RC28’s first online thematic meeting🎉This online meeting will be free of charge. The meeting will take place on 20-21 January 2026 and will be hosted virtually by the Centre for Research on social InequalitieS (CRIS), a Sciences Po/CNRS unit, in Paris.

More info 👇
www.sciencespo.fr/cris/fr/actu...

The Sullivan Review part 2: 'Barriers to research on sex and gender' was published today.

www.sullivanreview.uk/documents.php

Here Abhishek Saha and I note how the OfS have rejected the Waltham-Smith/Murray interpretation of ECHR Article 10, and look at the far-reaching changes the guidance will bring, in terms of politicised appointments, EDI, reputational clauses, etc.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/ofs-...

Wonder whether, when Labour MPs who voted for the Assisted Dying Bill today come to vote on disability benefit cuts in a few weeks, many will make any connection between the two or reflect more broadly on the social & economic context they are helping to shape in which such decisions will be made

Desperate situation in Sudan. And garnering so little attention.

I'm quoted in the Guardian coverage of the reprieve for the England and Wales census.

“I am absolutely delighted that the census has been saved. National census data is a foundational part of our data infrastructure"

theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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The new OfS guidance is inspirational, and I know FoS/AF campaigners around the world will be inspired by it. It should go some real way to restoring the reputation of HE in the UK for genuine intellectual inquiry, rather than preaching orthodoxies.

www.officeforstudents.org.uk/for-provider...

Do give us your feedback on use of @usociety.bsky.social questions on ethnicity and immigration.

Recording here of a great event on the Supreme Court judgment. For those who are concerned it's complicated - have a listen! It really isn't. As made clear by the four excellent speakers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxEH...

🧵Over 200 academics have written to funders
@UKRI_News and ministers to express concern about plans for the next REF - an exercise which distributes £2 billion of research funds pa to universities.

The plans pose serious risks to HE

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

London Universities' Council for Academic Freedom just launched. If you share a belief in our founding principles, and are an academic, emeritus, professional staff, student or alumnus/alumna of a London HE institution, please sign up and join a large and increasing community. nms.kcl.ac.uk/lucaf/

Tickets for the third Reith lecture (in Sunderland) by British Academy Fellow @benansell.bsky.social available here
www.bbc.co.uk/showsandtour...

Late poll out just now based on exit poll and partial results confirms opposition victory in Poland.

A much needed injection of good news.

Agree. We have to build on gains and play the long game to increase open science practices in sociology. I sense a lot of interest in doing so.

Interesting read addressing lots of the questions deaths of despair thesis raises.