Karen Davis
@kd73.bsky.social
Norwich. Indie. Squirrel loving leftie. Cheap booze and art.
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🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?'
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
Education, education, education? When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?
All levels of our education system face a systemic crisis. Yet as with so many other areas of policy, Keir Starmer doesn't seem to have any hopes for education at all, writes Connor Bollins.
labouroutlook.org
May 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
🎓'When will Labour tackle the crisis engulfing our schools, colleges and universities?'
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
🌹Please stick a repost on my piece for @labouroutlook.bsky.social. #UKHE #EducationCrisis
🚩It includes a special mention of my @uea-ucu.bsky.social colleagues. #SaveUEA
labouroutlook.org/2025/05/17/e...
If you would like to help a small, Norwich based, community cafe help local residents by #PayingItForward here's how...
Just £1 can make someone's day 🙂💖
Please share x
#Bread&RosesCommunityCafe #CafeWithCommunityAtItsHeart💟
Just £1 can make someone's day 🙂💖
Please share x
#Bread&RosesCommunityCafe #CafeWithCommunityAtItsHeart💟
February 17, 2025 at 7:19 AM
If you would like to help a small, Norwich based, community cafe help local residents by #PayingItForward here's how...
Just £1 can make someone's day 🙂💖
Please share x
#Bread&RosesCommunityCafe #CafeWithCommunityAtItsHeart💟
Just £1 can make someone's day 🙂💖
Please share x
#Bread&RosesCommunityCafe #CafeWithCommunityAtItsHeart💟
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📣UEA UCU members have overwhelmingly voted YES to industrial action, in the largest turnout we've had in a paper ballot at UEA.
📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA
📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA
February 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
📣UEA UCU members have overwhelmingly voted YES to industrial action, in the largest turnout we've had in a paper ballot at UEA.
📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA
📣We hope management will now recognise the depth of feeling there is at the University about the need to avoid compulsory redundancies. #SaveUEA
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I have a few hot takes on the UEA Assembly that took place yesterday - despite all attempts to hide it. It was fascinating, enlightening, and allowed for robust criticism of the university’s governance. Which is what it should be.
My observations are as follows:
My observations are as follows:
December 5, 2024 at 2:53 PM
I have a few hot takes on the UEA Assembly that took place yesterday - despite all attempts to hide it. It was fascinating, enlightening, and allowed for robust criticism of the university’s governance. Which is what it should be.
My observations are as follows:
My observations are as follows:
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I studied at Sussex and teach at UEA, so I'm heartbroken by this.
Founded in the 1960s, both unis sought to open up Higher Education to the less privileged and to foster academic creativity.
We need to defend the principles of intellectual heterodoxy and making uni education accessible. #UKHE
Founded in the 1960s, both unis sought to open up Higher Education to the less privileged and to foster academic creativity.
We need to defend the principles of intellectual heterodoxy and making uni education accessible. #UKHE
Solidarity to colleagues at the University of Sussex, where up to 300 people may lose their jobs.
Management says that "difficult decisions" need to be made to secure the "long-term financial sustainability of the university."
Sound familiar?🤨 #UKHE
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/around-...
Management says that "difficult decisions" need to be made to secure the "long-term financial sustainability of the university."
Sound familiar?🤨 #UKHE
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/around-...
Around 300 jobs set to go in ‘very difficult’ Sussex redundancies
Vice-chancellor says university has ‘done everything’ it can to reduce costs before cutting jobs
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 27, 2024 at 5:21 PM
I studied at Sussex and teach at UEA, so I'm heartbroken by this.
Founded in the 1960s, both unis sought to open up Higher Education to the less privileged and to foster academic creativity.
We need to defend the principles of intellectual heterodoxy and making uni education accessible. #UKHE
Founded in the 1960s, both unis sought to open up Higher Education to the less privileged and to foster academic creativity.
We need to defend the principles of intellectual heterodoxy and making uni education accessible. #UKHE
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🔁Repost this thread to help share the highlights from this week's Staff Assembly, where the UEA community used its voice LOUD & CLEAR to tell management to change course in its handling of the current crisis. #SaveUEA #UKHE @ucu.org.uk [1/10]
December 6, 2024 at 11:53 AM
🔁Repost this thread to help share the highlights from this week's Staff Assembly, where the UEA community used its voice LOUD & CLEAR to tell management to change course in its handling of the current crisis. #SaveUEA #UKHE @ucu.org.uk [1/10]
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The annual is number 1 in @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social top 25!! This chart is for books that have generated the most support for independent bookshops in the last month. Bollocks to Amazon!
You can still order a signed copy here👇👇
uk.bookshop.org/a/11100/9781...
You can still order a signed copy here👇👇
uk.bookshop.org/a/11100/9781...
December 1, 2024 at 4:52 PM
The annual is number 1 in @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social top 25!! This chart is for books that have generated the most support for independent bookshops in the last month. Bollocks to Amazon!
You can still order a signed copy here👇👇
uk.bookshop.org/a/11100/9781...
You can still order a signed copy here👇👇
uk.bookshop.org/a/11100/9781...
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I never buy an advent calendar; I just make a real-life version at home by opening a different cupboard every day.
Today's treat: Cillit Bang!
Today's treat: Cillit Bang!
November 27, 2024 at 8:43 AM
I never buy an advent calendar; I just make a real-life version at home by opening a different cupboard every day.
Today's treat: Cillit Bang!
Today's treat: Cillit Bang!
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Keir Starmer declares war on benefits Britain.
A war on the poor, sick, old, disabled.
16.1m have disabilities, 2.8m chronically ill, 6.34m await hospital appointments, 16m live in poverty.
No war on corporate welfare, no wealth taxes or redistribution.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
A war on the poor, sick, old, disabled.
16.1m have disabilities, 2.8m chronically ill, 6.34m await hospital appointments, 16m live in poverty.
No war on corporate welfare, no wealth taxes or redistribution.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer declares war on benefits Britain
The Prime Minister uses an article in today's Mail on Sunday to promise changes to try to tame the £137 billion bill for welfare benefits - including a blitz on cheats and those who 'game the system'.
www.dailymail.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Keir Starmer declares war on benefits Britain.
A war on the poor, sick, old, disabled.
16.1m have disabilities, 2.8m chronically ill, 6.34m await hospital appointments, 16m live in poverty.
No war on corporate welfare, no wealth taxes or redistribution.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
A war on the poor, sick, old, disabled.
16.1m have disabilities, 2.8m chronically ill, 6.34m await hospital appointments, 16m live in poverty.
No war on corporate welfare, no wealth taxes or redistribution.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Labour took a £4m donation from Quadrature Capital.
The largest in their history - but took it in the window where they wouldn't have to declare it until *after* the election.
With links to private healthcare, arms trade and oil & gas - we should all talk about it more.
The largest in their history - but took it in the window where they wouldn't have to declare it until *after* the election.
With links to private healthcare, arms trade and oil & gas - we should all talk about it more.
November 25, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Labour took a £4m donation from Quadrature Capital.
The largest in their history - but took it in the window where they wouldn't have to declare it until *after* the election.
With links to private healthcare, arms trade and oil & gas - we should all talk about it more.
The largest in their history - but took it in the window where they wouldn't have to declare it until *after* the election.
With links to private healthcare, arms trade and oil & gas - we should all talk about it more.
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War! Huh! What is it good for? Turkey breast and stuffing, say it again!
November 19, 2024 at 1:07 PM
War! Huh! What is it good for? Turkey breast and stuffing, say it again!
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This is happening under 1.3 degrees of heating.
We are headed for 2.5-3.
Every fraction of a degree matters.
Every single drop of oil & gas must stay in the ground.
We need emergency global climate action - and to keep speaking truth to power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are headed for 2.5-3.
Every fraction of a degree matters.
Every single drop of oil & gas must stay in the ground.
We need emergency global climate action - and to keep speaking truth to power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate crisis to blame for dozens of ‘impossible’ heatwaves, studies reveal
Exclusive: Analyses are stark evidence of how global heating is already supercharging deadly weather beyond anything ever experienced by humanity
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:26 AM
This is happening under 1.3 degrees of heating.
We are headed for 2.5-3.
Every fraction of a degree matters.
Every single drop of oil & gas must stay in the ground.
We need emergency global climate action - and to keep speaking truth to power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We are headed for 2.5-3.
Every fraction of a degree matters.
Every single drop of oil & gas must stay in the ground.
We need emergency global climate action - and to keep speaking truth to power.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This year's #Xmas cards - designed and hand
printed by moi. Squirrel, Fox and Baby Reindeer. For sale as soon I can get the time and motivation 😂
printed by moi. Squirrel, Fox and Baby Reindeer. For sale as soon I can get the time and motivation 😂
November 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM
This year's #Xmas cards - designed and hand
printed by moi. Squirrel, Fox and Baby Reindeer. For sale as soon I can get the time and motivation 😂
printed by moi. Squirrel, Fox and Baby Reindeer. For sale as soon I can get the time and motivation 😂
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Carla Denyer, "Labour have been handed a tough opening hand. But I also feel that in several areas they've tied their own hands behind their back" @carladenyer.bsky.social
"Rejecting a wealth tax.. Two child benefit cap... Winter fuel allowance.. Rejecting renationalisation of water companies"
"Rejecting a wealth tax.. Two child benefit cap... Winter fuel allowance.. Rejecting renationalisation of water companies"
November 17, 2024 at 9:27 AM
Carla Denyer, "Labour have been handed a tough opening hand. But I also feel that in several areas they've tied their own hands behind their back" @carladenyer.bsky.social
"Rejecting a wealth tax.. Two child benefit cap... Winter fuel allowance.. Rejecting renationalisation of water companies"
"Rejecting a wealth tax.. Two child benefit cap... Winter fuel allowance.. Rejecting renationalisation of water companies"
November 17, 2024 at 11:58 AM
Aaaaaaargggh. Sold out! #Glastonbury
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Aaaaaaargggh. Sold out! #Glastonbury
Anyone managed to get #Glastonbury tickets?
November 17, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Anyone managed to get #Glastonbury tickets?
On my way to wonderful #Sheffield. Stay common!
November 16, 2024 at 10:11 AM
On my way to wonderful #Sheffield. Stay common!
My all time favourite book as a kid. Anyone lucky enough to still have an original copy? #Usborne #Ghosts #WorldOfTheUnknown #Spooky
November 15, 2024 at 10:53 PM
My all time favourite book as a kid. Anyone lucky enough to still have an original copy? #Usborne #Ghosts #WorldOfTheUnknown #Spooky