Ewan Mackenzie
@ewanmackenzie.bsky.social
Lecturer/researcher in work and employment, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Also a musician. Sociology of work(ing), inequalities, creative/cultural work, public sectors and healthcare. Views my own.
Nice to see my research on ‘Hope Labour’ mentioned in this @theguardian.com editorial piece.
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The Guardian view on working-class representation in the arts: Manchester can lead the way | Editorial
Editorial: A pioneering inquiry in the north-west can help deliver fresh solutions to a national problem. Amid deepening social divisions, it takes on a vital task
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Nice to see my research on ‘Hope Labour’ mentioned in this @theguardian.com editorial piece.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
The government is standing by as foreign private equity firms buy up UK universities. This should be a major concern
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September 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
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It was a pleasure to play a small part in Me Lost Me’s amazing new album. Check out the new stellar track ‘Compromise’, out today via Upset The Rhythm. 💫
Today we’re sharing ‘Compromise!’, a stunning lead single concerned with the notion of ‘performing’ a life, rather than ‘living’ one.
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Me Lost Me - Compromise! [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
YouTube video by upsettherhythm
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March 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It was a pleasure to play a small part in Me Lost Me’s amazing new album. Check out the new stellar track ‘Compromise’, out today via Upset The Rhythm. 💫
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New research article on the Grangemouth oil refinery closure!
@riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽
@riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽
The Grangemouth oil refinery closure: lessons for ‘just transition’ governance
In November 2023, Petroineos announced the closure of Scotland’s only oil refinery at Grangemouth by 2025
Grangemouth is widely perceived as a ‘litmus test’ for the Scottish Government’s commitment t...
journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New research article on the Grangemouth oil refinery closure!
@riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽
@riyokoshibe.bsky.social and I have written for Journal of the British Academy on what the Grangemouth closure reveals about the failings of just transition planning in Scotland and the UK. Read in full🔽
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We've only gone and collaborated with @el-p.bsky.social from Run The Jewels on our new single! Didn't see that coming.
Get listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBu...
Get listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBu...
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs – Glib Tongued (Feat: El-P)
YouTube video by Rocket Recordings
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March 18, 2025 at 1:08 PM
We've only gone and collaborated with @el-p.bsky.social from Run The Jewels on our new single! Didn't see that coming.
Get listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBu...
Get listening www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrBu...
Shall be joining some amazing folks for this @newcastleucu.bsky.social ‘teach out’ on Wednesday 12th March at 1pm at the Newbridge Project. Join us!
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UCU Newcastle Teach Out: Art, Education, and Inequality - The NewBridge Project
Please join us for this UCU teach-out event hosted by The Newbridge Project. We will be discussing the conditions of working life in art, culture, and education.
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March 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Shall be joining some amazing folks for this @newcastleucu.bsky.social ‘teach out’ on Wednesday 12th March at 1pm at the Newbridge Project. Join us!
thenewbridgeproject.com/news/ucu-new...
thenewbridgeproject.com/news/ucu-new...
Now cancelled due to proposed @newcastleucu.bsky.social
strike action over the impact of huge cuts across Newcastle University.
Stay tuned for an alternative 'teach-out' event on cultural work/labour should the strike action go ahead. 💪
strike action over the impact of huge cuts across Newcastle University.
Stay tuned for an alternative 'teach-out' event on cultural work/labour should the strike action go ahead. 💪
Shall be talking about my research at this event on cultural work/labour (12/03/25, Newcastle Uni) in support of a visit from the esteemed Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social (University of Manchester) + Harry Weeks (Lecturer in Art History, Newcastle Uni) forms.office.com/e/b3KxUe9hvb...
Microsoft Forms
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February 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Now cancelled due to proposed @newcastleucu.bsky.social
strike action over the impact of huge cuts across Newcastle University.
Stay tuned for an alternative 'teach-out' event on cultural work/labour should the strike action go ahead. 💪
strike action over the impact of huge cuts across Newcastle University.
Stay tuned for an alternative 'teach-out' event on cultural work/labour should the strike action go ahead. 💪
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Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics.
The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.
The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.
February 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Around 400,000 people work in universities across the UK, and more then 200,000 of them are academics.
The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.
The closures and job losses we’re seeing in the sector just now are a major industrial crises affecting the key workplaces and economic drivers of hundreds of towns and cities.
Shall be talking about my research at this event on cultural work/labour (12/03/25, Newcastle Uni) in support of a visit from the esteemed Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social (University of Manchester) + Harry Weeks (Lecturer in Art History, Newcastle Uni) forms.office.com/e/b3KxUe9hvb...
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Shall be talking about my research at this event on cultural work/labour (12/03/25, Newcastle Uni) in support of a visit from the esteemed Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social (University of Manchester) + Harry Weeks (Lecturer in Art History, Newcastle Uni) forms.office.com/e/b3KxUe9hvb...
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Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis
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February 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP
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Hello! I’m a freelance researcher and transcriber, with a particular interest in social class, participatory research methods, using lived experience within policy making, and UK employment rights. I’m on the lookout for new work in 2025, and can be contacted at mewtranscription@gmail.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Hello! I’m a freelance researcher and transcriber, with a particular interest in social class, participatory research methods, using lived experience within policy making, and UK employment rights. I’m on the lookout for new work in 2025, and can be contacted at mewtranscription@gmail.com
Given that the abuse of power in TV/media workplaces is back in the news again today, here's a reminder of an article I wrote for @theconversation.com. This piece draws from my ongoing research on 'hope labour' and power relations in creative/cultural work. theconversation.com/you-have-to-...
‘You have to be everybody’s best friend’: how dreams and desires leave TV and film crew vulnerable to workplace exploitation
‘Hope labour’ leaves people working in creative industries open to exploitation as they try to develop their careers.
theconversation.com
January 30, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Given that the abuse of power in TV/media workplaces is back in the news again today, here's a reminder of an article I wrote for @theconversation.com. This piece draws from my ongoing research on 'hope labour' and power relations in creative/cultural work. theconversation.com/you-have-to-...
Barron Mill today.
January 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Barron Mill today.
Ag dul go dti An Tseantir
December 23, 2024 at 10:55 PM
Ag dul go dti An Tseantir
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Sobering reading from Amnesty International’s comprehensive research today. I hope the UK Government finally starts to take substantial action www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
‘You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza
We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.
www.amnesty.org.uk
December 5, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Sobering reading from Amnesty International’s comprehensive research today. I hope the UK Government finally starts to take substantial action www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep...
Very insightful read for anyone interested in, or researching, cultural/creative work. Thanks to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social and @markrt.bsky.social 🙏
Couple of highlights from the @suttontrust.bsky.social new report 'A Class Act: Social mobility and the creative industries' www.suttontrust.com/our-research...
I'll focus on Higher Education (which @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social & I worked on)
I'll focus on Higher Education (which @orianbrook.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social & I worked on)
November 28, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Very insightful read for anyone interested in, or researching, cultural/creative work. Thanks to @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @orianbrook.bsky.social and @markrt.bsky.social 🙏
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How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
November 24, 2024 at 10:18 AM
How much more evidence do we need, after 29 failures, that the climate COPs are not fit for purpose? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
There have been many proposals for a process that would actually work, but all are ignored.
The talks are MEANT to fail.
Recently did this in my Dextro incarnation, for those interested.
‘Live at Blank Studios’ is now available for your listening and visual kicks.
LINK IN BIO.
Be well x
LINK IN BIO.
Be well x
November 27, 2024 at 11:38 PM
Recently did this in my Dextro incarnation, for those interested.
www.dacs.org.uk/news-events/.... Not surprising, but gloomy all the same. We need to reframe/revalue the importance of art in our societies.
Artists’ Earnings Report by the University of Glasgow and DACS - DACS
A new report released today by the University of Glasgow commissioned by DACS, reveals the extent of falling earnings for visual artists in the UK.
www.dacs.org.uk
November 27, 2024 at 2:33 PM
www.dacs.org.uk/news-events/.... Not surprising, but gloomy all the same. We need to reframe/revalue the importance of art in our societies.