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Dr Rachel N. Ranson
@RansonDr
Senior Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences. Specialisms in Neuroscience and Ageing (Bladder/bowel dysfunction) and responsibility for Ethics and Equality/Diversity.
Newcastle upon TyneJoined June 2020
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Age International listened to the experiences of older women and found that the work they do is vital yet lower-paid & undervalued.
is calling for their voices to be heard and their needs to be met. Read how here: bit.ly/2WsWrJW #InternationalDayofOlderPersons
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Excellent issue posing questions such as
Are we asking the right questions in transgender research?
I think however the authors could have gone further in making the point that there are many questions to ask because so little research in this area has been carried out.
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The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Special Issue of #PhysiologyNews is now live! How can we make the STEM workforce more equitable? What's the impact of colour inaccessibility? What do we know about sexual diversity? Read the latest issue to find out: buff.ly/3lmxNDo
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Neuroscience research papers are 8 times more likely to only study male participants compared with female-only studies.
Only 4% of papers look for sex differences in their data, suggesting that neurological disorders in women may be overlooked.
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My father died from bladder cancer and its a grossly under funded area for research, yet not that uncommon in older people.
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It has never been more important for people to be able to access good advice about financial planning – or we risk seeing many people make ill-advised decisions and running out of savings once they have retired.
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From research funding cuts to global cooperation and the #G7, read President of the Royal Society Sir Adrian Smith's interview with :
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"There is still an issue with a lack of opportunity to progress and develop at older ages, and a perception that if you haven’t progressed by a certain age you never will".
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Many older job applicants say they feel disadvantaged because of their age. Is this your experience?
ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/problem-
Girls are smart and innovative. On #DayOfTheGirl let's speak up against systematic barriers & long-standing stereotypes that continue to keep girls from #STEM careers. #GenerationEquality
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Every faculty member I know is working nights and weekends constantly now.
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The second key finding of the report on gender in the grant portfolio is basically that women have lower success rates than men when applying for high value grants. The chart of award rate by grant value range is so striking that we’re going to show it again here:
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I feel I have to say I'm alright thanks, though no doubt because my teaching has been primarily online so far.
Age is a protected characteristic, enshrined in the Equality Act. We know the effects of ageism can be widespread and damaging. But what happens when age combines with other identities such as race, gender or sexuality?
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At the bottom of this article, IBMS President Allan Wilson warns against Moonshot testing in a short blog post. Give it a read:
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IMPORTANT UPDATE: Following the government announcement yesterday we are pleased to be able to confirm that all students who meet the terms of their conditional offers from Northumbria University, issued via UCAS, will be accepted. (1/3)
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Rituals don’t handle change well. The pandemic does not care. #longreads
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Coming up second lecture of an already long semester (did it even end), no sleep til xmas.
"The number of people age 50 plus who are ‘economically inactive’ - neither having nor looking for work - has risen by over 250,000 since March risk," says in response to the figures released today around the UK labour market.
ageing-better.org.uk/news/covid-19-
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About 1.8 million adults are living in damp and/or cold housing and, of these, more than one in ten people are living with health conditions potentially caused or exacerbated by poor housing, causing them to be ‘at risk’ of COVID-19.
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I cant take credit for this. The original table comes from
Science and Engineering Ethics, Volume 9, Issue 4, 2003. However these stereotyped perceptions seems to be prevalent on twitter.
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Generational ageism in Science:
Old Vs Young Young Vs Old
- inexperienced - unproductive
- self-assertive - inflexible
- impatient - not creative
- inflated ego - authoritarian
- threat - career obstacle
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On #MandelaDay, fight for justice, inspire change, believe in what seems impossible and establish equality.
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If i could capture that look on student faces when I tell them that back in the day we had to manually develop photos, stick them to a piece of cardboard and annotate with Letraset to create a figure for a journal.
"Ageing happens to all of us – and ageism is an international issue," writes our Innovation and Change Officer John Kiernan.
Read the full blog below:
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I think you could have probably drawn those conclusions without the survey. Some positives but still a long way to go.
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Attitudes to trans rights are split by age, gender and politics…
Tended to be more pro trans rights: Women, 18-49 year olds, Labour, Lib Dem and Remain voters
Tended to be more anti trans rights: Men, 50+ year olds, Conservative and Leave voters
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Today, a DEC Coronavirus Appeal has launched. Our sister charity, , is a member of the DEC and we at Age UK want to share their work with you.
Many older people have little medical help, food, or water.
Will you help the DEC save lives now? bit.ly/2WjPEyZ
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Sweeping in scope yet intimately compelling, "Picture a Scientist" tells the stories of three female scholars, revealing the systemic and structural nature of gender discrimination and harassment in academic science. Read the film review in : fcld.ly/br0ed5a
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If true, this was entirely predictable.
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Lack of enthusiasm for UK universities within new research ‘road map’ confirms government wish to spend funding elsewhere, says @jameswilsdon
bit.ly/3dUA9Dt
Taking an intersectional feminist approach to current crises can help us build back better, stronger, resilient and equal societies. Here's how.
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So there is a benefit to watching zombie movies over the years!
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Horror movie fans are better at coping with the coronavirus pandemic bit.ly/2ZtDep8
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I think we all could have predicted that.
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Experts say ministers are blaming Public Health England over Covid-19 errors theguardian.com/world/2020/jul
Recent data showed a fifth of people in their 50s and 60s have seen their physical health deteriorate during the lockdown period, and over a third say their mental health has worsened.
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I'll be one of them!
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In our #StateOfAgeing report we found that the number of people aged 65 and over will increase by more than 40% within 20 years, and the number of households where the oldest person is 85 and over is increasing faster than any other age group.
ageing-better.org.uk/publications/s
The film Picture a Scientist chronicles, through the stories of three extraordinary female researchers, the gender and racial biases that drive so many people out of science. go.nature.com/2Zaaem9
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New clues emerge about relatively rare, but potentially severe, neurological symptoms.
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Even before COVID-19 I'd probably have chosen red 😉
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Great idea when conferences re-start.
I’m going with green 
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