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Rising costs + stagnant funding are putting freelancers + the future of the artform at risk.
The current model isn’t working. It’s time for bold funding reform.
📖 Read more via @TheStage: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/arts...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #UKTheatre #ArtsFunding #CulturalInvestment
The current model isn’t working. It’s time for bold funding reform.
📖 Read more via @TheStage: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/arts...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #UKTheatre #ArtsFunding #CulturalInvestment
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Rising costs + stagnant funding are putting freelancers + the future of the artform at risk.
The current model isn’t working. It’s time for bold funding reform.
📖 Read more via @TheStage: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/arts...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #UKTheatre #ArtsFunding #CulturalInvestment
The current model isn’t working. It’s time for bold funding reform.
📖 Read more via @TheStage: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/arts...
#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #UKTheatre #ArtsFunding #CulturalInvestment
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Bolton MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social calls for independent investigation into financial arrangements of University of Greater Manchester after being “inundated” with allegations of “concerning practices” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bolton-... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social
Bolton MP says ‘red flags’ at university should be investigated
Phil Brickell writes to education secretary to highlight ‘concerning practices’ at newly rebranded University of Greater Manchester
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Bolton MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social calls for independent investigation into financial arrangements of University of Greater Manchester after being “inundated” with allegations of “concerning practices” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bolton-... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social
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#CWOSSeminar
Wed 5 Mar 2025
12-1pm Zoom
"Reconciling Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) and Ethnography: key principles & application"
Dr Rey Shakirzhanov
Swansea University
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
#DiscourseAnalysis
#Foucault
#CommunityArts
Wed 5 Mar 2025
12-1pm Zoom
"Reconciling Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) and Ethnography: key principles & application"
Dr Rey Shakirzhanov
Swansea University
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
#DiscourseAnalysis
#Foucault
#CommunityArts
March 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#CWOSSeminar
Wed 5 Mar 2025
12-1pm Zoom
"Reconciling Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) and Ethnography: key principles & application"
Dr Rey Shakirzhanov
Swansea University
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
#DiscourseAnalysis
#Foucault
#CommunityArts
Wed 5 Mar 2025
12-1pm Zoom
"Reconciling Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) and Ethnography: key principles & application"
Dr Rey Shakirzhanov
Swansea University
www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...
#DiscourseAnalysis
#Foucault
#CommunityArts
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If you haven't seen this yet, then it might take a few watches to fully digest it.
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news.sky.com/video/donald...
Donald Trump posts 'what's next' for Gaza AI video on his Truth Social platform
The video shows a rebuilt "Riviera" in Gaza, golden balloons with Trump's face on them, golden statues of the president and AI images of him and Benjamin Netanyahu lounging in the beach.
news.sky.com
February 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
If you haven't seen this yet, then it might take a few watches to fully digest it.
news.sky.com/video/donald...
news.sky.com/video/donald...
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I don't object to high pay for VCs in the context of salaries for comparable roles under late capitalism. (I object to late capitalism, but that's another story).
But I do object to executive pay rising year-on-year when the rest of us suffer real terms pay cuts year-on-year.
But I do object to executive pay rising year-on-year when the rest of us suffer real terms pay cuts year-on-year.
Average pay packages for vice-chancellors at UK universities have increased by £40,000 – to over £340,000 – in just three years, according to Times Higher Education analysis #AcademicSky #EduSky
Average v-c pay tops £340,000 as rises outpace rank-and-file
Union describes results of THE analysis as ‘sickening’ amid spate of redundancies and course closures in crisis-hit universities
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I don't object to high pay for VCs in the context of salaries for comparable roles under late capitalism. (I object to late capitalism, but that's another story).
But I do object to executive pay rising year-on-year when the rest of us suffer real terms pay cuts year-on-year.
But I do object to executive pay rising year-on-year when the rest of us suffer real terms pay cuts year-on-year.
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The BSA has expressed its sorrow at the death of Professor Michael Burawoy, “A respected colleague whose brilliant scholarship reshaped our understanding of industrial labour – his absence will be keenly felt across our community” tinyurl.com/ndzd2955
Michael Burawoy (1947–2025) - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association
The tragic passing of Professor Michael Burawoy, aged 77, leaves the BSA with a deep sense of loss. A respected colleague whose brilliant scholarship reshaped our understanding of industrial labour.....
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February 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The BSA has expressed its sorrow at the death of Professor Michael Burawoy, “A respected colleague whose brilliant scholarship reshaped our understanding of industrial labour – his absence will be keenly felt across our community” tinyurl.com/ndzd2955
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Its been out a month now. Have you got your copy yet? Why not?
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
The Organization of Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities
This is a book about knowledge and how it is organized.
The business school has captured ideas about organization, and reduced them to questions of formal structures, documented processes, logistics ...
www.routledge.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Its been out a month now. Have you got your copy yet? Why not?
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK
www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...
A really nice review of my recent book with Melissa Tyler, 'Performing Artists and Precarity', in the Arts Professional. Thank you!
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
Performing artists and precarity: The true impact of Covid - Arts Professional
A new book examining what the pandemic meant for freelance performers has been published. Mimi Doulton thinks its an invaluable resource for researchers and policymakers - and it's free to download.
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
A really nice review of my recent book with Melissa Tyler, 'Performing Artists and Precarity', in the Arts Professional. Thank you!
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
January 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
You couldn’t make this shit up 😂😂 “Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader”
January 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
You couldn’t make this shit up 😂😂 “Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader”
If anyone is looking for a bit of intellectually stimulating Christmas reading, there appears to be a Black Friday reduction ongoing! www.routledge.com/Organizing-C...
Organizing Christmas
Organizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. Taking as its starting point the view that Christmas initially achieved popularity due to its potential to promote ...
www.routledge.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:13 PM
If anyone is looking for a bit of intellectually stimulating Christmas reading, there appears to be a Black Friday reduction ongoing! www.routledge.com/Organizing-C...
A new book by @Essex_EBS and @CWOSResearch academics explores the experiences of live performers during the pandemic and rethinks precarious work across the sector and beyond. Published by Palgrave Macmillan as open-access and free to download here: shorturl.at/NBPrU
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November 17, 2024 at 9:31 AM
A new book by @Essex_EBS and @CWOSResearch academics explores the experiences of live performers during the pandemic and rethinks precarious work across the sector and beyond. Published by Palgrave Macmillan as open-access and free to download here: shorturl.at/NBPrU
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Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton
Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton
Prices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’ plans, enabling a younger generation with new ideas to enter the field
One of the baleful dimensions of our times is the way that the conversation about what constitutes the good society is framed by the…
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November 17, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton