Cat Button
@drcatbutton.bsky.social
Director of Planning and Urban Design at Newcastle University. I research water and teach about cities
Come and work with me! Looking for a Lecturer in Urban Design to join the team in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University UK
Applications by 31st August 2025
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Lecturer in Urban Design
Lecturer in Urban Design
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Come and work with me! Looking for a Lecturer in Urban Design to join the team in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University UK
Applications by 31st August 2025
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Please share advert widely
Applications by 31st August 2025
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Please share advert widely
Delighted to have published "Values motivating water governance in Delhi" with Prof Dr Ashok Kumar, Dr. Rabidyuti Biswas and Beenish Mushtaq at SPA Delhi
Open access with full pdf available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Open access with full pdf available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Values motivating water governance in Delhi
Water values in water governance.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Delighted to have published "Values motivating water governance in Delhi" with Prof Dr Ashok Kumar, Dr. Rabidyuti Biswas and Beenish Mushtaq at SPA Delhi
Open access with full pdf available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Open access with full pdf available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Come to Newcastle next week and show solidarity. Higher Education is in crisis. Let’s demonstrate that we stand strong together. Wednesday 11th June 2025 in Newcastle from 12:30 with rally at Monument at 2pm
June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Come to Newcastle next week and show solidarity. Higher Education is in crisis. Let’s demonstrate that we stand strong together. Wednesday 11th June 2025 in Newcastle from 12:30 with rally at Monument at 2pm
Will they extend the Metro using the Leam Line?! A better connect northeast England would be ace www.bbc.com/news/article...
Which are the possible Leamside Line stations?
Restoring the line will provide new train links to 100,000 people, according to plans.
www.bbc.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Will they extend the Metro using the Leam Line?! A better connect northeast England would be ace www.bbc.com/news/article...
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🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊
We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
RCUH
www.rcuh.com
February 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
🤿 HIRING POSTDOC 🤿 🌊
We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/
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“Demoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
“Demoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We are advertising for two assistant professors in public policy, with digital policy know-how: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50248/
Assistant Professor in Public Policy - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in Public Policy in the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
February 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We are advertising for two assistant professors in public policy, with digital policy know-how: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50248/
Four reflections on the crisis in UK higher education right now
(free to read but you might have to create an account and/or sign in)
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
(free to read but you might have to create an account and/or sign in)
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line
Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Four reflections on the crisis in UK higher education right now
(free to read but you might have to create an account and/or sign in)
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
(free to read but you might have to create an account and/or sign in)
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
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We’re excited to partner with the @royalsociety.org to invite applications for the International Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hjfKtj
February 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
We’re excited to partner with the @royalsociety.org to invite applications for the International Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hjfKtj
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Sheffield City Council: Conservation Officer
£37,035.00 – £40,476.00 (Grade 7)
Full time (37 hrs pw), permanent
Closes 13/02/25
ihbconline.co.uk/jobsetc/?p=1...
#jobs #conservation #urban #heritage #placemaking #localgovernment
January 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Sheffield City Council: Conservation Officer
£37,035.00 – £40,476.00 (Grade 7)
Full time (37 hrs pw), permanent
Closes 13/02/25
ihbconline.co.uk/jobsetc/?p=1...
#jobs #conservation #urban #heritage #placemaking #localgovernment
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'Heritage Protection as Progressive Urbanism? Modernist Social Housing in England' by Aidan While and John Pendlebury - proposing advocacy for an Architecture of Social Intent (and including a handy list of post-war listed estates). Open access:
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/302923
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/302923
Heritage Protection as Progressive Urbanism? Modernist Social Housing in England - ePrints - Newcastle University
eprints.ncl.ac.uk
January 21, 2025 at 9:09 AM
'Heritage Protection as Progressive Urbanism? Modernist Social Housing in England' by Aidan While and John Pendlebury - proposing advocacy for an Architecture of Social Intent (and including a handy list of post-war listed estates). Open access:
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/302923
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/302923
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Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#job #academicjob
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Lecturer in Digital Planning
Lecturer in Digital Planning
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#job #academicjob
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Job alert! Assistant professor in anthropocene history, in Stockholm.
KTH | Assistant professor in Environmental History with a specialization in Anthropocene History
KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.
www.kth.se
January 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Job alert! Assistant professor in anthropocene history, in Stockholm.
Lovely to see our placement students back in Newcastle for the Year Out Conference this week. Such a great variety of experiences working in #planning. Looking forward to welcoming them back in September for the final year of their MPlan too
January 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Lovely to see our placement students back in Newcastle for the Year Out Conference this week. Such a great variety of experiences working in #planning. Looking forward to welcoming them back in September for the final year of their MPlan too
Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
Lecturer in Digital Planning
Lecturer in Digital Planning
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
January 17, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...
#job #academicjob
jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...