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University of Glasgow, Innovation & Economic Development @uofgied.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🎉 Applications are now open for the third wave of the University of Glasgow’s GRID Civic Grant Fund! With £50,000 available, local organisations across can apply for grants of up to £5,000 (or smaller awards up to £850) to support impactful community projects. See our Linktree in bio for more.

Composite image of group photograph showing participants and volunteers with the Invisible Cities social organisation that works in the Glasgow area, alongside text promoting the GRID Civic Grant Fund and logos for the Glasgow Riverside Innovation District and the University of Glasgow.

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Marxism and Disability Network (MDN) @marxdisability.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Call for Abstracts - submit by 15 May Marxism & Disability Stream at the Historical Materialism conference 2026 MDN looks forward to hosting the first designated stream related to Marxism & Disability at the HM London conference (5-8 Nov) Details here: www.historicalmaterialism.org/event/twenty...

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Twenty-third Annual Conference - Historical Materialism

Call for Paper is Online and submission form open! Planetary Warscapes Ablaze: Imperial Mutations in Infernal Times 5-8 November 2026, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Fr...

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Sociological and Cultural Studies, University of Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Here's a new special issue of Journalism Studies, edited by @dr-hm-mabweazara.bsky.social and @catherinehapper.bsky.social and dedicated to our former colleague Greg Philo. It revisits the core concerns of media sociology - power, ideology, bias - but broadens the focus beyond Europe and America.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Kemi Badenoch has said she does not believe one in four people are disabled. I don’t believe Kemi Badenoch is a decent human being and capable politician. We’ve all got our views, Kemi!

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Disabled people’s orgs have told the Guardian that plans to exempt only existing claimants from the cuts will create a “two-tier” benefit system that “condemns” future disabled people to poverty. As one said, “Is it even legal?” My story on the fallout: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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‘Worse than anything under the Tories’: changes to welfare bill anger disability campaigners

Government concessions fail to appease disabled people’s groups, concerned that disabled people in the future will be condemned to poverty

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The Poverty Alliance @povertyalliance.org · 19/05/2025

Closing on Wednesday! We're looking for a great person to be a part-time Project Assistant in our fantastic Communities & Networks team. Please share with your networks. www.povertyalliance.org/about-us/rec...

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population, the Equality Trust finds. Their average wealth has rocketed by more than 1,000% since the 90s. But do say again why the earth would crumble if Labour made the super rich pay a bit more tax. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ma...

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UK’s 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of population, analysis finds

Equality Trust says billionaires getting ‘ludicrously’ richer, with top two now wealthier than whole of 1990 rich list

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