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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/10/2026

Universities are tearing apart the humanities, arts and social sciences. Courses are closing, jobs are disappearing, and students and staff are paying the price. At Exeter, 85% of proposed job cuts targeted these disciplines. We need university leaders who will defend education mot destroy it.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

the first MP to take the oath on a Quran was Chaudhry Sarwar in 1997. this isn’t new.

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

They need to start calling them people and not migrants, because too many people think migrants aren’t human.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

'In response to the era of artificial intelligence, and the questions it raises about culture, copyright and corporate power, the academics behind the Stuart Hall Archive Project have barred AI bots from accessing the data.'

theguardian.com

Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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Dan Burrows @drdanburrows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

One of my early thoughts after the premier league charges dropped was, "I can't wait to hear @arseblog.com and @philippeauclair.bsky.social discuss this on the pod", it didn't disapoint. Thanks, gents.

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It only feels “radically progressive” because we’ve spent 40 years normalising radically regressive ideas. This was broadly how Britain worked from 1945–79, when average GDP growth was 2.6% a year — compared with 1.9% in the post-Thatcher years. It works www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Burnham gambles on radical progressive plan to help Britain ‘rise again’

PM accepts some of his plan could be difficult and admits he ‘may pay a political price’

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026

Our members at Nottingham University commence strike action today over threats to hundreds of jobs and course closures. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning.

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Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

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Banksy funds refugee rescue boat operating in Mediterranean - London Daily

Exclusive: UK artist finances bright pink motor yacht that set sail in secrecy to avoid being intercepted by authorities

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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The BBC has long given up even pretending to be interested in who these people are, why they are coming or how they might feel, in favour of acting as a kind of shop window for the parties to display their wares of violence and cruelty

bbc.co.uk

Most migrant small boat arrivals in single day of 2026

A total of 781 migrants arrive on Wednesday, but the yearly total is below the same point in 2025.

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Spooky Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Please can someone call the burns unit? 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Has Ahmed @HasAhmed_20h

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The only Muslim bothered about you eating this much bacon is your cardiologist.

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It's all about choices!

I've made mine.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I have a Kenyan friend who told me stories of how white Europeans are murdering black Africans by knifing their inflatable boats in the Mediterranean. Only a matter of time before that tactic came to the U.K.

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M a r c u s 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Imagine them saying they’re going to limit cancer diagnoses

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At the station today I spoke with an asylum seeker who had been in Berlin for four years since moving here from Ghana. It was utterly heartbreaking - the racism he had faced, his desperation to get his papers, to get work. “There is no love here for us. Take care, brother”, he said as we parted.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/09/2026

TUC President Steve Gillan calls on Congress to join UCU’s lunchtime rally against the University of Brighton’s outrageous plans to derecognise UCU. An attack on trade union rights is an attack on us all. University of Brighton: back down.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 15/09/2026

The University of Brighton is threatening to DERECOGNISE UCU and rip up collective agreements protecting staff. This is an outrageous attack on trade union rights. We will not allow our members’ rights, pay and conditions to be torn up. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1464...

ucu.org.uk

University and College Union condemn University of Brighton derecognition plans

The University and College Union (UCU) has today (15 September) condemned plans by the University of Brighton to derecognise UCU on campus.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

the things that Brighton university management has decided it simply… no longer recognises? it also no longer recognises UCU or Unison? again: how is this legal!!!!

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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 14/09/2026

UCU members at Brighton University face the threat of derecognition. We have called an emergency rally tomorrow at 1:15pm. It would be amazing to see as many #TUC26 delegates as possible in attendance. 58-67 Grand Parade, Brighton and Hove, Brighton BN2 0JY

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/09/2026

Every time a branch enters a local dispute we are going to do everything we can to amplify the cause and increase pressure. We've launched our dispute videos in the last week. Here is an excellent update from Sheffield UCU.

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Enjoy every sandwich, Bruce. You've given us all so much over the years, and I do selfishly hope we get more in the time left to you.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

How not to manage AI at undergraduate level.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

'Unions claim staff were informed the support would be withdrawn on the same day the next round of 154 redundancies were confirmed.'

thecourier.co.uk

EXCLUSIVE: Dundee University axes counselling services for staff

Employees will no longer be able to use the facility from the beginning of the new academic year.

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covucu.bsky.social @covucu.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

CU's VC celebrates his nomination for the University Alliance Lifetime Achievement Award, despite his “dynamic, future-focused” transformation involving 2,788 staff moved to subsidiaries, hundreds of redundancies & stripping of national agreements and collective bargaining. Quite an achievement #UCU

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Germany, 2026. A far-right politician calling for the mass deportation of 20 million people, to loud applause. A clear call for mass violence.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“The wheels are now rapidly falling off the 2012 funding system,” he said, adding that he believes the Treasury has shown “no sign of awareness or concern about the devastation of the nation’s capacity in higher education”. (Simon Marginson) 3/3

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

'“As a result, students through their fees have to pay pretty much the entire cost of higher education. Since raising fees is politically difficult, they haven’t kept pace with the cost of educating students. So universities are broke.' 2/3

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“The original sin was the abolition in 2012 of taxpayer support for the arts, humanities and social sciences,” said [Nicholas Barr]...referring to...Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition [reforms] which saw direct government funding for teaching cut and the tuition fee cap rise to £9,000.' 1/3

timeshighereducation.com

Axe threshold freeze to ‘show loan reform intent’, ministers told

Burnham government seen as more likely than Starmer to act on growing calls to relieve pressure on young graduates

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RESIST @resist4unow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

How much longer will we allow the MURDERERS in our White House to continue their reign of terror? How much longer will YOU remain silent, turning away from the horror of blatant racist hate - emboldened by the Trump regime? IN 2026 - VOTE. MAGA. OUT. ALL OF THEM. DO NOT COMPLY.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Yet TODAY, the Times can publish a piece today, citing the fraudulent marathons that Arday ran "on a broken leg", a claim he never made. It was a hairline fracture *that was reported at the time*. And the headline of the piece? You cannot make this stuff up. 5/

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026

Universities across the UK are calling their redundancy programmes ‘voluntary’. In today’s Sunday Times a Senior Lecturer in Humanities completely exposes that lie.

“I didn’t want to leave, but anyone who stays in that job will be burnt out by November. It will be far worse for the students, because they are losing so many specialists in their fields, and it will leave no time for research.”

Senior Lecturer in Humanities

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 21/08/2026

Nottingham staff will strike on 30 September and 1 October as University Council meets to decide the future of jobs and courses. Further strike action will run from 5 October to 11 December. Management can still stop this: rule out compulsory redundancies and protect teaching and research.

uonucu.org

University of Nottingham Staff to Strike as Council Decides Future of Jobs

Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike on 30th September and 1st October, as the University's governing Council meets to decide the final Future Nottingham Phase 2 (FN2) restructuring plans...

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IWGB @iwgbunion.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Don’t boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it: youtube.com/shorts/hhIES... T-shirt preorders open now! All proceeds from the t-shirts, which are ethically made and designed by us, will go towards the fired Rockstar workers’ legal funds. bit.ly/4xLc4IP

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Don't Boycott GTA VI. Fight for justice for the people who made it.

YouTube video by IWGB Union

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Reform: Let's kick our foreigners so we can look after our own people. (£50bn of welfare cuts) Reform: No, not those people.

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

While this was all happening, friends and I were literally listing off senior white men who were still in post despite not being able to work with students because they're actual sex offenders.

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is appalling and tragic. Cambridge University, the media, and those far right 'scholars' and hangers on who sought to capitalise on this case for social media clout surely bear responsibility for what feels like an entirely predictable outcome. www.lbc.co.uk/article/jaso...

lbc.co.uk

Former Cambridge professor Jason Arday found dead aged 41 | LBC

Mr Arday is understood to have been found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea on Friday afternoon

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Or, in fact, not really a news story at all. I don’t believe at all that this was nationally important and certainly not “third on the BBC 6 o’clock news” important as a story. Cofnas started all of this because he’s a racist and the media ran with it.

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!

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GodlessPrimate @godlessprimate.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

My books will be on my shelves where they belong. A few friends used to laugh at me for keeping what they called obsolete things like vinyl records and old books. They all agree it was a good idea now.

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Dan Burrows @drdanburrows.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Basic Gym Etiquette 101: put your fucking weights away when you are done with them.

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Dr. Ashok Karra @akarra.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

i can't imagine not offering a B.A. in philosophy. the field changed my life, as it has countless others. it's not reducible to self-help or theories of truth or speculation about how the mind works. at stake is what knowledge is (beyond epistemology) and what it means to us.

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Dan Grey @dangrey.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Badenoch just said, on national TV, that UK's carbon emissions have gone up "in total" because of the 2008 Climate Change Act. They have, in fact, declined by more than half. Did #Kuenssberg break in to point this basic fact out? Of course not

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Ann Leckie @annleckie.com · 18/07/2026

When you (an editor or a critique partner or a classmate) comment on someone's writing, you can absolutely deal them a disabling injury if you're thoughtless about it. I'm not saying anyone should be dishonest or refrain from pointing out issues. I'm saying

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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born #OTD in 1943. She discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle. #WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect

Color portrait of astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who discovered pulsars in 1967. She stands at a three-quarter angle facing left, looking toward the camera with a calm, assured, and slight smile. Her short, textured, wavy gray-brown hair frames a pleasant expression behind delicate gold-framed wire spectacles. She wears a structured, pale gray-blue blazer over a white and dark gray leaf-patterned blouse. The background consists of a soft-focus, desaturated green and white bokeh wash resembling out-of-focus foliage or filtered light, creating a professional and scholarly atmosphere. The cool-toned lighting highlights her face and the crisp lines of her business suit, casting gentle shadows that give the portrait a sense of depth and dignity.

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