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Matilda Fitzmaurice
@matildaf.bsky.social
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Bi. Geographer & lecturer: int. climate politics, (non)reproduction and the Anthropocene. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 25/26 Equality Chair
UCU Commons, queerness, food, ABBA. Vera enthusiast.
My views. She/her

Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
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Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 12d
#UCU members: NEC ballot papers drop TODAY. Please, please don't ignore these when they arrive. Our sectors' future viability depends on you having your say.

I can recommend a vote for the candidates listed below.

If you want to chat to me about this, my DMs are open.
ucucommons.org UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 13d
From tomorrow, Friday 30 January, ballot papers will start to arrive by post for VP (HE and FE), and several key positions on our NEC.

We're supporting our own @markpendleton.bsky.social for VP (HE) and independent @suzitoole.bsky.social for VP (FE) & lots of other great people. Please share! #UCU
UCU elections 2026: recommended votes. All information is available at https://ucucommons.org/election26/
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ucucommons.org
Newsletter #9! #UCU

Featuring @markpendleton.bsky.social's VP election campaign updates, news from Essex & Northumbria disputes, @hagenilda.bsky.social on casualisation, @sophisteria.bsky.social on Scotland @davehitchcock.bsky.social on the research/teaching divide!

ucucommons.org/ucu-commons-...
UCU Commons newsletter #9, 11 February 2026
Dear subscriber Welcome to the UCU Commons newsletter, a curated set of links and information about what's happening in UCU Commons, our union, and our sectors more generally. As always, we welcome a...
ucucommons.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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gilliganpaula.bsky.social
'Morally defensible national and global policies for managing the size and structure of the global population'....WTF!!????
February 11, 2026 at 9:55 AM
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kimatiwagner.bsky.social
Reminds me of that time I was asked to grade an undergraduate war studies dissertation on 'the moral case for torture' based exclusively on material from RAND...😑
February 11, 2026 at 9:52 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Huh?

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQE622/p...
PhD Studentship: Permissible Population Policy as a Means of Averting Harmful Climate Change at University of Essex
Explore the PhD Studentship: Permissible Population Policy as a Means of Averting Harmful Climate Change on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for higher education. Apply now.
www.jobs.ac.uk
February 11, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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hrw.org
Accessibility isn’t optional.

The decision by the United Nations to cut sign language interpretation for the next disability rights committee session undermines anti-discrimination obligations.
February 10, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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zoejardiniere.bsky.social
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.

Recognised refugees.

Denied the right to reunite with their children.

It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.

So yes, he’s hated.
zoejardiniere.bsky.social Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 17h
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.

Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?

Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Can't believe we're already on the 9th issue of our newsletter! This one's a good'un, and @sophisteria.bsky.social is 🔥🔥
February 11, 2026 at 9:14 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Today I am very mad about highly subjective selection criteria
February 11, 2026 at 9:12 AM
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hagenilda.bsky.social
I’m going to do my best to get this change adopted for the Anticasualisation committee too for obvious reasons (and all specialist employment committees). The gatekeeping by mostly non casualised folks on branch committees over who gets to do anticas work is unacceptable.
hagenilda.bsky.social Jo 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · Jan 10
I've been promising to do this for years – better late than never! We hope this'll pass at most/all of the meetings of 5 standing committees this month, the Equality Committee in Feb, and March's NEC. It's a no-brainer for all sorts of reasons outlined in the blog post #UCU #UKHE
ucucommons.org UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · Jan 10
We've written a motion to open up the nomination process to UCU's advisory equality standing committees, which is long overdue. This would bring it in line with that for our decision-making NEC. More details of the process and our reasons at the link. #UCU #UKHE

ucucommons.org/rule-change-...
February 11, 2026 at 8:46 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Jump Scare! In the Subject Line
matildaf.bsky.social Matilda Fitzmaurice @matildaf.bsky.social · 1d
Still a bit of a jumpscare subject line
February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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hleehurley.com
Hillary Cass was invited to NI to review gender services here and her report is now out. She's lying about trans kids again

www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications...
parental support needs, and school engagement. Early intervention in primary care, with secondary care support, was proposed as a model to avoid unnecessary labelling or service overload. Social transitions in early childhood have profound developmental impacts, with some children maturing into fluid identities and others eventually following medical pathways. There was recognition that there is a very small subgroup of children whose gender incongruence persists long-term and who may require ongoing support and possible medical interventions. However, support for parents to keep options open and manage distress is critical to avoid premature or inappropriate social transitions. Safeguarding concerns include cases where parental motivations may drive social transitions inappropriately, necessitating careful assessment and family support. Endocrinology input Allocated paediatric endocrinology time for the NI service is 0.2 WTE consultant sessions. At present, endocrinology clinics are reduced to 2 per month because of the closure of the endocrine pathway since 2020. Not all patients referred to endocrinology will progress to a hormone pathway following clinical assessment. Young people should be transferred to the adult service at the age of 17½ but this has been challenging in recent years due to lengthy waiting lists. By March 2025, young people could be transferred to the adult gender service for psychological support at 17½, but no new referrals were being accepted to adult endocrinology service. This was flagged as a patient safety risk as it means the paediatric endocrinologist has had to continue managing patients as they move into adulthood. There was clarity that adult endocrinologists would not be able to provide services for paediatric patients within the new service model. Discussions with the clinical director and paediatric colleagues at the Children’s Hospital touched on the possible expansion of paediatric endocrinology capacity. This is potentially c…
February 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
matildaf.bsky.social
I do wish my work hadn't adopted the thing called a 'Discipline Meeting'
February 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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dyfrigjones.bsky.social
I’m really proud of Bangor University students today. Very much in the spirit of Penrhyndeudraeth lad Bertrand Russell, when he said that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from an association between us”, when invited to debate Oswald Mosley.
Official statement from Bangor University Debating and Political Society, rejecting Reform UK’s demand that they be allowed to address the society.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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vthuppil.bsky.social
I fully support Bangor University's students telling Reform to go and fuck off

Also, higher education funding in Wales is devolved, you Dubai based ignoramus

The UK Government literally have no say over it
brianscant.bsky.social Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 1d
#ReformUK pretend to represent working people.

Here is Isabel Oakeshott putting down a university SHE thinks is worthless. Because, after her private girls school in Edinburgh she went to Bristol Uni.

Oakeshott, married to property developer Tice, living in Dubai. 🙄

Party of the people! 🤮

#Wales
February 10, 2026 at 1:45 PM
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vthuppil.bsky.social
Excellent as always from @markpendleton.bsky.social

I just posted my ballot voting for @markpendleton.bsky.social @suzitoole.bsky.social and the entire @ucucommons.org slate!
February 10, 2026 at 12:28 PM
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nataliesedacca.bsky.social
Important piece on @freemovement.bsky.social re how the govt’s proposals on ‘earned settlement’ will disadvantage migrant women as as result of lower earnings and greater caring responsibilities freemovement.org.uk/a-fairer-pat...

Two days left to respond to the consultation and oppose these plans!
A fairer pathway? How the "earned settlement" proposals risk discriminating against migrant women - Free Movement
We are hurtling towards the deadline for the government’s "earned settlement" consultation, 'A Fairer Pathway to Settlement', which closes on 12 February
freemovement.org.uk
February 10, 2026 at 11:16 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Streeting wants yeeting
February 10, 2026 at 10:38 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
👀
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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amrawatson.bsky.social
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.

Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
Also HE is a devolved matter. But of course she wouldn't know that.
brianscant.bsky.social Brian @brianscant.bsky.social · 1d
#ReformUK pretend to represent working people.

Here is Isabel Oakeshott putting down a university SHE thinks is worthless. Because, after her private girls school in Edinburgh she went to Bristol Uni.

Oakeshott, married to property developer Tice, living in Dubai. 🙄

Party of the people! 🤮

#Wales
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
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louiselocock.bsky.social
Bangor University has one of the best and largest Ocean Sciences departments in Europe. Lots of people want to go there as their first choice. Isabel 'Dubai' Oakeshott is so ignorant.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
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markpendleton.bsky.social
I’m not from a trade union household - quite the opposite in fact! But I learned to #HeartUnions by experiencing the picket lines and protests of late 90s Australia.

In 2022, I wrote a bit about this, and why unions must work for all members.

www.historyworkshop.org.uk/activism-sol...
February 10, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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davidkhopps.bsky.social
“ I want to live in Dubai” said nobody ever
February 10, 2026 at 8:15 AM
matildaf.bsky.social
No
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · Dec 10
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
A photo shows someone pouring a drink. Headline: There’s Never Been a Better Time to Quit Caffeine
February 9, 2026 at 8:58 PM
matildaf.bsky.social
Her still being on X just says it all
hlmurray.bsky.social Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 3d
Just remembering when I got blocked by a load of people and had weird stuff done with my photos on Twitter because I asked her to stop doxxing a sex worker (guess what identity the two of us are).
rachelschine.bsky.social Dr. Rachel Schine @rachelschine.bsky.social · 9d
Should I just do and delete one of these a day until we all die? (people literally send me screen shots because apparently I’m a notorious bitch).

Remember when everyone pretended to hate the LA Review of Books for like two months because of this person?
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM