Richard Brunner

One of our 2023-24 #IMPACTDemonstrators was focused on improving the wellbeing of Personal Assistants to disabled people in Scotland Led by Rhiann McLean and Richard Brunner, the project worked with the PA Programme Board (@SDSScot) Today we are sharing the findings and recommendations

@Nicholastwatson @neilmcrowther Happy to talk about this. The report induces a new definition of unmet need, tying it to independent living outcomes. Not using twitter much now, so richard.brunner@glasgow.ac.uk.

@neilmcrowther I agree, it is a very complicated concept, @RichardBrunner8 and Nafsika Zarkou have produced an excellent paper on unmet need: eprints.gla.ac.uk/297288/1/29728…

'Unmet need' for social care is a really flimsy & elastic concept isn't it, especially when one looks at the huge number of people who say they offer 'unpaid care' & consider council's obligations under s2 Care Act 2014 (prevention).

Just a #transawarenessweek reminder to all my cis followers

"Glasgow's public transport makes European experts 'weep with pity', claims @AndrewCities" Read @LadyCatHT's report from our @CentreforCities report launch at the @ScotParil last week 👇 Bus franchising would make the whole system #MilesBetter 🚍🚇🚉 heraldscotland.com/news/23922934.…

Thanks for joining us this #NumberConfidenceWeek! 🧮 GDA's got plenty of free, accessible numeracy-related activities coming up, thanks to our grant from the #Multiply programme. To register, contact learning@gdaonline.co.uk or call 0141 556 7103.

Basic human rights were fought for, not gifted. We must stand together to preserve them.

I try to be good humoured about British politics but this is everything that’s rotten in the system: the architect of austerity saving money for the Queen’s hobby - and then having a jolly good joke about it on a podcast with the guy whose job it was to oppose him.

📢 Two-year post-doc opportunity! Come work with me at Cardiff Uni on a UK-Switzerland comparative study led by @EricCrettaz on the relationship between low-quality work, poverty and well-being through time. Please re-post jobs.ac.uk/job/DDO678/res…

The nazi National Front (whose leaders have denied the Holocaust and believe the U.K. should not have fought Hitler in WW2) march passed the Cenotaph without a peep of condemnation from our political leaders….

Cleaners are essential! @RMTunion members at Fenchurch Street today. Cleaners working for Bidvest Noonan on the @c2c_Rail contract are taking strike action today for pay justice. Low Pay, No Way. #JusticeForCleaners

Just signed this open letter aimed at raising awareness, better understanding, and tackling the pervasive issue of sexual harassment within UK political parties. Send it to your local MP and ask them to add their name to this important campaign

A reminder that between 1& 4.30pm on Fridays we ask that you wear a mask & observe social distancing whilst visiting us (unless exempt). This is to ensure that immunocompromised people feel safe & welcome @womenslibrary. If you don't have a mask on arrival we will offer you one.

Stage 10: Denial “Denial is the final stage that lasts throughout and always follows genocide. … They overlook deliberate imposition of conditions that destroy part of a group. They claim that only courts can determine whether there has been genocide” genocidewatch.com/tenstages

@Annabochor @amandasays @UofGSociology @UofGSPS @GCentreDisRes Absolutely fabulous Amanda, and a particularly wonderful picture. Xxx

Huge congratulations to Dr @amandasays for successfully defending her viva today! 🌟 We're beyond proud of her success. Cannot wait to see the profound impact of your research! Mindy, you're a true inspiration! 🎉 🎓 @UofGSociology @UofGSPS @GCentreDisRes #PhDone #viva

Preliminary analysis by FA, @alhaq_org & @earshot_ngo into the #AlAhli hospital blast in Gaza casts significant doubt on IOF claims that the source of the deadly explosion was a Palestinian-fired rocket travelling west to east.

And that's a wrap on another Glasgow Hate Crime Awareness Week! A hate crime is any crime motivated by prejudice. It can affect any of us, and you don’t have to tolerate it. Visit hatecrimeglasgow.org for more information, or contact GDA for support to report. #GlasgowHCAW

Anna Botting gives an outstanding and brave example of how genuine journalism can expose truth from questions. The accuracy of the questions expose the truth to the lies of the answers.

“If you are encouraging a party to undertake a war crime, you become complicit in that crime itself.” This morning, on BBC News, ICJP co-Director @CrispinBlunt spelled out in no uncertain terms the legal implications for UK politicians supporting Israel’s war crimes.

As the biggest post-16 education union in the world, we stand in utmost solidarity with our dear Birzeit colleagues – whose call we will answer. The British government must demand a ceasefire, an end to the siege & intervene as strongly as possible to protect the people of Gaza.

In touch with so many friends in Lebanon, Israel, Palestine. A grim and terrifying moment for so many civilians, who did not choose this horror. Somehow, amid the anger and fear, they are telling me there has to be space to recognise the humans on the other side of the fence. 1/7