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New SCCJR Youth Work Resource Launched 🤩

The Straight Out the Scheme: Youth Work Resource includes a boardgame, rap music, podcast clips and videos - each accompanied by a session plan to guide discussions around youth violence.

Check it out👇
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Great news that @adr-scotland.bsky.social was awarded 5 years of @ukri.org funding – enabling @moragtreanor.bsky.social @nickbailey37.bsky.social @serena-pattaro.bsky.social to conduct data-driven research aimed at improving lives across the UK.

@ubdc.bsky.social

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"The current system is broken"

Following the publication of the schools white paper and proposed reforms to Send provision, @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social writes as a parent and social policy expert on why so much depends on getting this right.

www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics

Why Ukraine’s use of drones isn’t the ‘future of war’ that you might imagine Ukraine is using cheap drones not because they are the future of war, but because of a shortage of other munitions

Four years into its war with Russia, Taras Ferdiko questions whether the Ukraine’s use of drones really is the future of war – or indicative of other factors such as a shortage of munitions.

Read more in @scotsman.com

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Professor Wendy Loretto profile photo announced as the University of Glasgow new Head of School at the Adam Smith Business School

Professor Wendy Loretto has been announced as the new Head of our Adam Smith Business School @uofgasbs.bsky.social

Currently Professor of Organisational Management at @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, Prof Loretto starts her new role on 20 April. Welcome to #TeamUofG, Wendy!

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Congratulations to @changingrealities.bsky.social for being named as a @bigissue.com Changemaker - a wonderful recognition of hard work by parents and carers who've been lobbying politicians to eradicate child poverty in the UK.

A new way of classifying building energy efficiency that could benefit households and address the global net-zero carbon agenda has been developed by @glasgow.ac.uk and
@cam.ac.uk

Prof Qunshan Zhao @ubdc.bsky.social @uofgussp.bsky.social
led the research.

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Pleased to share that Dr Marcin Kaczmarski will be a speaker at this @scga.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk public event, joining fellow leading experts on peace, security, migration and refugees, who will analyse these issues and the implications for Scotland.

We had a brilliant time at the Scottish Parliament on Monday for the second of our schools programme visits - thanks again to the @parliament.scot Education Service for working with us in partnership to make these visits happen 🙌

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

Interviewed about AI misinformation in Scottish elections

I was interviewed by Jamie Mann (The Ferret) about AI misinformation and the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. This De-noiser explores the evidence on how AI misinformation has impacted elections to date. From chatbots to deepfakes,…

The UK Government’s AI Skills Programme Betrays UK Workers And Our Digital Sovereignty | Computer Weekly - World Of Software Last month, the UK government announced the AI Skills Boost programme, promising “free AI training for all” and claiming that the courses will give people the

The UK government’s AI skills programme betrays UK workers and our digital sovereignty - Dr Mark Wong @uofgussp.bsky.social is co-author of this article critiquing the UK government's AI Skills Boost programme for its reliance on US tech platforms.

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📢 ICYMI: check out Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau's blog analysing #UKYouthPoll2025 data to show that young people are generally willing and able to give their views on politics.

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#UKYouthPoll #GenZ

⌛ Just one week to go until #SurvivingPolitics, and places are going fast – register now to avoid disappointment! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surviving-...

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NEW SURVEY FINDINGS‼️
81% of women musicians in the Scottish folk music scene, who participated in a new survey, have been sexually assaulted or harassed.

Full report here: sccjr.ac.uk/publication/...

@uofgsociology.bsky.social @glasgow.ac.uk

🔊Video of findings.

US cash, sponsored shirts and TV deals: how money took over English football A potted history of sporting commercialism.

"We’ve lost so much of what football is" ⚽

How has the beautiful game become so dominated by commerce? The answers can be found by studying 50 years of Norwich City F.C., says @robinireland.bsky.social (with a little help from Delia Smith).

Read more in @theconversation.com

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All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies EVERY day, around 125 babies are born in Scotland. Each new life represents a new beginning but also significant, and often scary, changes for their…

‘All Scottish children need extra help, not just babies’

The Scottish Child Payment increase for babies is welcome, but costs of childhood do not end when they turn one, writes @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social and Ilona Pinter for @scotnational.bsky.social

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The main building and tower at the University of Glasgow surrounded by trees.

Historic places are vital for mental health, according to research by @uofgussp.bsky.social, @imadgination03.bsky.social and Historic England.

Familiar historic places provide emotional stability – helping people to function and thrive in everyday life.

More: gla.ac/4qQ0CIZ

A designed graphic with text reading: "LIVE. The John Smith Centre invites you to attend Surviving Politics: Kate Forbes MSP and Fraser Nelson in conversation. Hosted by Eddie Barnes, Director of the John Smith Centre. 02 February 2026, 6:30 - 8:00pm, Bute Hall, Gilbert Scott Building, University Avenue." The graphic also shows headshot-style photos of Kate and Fraser and the logos of the John Smith Centre and the University of Glasgow.

📢 Event launch!

Politicis in 2026 is moving at a bewildering pace. Join Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes MSP & Times columnist @frasernelson.bsky.social as they set out their contrasting views on the road ahead.

📅 2 Feb
📍 Bute Hall, @glasgow.ac.uk
🎟️ Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/surviving-...

A person sits on perforated metal stairs with their head resting on crossed arms, holding a smartphone, wearing a green jacket and jeans.

The link between high engagement gambling and suicidality is stronger than thought, according to a study by @uofgsps.bsky.social and @citystgeorges.bsky.social

More: gla.ac/4b7CJHE

Expert gives verdict on neo-Nazi posting by Donald Trump's White House THE White House’s online neo-Nazi references reflect the extreme content people at the heart of Donald Trump’s administration are viewing, an…

"It’s not coincidence, it’s not an accident. It is something which is strategic communication and they must see value in that.”

@pauljreilly.bsky.social spoke to @scotnational.bsky.social about inflammatory Neo-Nazi posts posted by US government agencies.

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Britain’s new border runs through its universities | British Politics and Policy at LSE Britain's universities are pausing their recruitment of students from Pakistan and Bangladesh, citing tighter immigration policy. This amounts to discrimination.

"If the price of keeping universities solvent is to tell whole national groups that their applications are unwelcome, then it is not the applicants who are undermining the reputation of UK higher education." New from me on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social ⬇️ blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

OTHER PEOPLE'S BACKGROUNDS SHAPE THEIR SOCIAL POSITION, BUT I WORKED HARD FOR MINE – THE PARADOX IN HOW WE VIEW STATUS - John Smith Centre The concept of “hard work v privilege”, and what either one says about someone’s social status, is an important one. Politicians regularly draw dividing lines between “hardworking families” and…

📢 New research blog!

Find out how our perceptions of "hard work v privilege" differ when we are looking at ourselves rather than others in Dr Joe Greenwood-Hau's recent piece for @uk.theconversation.com ⚖️

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social

John Smith Centre Research & Engagement Manager Dr Elli Loose discusses what the UK Youth Poll 2025 tells us about young women's political views and priorities on 'Left Out' presented by Gaby… Dr Elli Loose on the political views of young women in the UK - 'Left Out', BBC Radio 4

We hear a lot about the shift of young men towards the political right - but what about young women? 🤔

🎙️ Listen to Dr Elli Loose on BBC Radio 4's 'Left Out' to find out what the #UKYouthPoll2025 tells us about young women's political views & priorities.

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social

A new book by Prof Jane Duncan and Allen Munoriyarwa that offers a comprehensive analysis of the critical challenge of intelligence accountability in an era of expanding digital surveillance capabilities is now available from @scotunipress.bsky.social

More: www.sup.ac.uk/forthcoming-...

The academic study of politics is failing disabled people – with real-world consequences Many of the issues disabled people encounter in society will result from political decision making.

The academic study of politics is failing disabled people – with real-world consequences. David Alexander writes for the @uk.theconversation.com on diversity in political science.

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I will be discussing some of this work in the upcoming event hosted by Citizens Advice Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/forecast-p...

The Identities Newsletter - December 2025 Edition Read the latest issue of The Identities Newsletter

Have you read the latest issue of The #Identities Newsletter?

Read Issue 9 (December 2025), including updates on our trending articles, events, podcast episodes, blog posts and more!

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@uofgsps.bsky.social Taylor & Francis Research @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

What would happen if the UK government actually banned Grok and X? Keir Starmer's government has hinted a UK ban on X isn't out of the question. Experts tell us what a ban would look like in reality.

GUMG director @catherinehapper.bsky.social commented on OfCom's inquiry into Grok and the possibility of a ban on X, expressing doubts about the UK government's will to take on the platform for @bigissue.com: www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

We're so excited that our new #UKYouthPoll course is kicking off at @glasgow.ac.uk today! 🤩

There are a few spaces left on the course for @uofgsocsci.bsky.social honours students – find out more: 🔗 www.johnsmithcentre.com/news/the-joh...

#UKYouthPoll2026 @focaldata.bsky.social

Glasgow’s Gorbachev go-between How a local academic saw through the iron curtain

“If you met him, you weren’t likely to forget him.”

Great article in @glasgowbell.bsky.social about the extraordinary story of 'tour de force' Alec Nove, leading Soviet expert and former head of the Institute for Soviet and East Europe Studies @glasgow.ac.uk

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