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Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
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Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Palantir was a warning sign.
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
Keir Starmer choosing to hand our data and security to US tech companies is an outrageous failure of judgment.
All in the name of "investment." What about national security?
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Entire political class cohering around the project of telling two generations simply to lower their expectations. Definitely going to end well.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
UK university degree no longer ‘passport to social mobility’, says King’s vice-chancellor
Prof Shitij Kapur says there are too many graduates and degree is now just a ‘visa’ to enter professional world
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Entire political class cohering around the project of telling two generations simply to lower their expectations. Definitely going to end well.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
A brilliantly written piece, showing once again how privatisation and outsourcing fails people.
On the list of “must read articles you might have missed in 2025”, this on one man dealing with NHS wheelchair services is up there (and is much more fascinating and maddening than it might sound). www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
‘I wish I could say I kept my cool’: my maddening experience with the NHS wheelchair service
The long read: After I was paralysed in a climbing accident, I discovered how inconsiderate, illogical and incompetent many wheelchair providers can be
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A brilliantly written piece, showing once again how privatisation and outsourcing fails people.
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This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-year poem.
December 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
This year was also the year in which I failed to write a new end-of-year poem.
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’Tis the season for presents and goodwill. In Westminster, especially over the Christmas period, the giving of gifts, freebies and swanky receptions for MPs, their advisors and colleagues go into overdrive.
Read my article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gif...
Read my article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gif...
Gifts, temptation and the colossal corrosion of politics
At Westminster, gifts and freebies aren’t simple goodwill, but rather part of the slow pull of money that turns heads, normalises privilege and corrodes public service
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
’Tis the season for presents and goodwill. In Westminster, especially over the Christmas period, the giving of gifts, freebies and swanky receptions for MPs, their advisors and colleagues go into overdrive.
Read my article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gif...
Read my article for @eastangliabylines.co.uk eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/gif...
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🚨IT'S A WIN: 7% pay award at Runshaw College‼️
Well done to every member who voted to strike & forced management to make a decent offer✊
Time for other colleges to follow suit & pay up. If they refuse, strikes are set for the New Year❗️
#NewDealForFE
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...
Well done to every member who voted to strike & forced management to make a decent offer✊
Time for other colleges to follow suit & pay up. If they refuse, strikes are set for the New Year❗️
#NewDealForFE
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...
Strikes off at Runshaw College as staff win 7% pay award
Staff at Runshaw College in Leyland have overwhelmingly voted to accept a pay offer of 7% and pull out of the England wide college strike action.
www.ucu.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🚨IT'S A WIN: 7% pay award at Runshaw College‼️
Well done to every member who voted to strike & forced management to make a decent offer✊
Time for other colleges to follow suit & pay up. If they refuse, strikes are set for the New Year❗️
#NewDealForFE
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...
Well done to every member who voted to strike & forced management to make a decent offer✊
Time for other colleges to follow suit & pay up. If they refuse, strikes are set for the New Year❗️
#NewDealForFE
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1428...
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JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
JOIN US: The Sociological Review journal is recruiting 15 new Editorial Board members who will take up post in February 2026.
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
Our aim is to recruit a cohort of globally minded scholars reflective of the richness and diversity of the sociological community.
➡️ Deadline 5 December buff.ly/wQQwoHU
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🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨Our statement on #Budget2026
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Yet more Government actions that place the burden on Disabled people instead of taking responsibility for an unequal and inaccessible society that the Government has the power to change.
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Cheering the two child limit ending isn’t patting Starmer’s Labour on the back or ignoring his record. It’s acknowledging 8 years of hard campaigning and ridding the country of a cruel, toxic policy. Half a million children won’t be hungry anymore. Celebrate today. Tomorrow, pick the next fight.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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32 colleges hit the turnout threshold. 90% backed strike action.
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
UCU ballot results: 32 colleges vote to strike over pay and workload
Pay deals were agreed at a further 17 colleges during the ballot window
feweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
32 colleges hit the turnout threshold. 90% backed strike action.
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
Our ballots have already won pay deals at 17 colleges now others must follow.
College teachers are still paid £9,000 less than school teachers. This isn’t sustainable. Pay parity now.
feweek.co.uk/ucu-ballot-r...
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🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
Health and care funding crisis will create pressure to choose assisted suicide, MPs and peers are told
Many terminally-ill people would feel “duress” and “pressure” to choose an assisted suicide if it is legalised, because of the lack of funding for the NHS, palliative care and social care services,…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🚨Liz Carr's evidence against the Assisted Dying Bill
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
"Once [Assisted Suicide] becomes a medical treatment, then that’s when it terrifies me, because it happens behind closed doors and is based on medical subjectivity"
More from @johnpring.bsky.social 👇
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/health-and-c...
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This Black Friday - Every Course Must Go!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Black Friday - Every Course Must Go!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
✅ 100% reduction of some subjects!
✅ Modules slashed!
Study them before it’s too late!
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Since 2023, 38 students have graduated from Bantshire University in error. We are conducting a full investigation into how this happened.
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Since 2023, 38 students have graduated from Bantshire University in error. We are conducting a full investigation into how this happened.
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Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
Victorious Zohran's Message For Trump
Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Progressive Zohran Mamdani had a simple, defiant message for President Donald Trump after he won the New York City mayoral election.
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JUST UNDER 4️⃣ hours to go and we are LIVE!
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
October 30, 2025 at 2:30 PM
JUST UNDER 4️⃣ hours to go and we are LIVE!
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
Tune in on X or YouTube as we go live!
www.youtube.com/live/NynAXdu...
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
October 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
October 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#wearetheuniversity #ucu
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
Just voted. Let's get the vote out for better funding and working conditions in higher education
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Reform's racism is dividing our communities.
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Reform's racism is dividing our communities.
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The Green Party stand against the politics of hate and fear.
It's time to bring a politics of hope, compassion and unity.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
centralbylines.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai
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June 23, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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June 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
June 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!
Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊
Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!