I-SPHERE @ HWU
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This is the official twitter account for Heriot-Watt University's Institute for Social Policy, Housing and Equalities Research (I-SPHERE).
Edinburgh, UK
Joined April 2013
‼️ANNOUNCEMENT‼️ Due to recent events, I-SPHERE has taken the decision to no longer use this platform. To keep up with our news, publications and events, please find us and follow us in all the other places... Our website: https://t.co/FYdIpu5sKI LinkedIn Bluesky
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📢 Join us online 26 Nov @ 10am for the next I-SPHERE & CHIH @EdinburghUni Seminar, with Dr Amy Clair from University of Adelaide on Housing, health, and policy coherence Sign up here 👉 https://t.co/DfPOSdjiEV
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Join us at this HNS webinar on Mon 25th Nov to learn about I-SPHERE's recent Destitution by Design research and the difference Fair Way Scotland is making for people with no recourse to public funds. https://t.co/yxuZ4jjKdG
🆕 In Scotland a hidden humanitarian crisis is unfolding, with people made destitute by the design of the UK immigration system. Join a free webinar to hear about Fair Way Scotland's impact on people affected and the action needed to solve this. Register: https://t.co/Oree9pKz1a
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I-SPHERE joins @homelessnetscot and 40 orgs writing to the UK and Scottish Govs urging them to protect rough sleepers this winter. Our recent 'Destitution by Design' research offers a stark reminder of the harms caused by rough sleeping. Lives are at risk. Choice can be made
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The @ISPHERE_HWU team are really looking forward to the Autumn Lecture today (28th October at 2pm). Sign up to hear from our very own @BethWatts494, alongside insights from the very brilliant @jenniebibs, @CescaAlbanese & Joe Frey.
📢 Autumn Lecture 28 Oct at 2pm Join our incredible speakers @CescaAlbanese (@crisis_uk) champion for social change; @BethWatts494 (@ISPHERE) homelessness expert; @jenniebibs change leader & @JoeF (@housingevidence) bridging research and policy. Sign up
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Black and minoritised ethnic groups are more likely to experience homelessness. This powerful new participatory research from our colleagues at @Crisis_UK explores in detail how experiences of discrimination and racism can cause, exacerbate and prolong experiences of homelessness
📢New research Existing evidence shows Black and minoritised ethnic communities are more likely to experience homelessness than their white counterparts. Our new report shares the human stories behind these stats. Please note: this thread discusses racism and homelessness.
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📢Last chance to sign up for the @HSA_UK Autumn Lecture 🍂📝 Online Monday 28th October 2-4pm. Join I-SPHERE’s @BethWatts494,@jenniebibs Senior Researcher at the Senedd, Joe Frey from @housingevidence and @CescaAlbanese from @Crisis_uk. Sign-up here 👇 https://t.co/1FZouGaew1
housing-studies-association.org
Learn how to extend your housing research impact beyond academia. Join us online on Oct 28 for insights into effective policy engagement.
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The results from the first year of our prevention programme, #Upstream, are alarming - 90% of young people reported low levels of wellbeing. Together, we can take action to prevent youth homelessness. Get involved today 🔗 https://t.co/0y1IP45YBb
#EndingYouthHomelessness
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Very excited to be chairing the @HSA_UK autumn lecture. It combines my two passions of research & homelessness policy ☺️ to achieve positive change. A hugely brilliant line up of speakers with experience across academia, government and practice. Please share & sign up 👇
📢Our very own @BethWatts494 will speak at the @HSA_UK Autumn Lecture on research & homelessness policy. Plus, hear @jenniebibs on the Welsh context and @jfrey on NI, all chaired by the amazing @CescaAlbanese! 28th October - 2pm to 4pm Sign up here 👉 https://t.co/1FZouGaew1
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📢Our very own @BethWatts494 will speak at the @HSA_UK Autumn Lecture on research & homelessness policy. Plus, hear @jenniebibs on the Welsh context and @jfrey on NI, all chaired by the amazing @CescaAlbanese! 28th October - 2pm to 4pm Sign up here 👉 https://t.co/1FZouGaew1
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Huge thank you to Prof Andrea Williamson @UniversityofGlasgow for an absolutely brilliant seminar on applying a ‘missingness’ lens to healthcare for inclusion health populations 👏👏👏
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Global homelessness is an urgent, shared, and solvable issue. On #WorldHomelessDay, we urge practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and advocates to work together to establish a shared definition of #homelessness and accurate data collection to inform policies and programs.
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Read the report we commissioned with Policy Scotland on the financial impact and human cost of temporary accommodation in Edinburgh and why we can’t build our way out of a homelessness crisis here: https://t.co/FtrN6ATyCq
#WorldHomelessDay
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📄 Our 2024 Prevention Pathway Review is published, and the findings are stark. To mark #WorldHomelessDay, and on behalf of @AWayHomeScot , we’ve released a report tracking Scotland’s progress in implementing the Youth Homelessness Prevention Pathways.
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📢 Over one million people are experiencing poverty in Scotland. One in four of the people in poverty are children. Our latest report finds that the Scottish and UK governments are failing to use their powers to reduce poverty. 1/6
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📢Join us online 21 Oct @ 11am for the next I-SPHERE & CHIH @EdinburghUni seminar, with Prof Andrea Williamson from @UniversityofGlasgow on applying a ‘missingness’ lens to healthcare for inclusion health populations ⚕️🏥🩺 Sign up here 👉 https://t.co/ahPgH0laeQ
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📢Join us online 21 Oct @ 11am🗓️for the next I-SPHERE & CHIH @EdinburghUni seminar, with Prof Andrea Williamson from @UofGlasgow @UofGSHW @gppcglasgow on applying a ‘missingness’ lens to healthcare for inclusion health populations. Sign up here 👉 https://t.co/ahPgH0laeQ
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Listen to I-SPHERE’s Dr Lynne McMordie on Radio 4 explain how the congregate nature of hostels and shelters can be used as a form of social control for people experiencing homelessness. (Starts at 20 mins)
bbc.co.uk
Can building design create hope, from high security prisons to homeless hostels?
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Thank you 🙏 to @MaggieChapman MSP for lodging a parliamentary motion to welcome publication of the report evaluating year 2 of #FairWayScotland. Read: https://t.co/o2dLJ5Pn5f
@RefugeeSancScot @scotrefcouncil @turningpointsco @SimonCommScot
@jrf_uk @HeriotWattUni @ISPHERE_HWU
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Are you an early career scholar (researcher/postgrad student/lecturer/other) working on racism, 'race', ethnicity, or ethnic inequalities? Join our early career network for events, online meetups, networking, support & more. All welcome - pls share🙏🏾
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