Laura Chuhan Campbell
@cambiechoo.bsky.social
Medieval literature, metal, field hockey (in any order).
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Hello all on bsky 👋
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London
Brunel University of London management have expressed their intention to move forward with plans for further compulsory redundancies in 2025-26. This comes after a year of decimation in 2024-25, when ...
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello all on bsky 👋
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
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“We’re here to talk about A levels”
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
August 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
“We’re here to talk about A levels”
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
“Free Palestine the BBC is complicit” 💀💀
The Reform-led council in Durham have withdrawn funding for the annual Durham Pride march. The TUC and Miners Association are organising a fundraising event in September:
redhillsdurham.org/event/we-are...
redhillsdurham.org/event/we-are...
We Are Still Here | Redhills Durham | Empowering Durham Coalfield Communities
Durham Pride, in partnership with the Durham Miners Association and the TUC, will present a screening of ‘Pride’, a decisive moment of solidarity that you can experience at Redhill’s, the […]
redhillsdurham.org
August 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Reform-led council in Durham have withdrawn funding for the annual Durham Pride march. The TUC and Miners Association are organising a fundraising event in September:
redhillsdurham.org/event/we-are...
redhillsdurham.org/event/we-are...
Name a TV show you are positive nobody remembers but you
August 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Name a TV show you are positive nobody remembers but you
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Removing departments is about removing academic nodes of power and autonomy (and plenty of attendant responsibility by the way) and it is being done practically everywhere outside of college system unis. It always leads to consolidation of power and budget lines in fewer hands. Always.
Goodbye to the history department at Lancaster University, where the @socialhistsoc.bsky.social was founded 49 years ago. From tomorrow we are
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
part of a School of Global Affairs. Next year, who knows what will be - please sign our petition against mass redundancies chng.it/PZfTFDjNcr
Sign the Petition
Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable
chng.it
August 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Removing departments is about removing academic nodes of power and autonomy (and plenty of attendant responsibility by the way) and it is being done practically everywhere outside of college system unis. It always leads to consolidation of power and budget lines in fewer hands. Always.
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Gaza Soup Kitchen w mult locations across Gaza, they also provide medical aid through visiting physicians+ supplying food to the infirm. On the ground op w vast experience in the humanitarian sector. Things are still available to purchase but prices are exorbitant
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
Donate to Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza, organized by Hani Almadhoun
Do you know what it’s like to watch your family starve? I do.
My… Hani Almadhoun needs your support for Hot meals 4 Starved Palestinian Kids in north Gaza
www.gofundme.com
July 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Gaza Soup Kitchen w mult locations across Gaza, they also provide medical aid through visiting physicians+ supplying food to the infirm. On the ground op w vast experience in the humanitarian sector. Things are still available to purchase but prices are exorbitant
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
www.gofundme.com/f/Hot-meals-...
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The realest of the real ones ❤️
July 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The realest of the real ones ❤️
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Shaimaa’s PhD will be funded by @sgsah.bsky.social (supervised by @hannahkateboast.bsky.social Will Tattersdill & me, in partnership with @commapress.bsky.social) - but she is currently trapped in Gaza unless the UK Gov relaxes its requirement for biometric data bsky.app/profile/comm...
Shaymaa Abulebda, an influential writer & scholar from Gaza, should soon be starting a PhD at the University of Edinburgh [part of which is an internship at Comma]. Instead she lives in a tent in al-Mawasi displacement camp in the ruins of southern Gaza.
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
July 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Shaimaa’s PhD will be funded by @sgsah.bsky.social (supervised by @hannahkateboast.bsky.social Will Tattersdill & me, in partnership with @commapress.bsky.social) - but she is currently trapped in Gaza unless the UK Gov relaxes its requirement for biometric data bsky.app/profile/comm...
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There was a time when Masterchef judges upheld the highest standards of ethics.
July 15, 2025 at 5:55 AM
There was a time when Masterchef judges upheld the highest standards of ethics.
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Really cool image of women's football, dating back to 1923
July 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Really cool image of women's football, dating back to 1923
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In all this Bob Vylan pearl clutching some are conveniently forgetting the IDF is committing genocide.
July 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In all this Bob Vylan pearl clutching some are conveniently forgetting the IDF is committing genocide.
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I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics, report finds
Report’s author raises ‘stark concerns about barriers to academic freedom’
UK universities have failed to protect gender-critical academics from bullying and career-threatening restrictions on their research, according to a report.
The report, by Prof Alice Sullivan of University College London, recommends that students and staff “taking part in freedom-restricting harassment should face consequences commensurate with the seriousness of the offence”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I have had death threats for my work on trans rights. I have been stalked. I have had people try and have me thrown out of my University. I am by no means alone, and lots of trans-inclusive academics have spoken publicly about the violence and harassment they face. But no mention of that here.
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I'm struck by how the major political theorist Giles of Rome (c.1278) described the ways tyrants cling to power, including:
–prohibiting study
–impoverishing the people
–promoting discord
–monitoring citizens
–restricting gatherings
–fomenting war
But that list was a bit hard to fit on a placard...
–prohibiting study
–impoverishing the people
–promoting discord
–monitoring citizens
–restricting gatherings
–fomenting war
But that list was a bit hard to fit on a placard...
June 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I'm struck by how the major political theorist Giles of Rome (c.1278) described the ways tyrants cling to power, including:
–prohibiting study
–impoverishing the people
–promoting discord
–monitoring citizens
–restricting gatherings
–fomenting war
But that list was a bit hard to fit on a placard...
–prohibiting study
–impoverishing the people
–promoting discord
–monitoring citizens
–restricting gatherings
–fomenting war
But that list was a bit hard to fit on a placard...
I once got hammered in a pub in Darlington with Chico (as in, It's Chico Time!) after a panto he had acted in with one of my friends. There was also a performing chicken from the panto running round in the pub. Chico and I were speaking French. I know this sounds like a dream, but it's honestly true
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
I once got hammered in a pub in Darlington with Chico (as in, It's Chico Time!) after a panto he had acted in with one of my friends. There was also a performing chicken from the panto running round in the pub. Chico and I were speaking French. I know this sounds like a dream, but it's honestly true
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🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
April 20, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🧵NOT BY ME, this is a post from someone who wants to remain anonymous but works extensively with trans people pre-transition. They were asked by someone “why do you think that’s so much [coverage of trans people] in the news at the moment?”
This was their response:
This was their response:
Feisty one you are
February 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Feisty one you are
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Management's threat to make £140million of cuts at the University of Edinburgh is shocking.
Yesterday, we heard from branch president, Sophia, on the questions this announcement has raised.
The Scottish govt must call on university management to halt these devastating cuts.
Yesterday, we heard from branch president, Sophia, on the questions this announcement has raised.
The Scottish govt must call on university management to halt these devastating cuts.
February 27, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Management's threat to make £140million of cuts at the University of Edinburgh is shocking.
Yesterday, we heard from branch president, Sophia, on the questions this announcement has raised.
The Scottish govt must call on university management to halt these devastating cuts.
Yesterday, we heard from branch president, Sophia, on the questions this announcement has raised.
The Scottish govt must call on university management to halt these devastating cuts.
In events that seem to have seeped in from an alternative timeline where everything in universities ISN'T terrible, medieval and early modern studies at Durham have just had a large injection of funding!
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
IMEMS Inventing Futures Programme - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
February 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
In events that seem to have seeped in from an alternative timeline where everything in universities ISN'T terrible, medieval and early modern studies at Durham have just had a large injection of funding!
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Found this old key in the woods around Shincliffe Hall in Durham. Anyone know what period it’s from? It seems to be made of iron and is very fragile. Dating objects isn’t my forte, so would be interested to hear what anyone with an Archaeological or museum background thinks!
February 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Found this old key in the woods around Shincliffe Hall in Durham. Anyone know what period it’s from? It seems to be made of iron and is very fragile. Dating objects isn’t my forte, so would be interested to hear what anyone with an Archaeological or museum background thinks!
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I signed this open letter calling for UCU HEC to call off the ballot for industrial action on pay and to refocus on the urgent reform needed to stop the sector collapsing entirely. Much as I'd like a nicer deckchair, I'm increasingly worried about that iceberg we nudged a little while back.
Motion to HEC: Focus on Defending Jobs and Reforming UK HE
Two UCU Commons HEC members are bringing the following motion to the special HEC meeting on Wednesday 19th February. We are looking for UCU members in HE to add their names in support of the motion…
ucucommons.org
February 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I signed this open letter calling for UCU HEC to call off the ballot for industrial action on pay and to refocus on the urgent reform needed to stop the sector collapsing entirely. Much as I'd like a nicer deckchair, I'm increasingly worried about that iceberg we nudged a little while back.
Totally agree with this. Calling members "right wing" if they support anything other than immediate industrial action right now all the time is incredibly alienating and just puts members off.
If this makes me ‘right wing’, seriously. There is nothing radical about doing the same thing over and over again with no difference in outcomes.
February 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Totally agree with this. Calling members "right wing" if they support anything other than immediate industrial action right now all the time is incredibly alienating and just puts members off.
Check out the fantastic @venetiabridges.bsky.social talking about Penthesilea in the War of Troy tapestry!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Moving Pictures, The War of Troy tapestry
A long, slow look at great artworks, photographed in extraordinary detail.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Check out the fantastic @venetiabridges.bsky.social talking about Penthesilea in the War of Troy tapestry!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Modern languages has been under threat in British HE for some time — really not helped by the policy change, in 2004, when the requirement for all pupils to take a language to GCSE was dropped. Fewer GCSEs: fewer A levels: far fewer students who want study at degree level, even as a minor.
As the Great University Massacre continues, culling Modern Languages degrees will only speed up the provincialisation of UK academia www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/01...
Modern languages and ancient history degrees face axe at Russell Group university
Cardiff University plans to make up to 400 academic staff redundant as it grapples with a £31 million funding black hole
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Modern languages has been under threat in British HE for some time — really not helped by the policy change, in 2004, when the requirement for all pupils to take a language to GCSE was dropped. Fewer GCSEs: fewer A levels: far fewer students who want study at degree level, even as a minor.
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And, for the record? PS staff are who actually make the university run. First person to say "oh well at least they're mostly sparing academics at Durham" is getting yeeted into space: those academics are going to have some of the worst working conditions in the sector.
January 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
And, for the record? PS staff are who actually make the university run. First person to say "oh well at least they're mostly sparing academics at Durham" is getting yeeted into space: those academics are going to have some of the worst working conditions in the sector.