Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 15/08/2026#Academia must become a better place on so many levels. More honest, fairer, kinder and supportive. 000
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Very excited about having joined @oxforducu.bsky.social . Looking forward to meeting my branch mates. 🙋♀️ 010
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Very happy and excited to start my new position at the University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk today. 010
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichGoldsmiths UCU @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Our dispute — and Goldsmiths management’s disgraceful conduct — covered by the Institute of Employment Rights! www.ier.org.uk/news/indefin...ier.org.ukIndefinite strike action to begin Monday 8 June over Goldsmiths lockout - IER 148
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichGoldsmiths UCU @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social · 25/05/2026With Goldsmiths management confirming 100% pay deductions for participation in ASOS, and escalating the dispute in an unprecedented (and reckless) way, we’re holding an emergency branch meeting to discuss what this means for our Members and how we respond together. PLEASE ATTEND! Zoom link in email. 032
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Ok, I am done with sommer. I want rain and storm.media.tenor.coma park bench is covered in leaves in the rain .ALT: a park bench is covered in leaves in the rain . 000
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichLBC @lbc.co.uk · 23/05/2026Shiva Chandorkar has had 270 job applications rejected. He tells @jameshansonradio.bsky.social a 'perfect storm' is driving young people out of the workplace and into their bedrooms. 22411
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 22/05/2026University and College Union (UCU) members have voted to strike over London South Bank University plan to split academic workforce into two “career pathways”, warning that female nursing staff face being moved to inferior terms while male engineers retain research rights ow.ly/7vpO50Z3ih6 01711
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichOxford & Thames Valley SWP @oxswp.bsky.social · 23/05/2026✊🏽 Nottingham university strikers fight jobs massacre UCU members at Nottingham University are threatened with 600 job cuts, slashing departments and courses. With multiple attacks on HE and FE centres across the country, a national UCU fightback campaign is desperately needed. buff.ly/ThWaB5Q 012
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichSean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Save the UCL Institute of Orthopaedics Library at Stanmore: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/sa... Petition organised by UCL UNISON Supported by UCL UCU & UCL UNITE @unisonhealth.bsky.social @unison.org.ukmegaphone.org.ukSave the Institute of Orthopaedics Library!Digital systems cannot replace specialist expertise The Orthopaedics Library is a highly specialised service, supporting staff and students in clinical orthopaedics, musculoskeletal sciences, rehabili... 101
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 22/05/2026So.. my little book ist aus dem Stand auf Nr 1 der Spiegel - Bestsellerliste gelandet. Ich glaub’s nicht. A heartfelt ‚Danke‘ ❤️ an alle die es schon haben und/oder gerade lesen. Damit hatte ich wirklich nicht gerechnet. Aber das Interesse am UK ist eben doch größer als viele so denken. 🙏🙏🙏 3762545
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Excellent Inaugural lecture by Prof James Kirkbride @kirkbride.bsky.social from @uclpsychiatry.bsky.social on social determinants of mental health. Congratulations to the professorship! Such important research! #mentalhealth #inequality #socialdeterminants #psychosis #geopsychiatry 010
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 18/05/2026For my German speaking followers: Warum Labour die Nerven verloren hat und warum das alles jetzt böse enden kann.. 👇podcasts.apple.comRegierungskrise in Großbritannien. Mit Annette Dittert.Podcast-Folge · Table Today – mit Michael Bröcker und Helene Bubrowski · 18. Mai · 26 Min. 810920
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Wer Lust und Zeit hat, an diesem langen deutschen Wochenende.. Ich fand’s ein sehr schönes Gespräch..mit @christophamend.bsky.social und Ubin Eoh😉👇 49813
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Excellent @ucl-cbc.bsky.social #DisagreeingWell panel on “What Does Reckoning With the British Imperial Past Involve in 2026?” with Hélène Neveu Kringelbach, Jovan Scott, Kwasi Kwarteng, Lavinya Stennett and Sathnam Sanghera 110
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAnnette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Some news in eigener Sache: Mein neues Buch über Grossbritannien ist ab heute in den Buchhandlungen. Zehn Jahre nach dem Brexit: Wie geht es den Briten heute und warum ist Larry the Cat der beständigste Bewohner der Downing Street? Aktueller geht es nicht. #StarmerChaos 25525106
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Gooooood morning, London!! It’s #election day. Just went with my German passport to the Irish Centre Camden to vote for British politicians. Way to go! 😀 🌍#London #IrishCentre #Camden 000
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Thanks for following me @ucldutch.bsky.social ! Bedankt!media.tenor.coma crowd of people watching a sports game with a next impulse sports logo on the bottomALT: a crowd of people watching a sports game with a next impulse sports logo on the bottom 010
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Passed by #TrafalgarSquare on the 88 bus just now. Quite a lot of #police there apparently arresting people from the #protest . 000
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAmnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Love trumps hate - every single day of the week. Thank you to the hundreds of Amnesty supporters who joined the historic demonstration against the far right. The estimated half a million people showed the power we have when we show up, together. 18018
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Great vibes at the #TogetherAlliance march in #London today. Sound on. 0126
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichKaos @kaosuk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Some great placard energy out there today. #TogetherAlliance #AntiFarRightMarch www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...theguardian.comLarge crowds take part in London march against the far right – liveTens of thousands are marching through central London to show their rejection of the rise of the far right 013
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Great turn out at today’s #TogetherAlliance march in #London . I am walking in the trade union bloc… can’t see the start or the end of the group 😀 #StopRacism @togetheralliance.bsky.social 020
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 22/03/2026This is beyond vile. Celebrating a female journalist‘s death and encouraging people to pee on her grave. Very telling. 000
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichUCL Institute of Education @ioe.bsky.social · 10/03/2026"Flourishing, functioning democracies must ensure that effective learning about our roles as citizens is embedded throughout education." Hans Svennevig @citizenshippgceioe.bsky.social reflects on the need for specialist Citizenship teachers, now more than ever. bit.ly/40P9WB6 023
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichGoldsmiths UCU @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026🚨 On 2 March 2026, our branch voted with 95% support to move to ballot for industrial action. On 9 March, the UCU Higher Education Committee authorised our ballot request, and notice was served to our employer. 🗳️ The ballot will run 16 Mar – 10 Apr 2026. Here's why we are doing it: 121
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichUCU Ulster @ucu-ulster.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Set up for @ulsteruni.bsky.social mental health day UCU is the union that provides support, representation and access to mental health services Come say hello 👋 today - we're beside the lifts in BC 011
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichThe Mental Elf @thementalelf.bsky.social · 09/03/2026How do people with lived experience vs professionals define anorexia recovery? Lived experience: absence of disordered thoughts Staff: living well despite residual symptoms Both agreed psychological markers (not just weight) should define recovery. buff.ly/J6wj4m8 #AnorexiaNervosa #Recovery 032
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichMIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 09/03/2026War always creates the conditions for more war. “Winners can experience dangerous forms of triumphalism,” says Robert Jay Lifton. “Losers are likely to invoke Rambo–like attempts to reverse the outcome.”thereader.mitpress.mit.eduWar Begets WarTriumph breeds hubris. Defeat breeds grievance. Either way, from World War II to Afghanistan, America has fueled a cycle that never ends. 1126
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichTristram Wyatt @tristramwyatt.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...you.38degrees.org.ukEnd the sewage pollution scandalWe're sick of it. Sick of the lies, sick of the greed, and sick of a system rigged against us. This is a scandal and this dirty business must end. For more than 30 years water companies have put corpo... 011
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichUnite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 26/02/2026🚨 FIFTH consecutive vote for industrial action 🚨 🔥 Two week ballot window 🔥 75% turnout 🔥 73% YES to strike action 🔥 81% YES to ASOS Our members will not tolerate victimisation and won’t be intimidated. UCU staff are not the enemy. It’s beyond time for the GS to talk to us. #HandsOffMarie 43727
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichProf. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Delighted to take part for a second year to help raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast 👇 Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon Date: 28 feb • 09:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goths-for-...eventbrite.co.ukGoths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thonA full day of back to back classes and workshops on Gothic themes to raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast 0109
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichUnite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 20/02/2026With our current mandate ending, today sees the end of our current strike action. Our new ballot over TU victimisation closes on Wednesday. Our Safety Officer remains under threat and our employer has made no real effort to find a resolution. We don’t want to have to strike again. #HandsOffMarie 096
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichDER SPIEGEL @spiegel.de · 17/02/2026Der Verfassungsschutz sieht in der niedersächsischen AfD eine Gefahr für die Gesellschaft. Parteimitglieder, die für den Staat arbeiten oder Waffen trage, dürften künftig unter Druck geraten.spiegel.deAfD in Niedersachsen als extremistische Bestrebung eingestuftDer Verfassungsschutz sieht in der niedersächsischen AfD eine Gefahr für die Gesellschaft. Parteimitglieder, die für den Staat arbeiten oder Waffen trage, dürften künftig unter Druck geraten. 65317
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichSenator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 15/02/2026A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody. This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her son’s side as he died from cancer. Not one dime for this cruelty. www.cbsnews.com/amp/chicago/...cbsnews.comOfelia Torres, teen who fought to have her father released from ICE custody, dies from rare cancerOfelia Torres, 16, died on Friday from Stage 4 alveolar rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer, her father's lawyer confirmed. 632192837410
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichTimes Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Have any of your colleagues recently been made redundant by a UK university? Have you? Do you fear losing your job? What has been the effect of redundancies on departmental morale? We are keen to hear your viewstimeshighereducation.comUK university staff: please complete our survey about redundanciesAcademic or professional staff, employed or unemployed, we are anxious to hear your perspectives 0823
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichUnite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Unite against TU Victimisation @Unitetheunion.bsky.social doesn't tolerate the victimisation of its reps by employers. Today our members in the North West are showing what solidarity looks like. It's time UCU ended the victimisation of Marie, our Health & Safety Officer. #Strike #HandsOffMarie 23421
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Epstein survivor Anouska De Georgiou: The fact that the very people who are meant to lead this country have completely retraumatized us… it’s—I mean—it’s like being raped by the Department of Justice. 554221867967
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 06/02/2026JD Vance loudly booed at the Winter Olympics today. 846136012946
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 07/02/2026Who designed the outfit for the #German team for the #olympicgames . It’s as bad as the German #Eurovision entries. What’s going on with my country? 🤣 🇩🇪 010
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 06/02/2026I just filled in my #ucu #election #ballots . I have given a very strong preference to independent candidates as I am really tired of the fraction battles in our union. Here is hoping for positive change. 🙏media.tenor.comcookie monster is sitting at a table with a tray of food and the words choices written on itALT: cookie monster is sitting at a table with a tray of food and the words choices written on it 010
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Did #Trump just confuse #Greenland and #Iceland say #Davos ? 010
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 21/01/2026#Trump didn’t just say at #Davos that without the US Europeans would all be speaking German and a bit Japanese. 😱 000
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Tillie Martinussen, Greenlandic politician: "Even if Trump invaded us, we would wade him out like bad weather" Greenland and Denmark are not under threat from Putin, but from the USA under Trump - the world is literally upside down right now 🫤 211232
Reposted by Bettina FriedrichIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...open.substack.comWho funds the Free Speech Union?Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders. 32240351580
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 16/01/2026And a quick reminder…that’s the guy who tried to make people believe *Obama* is a fraud for “claiming” he was born in the USA. It melts your mind trying to get your head around this. 000
Bettina Friedrich @bettinafriedrich.bsky.social · 16/01/2026What surreal nonsense - we are living in very strange times: www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...cnn.comWhy Trump accepting Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize is no laughing matter | CNN PoliticsVenezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado’s presentation Thursday of her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump was instant fodder for ridicule among Trump’s opponents. 010
