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And, at all cost, the memory of academics as professionals, not β€˜content deliverers’.

25.11.2025 02:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The one thing that must be eliminated at all costs: institutional memory of when university priorities were teaching and research and workloads were things that staff could do AND have a private life.

24.11.2025 21:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
CHAPTER 7
WHEN THE NEOLIBERAL
UNIVERSITY DOESN'T WANT YOU ANYMORE: EXIT CULTURES IN THE MARKET ERA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Steven Jones
University of Manchester, UK

CHAPTER 7 WHEN THE NEOLIBERAL UNIVERSITY DOESN'T WANT YOU ANYMORE: EXIT CULTURES IN THE MARKET ERA OF HIGHER EDUCATION Steven Jones University of Manchester, UK

Everything must be THE MARKET!!!!

24.11.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Wes Streeting continues to ignore safeguarding concerns about parents group linked to abusive practices Trans Safety Network has seen evidence Wes Streeting and the DHSC solicited feedback on a β€œpuberty blocker risk form” from Bayswater Support Group and other anti-trans groups in September 2025, 6 mont...

Trans Safety Network are extremely concerned that DHSC are continuing to solicit input on trans healthcare from Bayswater and other anti trans groups after a reply to our previous concerns stated they would not work with groups who promote harmful practices or discriminatory views

24.11.2025 12:19 β€” πŸ‘ 593    πŸ” 230    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 16

I bet these civil servants wouldn’t be so in favour of privatization if the civil service was privatized …

24.11.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Time to concede that the whole privatization of higher education was a giant mistake? Second only, perhaps, to the privatization of water?

24.11.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Refreshing to see UUK representing our sector instead of vilifying the people who work in it. This comes too late for many of us though as the sector continues its rapid contraction.

24.11.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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University teaching income β€˜Β£6.4 billon less’ than 10 years ago UUK says shortfall in teaching money isΒ β€˜baked in’ to higher education funding system as institutions brace for new tax in upcoming budget

'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3

24.11.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 7

I would much rather pay more income tax than have this ongoing chaos at work

24.11.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Teaching Fellow in Sociology and Social Policy Are you passionate about helping to deliver an exceptional student experience in a top-ranked Russell Group University? Do you have the ability to motivate and inspire learners? Are you an experienced...

Grade 7, 9 month contract in sociology….

jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

23.11.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Apparently if governments take any action to reduce the profits of fossil fuel companies within the next 20 years the fossil fuel companies can sue governments for the lost income. This is on top of the Β£40bn or so of tax-payers’ money they get in subsidies. πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

22.11.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“Š NEW | As Labour launches crackdowns on refugees and trans people, Starmer's approval hits new low.

βœ… Favourable – 19% (-2)
❌ Unfavourable – 73% (+1)

Via YouGov, 16-17 Nov (+/- vs 14 Oct)

20.11.2025 11:25 β€” πŸ‘ 107    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6

It is good to see that that some people a) actually have values/principles and b) do not abandon those when entering Parliament

22.11.2025 13:59 β€” πŸ‘ 168    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fossil fuel lobbyists should be prohibited from attending COP meetings.

22.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Never a truer word

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21.11.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s a problem that none of the people criticised in the covid response report seems capable of shame, reflection or believing they could be wrong about anything. Everything’s just a game, other lives or deaths aren’t something they understand or even believe

20.11.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 157    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok but this is totally something Charlotte Church would do

20.11.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 817    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1

Criticize, smear and defame in the media, then cut.

The MO of neoliberalism.

All so rich people, with more ££ than they could ever spend, pay less tax.

Meanwhile we lose hospitals, universities, schools, libraries, welfare, youth clubs, social housing, social care, BBC.

When will we learn?

21.11.2025 03:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

19.11.2025 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3067    πŸ” 1829    πŸ’¬ 108    πŸ“Œ 143

Today’s Ivory tower folks …

19.11.2025 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow! We need one of these about Farage!

19.11.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

14,000 university staff to be made redundant by end 2025 πŸ˜₯

19.11.2025 13:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Reminder that men have no inherent right to the surname of the father, regardless of situation.

You're not property, ladies, keep your last name and give it to your kid.

19.11.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 153    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 1
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Three images including a monochrome photograph of a white woman, a fabric design and a leather and wood chair

Ray EamesΒ (1912 – 1988), US artist andΒ designerΒ who worked in a variety of media, including furniture and fabric design #Womensart

19.11.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 541    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8
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Pickets, pickets, and more pickets!

Join us and show your support #StopStaffCutatUoE

19.11.2025 11:00 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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We must copy Denmark Social Democrats' hardline anti-asylum measures in order to win back voters' trust, says Shabana Mahmood.

Meanwhile in Denmark:

19.11.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 880    πŸ” 304    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 22

Asked if Keir Starmer believes British people want to "see refugee children pulled out of school and deported after 10 years in this country”, his spokesman says that β€œwhat the British public wants and what this government was elected on a mandate to deliver was to secure our borders"

17.11.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 453    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 183    πŸ“Œ 171
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You have to wonder if the uk is actually just managed by the US

17.11.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

On one level I feel sorry for these children-of-migrants anti-migrant Home Secretaries, placed to avert accusations of government racism. What must that do to your psyche?

17.11.2025 04:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Dear [my MP’s name],

As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposalsβ€”not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.Β 

That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.

I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occurβ€”and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.

Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.

A manufactured crisis

As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countriesβ€”Colombia, Germany, TΓΌrkiye, Iran and Ugandaβ€”host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.

The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.

Dear [my MP’s name], As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposalsβ€”not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.Β  That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest. I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occurβ€”and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights. Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming. A manufactured crisis As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countriesβ€”Colombia, Germany, TΓΌrkiye, Iran and Ugandaβ€”host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million. The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.

🌍 42.5m refugees
Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries.

πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ 548k refugees
= 0.78% of the UK population.

It is not refugees who tear our country apart, it is the mainstreaming of far right policies. And that’s a risk to all of us.

My letter to my MP.

#asylum #Mahmood

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16.11.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 658    πŸ” 287    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 11

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