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Professor Alison Phipps: "We’re in foothills of genocide" as far-right threat grows Professor Alison Phipps is the nation’s foremost authority on asylum. She tells our Writer at Large demonisation has gone too far and Westminster…

Scotland’s leading academic on refugees warns that British political rhetoric is taking the UK ‘into the foothills of genocide’

Professor Alison Phipps, Unesco chair in refugee integration at Glasgow University, says demonisation will end in deaths

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663...

No surprise here

I’m at the #baal2025 conference at @uofglasgow.bsky.social . Lots of the sessions are taking place in the GU Union, and I’m getting flashbacks to my undergrad years. I’m pretty sure I saw the Tom Robinson Band here back in the day.

Elon Musk « x@elonmusk•6h Remigration is the only way Steve Laws @Steve_Laws_•18h Go anywhere in the UK and look around, you'll just see foreigners everywhere. It's truly sickening the damage that has been done to our nation and our people....

Steve Laws & @Steve_Laws_ X.com Epping is everywhere. 12:02•8/29/25 • 275K Views Elonmusk All Britain is Epping @Steve_Laws_ Keep highlighting this Elon, we appreciate it.

It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.

A graduate in tartan trousers.

A laughing graduate standing in the quads.

A graduate in a tent holding a blue folder with the word 'Graduation' written in gold.

A graduate in the quads holding up the peace sign.

Smiles all round at graduation! ♥️

We love see our happy graduates on campus. All your hard work has paid off. Enjoy this moment!

#UofGgrad25 #TeamUofG

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Great to watch some of my former students from @uniwestscotland.bsky.social and current students from @uofgtesol.bsky.social presenting their research at the Scottish TESOL/Applied Linguistics Research Conference

The rise of end times fascism The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM

My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social.

The governing ideology of the far right has become a
monstrous, supremacist survivalism.

Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Nice to get name-checked at an #IATEFL2025 plenary 😃. Thanks, Neil

High point of #IATEFL2025 coming up, Neil McMillan’s plenary on #tblt followed by @seburnt.bsky.social’s talk on inclusive materials 😬😃

Post-presentation pint with good friends and colleagues who I don’t see enough of #IATEFL2025

Nice cosy room for my #IATEFL2025 talk, starting at 3.05pm today. Maybe see you there?

All set for #IATEFL2025. Edinburgh this year, which seems strange to me for some reason. Lovely weather - so far.

“Sponsored by…” 🙄

At this year’s #IATEFL2025 conference in Edinburgh, I’ll be exploring the concept of “empowerment” and “empowering ELT”, a popular phrase which, in my view, doesn’t adequately encapsulate what needs to be done. Come and join me on 8th April at 3.05pm.

Last year I reviewed 5 books for the #ELT journal, which you can read here: academic.oup.com/eltj/article/7…
Next Thursday at 4.30pm I’ll be presenting and discussing the relevance of these books to the UK #ESOL context. You can register free here: forms.office.com/pages/response���

Day 11 ResearchAdvent I am excited for the January meeting of the ESOL Research Community, where @steve11brown.bsky.social will be exploring the relevance & application of current literature for ESOL. Deets and sign up here padlet.com/kathrynsidaw...

Always great to celebrate graduation with my students. Here’s me with some 23-24 @uofgtesol.bsky.social graduates and colleagues the other day 😊

Good to meet up with some students from last year's cohort before their graduation tomorrow! #tesol #graduation #23-24

Looks like an interesting symposium, with a possibility to present online - for those of us who are concerned about the #ELTFootprint

socialjusticeinelt.com/Home/Symposi...

Good advice, thanks.

Does he suffer at all if we all leave though? Doesn’t it just allow him to normalise fascism for everyone else, without us being fully aware of what he’s doing?

I feel the narratives that Musk is spinning are frankly pretty scary: destabilising the EU, supporting Tommy Robinson etc. But I feel I need to stay aware. We should try not to isolate ourselves in a bluesky echo chamber.

Should we be concerned about imposters using our names? Couldn’t they do that anyway?

So, are we all deleting our twitter accounts, or are we keeping them so we can keep an eye on what those guys are up to?

Yes, please join us! I’m looking forward to this 😃

Ok, this seems a lot nicer already. Looking forward to engaging with people on here.