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Geth Rees @gethrees.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Sorry for the poor picture, but delighted to have just pressed the submit button on the following manuscript. It has taken over five years, but (if all goes well) our book "Care Detained" should be out with Routledge early next year.

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Geth Rees @gethrees.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

@profellenstu.bsky.social and I were delighted to hear yesterday that our special event "New sociological research on healthcare in criminal justice settings" had been accepted for the @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social annual conference.

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

“we are profoundly disappointed that the University is not taking redundancies off the table. […] and we passed a motion to continue hard hitting industrial action if they do not make us an offer” www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

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14 days of University strike action ends but union says fight will continue

Figures show a £5.7m gap in the University's targets for academic job cuts as the strike draws to a conclusion.

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Mark Brown @markoneinfour.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

'Overdiganosis' sound scientific while 'too expensive' sounds ideological. .

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Seeing this Labour government determined to slash essential benefits for the disabled community and be determined to justify it, is precisely why I think we need to heed the concerns of the disabled community around the assisted dying bill. Continually framing people as a "burden" is dangerous.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 04/03/2025

Trying to open a new campus while cutting jobs. Not a good look. Our members should not lose their livelihoods because of management can't handle the finances. 14 days of strike action started today at @newcastleucu.bsky.social 👇 With hundreds of jobs at risk we must #STOPtheCUTS.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 04/03/2025

14 days of strike action at @newcastleucu.bsky.social battling devastating job cuts. Picket lines will send a clear message 💪 Our members will not pay the price for managers financial mismanagement.

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ChronicleLive - The Chronicle @chroniclelive.co.uk · 03/03/2025

Tuesday will see the first of 14 days of strikes for Newcastle University staff, as the institution seeks to cuts £20m from its wage bill

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Striking Newcastle University staff to hold city centre rally

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 17/02/2025

300 jobs at risk at Newcastle University 🚨 Our members should not pay the price for vice-chancellors' inability to manage finances. @newcastleucu.bsky.social say enough is enough.

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Newcastle University staff to strike for 14 days in March

It follows the approval of plans to cut about £20m from its salary bill, affecting some 300 jobs.

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

The crisis in Higher Education is biting hard. Thousands are at risk of losing their jobs across the sector. Please sign and share this open letter calling on the Secretary of State for Education to act.

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

docs.google.com/document/d/e... Sign our Open Letter to Bridget Phillipson, Secretary of State for Education and Minister for Women and Equalities, and Sunderland MP

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Open Letter: Save Higher Education – A Call for Urgent Action Higher Education is in Crisis

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Rhiannon Lockley (she/her) @illdoitanyway.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Chaos & heartbreak. The HE funding model is broken beyond repair. Solidarity with all the individual UCU branches who are fighting heroically to defend the sector. The leverage to push Labour on from the rotten ideology causing cuts - now & still coming - demands full union mobilisation.

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Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

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Rob 🏳️‍🌈 @rotster.net · 28/01/2025

FOUR. HUNDRED. Despite their most recently published financial statements showing that they have “a strong balance sheet” attributed that to the commitment of their staff - their “most important and valued asset” University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs

Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says "it is no longer an option for us to continue as we are".

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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Durham UCUs statement on the cuts announced today. durhamucu.org.uk/durham-ucu-s...

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Durham UCU Statement on Durham University Proposals to Cut Staff Costs by £20 million – Durham UCU

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Thanh Neville, MD, MSHS @thanh-neville.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

"Health disparities research" is a field of study where researchers look at how things like race, ethnicity, gender, socioeconomic status can influence health outcomes. Now any gov't website about this says "page not found". This is a dystopia that I did not imagine that we'd be living through.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Without trade unions we wouldn’t have • a minimum wage • maternity & paternity rights • pension provision • holiday & sickness entitlements victories which have benefited every single person in this country Ignore the Victorian pencil, Join a union TODAY youtu.be/jg0D2yNiqHM?...

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Let’s make Jacob’s day and join a union today

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Assuming everyone listed was at the bottom of the associated bracket, that's an increase of almost sixteen million pounds being paid to those at the very top. That's half of Newcastle's budgetary black hole right there. They could save at least five mil capping salaries at a "mere" hundred grand.

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Durham UCU @ducu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Solidarity with colleagues at Newcastle University, who just announces 300 FTE redundancies.

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UCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Newcastle University announcing 300 FTE redundancies. Come to the EGM Wed 1pm, and as we saw this coming, our ballot opened Monday - vote as soon as it arrives (by post). We will be fighting this, and join forces with the other two campus unions UNITE and UNISON www.ucu.org.uk/article/13809

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Strike ballot to open at Newcastle University over the impact of £35m cuts

Over 1,000 UCU members will be balloted for strike action at Newcastle University later this month over £35m in cuts management is slashing from the university's budget.

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Back to work for me today. Trying to ease back in with admin and planning tasks without inducing overwhelm. A fine balance it would seem.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Vital project! Are there any on the #UKHE that specifically targeted languages which we haven't indicated? We tried to mention when there were specific departments that were wiped out, but sometimes that happened in a third step and we hadn't seen it. So do give us the update if you know of others

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UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Guardian and Observer journalists have asked people not to share Guardian stories for 48 hours from midnight tonight (Tues), to respect their strike and the virtual picket line

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

The concern of the disabled community around the 'slippery slope' of assisted dying must be taken seriously. These are people within insight and experience of the harms produced by a healthcare system where cost takes precedent and needs are deprioritised. If they are concerned, we all should be.

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

1/5 “Many patients suffer predictable deterioration at the end of life. Sadly many patients who would prefer to die at home end up being admitted acutely at the end of life due to poorly controlled symptoms... www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

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New plan would ‘transform’ end of life care for 100,000 in England and Wales

Palliative care commission set up to provide high-quality, holistic support following assisted dying vote

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

“Here is the thing we are not meant to say: no one can know for sure what will happen if assisted dying is legalised in the UK, and that includes newspaper columnists.” My col. on today’s landmark assisted dying vote and the urge to make messy choices simple. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Questions of life and death are complex and messy. Let’s admit the assisted dying debate is too | Frances Ryan

Campaigners on both sides dub the bill ‘a matter of conscience’ – but profound ethical issues can’t be reduced to right v wrong, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“As someone who relies on the state for my survival, I have a healthy distrust of giving it any more power over my life than it already has. Though some people want the right to die, many of us are still fighting for the right to exist.” Must read by Liz Carr: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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MPs may trust doctors to manage assisted dying. Disabled people like me cannot | Liz Carr

Two friends recently woke up in hospital to find ‘Do not resuscitate’ orders on their notes. We’re all too aware that some lives aren’t valued as much as others, says the actor and disability rights a...

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Being Reese @beingreese.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading. Audiobooks count as reading.

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Police are “wasting valuable time and money by doing things in 43 different ways”. A startling postcode lottery affects even the treatment of people held in police custody. We cannot overlook how this affects fairness and justice for all, suspects and victims. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Police chief calls for biggest shake-up of England and Wales policing since 1960s

Chair of National Police Chiefs’ Council says major changes needed urgently to make service fit for modern age

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Jonathan G. Heaney @jonathangheaney.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Great opportunity to edit a special issue or themed section of the wonderful journal Emotions & Society! #emosoc

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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Thread for those new to BlueSky. First of all, welcome. It feels like a safer space, doesn’t it? But also perhaps a bit disorienting initially? Here’s some tips for getting your bearings.

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Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Probably a dozen #sociology starter packs in this thread. #blueskyheaven

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

This skeet is for the Sociology folks! Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!

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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Hello! I’m not sure how many people who care about the NHS are here yet- but the non-profit campaign org I run (EveryDoctor) is running a massive campaign involving 99 MPs so far, and I need to connect with as many lovely folk as possible. If you follow me, share+like this I’ll follow you back!Ju☺️💙

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Learning more about Bluesky as I go along. Are there any sociology starter packs? Generic? UK? Medical sociology? I would be grateful to be pointed in that direction and maybe added too! #academicsky #sociologysky #sociologicalsky

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⚯͛ △⃒⃘ Bruce Skywalker ϟ 9¾ @handle.invalid · 17/11/2024

Hey real quick, I know we’re all new here and following everyone as we are building out our new community but if you see me interacting with or following your abuser, please let me know.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I dislike the criticism of left wing people wanting “an echo chamber.” Most of the press in the U.K. are right wing. There’s usually a Tory government. If you don’t follow Badenoch on BlueSky, you’ll still be exposed to her ideas daily. You’ve no obligation to voluntarily make your phone toxic.

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Whilst I’m not leaving X as yet, I would very much like to spend more time here. So, if you see this and you’d be kind enough to share it to let readers find me, that would be greatly appreciated. Hi!

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Steph Mulrine @stephmulrine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

After 14 years on that other platform and a sizeable following it is time to start afresh. Hoping to connect with other academics, activists and organisations interested in achieving social justice on a range of issues. So please repost, follow and/or say hello! 👋🏻

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