Rising costs + stagnant funding are putting freelancers + the future of the artform at risk.

The current model isn’t working. It’s time for bold funding reform.

📖 Read more via @TheStage: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/arts...

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork #UKTheatre #ArtsFunding #CulturalInvestment

Bolton MP says ‘red flags’ at university should be investigated Phil Brickell writes to education secretary to highlight ‘concerning practices’ at newly rebranded University of Greater Manchester

Bolton MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social calls for independent investigation into financial arrangements of University of Greater Manchester after being “inundated” with allegations of “concerning practices” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bolton-... via @twilliamsthe.bsky.social

#CWOSSeminar
Wed 5 Mar 2025
12-1pm Zoom

"Reconciling Foucauldian Discourse Analysis (FDA) and Ethnography: key principles & application"

Dr Rey Shakirzhanov
Swansea University

www.essex.ac.uk/events/2025/...

#DiscourseAnalysis
#Foucault
#CommunityArts

Centre for Work, Organisation and Society (CWOS) | University of Essex Learn more about the Centre for Work, Organisation and Society (CWOS), visit our research repository, view our research themes, discover our upcoming events and find out more about our individual memb...

Learn more about our work and our people at the CWOS web page -

www.essex.ac.uk/centres-and-...

Donald Trump posts 'what's next' for Gaza AI video on his Truth Social platform The video shows a rebuilt "Riviera" in Gaza, golden balloons with Trump's face on them, golden statues of the president and AI images of him and Benjamin Netanyahu lounging in the beach.

If you haven't seen this yet, then it might take a few watches to fully digest it.
news.sky.com/video/donald...

I don't object to high pay for VCs in the context of salaries for comparable roles under late capitalism. (I object to late capitalism, but that's another story).

But I do object to executive pay rising year-on-year when the rest of us suffer real terms pay cuts year-on-year.

Michael Burawoy (1947–2025) - Everyday Society - The British Sociological Association The tragic passing of Professor Michael Burawoy, aged 77, leaves the BSA with a deep sense of loss.  A respected colleague whose brilliant scholarship reshaped our understanding of industrial labour.....

The BSA has expressed its sorrow at the death of Professor Michael Burawoy, “A respected colleague whose brilliant scholarship reshaped our understanding of industrial labour – his absence will be keenly felt across our community” tinyurl.com/ndzd2955

The Organization of Things: A Cabinet of Curiosities This is a book about knowledge and how it is organized. The business school has captured ideas about organization, and reduced them to questions of formal structures, documented processes, logistics ...

Its been out a month now. Have you got your copy yet? Why not?

“Professor Parker’s ‘beachcombing’ for a cabinet of curiosities is a marvel of assemblage." Gibson Burrell, University of York, UK

www.routledge.com/The-Organiza...

Performing artists and precarity: The true impact of Covid - Arts Professional A new book examining what the pandemic meant for freelance performers has been published. Mimi Doulton thinks its an invaluable resource for researchers and policymakers - and it's free to download.

A really nice review of my recent book with Melissa Tyler, 'Performing Artists and Precarity', in the Arts Professional. Thank you!

www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...

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You couldn’t make this shit up 😂😂 “Musk says Farage 'doesn't have what it takes' to be Reform UK leader”

Absolutely

Organizing Christmas Organizing Christmas is an exploration of the organizational character of Christmas. Taking as its starting point the view that Christmas initially achieved popularity due to its potential to promote ...

If anyone is looking for a bit of intellectually stimulating Christmas reading, there appears to be a Black Friday reduction ongoing! www.routledge.com/Organizing-C...

A new book by @Essex_EBS and @CWOSResearch academics explores the experiences of live performers during the pandemic and rethinks precarious work across the sector and beyond. Published by Palgrave Macmillan as open-access and free to download here: shorturl.at/NBPrU

Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton Prices and rents will fall under Rachel Reeves’ plans, enabling a younger generation with new ideas to enter the field One of the baleful dimensions of our times is the way that the conversation about what constitutes the good society is framed by the…

Farmers have hoarded land for too long. Inheritance tax will bring new life to rural Britain | Will Hutton