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Director of Planning and Urban Design at Newcastle University. I research water and teach about cities

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Lecturer in Urban Design Lecturer in Urban Design

Come and work with me! Looking for a Lecturer in Urban Design to join the team in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape at Newcastle University UK

Applications by 31st August 2025

jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

Please share advert widely

31.07.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Values motivating water governance in Delhi Water values in water governance.

Delighted to have published "Values motivating water governance in Delhi" with Prof Dr Ashok Kumar, Dr. Rabidyuti Biswas and Beenish Mushtaq at SPA Delhi

Open access with full pdf available here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

26.06.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Today! β˜€οΈ

11.06.2025 07:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Come to Newcastle next week and show solidarity. Higher Education is in crisis. Let’s demonstrate that we stand strong together. Wednesday 11th June 2025 in Newcastle from 12:30 with rally at Monument at 2pm

04.06.2025 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Which are the possible Leamside Line stations? Restoring the line will provide new train links to 100,000 people, according to plans.

Will they extend the Metro using the Leam Line?! A better connect northeast England would be ace www.bbc.com/news/article...

22.04.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
RCUH

🀿 HIRING POSTDOC 🀿 🌊
We are hiring a full time postdoc in ecological oceanography (2 yr) at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. Seeking excellent candidates w/ experience in coral reef ecology & oceanography to develop research projects in Hawai'i & Okinawa, Japan. ID# 225109 www.rcuh.com/work/careers/

22.02.2025 05:19 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
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The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

β€œDemoralised university staff, whose pay has been declining steeply in real terms, are not responsible for the dysfunctional marketisation of higher education, which is at the root of today’s financial black hole.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

11.02.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Assistant Professor in Public Policy - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge Assistant Professor in Public Policy in the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science at the University of Cambridge.

We are advertising for two assistant professors in public policy, with digital policy know-how: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50248/

10.02.2025 11:01 β€” πŸ‘ 90    πŸ” 54    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But whatΒ effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – ...

Four reflections on the crisis in UK higher education right now

(free to read but you might have to create an account and/or sign in)

www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...

10.02.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
White banner with an image of a person working on notes. The words 'International Fellowships 2025' are written on the right-hand side.

White banner with an image of a person working on notes. The words 'International Fellowships 2025' are written on the right-hand side.

We’re excited to partner with the @royalsociety.org to invite applications for the International Fellowships 2025. The scheme supports international early career researchers in advancing their expertise through collaborations with UK partners. Learn more: https://buff.ly/4hjfKtj

04.02.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Sheffield City Council: Conservation Officer
Β£37,035.00 – Β£40,476.00 (Grade 7)
Full time (37 hrs pw), permanent
Closes 13/02/25
ihbconline.co.uk/jobsetc/?p=1...
#jobs #conservation #urban #heritage #placemaking #localgovernment

21.01.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Heritage Protection as Progressive Urbanism? Modernist Social Housing in England - ePrints - Newcastle University

'Heritage Protection as Progressive Urbanism? Modernist Social Housing in England' by Aidan While and John Pendlebury - proposing advocacy for an Architecture of Social Intent (and including a handy list of post-war listed estates). Open access:
eprints.ncl.ac.uk/302923

21.01.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
Lecturer in Digital Planning Lecturer in Digital Planning

Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning

#job #academicjob

jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

17.01.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
KTH | Assistant professor in Environmental History with a specialization in Anthropocene History KTH jobs is where you search for jobs at www.kth.se.

Job alert! Assistant professor in anthropocene history, in Stockholm.

18.01.2025 06:15 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lovely to see our placement students back in Newcastle for the Year Out Conference this week. Such a great variety of experiences working in #planning. Looking forward to welcoming them back in September for the final year of their MPlan too

17.01.2025 10:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Lecturer in Digital Planning Lecturer in Digital Planning

Looking for an awesome academic to join our Planning and Urban Design team @newcastleuni.bsky.social as a Lecturer in #Planning

#job #academicjob

jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

17.01.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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