Reposted by Martina FeilzerChris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Time and again I think that THIS is the stat universities should shout, shout & shout again about. New education export data again show HE responsible for nearly three-quarters of a £37bn UK revenue source. Fund our universities! Source: explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statist... 14331
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Even if Magyar is no liberal, this is why it is still a huge defeat for illiberalism. For it shows that a powerful illiberal political machine and methodology can be defeated. 71174235
Reposted by Martina FeilzerGreater Manchester Patients Not Passports @gmpnp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026We were never consulted on Palantir gaining access to our health data. But we've since made our views known. And in just 4️⃣ DAYS, MPs will debate activating the break clause in Palantir's NHS contract. Tell you MP to do the right thing 👇 www.amnesty.org.uk/get-involved...amnesty.org.ukEmail your MP to demand no Palantir in our NHSPalantir faces scrutiny for human rights abuses as MPs debate its £330m NHS data contract on 16 April. Urge your MP: no Palantir in our NHS. Act now. 7038481222
Reposted by Martina FeilzerOxfam News Team @oxfamgbnews.bsky.social · 31/03/2026“This new law effectively ensures that the death penalty in Israel will apply only to Palestinians, even as the illegal Israeli occupation has lately seen a surge in the coordinated attacks and executions of Palestinians by settler militias and military." - Oxfam www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...theguardian.com‘Discriminatory’ Israeli death penalty law would be war crime, says UN rights chiefVolker Türk says bill, which applies to Palestinians convicted of terror charges but not Jewish extremists, must be repealed 001
Reposted by Martina FeilzerOxfam News Team @oxfamgbnews.bsky.social · 02/04/2026$3.55 trillion may be hidden in offshore tax havens. Oxfam reveals untaxed wealth hidden offshore by the world’s richest 0.1% surpasses entire wealth of the poorest half of humanity. www.oxfam.org.uk/media/press-... 001
Reposted by Martina FeilzerNationCymru @nation.cymru · 04/04/2026Addressing rural brain drain is not just about persuading young people to stay. It’s about creating communities in which they can imagine a future ✍️Sonya Hanna & Sara Parry, Bangor University wp.me/p8Mk4U-1iAb 1134
Reposted by Martina FeilzerBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 02/04/2026“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #UrbanTruth in @fastcompany.comfastcompany.com50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable StreetsFrom making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here. 7334110
Reposted by Martina FeilzerJoshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Lawyers applying to become judges in England and Wales can now use artificial intelligence to improve work they have already written. But they have been warned that using AI in qualifying tests could result in disqualification from future judicial appointments rozenberg.substack.com/p/artificial...rozenberg.substack.comArtificial judgesAnd artificial constraints on international law 1125
Reposted by Martina FeilzerEuropean Science Communication Institute @esci.eu · 25/03/2026How can science reach society? A new report by the Swedish Research Council explores how countries across Europe strengthen #SciComm. vr.sePromoting Science Communication: Strategies and Lessons Learnt from Europe 011
Reposted by Martina FeilzerWISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Don’t forget to submit your abstract for the WISERD Annual Conference 2026 at Cardiff University! Theme is 'In Pursuit of Sustainable Futures' and the deadline for abstract submission is 9am on Monday 30 March: bit.ly/40HGj4K #WISERD2026 154
Reposted by Martina FeilzerHannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 23/03/2026JOB: Research Associate, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social Fixed term, part-time (0.5 FTE) between 19th May - 1st October 2026 on a comparative research project funded by Leverhulme, 'Penal Supervision in Comparative Context.' 🔗 👇 #Criminology #SocialWork strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/Vacancies/I/... 134
Reposted by Martina FeilzerEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 08/03/2026"Alongside active suppression, there’s a quieter process through which scientific freedom can narrow without formal prohibition or visible coercion" ERC President @marialep.bsky.social warned of decline of #academicfreedom. Watch her @cara1933.bsky.social lecture. 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rIB... 0117
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 08/03/2026"Figures from the MoJ...showed children at Werrington were out of their cells for an average of five hours and one minute on weekdays in November. "The figure was less than three hours per day at weekends for most of the year..." www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxdy90…bbc.co.ukPrisons are failing children in custody, says charityChildren are spending less than six hours per day out of their cells, figures show. 001
Reposted by Martina FeilzerPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/02/2026NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed In 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comNHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealedExclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK 17326142
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 06/02/2026The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record, official data reveal. Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year. howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-… 011
Reposted by Martina FeilzerEuropean Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · 06/02/2026Even when the focus is on research with immediate industrial applications, many policymakers recognise that breakthroughs start with fundamental science. That's why Mario Draghi recommended doubling the ERC’s budget. ERC President spoke at @sciencebusiness.net Annual Conference earlier this week. 0205
Reposted by Martina FeilzerScottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 28/01/2026📕New Book Takes the Temperature of Violence Reduction Units in Scotland & England. Out Now! bit.ly/49NoaYI 🗣️@crmnlgy.bsky.social @timnewburn.bsky.social @susanmcvie.bsky.social @lbilli91.bsky.social Keir Irwin-Rogers & Fern Gillon 024
Reposted by Martina FeilzerJUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Today, the Senedd is debating whether to back calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Wales from 10 to 14. Our Chief Executive, Fiona Rutherford, told BBC Radio Wales JUSTICE supports the change - treating 10-year-olds as criminals is cruel and irrational. (1/5) 142
Reposted by Martina FeilzerScience Europe @scienceeurope.org · 19/12/2025Not all highlights fit in one post… A week after #TrustInScienceConference in Paris, we’re still reflecting on the ideas, debates & connections that made it special. 📸 Relive the moments: bit.ly/4apbYOH #PublicTrustInScience 001
Reposted by Martina FeilzerWISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 03/12/2025An exciting new WISERD blog series by Jemma Bridgeman @cusocsci.bsky.social will explore different aspects of our new @ukri.org ESRC project about building #socialvalue and #fairwork in the #construction industry in Wales. Read the first part here: bit.ly/49Z1hSN 002
Reposted by Martina FeilzerAndrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · 28/11/2025It's murder by the government. Plain and simple. See also: www.internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.eu/trumps-marin...internationalaffairsfornormalpeople.euTrump’s Marine MurdersWe don’t need courts. We don’t need trials. The government should simply decide who is guilty and execute them immediately. That is the Trump regime’s policy towards people it accuses of drug smuggli... 12112
Reposted by Martina FeilzerCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2025I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities. Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...bylinetimes.comMichael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging ScrutinyCritics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment 9427021133
Reposted by Martina FeilzerNacro @nacro.bsky.social · 24/11/2025Data in 2021-2023 finds 3 in 5 deaths after 14 days of release are drug-related. “The harsh reality is most people go into prison with a drug, alcohol or mental health problem, and many come out with exactly the same problem, often worse,” Mike Trace, CEO of The Forward Trust. shorturl.at/ZdCjqshorturl.atPrisoners are dying within a day of their release. What's going wrong?In the space of two years, 20 people died from drugs within a day of being released from prison. Are we setting people up for failure? 011
Reposted by Martina FeilzerPrisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social · 24/11/2025For the nearly 300 children in England's YOIs, access to education is restricted, with some spending more than 22 hours a day locked in their cells. This cannot be tolerated by the government any longer: it must put education first. ow.ly/q54w50XwMJ1ow.lyEngland's three YOIs fail 15-hour education requirementNone of England’s young offender institutions provided children in their care with the education they were entitled to during the last three years reveals probe 031
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 29/10/2025With the Sentencing Bill being scrutinised in Parliament, we looked at how the trend of imposing longer sentences has contributed to the prisons crisis. This article explains what the problems are, how they arose, and how they might be solved: howardleague.org/what-is-sentence-i… 013
Reposted by Martina FeilzerSimon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Just adore this 22907309
Reposted by Martina FeilzerWISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 15/10/2025We’re really looking forward to celebrating the launch of Dr @richgater.bsky.social's new book: The 21st Century Ladz on Friday 17 October in #sbarcIspark, with @careresearchwales.bsky.social, @edudetective.bsky.social and Dr Dan Evans. Find out more: bit.ly/40OcgsP 123
Reposted by Martina FeilzerUNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Today is world Mental Health day. IPP sentences cause unimaginable damage The white dots show the 2,486 people still in prison serving an IPP sentence The red dots show the 94 people who’ve taken their own life in prison #ippreform #worldmentalhealthday 021
Reposted by Martina FeilzerRosamunde Van Brakel @rosamundevb.bsky.social · 04/10/2025📣 I have a new article out!Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events #AI #surveillance #openaccess www.erdalreview.eu/pubblicazion...erdalreview.euEuropean Review of Digital Administration & Law | Acculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting EventsAcculturation and Acceleration: The Impact of Facial Recognition Technology on Youth at Cultural and Sporting Events|Facial recognition technology - Culture of surveillance - Youth, sporting and cultu... 041
Reposted by Martina FeilzerRussell Webster @russellwebster.com · 01/10/2025Public Opinion and the Language of Sentencing - @sentencingacademy.bsky.social research assesses public understanding of some key sentencing terms. www.russellwebster.com/public-opini...russellwebster.comPublic Opinion and the Language of SentencingSentencing Academy research assesses public understanding of some key sentencing terms. 032
Reposted by Martina FeilzerPrisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social · 23/09/2025While young people in the community are starting a new school year or preparing for college or university, young people in custody are sitting in their cell doing and learning nothing. There should be no more excuses. It’s time for a complete reset of youth custody that puts education first.linkedin.comOutcomes remain worryingly poor for children in custodyAn annual review of survey responses from children in custody has revealed that many continue to feel unsafe, are failing to get to education and feel uncared for by staff. 021
Reposted by Martina FeilzerPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 19/09/2025“Universities are public institutions, established for the public good. Their governance arrangements, and the remuneration of their senior executives, should reflect that — yet we've heard that more than 300 university executives earn more than their state premiers." www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...abc.net.au'Rotten' Australian university culture lashed in long-running senate inquiryAustralia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure", a senate inquiry has found. 2145
Reposted by Martina FeilzerClaire Hartnell @cjhartnell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Why is no-one talking about the tech deal on here? Why are our political commentators failing to discuss an absolutely critical strategic decision which will all but rule out ever rejoining the EU let alone building a Green economy? Where the hell is the analysis on this?? 1613743
Reposted by Martina FeilzerNicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social · 16/09/2025www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comIsrael has committed genocide in Gaza, UN commission of inquiry saysThe panel finds that four of the five genocidal acts defined under international law have been carried out against Palestinians during the war. 187
Reposted by Martina FeilzerCassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social · 14/09/2025This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomestheguardian.comPrisons in England and Wales to cut spending on education courses by up to 50%Move comes despite election manifesto promises from Keir Starmer to improve ‘access to learning’ 7233117
Reposted by Martina FeilzerScottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Textbook Launch Event🚀 Join us for this in-person event @edinburghnapier.bsky.social on 7 Oct 3-5pm where we bring together a range of voices to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going. Register your place now 👇 bit.ly/criminal-jus...bit.lyThe launch of 'Criminal Justice in Scotland' textbookThis event offers an opportunity to bring a range of voices together to reflect on where Scottish criminal justice is and where it's going. 1910
Reposted by Martina FeilzerAlice Ievins @aliceievins.bsky.social · 10/09/2025Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside? Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more events.humanitix.com/themed-issue...events.humanitix.comThemed Issue Launch: The moral and ethical worlds of coercive confinementJoin us for a discussion of the The Moral and Ethical Worlds of Coercive Confinement - a themed issue published in Incarceration (Sage Journals) 144
Reposted by Martina FeilzerClimate Dad @climatedad.bsky.social · 31/08/2025The last 3 years have been the hottest in around 125,000 years. CO2 levels are their highest in MILLIONS of years. But most people have no idea this is happening, let alone what it means for our kids’ futures. Our politics & media have failed our children. We should be furious. 22141781593
Reposted by Martina FeilzerAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 22/08/2025Once again: these hotels are not where any asylum seeker would choose to live, but as it stands these are their homes. These mobs can demonstrate at the Home Office or in town centres if they must, but why on earth is it right or normal for them to be allowed to intimidate people in their homes?theguardian.comProtests expected at asylum hotels across UK as tensions mountAnti-migrant demonstrations expected on Friday and Saturday, while councils investigate legal challenges against hotels 28627
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Actual Conservative front bench politicians are calling for the government to overturn a not guilty verdict returned by an independent jury in respect of a political rival. Trump levels of partisan, anti-rule of law authoritarianism. 20572183
Reposted by Martina FeilzerThe Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 04/08/2025I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there. 9465412469
Reposted by Martina FeilzerMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Woohoo, I have page proofs for my book! 1204841369
Reposted by Martina FeilzerMatt Bracken @brackenlab.bsky.social · 06/07/2025I use this image when I teach about the consequences of biodiversity loss: 519960
Reposted by Martina FeilzerDavid Anderson @bricksilk.bsky.social · 03/07/2025This depressing story seems to indicate a need for cultural change within MI5. IPCO (which was itself misled) will no doubt comment in the report ordered by the Court. Two points made in the judgment show why this is indeed quite serious: /1 411860
Reposted by Martina FeilzerResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 27/06/2025Better governance ‘could have avoided mass university job cuts’. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comBetter governance ‘could have avoided mass university job cuts’ - Research Professional NewsPhilip Augar proposes union representation on governing boards and vice-chancellor pay reforms 043
Reposted by Martina FeilzerNationCymru @nation.cymru · 27/06/2025Some parents are working extra hours or selling possessions to fund school trips, a survey has foundnation.cymruOne in seven parents ‘going without’ to pay for school tripsSome parents are working extra hours or selling possessions to fund school trips, a survey has found. About one in eight (13%) parents with school-age children said they have worked overtime to meet t... 012
Reposted by Martina FeilzerDr Adam Levy @climateadam.bsky.social · 27/06/2025I can't get over this. I can't imagine the horror of being attacked (by air, or by ground) while desperately seeking vital aid. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.com18 killed in Israeli strike targeting Gaza police distributing flour, officials sayAttack at market is latest in series by Israeli forces that have killed hundreds of civilians seeking aid 46024
Reposted by Martina FeilzerDavid Gadd @profdavidgadd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025afterexploitation.com/2025/06/26/j...afterexploitation.comJoint letter to Yvette Cooper: Child sexual exploitation (CSE) must not be stereotyped27th June 2025 – Following Baroness Casey’s audit on group-based child sexual exploitation (CSE) and abuse (CSA), we have grown concerned by the lack of recognition for CSE support, com… 001
Reposted by Martina FeilzerWISERD @wiserd-research.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Mae WISERD wedi sicrhau £1.6m gan @ESRC ar gyfer prosiect ymchwil Pobl, Lleoedd, a’r Maes Cyhoeddus i ymchwilio i sut y gall cyfranogiad mewn gweithgareddau democrataidd, cydweithredol llywodraethu a gwyddoniaethddinesydd fynd i’r afael â heriau cyfunol bit.ly/3FSzRB8 011