Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The pitch to parents of anyone born 2015 onwards: "We don't care whether your kids get the chance to go to university & we're going to punish them if they can't get a job in a knowledge & service-based economy we're doing nothing to fundamentally change." 010
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 08/10/2026If no one in government, opposition, or the media cares to cover this meaningfully we'll sleepwalk to the past. Universities will shrink, many will close, & it will become a class-based privilege again. For all the talk of NEETs, very few are reckoning w/ what this will mean for future generations 100
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As others have rightly pointed out, best estimates are that around 30,000 jobs have been lost in the sector & it has barely elicited a shrug of the shoulders *from anyone*. 100
Reposted by Andrew SnowKevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 121804490
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 years into academia & it’s just one crushing disappointment after another. Closing in on my second big redundancy in 2 years. Not enough of the right kinds of experience to go after the jobs around my current level, not junior enough to be eligible for the research roles. What do you do? 000
Reposted by Andrew SnowCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action 8698221
Reposted by Andrew SnowDave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Just a reminder as the new academic year kicks off - the UK government has deliberately, ruthlessly, throttled the recruitment of international students, solely to pander to racists, and the resultant 25%+ fall in numbers can and will only accelerate some universities into bankruptcy. 8412170
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Good luck Ewan - what a fantastic photo for the cover too, colours are wonderful. Thank god they didn’t give you a grim academic cover! 110
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Introduce yourself with 10 acts you’ve seen live: Alien Ant Farm Papa Roach Slipknot Oasis Amy Winehouse Arctic Monkeys Swedish House Mafia Ricardo Villalobos Sasha The Libertines Basically, a scallywag! 010
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Whether it is wilful or not idk, but the Ghent letter makes it clear re Cofnas’ motivations. He’s saying it outright - he’s out to get people he deems unworthy. Unis are collections of people; why should 1 person be protected if he’s out to get his colleagues or students? 090
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I think it is significant for a debate that is unlikely to happen but much needed - what are Unis for? If they’re democratic *at all* then the likes of Cofnas - going around waging crusades against people he deems unworthy - are rightly going to be excluded from all of them. 001
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Cofnas identifies *himself* as a ‘threat’ to students & staff! If we want Universities to be ‘open’ you can’t have people inside them who are actively & openly working to exclude people from them based on perceived biological differences! 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The usual coterie signing up here. Ghent letter of suspension addresses the last point re “significant harm”. Recalls what @jemgilbert.bsky.social & Alan were discussing re a Uni’s purpose. If they’re democratic spaces then Cofnas behaviour & view’s unacceptable forbetterscience.com/wp-content/u...forbetterscience.com 100
Reposted by Andrew Snowroterote @roterote.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Here is the full suspension letter from UGent that was sent to Nathan Cofnas, it shows ample reason for his suspension and potential termination. Including breach of contract, using the University of Ghent’s name and legitimacy to promote his racial supremacist views and causing reputational damage. 7040651253
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I found that story about him being obsessed with winning 5 a side & bossing the team about irritating as hell - meant to make him sound tough & only succeeded in making him sound like the last person you’d want to play with. 031
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This story was instigated by a self professed racist, previously dismissed from Cambridge for expressing racist views. He has been able to furnish his reputation through the media, invited onto reputable platforms & described as “controversial” instead of racist. 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 15/08/2026It must have felt awful. It must have felt like there was no end to it. It must have felt like it would follow you around forever. A cruel story with a horrific ending. 100
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Historically, University has been the preserve of the upper classes. Expansion is very recent. The more prestigious institutions still lack diversity in class & ethnicity, despite expansion. If we admit fewer students overall, & nothing changes, do you expect that trend to continue? 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Our vice chancellor states that he agrees w/ Andy Burnham re HE: “I have long argued that university is not the right choice for everyone” When people make claims like this they ought to be clear. Who are the people for whom university is not “the right choice”? How does this map onto race & class? 100
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Running up to the end of your fixed term contract, desperately searching, applying, interviewing. Getting rejected, even for the small stuff. Swallowing the disappointment, the bitterness. Again & again & again & again. It sucks. 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I've been thinking about this a lot - it makes you feel really lonely. My redundancy was barely acknowledged by colleagues - I'd worked there for 10 years across different positions. Like you say Kate, to now have relative uproar when FTCs are quietly shifted out - compounds that sense of isolation. 132
Reposted by Andrew SnowEnd Political Homelessness Now @raaleh.bsky.social · 09/07/2026It may have cost a lot of money, but at least right leaning voters are now more satisfied than they were before about immigrant numbers. 528241
Reposted by Andrew SnowDr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 30/06/2026(2/) Some potential redundancies are apparently deserving of petitions and widespread horror on social media, and yet some certain redundancies are not at all - and yes, it's also, as colleagues have noted, clear that this applies to different institutions differently, but also apparently FTC staff 2877
Reposted by Andrew SnowTom Scriven @pigsmeat.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Also working-class autodidacts didn't just read alone - they read in groups, set up libraries and reading rooms, and battled for Mechanics' Institutes (many long ago merged into unis) to teach music, history, and politics. They built the public adult education infrastructure that's being destroyed 6312136
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 22/06/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Was this written by Ses Wtreeting?theguardian.comAndy Burnham supporters divided over who should be his chancellorBriefing war breaks out between advocates for Wes Streeting and those close to Ed Miliband 000
Reposted by Andrew SnowGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 03/06/2026If you suggest police officers shouldn’t kick people in the head, you’ll get the chief of the Met condemning you on national television. If you say the police are institutionally racist against whites and suggest people should riot, you’ll get invited onto a BBC couch to expand upon your theories. 31250484
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I understand this impulse, but it neglects the fact that planning is inevitably & inescapably political. This just moves the politics elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comRachel Reeves to protect ‘critical’ clean energy projects from legal challengesChancellor’s planning shake-up would ‘reduce exposure from judicial review on all but human rights grounds’ 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 09/05/2026I make sense of it very simplistically: a particular type of politician discovered they could become rich & powerful by propping up a failing economic system & treating the populace like dupes. It’s worryingly cynical I’m afraid. 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 09/05/2026lol would have *loved* to have been a fly on the word when they OKed this column. Was it a case of “this’ll do, those lefty idiots will lap this shit up” or do they genuinely believe this slop means anything? 110
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 10/03/2026media.tenor.coma man without a shirt is standing in front of a group of people dancing in a room .ALT: a man without a shirt is standing in front of a group of people dancing in a room . 000
Reposted by Andrew Snowpixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 05/02/2026That’s right folks. Kamala Harris has not only found, but captured and killed, the legendary ape man known as Bigfoot 462406208
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 04/02/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQJ557/l... I wonder if at any point during the drafting of this advert did the people involved think they were taking the piss? Or has academia become so inured to pisstaking that it just drifts on by?jobs.ac.ukLecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism at University of GreenwichExplore an exciting academic career as a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities. 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Providing feedback on suspected AI-generated material is so difficult psychologically - if you can't be arsed writing something, why should I bother my arse writing a response to your non-effort? 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Generously, I would maybe say they’re both trying to explain why the people in the anecdote would think like that. It is funny that in a discussion on shutting up & listening they both speak for the people in the anecdote though. 110
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 15/05/2025I am striding for Palestinians in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) over the next few weeks. Please consider sharing & donating. medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/andrew-snowmedicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.comStride for Palestinians 2025I am striding for Palestinians in aid of Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP). Starting on Nakba Day, I will be completing 107km in one month and virtually covering the distance from Occupied East Jerus 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 05/05/2025Typing into AI image generator: Me, Donald Trump, as pope. Hmmm Trying again: Me, Donald Trump, as pope. 100 pounds lighter. Great - save! 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 28/04/2025To make such a matter of fact claim, given the context, is a dereliction of duty. 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I’m very interested to know if it was an editorial decision to include the qualifier that settler encroachment & violence “is a problem of individuals rather than an entire nation”. This is, at best, contentious. At worst, it excuses the govt & state’s role. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...theguardian.comThe Settlers review – this vital film forces Louis Theroux to do something he’s never done beforeThe documentarian manages to stay calm and polite as guns are repeatedly pointed at him in the West Bank. Then someone shoves him … 100
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Stand up for trans rights 🏳️⚧️ Join me and @GoodLawProject and help us fight the Supreme Court’s harmful decision: goodlawproject.org/s/c41bb8goodlawproject.orgHelp us challenge the Supreme Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project 000
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Haha fantastic - what was the reference if you don’t mind sharing? Wonderfully written book btw. 100
Andrew Snow @asnoweplan87.bsky.social · 28/02/2025“Standing with” running “thoughts & prayers” close in the means nothing race. 000