Dr Hayley Gibson
@hayleyandthecomet.bsky.social
Legal academic with a cat. Legal theory|philosophy of history|memory and archaeology
UCU rep for OULS
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Free Palestine 🇵🇸
UCU rep for OULS
Views my own
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
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July 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Delighted to be serving on the General Committee for the Legal Humanities Association.
Membership is open! Find us here:
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November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Delighted to be serving on the General Committee for the Legal Humanities Association.
Membership is open! Find us here:
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David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
David Graeber, a Jewish New Yorker, would be smiling today to see a Socialist win in his city.
Canterbury is antifascist
October 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Canterbury is antifascist
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So they're cancelling cancel culture so they can... (checks notes)... cancel culture?
September 18, 2025 at 6:21 AM
So they're cancelling cancel culture so they can... (checks notes)... cancel culture?
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Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
September 17, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...
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One does wonder why so many rich people seem so keen on buying universities if they're in as huge a financial pit as declared...
Almost as if, for some, none of this is about innovative research and critical education anymore?
Almost as if, for some, none of this is about innovative research and critical education anymore?
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#universities
#financialisation
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
--The government is standing by as foreign private equity firms buy up UK universities. This should be a major concern
Guy Standing, OpenDemocracy, 16 Sept 2025
www.opendemocracy.net/en/private-e...
#universities
#financialisation
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
--The government is standing by as foreign private equity firms buy up UK universities. This should be a major concern
Guy Standing, OpenDemocracy, 16 Sept 2025
www.opendemocracy.net/en/private-e...
How financialisation is corroding education in the UK
The government is standing by as foreign private equity firms buy up UK universities. This should be a major concern
www.opendemocracy.net
September 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
One does wonder why so many rich people seem so keen on buying universities if they're in as huge a financial pit as declared...
Almost as if, for some, none of this is about innovative research and critical education anymore?
Almost as if, for some, none of this is about innovative research and critical education anymore?
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“Unfortunately, we have a Labour government seemingly determined to outflank Reform on immigration . . .These attacks are having a severe impact on the financial health of the sector” - @drjogrady.bsky.social in the @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...
inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...
Why ‘flag wars’ are scaring overseas students and risk deepening unis’ cash crisis
‘It’s mad in Britain. Will I be ok?’. International students about to study in UK universities are alarmed by the country's new political climate
inews.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Unfortunately, we have a Labour government seemingly determined to outflank Reform on immigration . . .These attacks are having a severe impact on the financial health of the sector” - @drjogrady.bsky.social in the @theipaper.com today
inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...
inews.co.uk/news/flag-wa...
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Staff at @uniofleicester.bsky.social to strike for three weeks over plans to slash hundreds of jobs
www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
Three weeks of strikes announced for university staff
Entire degrees could be axed
www.leicestermercury.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Staff at @uniofleicester.bsky.social to strike for three weeks over plans to slash hundreds of jobs
www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicest...
So good to have my little dude back
September 14, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So good to have my little dude back
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'In a statement, Provost Grasl said the nuns' decision to return to the convent was "completely incomprehensible" and "an escalation".'
The nuns are escalating.
The nuns are escalating.
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
'In a statement, Provost Grasl said the nuns' decision to return to the convent was "completely incomprehensible" and "an escalation".'
The nuns are escalating.
The nuns are escalating.
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Almost 4,000 courses have closed across UK higher education in the past year, with less selective universities most affected, according to new figures. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
Almost 4,000 courses closed at UK universities since 2024
Analysis reveals half of closures have come at lower-tariff universities, creating a ‘vicious cycle’ for institutions struggling to attract students
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Almost 4,000 courses have closed across UK higher education in the past year, with less selective universities most affected, according to new figures. @patrickjack.bsky.social reports
#AcademicSky #EduSky
#AcademicSky #EduSky
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Banksy just solved so many academics' dilemmas over a book cover. They even get to make a knowing aside about the gavel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice
The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Banksy just solved so many academics' dilemmas over a book cover. They even get to make a knowing aside about the gavel.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We deserve a different world.
September 11, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We deserve a different world.
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The ghost of the Banksy remains
September 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
The ghost of the Banksy remains
The vibe today and every day:
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The vibe today and every day:
An excellent CLC at the University of Exeter last week. The theme of Surf & Turf engendering some fascinating work. My own paper was a discussion of Cassares' "Invention of Morel". Wonderful to see good friends, and to meet new ones. Superb work by the organisers. Looking forward to next year.
September 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
An excellent CLC at the University of Exeter last week. The theme of Surf & Turf engendering some fascinating work. My own paper was a discussion of Cassares' "Invention of Morel". Wonderful to see good friends, and to meet new ones. Superb work by the organisers. Looking forward to next year.
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I feel very sorry for my former colleagues at Kent who got to start their day with this news. Even if this goes well it’s likely to lead to a prolonged period of uncertainty for staff right at the start of the new academic year when Kent has already been going through major restructuring for years!
Major university merger announced. The start of a wave?
Shock university ‘merger’ announced
The Universities of Kent and Greenwich are set to ‘merge’ in a shock move affecting thousands of staff and students.
www.kentonline.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I feel very sorry for my former colleagues at Kent who got to start their day with this news. Even if this goes well it’s likely to lead to a prolonged period of uncertainty for staff right at the start of the new academic year when Kent has already been going through major restructuring for years!
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What they said! 👇 We are stronger together (but in a 'solidarity' way, of course) - so have a coffee and a chat with colleagues & invite them to join UCU if they haven't already www.ucu.org.uk/join
We've had a staff briefing at Kent from our acting VC and we don't really know any further than has been reported. This is the beginning of a process that we've been told will be transparent.
There were lots of questions but no answers yet.
Talk to your colleagues. We are stronger together.
There were lots of questions but no answers yet.
Talk to your colleagues. We are stronger together.
September 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
What they said! 👇 We are stronger together (but in a 'solidarity' way, of course) - so have a coffee and a chat with colleagues & invite them to join UCU if they haven't already www.ucu.org.uk/join
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Sending SO MUCH SOLIDARITY over to Edinburgh! The cuts are completely unconscionable, and you lovely lot are wonderful in standing up for the university and each other.
More pictures of our determined picket lines! Keep them coming! #UCU #StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sending SO MUCH SOLIDARITY over to Edinburgh! The cuts are completely unconscionable, and you lovely lot are wonderful in standing up for the university and each other.
Heartbroken to be leaving Kent law school. Delighted to be joining the Open University.
July 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Heartbroken to be leaving Kent law school. Delighted to be joining the Open University.
If this is allowed, anything is permissible. There will be no rule of law and we will cease to be human.
Let aid enter now 🇵🇸
Let aid enter now 🇵🇸
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If this is allowed, anything is permissible. There will be no rule of law and we will cease to be human.
Let aid enter now 🇵🇸
Let aid enter now 🇵🇸