Dr Georgina Holmes

Essay cheating at universities an 'open secret' despite new law An essay mill owner says he's made millions, while an ex-lecturer says he quit due to rife cheating.

Just a reminder to uni students that buying model essays is in fact illegal 😱 in the UK, but research shows it also reduces your critical thinking skills...
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Robert Reich Big Tech's AI Power-Grab

80% of Americans say we should prioritize regulating AI, yet Trump could soon enact an executive order blocking all state AI regulations.

Why?

Look no further than the AI industry's massive lobbying war chest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imtkNL4v2ks

Collingwood @admcollingwood 田 Date joined January 2017 • Account based in Europe Veritied since Since August 2024 > 1 username change Last on January 2017 Connected via Eastern Europe (Non-EU) Android App

This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.

It’s Russian.

BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.

I am most interested in the claim in this letter that Serco are making vast profits and are not providing the asylum seekers the food etc the government has paid for. See also news stories from 2023

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Promotional poster for the Politics, International Relations and Policy Society at The Open University, advertising a "Welcome Week 2025" event on Tuesday, 30th September 2025. Features headshots of Matt Staples, Head of the School of Social Sciences and Global Studies, and Dr. Edward Wastnidge, Head of Politics and International Studies. The poster invites students to a special session introducing the society and its connection to the university’s teaching and research. Includes the society’s logo and website: www.oupips.org.uk. Would you like a shorter version for social media or a more formal one for institutional use?

Join us on 30th September - 6.30pm - 7.30pm, joined with Matt Staples and Dr. Edward Wastnidge will be sharing how the Open University’s teaching, research, and wider engagement in politics and international relations connect with the aims of our new society

Join: www.oustudents.com/ents/event/2...

Sourdough and submission in the name of God: How tradwife content fuses femininity with anti-feminist ideas Tradwives influencers’ throw-back aesthetics mask a divisive ideology about women’s roles, two scholars of extremism explain.

Tradwife culture is not just aiming to restore “traditional” gender roles, according to researchers of extremism. It is also a force in formulating a new model of womanhood: one that incorporates strong religious identity, a specific feminine aesthetic, and far-right ideas.

There is a serious failure in UK govt, politics & media to take sufficiently seriously what Musk said & meant with "fight back or die"

= Violence (interethnic civil war) is inevitable so pre-emptive violence - vs migrants, minorities & political opponents - is necessary to avoid existential erasure

U.N. Commission Finds That Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza: What Does It Mean? Professor Rebecca Hamilton explains what it does (and does not) mean for the UN Commission to make a genocide determination in Gaza.

Just did a quick Q&A @justsecurity.org for journalists & others wondering what today's report that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza does (& does not) mean justsecurity.org/120762/coi-genocide-israel-gaza/ Please share with anyone covering the report.

I am concerned about silence of gvt ministers & others to defend basic anti-racism norms in last 6 weeks. They seem muted by their anxious inability to separate legitimate politics from prejudice & hate.

Anti-violence norms - civil war is inevitable, so support violence - really should be simpler.

It also looks like he's reading a script. He has to keep peering down to get the words

I don’t think people in the UK realise the extent to which US elite are trying to make the UK shift to far right, mobilising white men

TikTok tradwives: femininity, reproduction, and social media In recent years, social media platforms have seen a growing promotion of the Tradwife’s lifestyle, where cis women embrace patriarchal gender norms and identities such as the stay-at-home mother an...

Incredibly impressed by Kate Scott and Lindsay Day, two brilliant PhD students at USYD who have published this excellent paper on TikTok tradwives and online anti-feminist movements www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... Such a pleasure to work with and learn from such smart humans!

The United Nations General Assembly will no longer take place in New York.
Meetings will be held in Geneva instead, as Trump refuses to admit the Palestinian delegation to enter the US

Monocle radio - listen now

🎙️This morning I spoke to Emma Nelson on Monocle Radio's The Globalist about the passing of another Trump deadline for Putin and what might come next in #Russia's war against #Ukraine. The interview starts at 3:30 in the recording
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Our colleagues Al Jazeera reporters Anas al-Sharif & Mohammed Qraiqeh, & cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal & Moamen Aliwa have been killed in a strike on a tent for journalists near Al Shifa hospital. They worked relentlessly through bombing & hunger to document this war. Please remember them

Apply for the MA International Relations at the OU! Deadline 14th August. Created by experts in International Relations, defence and security policy and practice AND distance learning and tailored to facilitate career development. What more could anyone ask for in an MA? www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate

It's not too late to apply for the MA International Relations at the OU! Deadline is 14th August. This course is special. 5 stars, says I!
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Resources for schools Keep on top of your learning with these free resources from The Open University, created for secondary school age students across the UK.

Really pleased my article on the election process of the UN Secretary General is now available in the Open University's Resources for Schools, created for secondary school age students across the UK. #UNSG #unitednations
tinyurl.com/2jut9xne @oupolitics.bsky.social

Genocide, not a genocidal act.

Do consider registering for our MA in International Relations. It’s new and brilliant, tailored to support students who want to study part time, often while working, or who have a lot to juggle. See below 👇

Workshop held on improving the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces On Tuesday 1 July, Dr Georgina Holmes and NGO SecurityWomen ran an internal workshop for the UK Ministry of Defence on the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces, ahead of the new tri-serv...

On Tuesday 1 July, Dr Georgina Holmes and NGO Security Women ran an internal workshop for the UK @defencehq.bsky.social on the recruitment of women into the British Armed Forces, ahead of the new tri-service recruitment programme 2027.

Read here! fass.open.ac.uk/news/improvi...

How big tech is force-feeding us AI Plus, OpenAI's absurd listening tour, top AI scientists say AI is evolving beyond our control, Facebook is putting data centers in tents, and the AI bubble question — answered?

Big tech promotes the story that since ChatGPT burst onto the scene, AI has been so popular it's rushed to meet the demand. The reality is different. A study by design scholars shows tech co's have had to push AI on its users with a variety of intrusive tactics.

How big tech is force-feeding us AI:

Exclusive: Hundreds at Alligator Alcatraz have no criminal charges, Miami Herald learns Descriptions of the Everglades detention center as a place for violent criminals tell only part of the story.

250 people detained in the Florida Everglades have no criminal convictions or pending charges.

i think the big middle event between george floyd protests and covid that accelerated this hard right turn in elite circles was tech employees using slack to stage walk-outs and force concessions from management. tech bosses got a first whiff of organized labor's power and started reading mein kampf