Explores ways to enhance young people's health & wellbeing through pedagogy & technologies; Prof @unibirmingham PI @SMART_SchStudy Director @Centre_ub
Birmingham, England
Joined September 2010
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📱 Digital life: connected or just overwhelmed?
Join our "Digital Wellbeing & Safety in Our Hyperconnected World" panel on Sept. 30 with:
🟡@carolyn_bunting of @IM_org
🟡@vgoodyear of @unibirmingham
🟡and @josieparmee of @VMO2News
#MirrorsOrMovers
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The recent success of the Netflix show Adolescence has drawn attention to misogynistic rhetoric and how it spreads online.
But what does the term 'alpha male' mean? Why is it harmful? And how is it being used to radicalise young boys?
theconversation.com/what-is-…
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Back on display in its rightful place ready
for tomorrow’s 37th anniversary 🔵🟡🏆
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On this day in 1988, the Crazy Gang of Wimbledon beat the Culture Club of Liverpool to win the FA Cup - one of our greatest triumphs. 🏆
#AFCW 🟡🔵
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The next PHIRST webinar will take place on Wednesday 14 May 2025, 2-3.30PM. The session will cover PHIRST evaluations involving children and young people.
Please click link below for the link to register.
phirst.nihr.ac.uk/seminar-ch…
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22nd May 1-2pm Behavioural Research in infancy and Early childhood tinyurl.com/2vff2b24
23rd May Statistics with R 9-3pm tinyurl.com/2w6n2nkb
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11th April: Coffee with fellows 11-12 tinyurl.com/4xbue5tz
25th April: Coffee with Fellows 11-12:30 tinyurl.com/2s3ukyrx
9th May: Coffee with Fellows 11-12 tinyurl.com/y3s2s4nu
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Thank you to everyone who joined us yesterday to celebrate the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten (@JetVvanZanten)!🎉
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Banning smartphone and social media access alone fails to equip children for healthy use of technology, argues a group of experts in The BMJ.
They say the focus should shift to a rights based approach, underpinned by age appropriate design and education
bmj.com/content/388/bmj-2024…
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Can you design a smartphone that helps teens access the technology safely?
Lars Silberbauer, Chief marketing officer at Human Mobile Devices, tells @amolrajan his company has developed a device in consultation with 33,000 parents and kids.
#R4Today
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🎉Join us next week for the Inaugural Lecture of Professor Jet Veldhuijzen van Zanten (@JetVvanZanten), 'The heart of the matter: Stress, physical activity, and wellbeing'.
📅Thurs 27 March, 4-6pm
📍Hybrid - Alan Walters Building, LT2
🔗Book your place: birmingham.ac.uk/university/…
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What does sustainability mean?
What are your feelings about sustainability?
What are the global economic and social challenges?
A great session going on now led by Prof Julia Myatt
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r…
Our webinar today - how do we educate for a sustainable future?
Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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Our webinar today - how do we educate for a sustainable future?
Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r…
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This week’s webinar is on sustainability - 'Educating for a sustainable future: navigating climate emotion and inspiring behaviour change' led by Prof. Julia Myatt - register here
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/r……
🗓️13th March
⌚️1-2pm
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"Physical activity needs to be positioned as part of the (mental health) solution. It won't fix everything but it has a role to play in prevention and management". - Hayley Jarvis, Head of Physical Activity, Mind
#ActiveUprising
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Centre-UB are on tour! We are very excited to be at #ActiveUprising with @_ukactive today at the Queen Elizabeth II conference centre. #BehaviouralResearch #CentreUBonTour
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Did you know we were the first UK university to offer an undergradaute degree in physical education in 1946?
For our #UoB125 anniversary year we're looking back at our history of sports science. Discover why first-class performance here is second nature
birmingham.ac.uk//news/2025/…
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#SaferInternetDay practices means “more than just locking phones📱away”- Thanks to 5th Yr Students @ASM_Limerick for chatting to me @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 with research from @mariamichail2 @unibirmingham LISTEN BACK #podcast HERE @Webwise_Ireland rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…
Vicky Goodyear retweeted
#SaferInternetDay practices means “more than just locking phones📱away”- Thanks to 5th Yr Students @ASM_Limerick for chatting to me @drivetimerte @RTERadio1 with research from @mariamichail2 @unibirmingham LISTEN BACK #podcast HERE @Webwise_Ireland rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22…