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Associate Professor of chemical and visual ecology at the University of Amsterdam. She/her

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Mark A. Hanson @hansonmark.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Three positions advertising in friendly lab on butterfly rearing & experiment support, image-based identification platform development, developing transgenic insects. PDRA/PDRF (2x): careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/13... careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/13... GRA: careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/13...
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Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow in Cornwall | University of Exeter
View details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate / Fellow vacancy in Cornwall. Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow This Advanced Research and Innovation Agency funded full...
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British Ornithologists’ Union (BOU) @bou.org.uk · 03/08/2026
📢 ASSOCIATE EDITORS WANTED Join us! IBIS is looking for Associate Editors to join our editorial team and support the peer review process Read more and complete the application form: bou.org.uk/ibis/vaca... #ornithology 🪶
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Charles Mullon @charlesmullon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Looking for an Associate Prof position? Interested in behavioural ecology & cultural evolution? Come join us at the Dpt of Ecology and Evolution in Lausanne🇨🇭 @dee-unil.bsky.social @unil.bsky.social! Great department & great place to live. Pls RP. Apply here: wwwfbm.unil.ch/releve/appli...
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Marc Gilles @marcgilles.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
*at 16:15 ✌
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Journal of Ecology @journalofecology.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
⏰️1 week left to apply! We're recruiting for an Associate Editor with data integrity expertise! 📊 join us in improving the clarity, transparency, & accessibility of ecological research. 🌳 more information on the role and how to apply can be found here 👉️ buff.ly/R8z4TLe
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Bob Wong @bbmwong.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Do you have a background in behavioural ecology and are you interested in doing a PhD in Australia? I’m looking for new grad students so check out our website (BobWongLab.org) or come find me in Torino at #ISBE2026. 🐟🐠
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Jenny Stynoski @stynoski.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Interested in a postdoc position? Olfaction in poison frog tadpoles! Based in Germany with some field work in Costa Rica (bilateral funding, 3 years). Please share with your froggie and neuro/behavior contacts 🐸 www.uni-giessen.de/de/ueber-uns...
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BES Evolutionary Ecology Group @bes-evolecol.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We’re now looking for evolutionary ecologists to join our committee to build #ExE2026 into the start of something great, not just a one-off. Details here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/evol...
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Stu West @stuwest.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
The University of Exeter have announced a programme of academic staff cuts, including all of www.exeter.ac.uk/research/gro... Sign the open letter of support at docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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Centre for Research in Animal Behaviour (CRAB) | Research Groups | University of Exeter
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Susan Johnston @susanjohnston.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Still some time to apply to our postdoc position - deadline 3rd July. I'll be at #SMBE2026 if anyone would like to chat about it 😊
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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Guess I’m just gonna leave this video here as my intro tweet :) 🕷️💤 In my group, we study spider sleep! :) m.youtube.com/watch?v=BTcc...
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Do Spiders Dream Like Humans Do? This Researcher Wants to Find Out.
YouTube video by Scientific American
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Dom Cram @domcram.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
⚠️ Students looking for experience, opportunities, Masters, PhDs etc in Animal Behaviour: the @asab.org mailing list is an invaluable source with exciting posts every few days. Sign up here: www.asab.org/mailing-list 📩
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Mailing list — ASAB
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Alan McElligott @amcell.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
New paper out now! Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades academic.oup.com/beheco/artic...
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Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades
By mimicking the warning colours of animals that ward off birds, we can produce wind turbine patterns to which birds are averse, reducing the likelihood of
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Marc Johnson (he/him) @evoecolab.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Excited to share our new paper: Predictions from evolutionary theory for urban environments. We brought together empiricists and mathematical theorists to find common ground on where and how we can work together to better understand urban evolution onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Predictions From Evolutionary Theory for Urban Environments
Urbanization drives rapid and extreme environmental change, profoundly shaping the ecology and evolution of populations. In this Perspective, we call for the integration and development of evolutiona...
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Camille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🚨We're hiring again, this time for a research assistant position 🚨 The position is to help with a project looking at learning and social behaviour in birds along an urban gradient Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆28th June deadline More info: shorturl.at/vBxiW #ringing #fieldwork
Great tit standing on a branch. 
Photo credit: Alizée Vernouillet
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Patrick Krapf @krapfpatrick.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
A colleague of mine, Willem Frankenhuis is hiring a PhD on "Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Cognition in Stressful Environments" in the Department of Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) at IBED @uva.nl He is a great PI 😀 - apply now. Link is below www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3608...
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PhD position in Mathematical Modeling of Adaptive Cognition in Stressful Environments
Are you interested in adaptive cognition and behavior in stressful environments? The Department of Evolutionary and Population Biology (EPB) at IBED is looking for a skilled, responsible, and organize...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 22/05/2026
Across birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and insects - urban animals are consistently bolder than their rural counterparts, according to a new global meta-analysis. 🌍🧪
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The city mouse really is bolder than the country mouse - British Ecological Society
And so are most animals, according to global study.
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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
My former officemate Camille Troisi, an excellent scientist and top-tier human, now at the Université de Rennes, is currently recruiting a PhD student on the relationship between urbanisation and social learning (in birds!) sdrive.cnrs.fr/s/2HtQ8caBRd...
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Royal Entomological Society @royentsoc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Entomology is for everyone - and we’re here to help make that a reality. The RES EDI Grant supports projects that break down barriers and create opportunities for more people to engage with #InsectScience. Apply for funding 🔽 buff.ly/mzUEw45 📅 Deadline: 17 July
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Your idea could inspire the next generation - Apply for funding
📸 Damselflies on parade (c) Paul Dibben 2016. The RES EDI Grant is here to fund initiatives that: 🌱 Reach new audiences 🤝 Engage diverse communities 🔬 Open up access to insect science and more. If your project can make an impact, we want to hear from you.
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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Have you ever thought of all what animals can do when predation is not a big issue? In this review 👉 doi.org/10.1016/bs.a... @maribelrm.bsky.social @juancarvajalcastro.bsky.social and I show how aposematism can be viewed as an “umbrella trait” influencing multiple aspects of its bearers' lives🔴🟡⚫
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Paul Barrett @profpaulbarrett.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
We’re hiring a herpetology curator @nhm-london.bsky.social - come join us! jobs.nhm.ac.uk/internal/Job...
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Senior Curator in Charge, Herpetology:South Kensington
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Michael Bok @mikebok.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I am hiring a PhD student to join our group in Lund, Sweden working on an ERC-funded project to untangle color and polarization vision in some amazing crustaceans – minute water fleas and pugnacious mantis shrimp! Please forward this to promising students. Apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
zoologie.uni-greifswald.de/en/organizat... We have an open PhD position in my group for someone interested in functional morphology, biology of reproduction and evolutionary biology. Please spread the word!🧪🕷🧪🕷🧪🕷🧪
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Graduate Position/research associate, DFG funded Project on Sperm uptake and transfer in spiders
Universität Greifswald
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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
🚨 New podcast episode out now! Tune in to hear Dr. Jessica van der Wal speak about how human communication used to cooperate with honeyguides varies regionally, much like human language does.. 🔊Listen on Soundcloud ➡️ buff.ly/ZiyHl1p 🔊Listen on Spotify ➡️ buff.ly/fNUdYkf
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Dr George RA Hancock 🦋🦎 @grahancock.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Well this is a big one the largest paper from my PhD is finally out! We show how direct lighting influences optimal camouflage! With shadows promoting the evolution of darker, striped patterns and countershading!! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Shining a light on camouflage evolution: Using genetic algorithms to determine the effects of geometry and lighting on optimal camouflage
Visual camouflage evolution in animals depends on both light’s interaction with its surroundings and the limits of what the natural observers of the camouflage can see. Changes in lighting – such as t...
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Even my study system is sexist! besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/GZI5IZ...
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Sex matters: European urban birds flee approaching women sooner than approaching men
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
It's tent caterpillar time in Amsterdam!
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Stuart Wigby @stuartwigby.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
BBSRC, NERC and Future Leaders fellowships are fantastic opportunities for ECRs to transition to independence. My institute (IVES) at Liverpool Uni is keen to support applicants (vet/ecol/evol/infection/omics etc.). Get in touch with me (ives.fellowships@liverpool.ac.uk) if you're interested!
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Elina Mäntylä @elinamantyla.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Hancock et al. Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades academic.oup.com/beheco/artic... #ornithology
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Biologically inspired warning patterns deter a passerine, Parus major, from digital turbine blades
By mimicking the warning colours of animals that ward off birds, we can produce wind turbine patterns to which birds are averse, reducing the likelihood of
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Germán Orizaola @gorizaola.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Article @theconversation.com Europe on how, 40 years after the accident, #Chornobyl has transformed into one of the best nature reserves in Europe, and the toll that the current war in Ukraine is having on the area. theconversation.com/chernobyls-e...
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Chernobyl’s exclusion zone is a beacon of biodiversity – but it faces new threats from Russia’s invasion
Chernobyl’s exclusion zone has become one of Europe’s biggest nature reserves.
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Royal Society of Biology @rsb.org.uk · 22/04/2026
We're hiring for two assistant roles in our membership & engagement teams! The first person we're looking for is a Membership Engagement Assistant to support the recruitment, engagement, and retention of our members. 📆 Applications close 10 May Find out more: my.rsb.org.uk/services.php... (1/2)
Shells on a damp beach. Text says: Join our team! Membership Engagement Assistant, Apply by 10 May, Salary: £26,382-£31,179 pa, Hours: full-time (35 hours per week), location: home-based and London
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Come work with us! Wide range of topics: #insect #emotions, #mantis stereo #vision and prey detection, insect active vision, cognition across species in the wild, bee reward perception, insect #attention. If any of that appeals, get in touch! #fellowships #postdoc (p.s. It's beautiful up North!)
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🐦 New PhD position! @prfju.bsky.social @ckecz.bsky.social Nest defence in passerine birds Interested in animal behaviour, fieldwork and evolutionary ecology? 📅 Start July 2026 | ⏳ 4 years | 💰 Fully funded Apply by May 10 → veselp03@jcu.cz / krausl07@jcu.cz #PhDjobs #PhDchat #PhD #ornithology
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Yuko Ulrich @yukoulrich.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
🎉New paper out from the lab, led by @baptistepiqueret.bsky.social: ant larvae chemically suppress the reproduction of their caregivers. bit.ly/4t8uZLG An example of how social interactions are regulated at the molecular level. The work was made possible by the unique environment @mpi-ce.bsky.social
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🌻OK MR. SUNSHINE!🌻 @entobiologist.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
lol apparently those cute little japanese emperor butterfly (sasakia) caterpillars that have antlers and a :3 face have such bad breath that they scare away predatory wasps. look they're making them take breathalyzer tests. the results are in: stinky!! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
photo of a green caterpillar with antlers with its mouth against a metal tube
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Any ECRs interested in joining a journal editorial board? I’m leaving an associate editor position due to upcoming maternity leave and other commitments and am happy to offer suggestions to the journal for a relacement. Broad zoology remit, reasonable workload.
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
A slightly different type of Easter egg. Unhatched eggs collected from last year's great and blue tit nests.
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Vivek Nityananda @viveknityananda.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Sobering and depressing story about the awful conditions faced by several international students, and how this stems from the terrible politics behind university fees and immigration. www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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‘I see it as trafficking’: the brutal reality of life as a foreign student in the UK
The long read: Universities in Britain rely on overseas applicants paying full fees, which has given rise to some unscrupulous recruiters and left many hopefuls and their families deep in debt
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Alex Figueiredo @alexfig.eurosky.social · 30/03/2026
Looking for MSc student(s) to be involved in some really cool germ-free experiments with house sparrows at @niooknaw.bsky.social @animalecol-nioo.bsky.social ! 🐣🦠Get in touch if you're interested and please share :) nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies...
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Early-life microbiome assembly and its effects on bird phenotypes
We are looking for a motivated Masters/HBO/internship student to partake in upcoming microbiome manipulation experiments, investigating how this fascinating community impacts phenotypes in birds. Star...
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Madingley Abbs @bugecologist.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Very excited to see my most recent paper out in Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 🥳. We asked whether the high rate of mating failure in a lygaeid seed bug can be explained by male driven cryptic mate choice. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Testing for cryptic male mate choice in an insect with high mating failure - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology - Post-copulatory sexual selection is an important component of sexual selection. Whilst traditionally studied in terms of sperm competition and cryptic female...
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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Have a look at this great #PhD opportunity on Road Ecology at Aarhus University, Denmark 👇 Timely topic, and a great supervisor! 📅DL: 30.04 phd.tech.au.dk/for-applican... (📸: coloradosun.com/2025/12/07/p...)
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Andy Radford @andyradford.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us ❓Quantifying animal #movement patterns & behavioural #interactions in a changing world 👥Joint position in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social & #MacquarieUniversity 📆19th April deadline tinyurl.com/343acaev #maths #modelling #data #fieldwork #Australia 🙏PLEASE SHARE
Zebra finches in Australia; one of the study organisms for the PhDDwarf mongoose staring at a camera in South Africa; one of the PhD study organisms
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Kirsty MacLeod @kjmacleod.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Looking for a postdoc? Letter of Intent deadline for the Human Frontiers postdoc fellowship is in early May! www.hfsp.org/funding/hfsp... My husband had one of these and they were a great funder to work with. Get in touch if you think I/my lab might be a good fit for your research ideas!
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Postdoctoral Fellowships | Human Frontier Science Program
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Edward Grey Institute @egioxford.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
🚨🚨 Breaking news from Wytham Woods: The 80th year of data collection of the long-term tit study officially started today with this nest with 3 Blue Tit eggs (pic: @mcmahok.bsky.social). First egg inferred 23 March which is our earliest EVER nest - beating the previous record of 26 March by 3 days!🚨🚨
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Another early season for urban tits in the Netherlands!
Nest containing a single eggA nest containing multiple eggs
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Johanna Mappes @jmappes.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
#chemicaldefence #volatiles #predators @aplantaginis.bsky.social Cool work by my cool student! 💪👇👇👇
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Gabriella E. Smith, PhD @explanimals.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹 With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!! Website below☺️
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MothProf @mothprof.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Always great to have work by our masters students published! track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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The Impact of Environmental Pollution on Dragonflies and Damselflies (Odonata) and the Role of Climate Change as an Interactive Stressor
Abstract. Globally, 16% of dragonfly and damselfly species (Odonata) are threatened with extinction, primarily due to the loss and degradation of freshwate
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Rob Davies @byrobdavies.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
This is utterly jaw-dropping. A school that bans Atwood, Zadie Smith, Terry effing Pratchett and *literal George Orwell* is actively harming its pupils. www.indexoncensorship.org/2026/03/scho...
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School book banning escalates in the UK as Greater Manchester secondary school censors scores of books - Index on Censorship
A school librarian faced a disciplinary hearing and scores of books were removed from her school library after she stocked Laura Bates’ Men Who Hate Women
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