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Duncan U Fisher
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Glaswegian based in Newcastle/Sheffield, UK. University researcher of paid care work at @centreforcare.bsky.social Other interests include all things books, music and gigs, art, football, walking
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Duncan U Fisher @duncfsh.bsky.social · Jul 31
I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social
Polly Morland’s A Fortunate Woman and care continuity in adult social care
Duncan U. Fisher, discusses how Polly Morland’s’ A Fortunate Woman’ highlights the vital role of care continuity in healthcare and calls attention to its neglect in undervalued adult so…
futuresofwork.co.uk
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socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
📣Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop.

This one-day workshop in Glasgow explores how welfare institutions, labour markets, and systems of care can be re-imagined to ensure equity and wellbeing within ecological limits.

📅Deadline: 12 December 2025

▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/call-...
Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop - Social Policy Association
Call for Papers: Sustainable Welfare Workshop 12th March 2026 The University of Glasgow  We are living in a time of polycrisis, where related and interdependent [...]
social-policy.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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citizensuk.org
43% of adult social care workers in England earn below the real #LivingWage.

This week, we, alongside @livingwageuk.bsky.social, published an open letter, urging the Gov't to pay all social workers at least the real #LivingWage.

Read the coverage 👇
chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
October 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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albalanau.bsky.social
Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public #Policy in back! Join us in Barcelona in april. Open to PhD students and early postdocs. Please submit your abstract by
completing this questionnaire #REPS docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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carefull.bsky.social
Whether you’re up for the school run, taking Mum to a doctors appointment or helping a neighbour with their shopping, we all want to care and be cared for.

But in the economy we have millions who care are struggling to survive, left to worry about how to care for someone and look after themselves..
October 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
duncfsh.bsky.social
Enjoyable day in Manchester capped by seeing Welch and Rawlings at the Apollo - magical show
October 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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thetnholler.bsky.social
CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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resolutionfoundation.org
And please major new RF research that set the context for today's discussion.

False starts: What the UK’s growing NEETs problem really looks like, and how to fix it. By @louisemurphy.bsky.social & Julia Diniz.

www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
False starts • Resolution Foundation
Nearly one million young people are now NEET (not in education, employment or training). Tackling this crisis requires stronger enforcement of participation requirements for 16-17-year-olds and an exp...
www.resolutionfoundation.org
October 21, 2025 at 9:49 AM
duncfsh.bsky.social
Scotland's capital in the mist this morning
October 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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sociologyaustralia.bsky.social
New #book by TASA member Benjamin Hanckel et al.

Researching with Young People: An Introduction to Youth-Centred Research Methods

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/researchi...
www.bloomsbury.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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thesociologicalreview.org
Chapter and verse: our Books Editor @emmacraddock.bsky.social‬ is seeking contributions to our regular Bedside Books column.

If you've recently read a good book, why not share a brief comment on what makes it noteworthy?

Send your 100-word review via our quick online form: buff.ly/Fr28pvl
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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brisunipress.bsky.social
"This thoroughly researched book is essential reading for all those concerned with understanding who needs care and - most importantly - who provides this care." Marian Baird, The University of Sydney

Publishing #OpenAcess: buff.ly/CHg8WN4
October 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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workrights.bsky.social
🚨We're hiring a Policy Manager

Do you have substantial public affairs experience, a deep understanding of how immigration and employment laws can perpetuate exploitation, and a genuine passion for social justice?

Yes? ➡️ Apply now!
No? ➡️Send to a friend 😉

www.workrightscentre.org/publications...
We’re recruiting a Policy Manager | Work Rights Centre
www.workrightscentre.org
October 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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centreforcare.bsky.social
Centre for Care Director, Kate Hamblin, has contributed to a new House of Commons Library briefing entitled 'The implications of population ageing for social policy'.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...

@houseofcommons.parliament.uk @commonshealth.bsky.social @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
The implications of population ageing for social policy
The UK population is ageing, with some ageing better than others. This has implications for health and social care, housing, pensions and education policies.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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sineadgleeson.bsky.social
A great shop that’s so supportivr of writers, and run by the best people. They’re open today if you’re passing, or you can buy a book via their website. @booksupstairs.bsky.social www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/20...
‘Really shocking’: Independent Dublin bookstore damaged in arson attack
Books Upstairs manager hopes to partially open the D’Olier Street store later on Monday
www.irishtimes.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
As the government puts a figure on how much it will provide for the first Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for social care in England, Lucinda Allen looks at what we know about how FPAs will work and whether investment matches scale of Labour’s ambitions of fair pay in the sector ⬇️

https://bit.ly/4mFa5jb
'Introducing sector bargaining has the potential to be transformative. But without robust enforcement and sufficient funding, the first Fair Pay Agreement risks being remembered less as a turning point and more as another missed opportunity.' Lucinda Allen, Policy Fellow at the Health Foundation
October 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
duncfsh.bsky.social
Beta Band at the Barras the night wiz really gid
September 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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brisunipress.bsky.social
🔶Futures of Work is now on LinkedIn!

The Futures of Work blog offers critical perspectives on the changing world of work, from technology and labour to culture and policy.

👉 Follow us here to join the conversation: buff.ly/m9labBI
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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khaddow93.bsky.social
Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
‘Free Food Places’: Looking Beyond the Food Bank to Better Understand Alternative Models of Food Aid - Kate Haddow, 2025
In the last decade, there has been a vast increase in research into the rise of food aid, particularly food banks, in wealthier countries. However, what has bee...
journals.sagepub.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ruthhannan.bsky.social
Few thoughts from me on the newly launched report from @centreforcare.bsky.social
carefull.bsky.social Care Full @carefull.bsky.social · Sep 18
I (Ruth) have just attended the launch of @centreforcare.bsky.social launch of their research into adult social care worker organising. A really interesting area, especially as Care Full is exploring solidarity in and across care. Thoughts. 🧵
The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...
Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works | the Centre for Care
This briefing proposes recommendations for successfully engaging care workers in organising.
centreforcare.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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carefull.bsky.social
I (Ruth) have just attended the launch of @centreforcare.bsky.social launch of their research into adult social care worker organising. A really interesting area, especially as Care Full is exploring solidarity in and across care. Thoughts. 🧵
The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...
Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works | the Centre for Care
This briefing proposes recommendations for successfully engaging care workers in organising.
centreforcare.ac.uk
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
duncfsh.bsky.social
Met some traffic on Hadrian's Wall path
September 10, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
Research briefing launch event: "Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works".

12pm to 1pm, 18th September 2025

via Zoom

w/ Duncan Fisher( @duncfsh.bsky.social) and Liam Foster, Uni of Sheffield.

Info ▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/resea...
Research briefing launch event [online]: Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works - Social Policy Association
This online event will introduce a new research briefing and generate discussion of organising and union activity among paid adult social care (ASC) workers and [...]
social-policy.org.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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workrights.bsky.social
On Monday, MPs will debate whether the qualifying period for settlement should be doubled from 5 years to 10.

This would double the time sponsored migrant workers must spend in precarity.

If you oppose these proposals, write to your MP to tell them.

www.workrightscentre.org/write-to-you...
Write to your MP | Work Rights Centre
Write to your MP to tell them what it's like to be a migrant or low-paid worker in the UK today
www.workrightscentre.org
September 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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socialpolicyuk.bsky.social
Social Policy and Society (SPS) are looking for a new Co-Editor!

Deadline for applications: 20th October.

Read all information here: social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...
Call for new Co-Editor – Social Policy and Society - Social Policy Association
Message for the attention of SPA members  — One of the current co-editors of the journal Social Policy and Society (Dr Ruby Chau) will complete [...]
social-policy.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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uofgsocsci.bsky.social
🚲 The GALLANT project is looking for adults (18+) in Glasgow to join the Cycle Nation Trial - a free programme to support people cycling again!

Register your interest ➡️ tinyurl.com/2svs6yf5
Poster for the Gallant from the Cycle Nation Communities trial. The poster has a QR code leading to the survey
June 29, 2025 at 9:30 AM