“A kick in the teeth” - 13% pay rise for the VC while jobs are on the line is inexcusable.

Thank you to every student, staff member, and community ally who stood in solidarity with @bangorucu.bsky.social yesterday.

We will keep fighting. ✊

Indeed. The uni will be viewed as one in 'managed decline'. Or perhaps 'mismanaged decline'.

“Universities are in crisis and this inquiry couldn’t come soon enough.” @drjogrady.bsky.social

After sustained pressure from UCU, The Education Committee has launched an inquiry into university finances.

We’ll be submitting evidence. Full statement here: www.ucu.org.uk/article/1405...

Bangor university gives its vice chancellor a 13% pay rise then cuts dozens of jobs.

Handing out massive pay rises while frontline staff face the sack is indefensible. @bangorucu.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have a look at our new journal article in AI & Society - Move fast and break people? Ethics, companion apps, and the case of Character.ai. lnkd.in/ebhNBqNX

We identify unresolved ethical issues in companion-based AI tech.

Also flagging the relevance of our edited book on tackling disinformation: www.routledge.com/Routledge-Ha...

Just flagging the relevance of our open access book to the q. of how to address misinformation, disinformation and deepfakes link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Pleased to have delivered a Keynote 'Confronting the Threat: emerging trends & issues in the spread of misinformation & deepfakes’' to Westminster Media Forum conference on Priorities for Tackling Disinformation and Deepfakes in UK. 93 policymakers, regulators, third sector & tech industry present.

Would you be in a relationship with an AI?

1/3 Brits have used an AI 'Companion', data from a survey by Andrew McStay & @vianbakir.bsky.social suggests.

I wrote about it here, and asked @aishasobey.bsky.social why men are more likely to use AI companions than women...

medium.com/p/a-third-of...

Watch highlights from the Westminster Hall debate on the 'Impact of university finances on jobs in Higher Education' 👇

It's clear that we need urgent action to #FundHENow

youtu.be/LTBBp6IG0xU?...

‘We’re here today because the crisis in higher education is a crisis caused by government policy and the solution has to come from government’

@vthuppil.bsky.social from @bangoruniversity.bsky.social advocating for change at the UCU #StoptheCuts rally

🚨 BREAKING 🚨

🔴 Henry VIII powers in the Data Bill could threaten electoral integrity.

🔴 ORG's joint letter, signed by civil society groups and academics, warns that a government could change how Political Parties use the public’s data WITHOUT passing a new law.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

My first post after approx 1 year of social media digital detox (well worth it, my friends!)... I lead with a plug (no pun intended). Having read that the field of mis/disinformation lacks grounding in propaganda theory, I remind the world of this little piece: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...