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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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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

“The standard explanation for Britain’s declining graduate wage premium is that higher education expanded too fast & too far, & too many people now go to university. But similar expansions elsewhere have not produced the same outcome. Instead, the evidence points primarily to problems in the economy

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Christina de Bellaigue @cadebellaigue.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Today, Filippo de Vivo, Martin Conway, @faridahzaman.bsky.social and I, along with 30 other members of the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford have written to the leadership of the University of Exeter to express our deep concern about the proposed cuts to Humanities and Social Sciences

We write to express our profound concern at the proposed redundancies at the University of Exeter...History at Exeter has built a global reputation in recent years through its outstanding scholarship, major international research projects, and research-led teaching./We in Oxford have benefitted enormously from collaborations and exchanges with colleagues at Exeter, including on the Socialism Goes Global project, and on a developing programme of research focusing on Downward Social Mobility, and we frequently draw on the excellent work that your department members publish. The Exeter Centre for Global History in particular, has been world-leading in the field and stimulated our work in Oxford, as has the department’s long-established excellence in European, Imperial and Military history, Economic and Social History and the History of Science. We note too, the recent election to Fellowship of the British Academy of Professor Jane Whittle and Professor Mark Jackson, whose work has also inspired and guided ours. We have seen our undergraduates go on to prosper as graduate students in Exeter’s School of Archaeology and History, and recruit Exeter students to our own graduate programmes with enthusiasm, knowing they will have had excellent preparation for their studies. These strengths have taken decades to establish but could be undermined in a matter of months. Such losses would diminish the University’s academic standing, weaken its ability to attract outstanding staff and students, and jeopardise the reputation on which the University’s long-term institutional success depends./The case for cuts of this scale is difficult to reconcile with the University’s own recent financial position or with the continued strength of the disciplines most heavily affected. Rather than protecting Exeter’s future, these proposals, and the consequent restructuring and generalising of the curriculum, risk causing lasting reputational and financial harm while reducing the quality and bread…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

What's gender go to do with it? Within UK SHAPE disciplines, women are 51% of academic staff (39% of professors). In STEM, that's 45% of all academics (27% of professors). What are the impacts of disproportionate SHAPE redundancies on those stats? Is anyone attending to gender equality? 1/2

Cover of Tina Turner's single 'What's Love Got to do with It', featuring the artist wearing a short black dress and sitting astride what looks like a rock wrapping in a tan-coloured blanket.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

'Government investment in defence-related higher education recognises the need for engineering, computing, cyber, robotics and autonomous systems. But if universities educate the next generation of defence specialists while weakening subjects that teach conflict resolution' [continued] 1/3

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What universities count – and what they cannot afford to ignore - HEPI

This blog was kindly authored by Anna Zimdars, Christopher Playford, Eve Worth, Luke Graham, Joanna Merrett and Joseph Crawford, members of the Centre for Social Mobility, University of Exeter. He tha...

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Struggling to square Burnham’s lofty promises of a new age of social democracy with his concrete actions of appointing a chancellor who resigned as defence secretary after advocating spending cuts to spend more on the military.

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Nahyan Fancy @fancynahyan.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Congratulations to our new @britishacademy.bsky.social fellows. But also sobering as they point out when @exeter.ac.uk is simultaneously putting their jobs &those of a hundred others in humanities, arts and social sciences, The Academy's remit, under threat! #DefendExeterUni @exeterucu.bsky.social

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

This, in particular. Increasingly of the view that government policy towards universities is the test case of whether it really has a wider economic policy.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

So a key question now is whether the new @andyburnham.bsky.social led administration will take the higher education funding crisis seriously as a threat to his aspirations around regional growth and skills…

"Universities will be central to achieving the regional growth aspirations of our new prime minister, but they are suffering a major financial emergency," Shah said.
"The result is greater inequalities, fewer opportunities for students and the gradual erosion of the world-leading research our economy, democracy and global standing rely on.
«The alarm bells are ringing, and policymakers should treat these findings as a wake-up call before more lasting damage is done."

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.

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The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Remember that the tuition fee rise just about covers the simultaneous increase in employer national insurance contributions for universities, so cutting teaching grants on this basis means universities on life support being subject to a shake down and being expected to say thanks for the privilege.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

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British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage

As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The public historian, author and creator of the You’re Dead to Me podcast Greg Jenner warned…”The arts and humanities are fundamental to the flourishing of our society; knowledge gathering, critical thinking and creativity should be defended as sacred things.”

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Gav Maclean @gavmaclean.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Cruel and entirely, entirely impossible to implement. This is going to be an absolute disaster.

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RT 42 AFS • Sociologie des élites @rt42-afselites.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

[AAC #socioelites] Le RT 42 et le @rt50socialisations.bsky.social coorganisent une journée d'étude le 16 octobre 2026 autour de la socialisation des élites. ⌛ 30.04.2026 : limite pour l'envoi des propositions de communication 📍 Paris @afs-socio.bsky.social @evemworth.bsky.social

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Great piece of scholarship by @kevinguyan.bsky.social about the way "sex" categories need to be forced in data collection to protect the myth that binary sex categories are "natural" and independent of the ideology/rhetoric of those imposing them...

This biology-first position is operationalized through explicit guidance – for example, not to include an ‘other’ category in questions asking about sex, in addition to categories of ‘male’ and ‘female’ (Sex Matters, Citation2023a). Because, in adding an ‘other’ category – which might include individuals who identify as ‘non-binary’, ‘intersex’, ‘queer’ or in another way – the artifice of the ‘male’ and ‘female’ categories is exposed. It risks acknowledging that, for many people, worlds exist beyond the life trajectory set out for them in those first few seconds after birth. That data about an individual’s biological features is often important, but it is not the sum total of everything important about an individual.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Important new paper with obvious implications for America's own natalism-neoliberalism conversation. Between 2010-2020, spending cuts at the local level suppressed the fertility of poor households, NOT wealthier ones. Minority women more likely to be in areas w/spending cuts. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

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Harriet Swain @harrietswain.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Anna Mountford-Zimdars and colleagues explore why the higher education social mobility industry needs a shake-up. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

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Fair question - Research Professional News

Anna Mountford-Zimdars, Louise Ashley, Eve Worth and Chris Playford inspect higher education’s social mobility industry

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Universities closing is bad news for many reasons One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.

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Aaron Reeves @aaronreeves.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

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LSE Collaborative Studentship with Trades Union Congress

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Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Excited to be involved with a new research network at @crasshlive.bsky.social exploring Precarious Ageing, past, present & future. We kick off 9th Oct/2pm, hybrid and in-person, with @paulfdhiggs.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social in conversation. Register here www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47719/

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Thinking about precarity and aging - CRASSH

Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities

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Eve Worth @evemworth.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

New article (with Exeter colleagues and Louise Ashley) thinking about the nature of the current 'social mobility industry' in England

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Eve Worth @evemworth.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

New article (with Exeter colleagues and Louise Ashley) thinking about the nature of the current 'social mobility industry' in England

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Prof Dave O'Brien @drdaveobrien.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

Great overview- and fantastic visual notes too- of a recent seminar on downward social mobility run by @cadebellaigue.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/down...

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Downward Social Mobility in Britain since 1850, 31st March 2025

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Jessica Grene @jgrenewriter.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

‘A prize claiming to be a celebration of LGBTQ+ inclusion should know that the condition of trans people isn’t reducible to a debate in which people are simply holding “different positions” – they are a minority group facing unprecedented levels of harassment and political antagonism’

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University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Celebrating a major achievement for our department! 🎉 Dr Eve Worth has been appointed to the DWP’s Methods Advisory Group, bringing her expertise in modern British social history to influence national policy. Demonstrating how our research shapes society! 🏛️📚 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

HAPPY ZOHRAN NIGHT TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

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British Journal of Sociology @bjsociology.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Read Eve Worth's review of "The Fall and Rise of the English Upper Class: Houses, Kinship and Capital Since 1945" by Daniel Smith, which draws on a range of disciplines and case studies to explore the contemporary prominence of the English upper class #EarlyView at #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/3p2gQBM

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 21/04/2025

We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history. Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8

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Sibylle Gollac @sibylleglk.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

👀 Including women in the analysis helps better understand the reproduction of class society💜

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Jamey Jesperson @jameyj.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Omg and the lack of self-reflection on excluding trans men "because the gender reassignment process has given them a male appearance” has me reeeeeeeeeeling. Someone take me out of this Black Mirror episode, please.

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

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Sex Redefined: The Idea of 2 Sexes Is Overly Simplistic

Biologists now think there is a larger spectrum than just binary female and male

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

If this is the law, the law is wrong.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

The Supreme Court of the UK is about to rule on the rights of trans women in a case in which no trans women were allowed to give evidence or participate in any way.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@evemworth.bsky.social is now revisiting her book ‘The Welfare Generation’ & thinking how lens of #experientialexpertise can provide further insights to women’s lives. #EverydayWelfare #LSBU

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.

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Christina de Bellaigue @cadebellaigue.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Getting quite excited about the workshop on Downward Social Mobility in Britain since 1850 that @evemworth.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social & I are running on Monday. It’s a closed set up on this occasion while we work out plan of action but hopefully will lead to bigger & wider conversations

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Catherine Fletcher @catherinefletcher.info · 18/03/2025

Long-established US conference on women's history has lost its venue for 2026 due to 'increased political pressure on academic institutions'.

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Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Next in-person only seminar for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is on Weds 19 March 5.30pm with @evemworth.bsky.social paper on 'Women, elite schooling & life trajectories in post-war Britain'. Why not join us? Register via link below. #skystorians www.history.ac.uk/events/it-wa...

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‘It was a hothouse’: Women, elite schooling, and life trajectories in post-war Britain

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Just Fair @justfairuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

The UN has found the UK's two-child limit breaches international human rights obligations. This policy is driving families into poverty and undermining children's rights to an adequate standard of living. It must be scrapped. @liamgeraghty.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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DWP should increase benefits and scrap two-child limit, UN says

The United Nations has urged the Labour government to scrap the DWP two-child limit and raise benefits in warning over poverty failures.

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Piers Haslam 🌺 @phghaslam.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Sharing from Shon Faye's Instagram

From Shon Faye's Instagram:

On the Hunter Schafer passport story: This isn't just America. in fact there are very well mobilised lobby groups in the U.K. making arguments for similar measures here. There's been a slow creep of this stuff: the constant litigation of "what a woman is" is designed to normalise interrogation and hectoring of trans people, the fact that despite having a legally changed my birth certificate I would now go to a men's prison in the UK, the constant attempts to get the Equality Act definition of "sex" changed... If Labour ultimately lose future elections due to their own incompetence and lack of vision (likely) and Tories and Reform clobber together some kind of mandate there will one hundred percent be discussion of preventing trans people from changing documents in the U.K. It's ironic how the term "woke" got bastardised by the right because the original exhortation by Black American communities to "stay woke" was about be awake and live to rising state hostility, violence and fascism. So to British non-trans people shocked by Trump please be alive to the fact we are also sleepwalking into something very dark.

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Private Education Policy Forum @pepforum.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

How far does going to an elite private school help to propel girls to themselves reach elite positions in society? Our new Research Explainer summarises a study by @aaronreeves.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social examining this question 👇 www.pepf.co.uk/research/is-...

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Excited for this and for my panel with @agnesjuliet.bsky.social, @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @evemworth.bsky.social on women in the 1990s/2000s…

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