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Jan McArthur
@janmcarthur.bsky.social
Head of Department and Professor in Higher Education and Social Justice, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. Passionate about education and social justice - plus cats, chickens and gardens.
Latest in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on shoulder.
September 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,”

AMEN

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
www.theguardian.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I should think not!
August 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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We are starting to see higher total cumulative annual mentions for entire organisations on Bluesky than on Twitter.

Below are mentions of all research ever published by @leibniz-zmt.de. Bluesky is higher than Twitter in 2025.
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
August 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New butterfly in our garden.
August 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Red Admiral on ragwort - a much misunderstood wildflower I have learned.
August 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Red Admiral on spearmint.
August 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Sweet peas from the garden.
August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Red Admiral on rose Hyde Hall.
August 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I'm going to be in Melbourne for the footy finals. I imagine my friends in CRADLE, Deakin are so pleased to have a Collingwood supporter with them during the finals. ..
Promise I will be on my best-ish behaviour ;-)
August 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Next in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on Echinops.
August 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Red Admiral sitting on The Lark Ascending.
August 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...
August 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Storm on the way. So time to get the roses in.
August 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?
June 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post

Good to see this - too often, corporations are restricting rights to free speech in the grounds of corporate reputation

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Antoinette Lattouf: Court finds journalist unfairly fired over Gaza post
The judge found the ABC did not give Antoinette Lattouf a chance to defend herself before she was fired
www.bbc.co.uk
June 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This is so sad. What on earth has English higher education done to itself?
The 'precariously employed lecturer/researcher bin' just out of shot is much fuller, however
In use at many UK universities right now
June 24, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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UK higher ed has External Examiners, thousands of qualified people who provide their labour, *almost unremunerated* to check the actual quality of actual teaching & assessment, every year.

In the "national debate on quality assurance", they might as well not exist.

wonkhe.com/blogs/qualit...
June 23, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Powerful panel discussion on trauma-informed pedagogies at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social teaching and learning conference today.
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Monday Giggle!
June 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Enormous roses here at York St John University.
June 23, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Lovely to be in York again. Looking forward to the York St John University teaching and learning conference tomorrow. They are a university with a particularly strong commitment to social justice.
June 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Take note.
June 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM