wish you all the best for your L6 Apprenticeship End point assessment’. Amazing support from the Biochemistry Training Team @hetalika & Susan Poni. – at Manchester, England
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The merch no one asked for… 😆
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