Dr Alison Tarrant
@alisontarrant.bsky.social
Researching independent living, disability rights, social care, regulation and more. Lecturer in Law at Cardiff University.
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Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵
September 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵
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@journallawsociety.bsky.social Special Research Issue on "Relational rights and legal consciousness research" with lots of fab important contributions from outstanding scholars (no housing stuff).
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Special Supplement S1: Relational rights and legal consciousness research: theoretical and methodological innovations: Journal of Law and Society: Vol 51, No S1
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January 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@journallawsociety.bsky.social Special Research Issue on "Relational rights and legal consciousness research" with lots of fab important contributions from outstanding scholars (no housing stuff).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
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This new special issue on relational rights and legal consciousness in @journallawsociety.bsky.social looks fantastic. Looking forward to taking a closer read in the new year.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
Special Supplement S1: Relational rights and legal consciousness research: theoretical and methodological innovations: Journal of Law and Society: Vol 51, No S1
Click on the title to browse this issue
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:33 AM
This new special issue on relational rights and legal consciousness in @journallawsociety.bsky.social looks fantastic. Looking forward to taking a closer read in the new year.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14676478...
Book your tickets everyone - this book is great!
I'm looking forward to speaking about my book, Racial Justice and the Limits of Law:
Thursday 23rd January, 12.00-13.30
Online, register at www.eventbrite.com/e/racial-jus...
Thursday 23rd January, 12.00-13.30
Online, register at www.eventbrite.com/e/racial-jus...
January 14, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Book your tickets everyone - this book is great!
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BLWYDDYN NEWYDD, CYFLE NEWYDD? DEWCH I WEITHIO HEFO NI!
NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITY? COME WORK WITH US!
NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITY? COME WORK WITH US!
NEW: @walesgovernance.bsky.social researcher vacancy in the Wales Fiscal Analysis team, working with me and Guto Ifan 💴 🧮 🏴
Full details here >>
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Full details here >>
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Research Assistant - Cardiff University - Job Details
Job Details: Research Assistant Wales Governance Centre, Cardiff School of Law and Politics The Wales Governance
krb-sjobs.brassring.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BLWYDDYN NEWYDD, CYFLE NEWYDD? DEWCH I WEITHIO HEFO NI!
NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITY? COME WORK WITH US!
NEW YEAR, NEW OPPORTUNITY? COME WORK WITH US!
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Currently looking for contributors for the following upcoming zines : Deaf History, Disability in Ancient Greece, Disabled Leaders, Disabiltiy and Horror movies, Disability and Star Trek part 2, Radical Disability Readers Digest, Sexism and Ableism Intersection. Usually only 120 words per entry!
January 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Currently looking for contributors for the following upcoming zines : Deaf History, Disability in Ancient Greece, Disabled Leaders, Disabiltiy and Horror movies, Disability and Star Trek part 2, Radical Disability Readers Digest, Sexism and Ableism Intersection. Usually only 120 words per entry!
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Free support for Disabled people across the UK under threat as advice centres face surging demand and funding shortages, finds @adviceuk.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3ZIiSJ0 @disrightsuk.bsky.social #Disability 🧵 1/2
https://buff.ly/3ZIiSJ0 @disrightsuk.bsky.social #Disability 🧵 1/2
AdviceUK Survey Reveals Crisis in UK Deaf and Disabled People’s Advice Organisations | Disability Rights UK
“Deaf and Disabled people’s organisations (DDPOs) offer a lifeline, providing essential advice, support and advocacy to enable people to live independent and fulfilling lives. Yet our research shows…
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December 10, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Free support for Disabled people across the UK under threat as advice centres face surging demand and funding shortages, finds @adviceuk.bsky.social
https://buff.ly/3ZIiSJ0 @disrightsuk.bsky.social #Disability 🧵 1/2
https://buff.ly/3ZIiSJ0 @disrightsuk.bsky.social #Disability 🧵 1/2
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A huge shift from Guto in his overnight analysis of yesterday's Welsh draft budget 👏🧮📊
🚨 NEWYDD: Dadansoddiad cyntaf o Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 gan Guto Ifan o Ddadansoddi Cyllid Cymru 🧮
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
🚨 NEWLY PUBLISHED: Guto Ifan of Wales Fiscal Analysis makes sense of the detail in the Welsh Government's 2025-26 Draft Budget 🧮 blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Making sense of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget for 2025-26
Following Rachel Reeves’ decisions on taxation, spending and borrowing, this was always going to be a “big” budget. The Welsh Government had significantly more funding to allocate than was expected…
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 11, 2024 at 1:04 PM
A huge shift from Guto in his overnight analysis of yesterday's Welsh draft budget 👏🧮📊
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⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
Storyville Books Bookshop UK
Nestled in the rolling hills of the South Wales valleys, we are the only independent bookshop in Pontypridd, selling new books and more.
uk.bookshop.org
November 24, 2024 at 6:41 PM
⚠️ Pontypridd has been hit by devastating floods and our wonderful independent bookshop, Storyville Books, has seen much of its stock destroyed.
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
If you’re able to buy a book from them, this would go such a long way to help support them rebuild in the aftermath.
👉 uk.bookshop.org/shop/Storyvi...
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Dehumanising image ✔️
Describes social care as an industry/system ✔️
Mentions day-to-day tasks like washing & dressing ✔️
Refers to people as vulnerable & elderly adults, patients & the most vulnerable adults ✔️
Focuses on the cost of care ✔️
Social care needs a new story…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Describes social care as an industry/system ✔️
Mentions day-to-day tasks like washing & dressing ✔️
Refers to people as vulnerable & elderly adults, patients & the most vulnerable adults ✔️
Focuses on the cost of care ✔️
Social care needs a new story…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Social care 'impasse' at top of government - so what next, asks Laura Kuenssberg
Multiple sources say the Treasury is deeply nervous about the cost of fixing social care, and that the PM is yet to decide how to proceed.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Dehumanising image ✔️
Describes social care as an industry/system ✔️
Mentions day-to-day tasks like washing & dressing ✔️
Refers to people as vulnerable & elderly adults, patients & the most vulnerable adults ✔️
Focuses on the cost of care ✔️
Social care needs a new story…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Describes social care as an industry/system ✔️
Mentions day-to-day tasks like washing & dressing ✔️
Refers to people as vulnerable & elderly adults, patients & the most vulnerable adults ✔️
Focuses on the cost of care ✔️
Social care needs a new story…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A fascinating piece from @profdavidturner.bsky.social @historywo.bsky.social
Long before the modern disabled people’s movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity.
@profdavidturner.bsky.social investigates the development of disabled people’s activism in Victorian Britain.
@profdavidturner.bsky.social investigates the development of disabled people’s activism in Victorian Britain.
Disabled People’s Activism in Victorian Britain
Long before the modern disabled people's movement, people with impairments were claiming disability as a social and political identity.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
November 20, 2024 at 4:19 PM
A fascinating piece from @profdavidturner.bsky.social @historywo.bsky.social
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☺️The deadline for abstracts for the #SLSA2025 annual conference @liverpooluni.bsky.social is 18 December - don't miss out. Lots of lovely streams and current topics and people to discuss your socio-legal research with. Early bird registration, also open. See:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
Call for papers - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 19, 2024 at 3:16 PM
☺️The deadline for abstracts for the #SLSA2025 annual conference @liverpooluni.bsky.social is 18 December - don't miss out. Lots of lovely streams and current topics and people to discuss your socio-legal research with. Early bird registration, also open. See:
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-202...
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Welsh Labour’s run of electoral success is globally unparalleled. There are signs of shifting tectonic plates underpinning Welsh politics. Labour & Tories look like the losers. Neither Welsh nor UK Labour are seized of the scale of these challenges. Follow brilliant work by @jaclarner.bsky.social 👇
🏴UK ELECTION 2024 BRIEFING VIDEO 📼
The video of the Wales Election Study briefing on the 2024 UK General Election is now available on the @cardiffuni.bsky.social YouTube Channel!
@jaclarner.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social present new data and analysis from Wales 👇🏴
youtu.be/7CMXfpiWfso
The video of the Wales Election Study briefing on the 2024 UK General Election is now available on the @cardiffuni.bsky.social YouTube Channel!
@jaclarner.bsky.social and @richardwynjones.bsky.social present new data and analysis from Wales 👇🏴
youtu.be/7CMXfpiWfso
The 2024 UK General Election and Wales - Etholiad Cyffredinol y DU 2024 a Chymru
YouTube video by Cardiff University
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Welsh Labour’s run of electoral success is globally unparalleled. There are signs of shifting tectonic plates underpinning Welsh politics. Labour & Tories look like the losers. Neither Welsh nor UK Labour are seized of the scale of these challenges. Follow brilliant work by @jaclarner.bsky.social 👇
Another one I can't wait to read - pity we have to wait until April! @francesryan.bsky.social
I’m so excited to say Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life is now available to pre-order.
Part memoir, part guide, it features 50+ of Britain’s best known disabled women, from Jameela Jamil, Ruth Madeley, Katie Piper to Rosie Jones.
Order all formats here: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal
Part memoir, part guide, it features 50+ of Britain’s best known disabled women, from Jameela Jamil, Ruth Madeley, Katie Piper to Rosie Jones.
Order all formats here: linktr.ee/WhoWantsNormal
November 20, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Another one I can't wait to read - pity we have to wait until April! @francesryan.bsky.social
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One week to go! Join BBC Wales's Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political evolution of @plaidcymru.bsky.social 👇
🎙️EVENT!📷📖
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Join Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political thought of @plaidcymru.bsky.social, as explored in Richard's recent book 'Putting Wales First'. #Wales
27th of November in the Glamorgan Building, Cardiff, 17.30 onwards:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/putting-wa...
Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
Join journalist Vaughan Roderick and Professor Richard Wyn Jones as they discuss 'Putting Wales First - The Political Thought of Plaid Cymru
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 11:51 AM
One week to go! Join BBC Wales's Vaughan Roderick and @richardwynjones.bsky.social to discuss the political evolution of @plaidcymru.bsky.social 👇
Really looking forward to reading this from the excellent @nyedavies.bsky.social
OUT NOW! 📚
Another addition to the Bevan bookshelf, my new book 'The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan' is available now!
Another addition to the Bevan bookshelf, my new book 'The Political Thought of Aneurin Bevan' is available now!
November 20, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Really looking forward to reading this from the excellent @nyedavies.bsky.social
Pleased to use my first post here to say that we're running the Disability, Law and Social Justice stream again at the @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 conference. We'd love to hear about all your DLSJ-related research! Deadline for abstracts is 18 December www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/ #slsa2025
SLSA 2025 - Liverpool Law School - University of Liverpool
www.liverpool.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Pleased to use my first post here to say that we're running the Disability, Law and Social Justice stream again at the @slsauk.bsky.social 2025 conference. We'd love to hear about all your DLSJ-related research! Deadline for abstracts is 18 December www.liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/ #slsa2025