Rob Sharp

Justin Webb on Today on migration — airlifted from the 19th century?

It’s great, isn’t it. Matthew Goode is amusingly grumpy

Two people I know have had their phones snatched in Hackney in the past week. I had good advice to stand by a lamppost if you need to check. Better still just don’t get your phone out at all.

Thank you to the participants; happy to discuss this work.

*The regulation by social media companies of the ways in which non-citizen activists might organise protest or employ labour to moderate posts littered with disinformation;

*The performative social benefit of solidarity being rearticulated in ways that align with the nation-state’s bordering practices over time;

*The ontological insecurity of experiencing welcome (albeit on regulated terms) in a host society alongside unrelenting social media content from the front line;

*The interaction of overlapping political, funding and emotional abandonment (media framing, funding shifts, host relationships changing) as mutually contradictory or reinforcing;

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Have a new publication published — re.: solidarity long-term re.: Ukraine (open access)

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.

“‘Our vision is that, over time, A.I. would become part of the core infrastructure of higher education,’ Leah Belsky, OpenAI’s vice president of education, said in an interview.” 🫠

Care-stripping: Beyond the Pretence of Care Five years ago, we published The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence. It was a small volume that provided a large overview of what we described as the ‘structural carelessness’ of our worl...

Authors of Care Manifesto on ‘Care Stripping’ www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/...

I think - I may have misunderstood the system! - that media studies qualifies as being in the lowest of the "price groups" which receive additional funding for being high cost. But at that level the additional funding is so small - not much over £100 per student - that any saving here is tiny.

On what planet is Media and Comms an expensive course

Funding for ‘high-cost’ university courses to be cut in England Education secretary says top-up support for subjects including media must be scaled back in ‘challenging’ fiscal situation

Education secretary targeting expensive subjects including “journalism and media studies” www.ft.com/content/ec74...

Funding for ‘high cost’ university courses to be cut in England Education secretary says top-up support for subjects including media must be scaled back because of ‘extremely challenging’ fiscal environment

There’s always salami left in the salami stand:

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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?

Academic publishing rates sharing

Hey, academics! Have you signed a book contract lately?
You should report your royalty/advance rate anonymously on this spreadsheet.
Are you negotiating, or about to be negotiating, a book contract? You should take a look at the spreadsheet.

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The Mind Field

Came across Mind Field — a group of therapists, many with backgrounds as conflict journalists and aid workers. They offer therapy and support for people still working in war and crisis zones. Could be a useful resource for those working with conflict-affected communities themindfield.world/about-us

Feminism and the Far-Right A one-day symposium at Goldsmiths about bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right.

The inimitable @kat-hig.bsky.social is organising this extremely timely symposium on bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, gender, and the cultural politics of the global far-Right at @mediacomgold.bsky.social, 6th June. EPIC lineup of speakers!! 😍🔥💪

BOOK HERE: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminism-a...

📢 Call for Sessions is now open for the ETMU Conference 2025!
🗓️ Helsinki, 13–14 November
🌐 Theme: Breaking (Digital) Barriers
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Quick note - the festival guide says free which is true, but it is also ticketed.. And places are limited…

Work for my Whose Streets project which will map memories of Antifacist and Antiracist protest in Brighton and Hove.

Thank you to Joshua McLaughlin, Georgia Walters, Sophie Martin and Rhys Baker for talking to our Media undergraduate students about your work at the BBC, Espresso Media International, University of Sussex Digital Media Creators scheme and Tru Thoughts Records (and much more) 🚀

Crows, robins, wrens making way for first bees emerging after winter hibernation in the magnolia opposite, already dropping its petals. Couple of weeks ahead of other trees outside London. I wondered what the buzzing was.

“The OfS has not investigated the circumstances that led to Professor Stock’s resignation; it does not have the powers to do this. It insists it was ‘impartial and view-point-neutral', but it has not talked to anyone apart from Professor Stock.”

Good to see this robust response from Sussex Uni. 👇

The Turkish People Against the ‘Palace Regime’ As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s…

As Turkey’s far-right government attempts to stifle democratic opposition yet again, massive protests have erupted across the country – showing that a new generation will not accept Erdoğan’s authoritarian rule.

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