Nick Bibby
@nickbibby.bsky.social
Chair of the Scottish International Education Trust - @scotiet.bsky.social.
Writer and editor. Knowledge mobiliser. Fascinated by the Scottish diaspora. Leftish. Bookish. Wokeish. Wonkish.
Writer and editor. Knowledge mobiliser. Fascinated by the Scottish diaspora. Leftish. Bookish. Wokeish. Wonkish.
Really helpful explanation of the ruling in the Peggie / NHS Fife case from the Equality Network - @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social.
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
A short summary of the Sandie Peggie V. Fife Health Board and Dr Beth Upton employment tribunal judgment - Equality Network
You may have seen in the news that a judgment has been handed down in the Sandie Peggie v NHS Fife case. Most of the […]
www.equality-network.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Really helpful explanation of the ruling in the Peggie / NHS Fife case from the Equality Network - @lgbtiscotland.bsky.social.
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
www.equality-network.org/a-short-summ...
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True headline: “Peggie Found By Tribunal To Have Committed Transphobic Hate Incident”
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
True headline: “Peggie Found By Tribunal To Have Committed Transphobic Hate Incident”
Astonishingly biased reporting from the @heraldscotland.bsky.social - perhaps unsurprising considering how it has covered this whole case. Quotes from Peggie, the Tories, Alba and Sex Matters and not a peep from anyone with a differing view.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2568084...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2568084...
Sandie Peggie wins employment tribunal against NHS Fife - but not Dr Upton
The judgment in the Sandie Peggie employment tribunal has been published.
www.heraldscotland.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Astonishingly biased reporting from the @heraldscotland.bsky.social - perhaps unsurprising considering how it has covered this whole case. Quotes from Peggie, the Tories, Alba and Sex Matters and not a peep from anyone with a differing view.
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2568084...
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2568084...
I've been really struck during the recruitment process for such talented new additions to the @scotiet.bsky.social board by how much I gain by - and enjoy - being a charity trustee. Not least the opportunity to meet interesting & dynamic colleagues, but also a huge range of professional skills.
Delighted to welcome four new trustees to SIET's board, including two former grantees. All four bring expertise in grant-making, fundraising, network building, development, and governance. Welcome on board!
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/a-big-h...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/a-big-h...
A Big Hello and a Fond Farewell!
SIET has added four new trustees to our board, and wished a fond farewell to three longstanding board members. At its meeting in early December, the Trust's board officially welcomed its new members, ...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I've been really struck during the recruitment process for such talented new additions to the @scotiet.bsky.social board by how much I gain by - and enjoy - being a charity trustee. Not least the opportunity to meet interesting & dynamic colleagues, but also a huge range of professional skills.
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This btw is kinda serious because, whilst I don't cover Find Out Now because anyone finding Alba (a party that, not intending to be indelicate, clearly died with its founding leader) consistently above 5% is obviously wrong, other sources do, and lack of polling diversity is giving a false idea
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
This btw is kinda serious because, whilst I don't cover Find Out Now because anyone finding Alba (a party that, not intending to be indelicate, clearly died with its founding leader) consistently above 5% is obviously wrong, other sources do, and lack of polling diversity is giving a false idea
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Some of our funding schemes will close for submissions this Friday (5/12)! Whether you're thinking of doing fieldwork, organising a conference or workshop, or could use financial support in attending a relevant event, make sure to get your application in!
SSNS has now reopened its funding schemes, offering grants to eligible students and scholars at any stage in their career.
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
Our grants support fieldwork and publications, events, and travel costs. Deadlines in Dec and Jan.
For more details, see www.ssns.org.uk/funding/
December 1, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Some of our funding schemes will close for submissions this Friday (5/12)! Whether you're thinking of doing fieldwork, organising a conference or workshop, or could use financial support in attending a relevant event, make sure to get your application in!
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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Evan Rush's story is typical of the extraordinary young people SIET is able to support. After studying law at the University of Glasgow, using what he describes as 'a widening access route' then, with some help from SIET, he's started an LLM at New York University.
vimeo.com/1097335855
vimeo.com/1097335855
Legal Studies in New York
Evan Rush's story is typical of the extraordinary young people SIET is able to support but no less remarkable for that. Originally from a small town in the…
vimeo.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Evan Rush's story is typical of the extraordinary young people SIET is able to support. After studying law at the University of Glasgow, using what he describes as 'a widening access route' then, with some help from SIET, he's started an LLM at New York University.
vimeo.com/1097335855
vimeo.com/1097335855
@scotiet.bsky.social, is a charity supporting young Scots to overcome financial obstacles in order to study overseas. I've just set up its Bluesky account and would really welcome some follows to get things moving.
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
SIET STORIES | Scottish International Education Trust
By far the best people to tell SIET's story are the extraordinary young people who we fund as fellows. The trust is lucky to be able to work with these changemakers, whose hard work and determination ...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@scotiet.bsky.social, is a charity supporting young Scots to overcome financial obstacles in order to study overseas. I've just set up its Bluesky account and would really welcome some follows to get things moving.
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
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SIET makes a new round of awards - congratulations and good luck to our newest fellows!
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
SIET Awards 'mean the world' to New Fellows
Huge congratulations to our most recent recipients, who join the family of SIET fellows around the world.Even among an incredibly strong field of applicants, they shone. All three candidates demonstra...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
SIET makes a new round of awards - congratulations and good luck to our newest fellows!
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
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Please read this and remember what this woman says here.
When I was 15 years old I was obsessed with boy bands
I hadn’t kissed a boy
I slept with a stuffed animal
One of my fave activities was hanging out at the mall
I crushed on Leonardo DiCaprio
Why? Because I was a child.
15 year olds are children.
Nothing anyone says will change that.
I hadn’t kissed a boy
I slept with a stuffed animal
One of my fave activities was hanging out at the mall
I crushed on Leonardo DiCaprio
Why? Because I was a child.
15 year olds are children.
Nothing anyone says will change that.
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Please read this and remember what this woman says here.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
True, but it's very hard to believe that either Badenoch or Starmer will see another conference as leader. The only risk the pretenders face is the emergence of other claims to the crown.
“It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king.”
www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...
www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...
Week-in-Review: Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now - Politics.co.uk
It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual conference suggested the shadow justice secretary would continue to strut ...
www.politics.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
True, but it's very hard to believe that either Badenoch or Starmer will see another conference as leader. The only risk the pretenders face is the emergence of other claims to the crown.
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Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
Thor the Doberman did not find the husband’s sociology reading to be very engaging…
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Glad to see my analysis on Greater Manchester's productivity growth being the highest in the country cited in this OECD blog.
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
Is UK devolution delivering? - Cogito COGITO
Greater Manchester has recently outpaced London in productivity growth - a surprising shift that’s prompting many to ask: Is this the long-awaited “devolution dividend”? And could it finally help clos...
oecdcogito.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Glad to see my analysis on Greater Manchester's productivity growth being the highest in the country cited in this OECD blog.
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
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Indeed, election perversion operations are being pushed right now.
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Indeed, election perversion operations are being pushed right now.
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
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The poll only counts those who think they can escape the UK, not those who would go if they could, but are too poor, too old and so on. The proportion that wants to leave is much higher.
YouGov polling reveals that over a quarter of trans people are likely to leave the UK.
Maybe this is Labour's plan? goodlaw.social/prwv
Maybe this is Labour's plan? goodlaw.social/prwv
Over a quarter of trans people likely to leave the UK
YouGov poll reveals a large proportion of UK trans people are looking to emigrate within the next 10 years, with almost 40% of younger people considering a move abroad.
goodlaw.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The poll only counts those who think they can escape the UK, not those who would go if they could, but are too poor, too old and so on. The proportion that wants to leave is much higher.
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Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching