Gillian McFadyen
@gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social
Lecturer in refugee politics, coloniality, hospitality and some political embroidery at Aberystwyth. 📖Refugees in Britain (EUP 2020). Dysgu Cymraeg.
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Over the summer, academics take the opportunity to make progress on their research, sometimes in the company of their pets. @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social reports that her cat Michael has been doing sterling work supporting her research into coloniality and the refugee regime. 😹 #CatsOfBluesky
August 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Over the summer, academics take the opportunity to make progress on their research, sometimes in the company of their pets. @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social reports that her cat Michael has been doing sterling work supporting her research into coloniality and the refugee regime. 😹 #CatsOfBluesky
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Relevant for everyone, forever
July 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Relevant for everyone, forever
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Writing in The Conversation, Dr Gillian McFadyen explains that campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
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Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route?
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
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July 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Gillian McFadyen explains that campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
More: tinyurl.com/5anb8hpb
More: tinyurl.com/5anb8hpb
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Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social had a new article in @uk.theconversation.com discussing Starmer's new 'one in one out policy' with France and what this means for safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK. #refugees #asylum #saferoutes
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route?
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
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July 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social had a new article in @uk.theconversation.com discussing Starmer's new 'one in one out policy' with France and what this means for safe and legal routes for refugees to the UK. #refugees #asylum #saferoutes
My new piece on safe and legal routes and the channel crossing #refugees #asylum #saferoutes #forcedmigration #smallboats
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route?
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
tcnv.link
July 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
My new piece on safe and legal routes and the channel crossing #refugees #asylum #saferoutes #forcedmigration #smallboats
New piece in @theconversation.com discussing what Starmer's new pilot 'one in one out' means regarding the channel crossing and safe routes for #refugees #saferoutes #asylum theconversation.com/channel-cros...
Channel crossings: what is a safe and legal route?
Campaigners, academics and groups that support asylum seekers have long called for the UK to introduce “safe and legal routes”.
theconversation.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:24 PM
New piece in @theconversation.com discussing what Starmer's new pilot 'one in one out' means regarding the channel crossing and safe routes for #refugees #saferoutes #asylum theconversation.com/channel-cros...
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Want to learn more about our department? Then come visit us on 5th July for our Open Day and learn more about our range of degrees, teaching style, modules, and what we can be offering you!
For more details and registration, see here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber
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July 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Want to learn more about our department? Then come visit us on 5th July for our Open Day and learn more about our range of degrees, teaching style, modules, and what we can be offering you!
For more details and registration, see here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber
For more details and registration, see here: www.aber.ac.uk/en/study-wit... #LoveAber #CaruAber
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There’s a growing problem you’re not supposed to question: masked agents detaining migrants. Not in war zones...here...on U.S. soil. When power hides its face...it stops being accountable. When you can’t ID authority...you can’t challenge it. 1/5 🧵
June 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
There’s a growing problem you’re not supposed to question: masked agents detaining migrants. Not in war zones...here...on U.S. soil. When power hides its face...it stops being accountable. When you can’t ID authority...you can’t challenge it. 1/5 🧵
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"Stories don’t just inform people; they humanise them. And in a world where division can feel louder than unity, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have.” 🧡
Check out this beautiful storytelling project this #WorldRefugeeDay
Check out this beautiful storytelling project this #WorldRefugeeDay
The Welsh Pathway to Peace project, which uses digital storytelling to explore and share the lived experiences of forced migrants in Wales, has launched the first of its digital stories to mark #WorldRefugeeDay
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@acehubwales.bsky.social
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@acehubwales.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
"Stories don’t just inform people; they humanise them. And in a world where division can feel louder than unity, storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have.” 🧡
Check out this beautiful storytelling project this #WorldRefugeeDay
Check out this beautiful storytelling project this #WorldRefugeeDay
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The Welsh Pathway to Peace project, which uses digital storytelling to explore and share the lived experiences of forced migrants in Wales, has launched the first of its digital stories to mark #WorldRefugeeDay
More: tinyl.co/3Q0t
@welshrefcouncil.bsky.social
@acehubwales.bsky.social
More: tinyl.co/3Q0t
@welshrefcouncil.bsky.social
@acehubwales.bsky.social
June 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
The Welsh Pathway to Peace project, which uses digital storytelling to explore and share the lived experiences of forced migrants in Wales, has launched the first of its digital stories to mark #WorldRefugeeDay
More: tinyl.co/3Q0t
@welshrefcouncil.bsky.social
@acehubwales.bsky.social
More: tinyl.co/3Q0t
@welshrefcouncil.bsky.social
@acehubwales.bsky.social
On World Refugee Day our project, Pathways to Peace asks, what does peace in Wales mean to you, and explores how we can be be building positive peace within our communities. #RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsASuperPower #NationofSanctuary #Cymru #Wales #Peace #PositivePeace
Our @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social and Dr Arddun Arwyn (History Dept) are delighted to share their first digital story as part of the project, A Welsh Pathway to Peace: Digital Storytelling and Forced Migration. #peace #refugeeweek #https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brcuGpm2sC8
Llwybrau at Heddwch Cymreig / A Welsh Pathway to Peace
YouTube video by Prifysgol Aberystwyth
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June 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
On World Refugee Day our project, Pathways to Peace asks, what does peace in Wales mean to you, and explores how we can be be building positive peace within our communities. #RefugeeWeek #CommunityAsASuperPower #NationofSanctuary #Cymru #Wales #Peace #PositivePeace
Great to share the first digital story of the @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social funded project A Welsh Pathway to Peace: Digital Storytelling & Forced Migration, exploring What does Peace in Wales look like? @welshrefcouncil.bsky.social @acehubwales.bsky.social #refugeeweek www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great to share the first digital story of the @lswalescddcymru.bsky.social funded project A Welsh Pathway to Peace: Digital Storytelling & Forced Migration, exploring What does Peace in Wales look like? @welshrefcouncil.bsky.social @acehubwales.bsky.social #refugeeweek www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch...
Why, now more than ever, we need to be engaging with our communities in Wales, having deep and meaningful conversations about key issues such as migration, representation and ultimately understanding what peace means for them.
Just met someone on the street in Bridgend. He told me he was joining Reform. He said it was because of the small boats. He wanted the Navy to machine gun people in the sea. I told him that was murder and would turn the Navy into the SS. He said he didn't care. I hope old Nige's vetting works.
June 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Why, now more than ever, we need to be engaging with our communities in Wales, having deep and meaningful conversations about key issues such as migration, representation and ultimately understanding what peace means for them.
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#OnThisDay 1943: David Low, in the Evening Standard, with one of the few cartoons directly addressing the Holocaust to appear in Britain during the Second World War
June 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OnThisDay 1943: David Low, in the Evening Standard, with one of the few cartoons directly addressing the Holocaust to appear in Britain during the Second World War
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This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is being a 10-million-strong global movement fighting to end human rights abuses, including those against refugees.
We’re proud that this week, Amnesty UK activists have organised dozens of events around the country to support and stand in solidarity with refugees.
We’re proud that this week, Amnesty UK activists have organised dozens of events around the country to support and stand in solidarity with refugees.
June 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
This #RefugeeWeek, #OurSuperpower is being a 10-million-strong global movement fighting to end human rights abuses, including those against refugees.
We’re proud that this week, Amnesty UK activists have organised dozens of events around the country to support and stand in solidarity with refugees.
We’re proud that this week, Amnesty UK activists have organised dozens of events around the country to support and stand in solidarity with refugees.
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Refugee Week Ambassador Awssan says refugees should be integrated into the UK with dignity, equity and mutual respect to build communities.
Integration is not a buzzword. For refugees in the UK, it's a lifeline
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June 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Refugee Week Ambassador Awssan says refugees should be integrated into the UK with dignity, equity and mutual respect to build communities.
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The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit
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Welcoming refugees with respect and kindness: 80 years of the Moomins
by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp This year is the 80th anniversary of The Moomins and the Great Flood, originally published in Swedish in 1945 by Finnish artist, illustrator, and writer Tove Jansson. And this…
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June 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
The Moomins are the mascot of World Refugee Week! And we’re celebrating their 80th anniversary today on our website, discussing the cultural phenomenon #Moomins #refugee #kidlit
worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...
worldkidlit.org/2025/06/16/w...
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The Hostile Environment has so many sinister outcomes and does not consider the impact on wider society. Government policies like this make everyone less safe. The only people who benefit are those who are willing take advantage of vulnerable, isolated people.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Work ban forcing 10% of UK female asylum seekers into sex work
Research also finds many trapped in abusive relationships and unable to afford sanitary products and other basics
www.theguardian.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The Hostile Environment has so many sinister outcomes and does not consider the impact on wider society. Government policies like this make everyone less safe. The only people who benefit are those who are willing take advantage of vulnerable, isolated people.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Great article and I appreciate that the author here is calling use of AI in academia cheating... for that is exactly what it is, and it's staggering how the students in this piece just aren't fazed. nymag.com/intelligence...
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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May 7, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Great article and I appreciate that the author here is calling use of AI in academia cheating... for that is exactly what it is, and it's staggering how the students in this piece just aren't fazed. nymag.com/intelligence...
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In 5 years there are going to be a rash of pieces about the weird superpower of young people who one way or another avoided AI slop during their school years and their unfair advantage over their peers.
May 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In 5 years there are going to be a rash of pieces about the weird superpower of young people who one way or another avoided AI slop during their school years and their unfair advantage over their peers.
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Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered land and seascapes #WomensArt
May 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Alison Holt, contemporary textile artist who creates machine and hand embroidered land and seascapes #WomensArt
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Starting to think about what comes next after your degree? Then please join us on Wednesday 7th, 11-12:30 for the InterPol Aber Alumni Career Talks. Discuss employability and career trajectories after InterPol with guest Alumni Speakers, Harry Taylor and Lara Wade. Lunch provided.
May 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Starting to think about what comes next after your degree? Then please join us on Wednesday 7th, 11-12:30 for the InterPol Aber Alumni Career Talks. Discuss employability and career trajectories after InterPol with guest Alumni Speakers, Harry Taylor and Lara Wade. Lunch provided.
