Victoria Tischler
psychologist/academic/creative
surrey.ac.uk/people/victoria-tis…
Personal views only: art, mental health, and ageing
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- Well done Saffron Whyton. A really useful article on dietary fibre plantbasedhealthprofessionals.com/fibre-the-ov... @surreypsychology.bsky.social @plantbasednews.bsky.social
- Early start for a packed day in Nottingham: an activity session in a care home and then to Boots headquarters. Exciting project to be launched this Dementia Action Week next month!!
- The Northern Powerhouse strikes again! Commendable forward-thinking from the authorities and community groups in Manchester. Lets hope more follow - to support successful ageing across the UK. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Fab to participate in this creative industries and well-being event. Thank you to the Nigerian British Chamber of Commerce for the invite.
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- A really powerful event, one that statutory mental health services should take note of.
- Full house. Patrick Vallance at World Dementia Council Congress
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- With Sara Trevelyan at By the Well. A restorative and inspiring pop-up therapeutic community in the magical Coed Hills. Thank you Compassionate Mental Health for inviting me to be part of such a special event
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- En route to By the Well in the beautiful Welsh countryside. I’ll be sharing work on creativity and mental health, inspired by the life and legacy of Mary Barnes compassionatementalhealth.co.uk/events/by-th...
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- I’ve had push back from some care home managers about bringing children in. I witness joy and reciprocy! Well done Alive and Lullaby Circle www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Brilliant to present alongside colleagues from Boots UK at the Care England conference today. I enjoyed talking about our work on olfaction, object handling and providing effective multi-sensory stimulation for people with dementia. Looking forward to future Memory Box research.
- Spring, East London.
- Pleased to have played a small part in this new text. It will ensure that more older people with dementia benefit from access to the arts and humanities. Thank you to my co-authors Charley Baker & Brian Brown. Congratulations to the editors Trini Stickle & Lorna E. Segall
- Reposted by Victoria TischlerWe are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org
- Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
- Love this! #olfaction www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
- Good Morning! 🐾
- Kudos to Andy Holden, The Grubby Mitts, Jarvis Cocker & Alexis Taylor for a brilliant fundraiser @ Bedford Esquires Supporting 3 important charities: SOBS, CHUMS & @samaritans.bsky.social #suicide #bereavement #mentalhealth
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- Please support our research on perceptions of ageing, whether you are caring for someone with dementia, or you are not a carer. We'd love to hear your views. @surreypsychology.bsky.social Image c/o @ageingbetter.bsky.social Survey for carers: surreyfahs.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
- Lovely to re-engage with this short film, featuring a collaboration between Boots UK and my research team focussing on olfactory stimulation for those with dementia. I'm delighted that we're picking this up again after a post-pandemic hiatus. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShID...
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- Delighted to be joining By the Well, 12-20th March. I'll be discussing the life & legacy of Mary Barnes- artist, writer & mental health activist. It promises to be an inspiring & nurturing few days in the beautiful Welsh countryside. Come join us! compassionatementalhealth.co.uk/events/by-th...
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- Sun setting at Good Shepherd Studios
- BSG abstract submission deadline extended to 31st Jan (24th Jan for symposium proposals). See here for details: www.britishgerontology.org/events-and-c...
- Post Doc opportunity on Wellcome Trust funded Antitheses project www.cultureand.org/news/post-do...
- Spread the word: stop buying menopause supplements. The benefits are unproven and they’re a waste of money. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- My heart goes out to all those impacted by the LA fires. The footage is triggering as it brings back traumatic memories of my family and I being evacuated from fires in NSW, Australia in 2019/20. 🙏🏻
- BREAKING: The Pacific Palisades fire is now the most destructive in Los Angeles city history, with an estimated 1,000 structures destroyed. Follow AP's live coverage. apnews.com/live/live-up...
- I’m happy to be volunteering for Crisis at Christmas. Please support if you can www.crisis.org.uk/crisis-at-ch...
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- Wonderful to celebrate the life of Florence Boot (1863-1952), retailer, philanthropist, & campaigner for women‘s rights. This portrait of Boot is now on long loan at the National Portrait Gallery, London. Congratulations to Sophie Clapp & the Boots UK archive team.
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- Another gloomy, doom-prophet piece from Times Higher, suggesting that jobs and courses across the sector face “all-round slaughter”~ appalling language, awful imagery and needs a mental health trigger warning adding. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
- Thanks everyone for joining, following and building a sense of community. Here‘s London at sundown last weekend, a view from Hungerford Bridge #Academicsky #Bluesky
- Reposted by Victoria TischlerWe strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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- Support this @msf.bsky.social www.artistfundraiser.com
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- Come and join us in Surrey for next year's British Society for Gerontology conference. Call for abstracts is now live. Deadline Friday 24th January 2025 #gerontology #BSG54 #care #culture #connection #change See www.britishgerontology.org/events-and-c...
- This image Schizophrenology is by my friend Nick Blinko. Blinko is a musician & untrained artist. He came to prominence as singer/ guitar in anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni. His hyper-detailed artwork is known for its subversive, witty & dark content. The work was shown in PunkStone, 2024.
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- FAO: news outlets- please consider the mental health impact of these announcements. University staff are living on precarious contracts, enduring rounds of redundancies and restructures #UKHigherEducation www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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