Hilary Stewart

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

10.09.2025 06:03 — 👍 63    🔁 75    💬 3    📌 2

Can There Be a Lived Experience “Community” We do not need more invitations to white-led tables; we need to build our own spaces, on our own terms, free from institutions that have historically harmed us.

"The 'lived experience community' is framed as a space of solidarity, yet it remains exclusionary."

NSUN member, Leila explores the voices that we don't hear from in the lived experience space.

www.nsun.org.uk/can-there-be...

30.06.2025 13:45 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Government has said they want to get Britain working - but their biggest cut has been to a disability benefit that is paid to people regardless of employment status.

Ruth Curtice explains 👇

30.03.2025 10:17 — 👍 24    🔁 12    💬 1    📌 2

A decade on: Walking the sharp edge of the UK’s social security system The UK’s social security landscape and public services infrastructure have been transformed since the Conservatives took office in 2010, initially as part of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats. The collision of austerity and a punitive approach to welfare reform have seen a drastic and far-reaching hollowing out of provision, which left the welfare state in poor health to respond to Covid-19 and then the cost-of-living crisis. There is growing evidence documenting the impact of these changes on society, and a greater appreciation of the harm caused by inadequate social security provision and under-resourced, failing public services. However, not enough is known about how these changes map onto the experiences of individuals over time. This working paper corrects this, reporting on in-depth research with those at the sharp edge of the social security system. The researchers have conducted repeat interviews with ten individuals for more than ten years, with the most recent interviews taking place during the winter of 2023-24. This research uncovers the extent to which social security and the wider infrastructure routinely fails individuals and their families. It highlights the harms caused by conditionality, and reveals the extent to which repeated fights for entitlement to support can grind people down over time.

In research, too often we get only a snapshot of how lives are shaped by policy. This w/paper shares findings from walking alongside those at sharp end of austerity for more than a decade.

Spoiler: more cuts to welfare & conditionality are not the answer.

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05.02.2025 07:59 — 👍 28    🔁 17    💬 2    📌 2

Pitch us: "The Limitations of Lived Experience" We’re interested in publishing several blogs by people with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress and trauma considering the topic "the limitations of lived experience".

The deadline to submit your pitch to our upcoming content series is Monday at 9am.

Exploring “The Limitations of Lived Experience”, this is a paid writing opportunity for NSUN members: individuals with lived experience of mental ill-health, distress or trauma.

www.nsun.org.uk/news/pitch-u...

31.01.2025 09:40 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Poorest fifth of UK would need to spend 45% of disposable income to afford healthy diet Healthier food is now twice as expensive per calorie as its less nutritious counterparts.

news.sky.com/story/poores...

29.01.2025 16:01 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

New paper out from the PARITY team: The inequalities and challenges of prehabilitation before cancer surgery

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13.01.2025 08:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Adam Curtis Title Card: We Too Are Trapped In A System. Text over a background of a large office building

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This Is The Story Of The The Pernicious Rise of AI-Generated Papers and their Online Impact

An Incomplete History Told In The Voice of Documentarian Adam Curtis
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06.11.2024 08:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Job Opportunity at Lancaster University: Senior Research Associate in Health Service Research

We have a maternity cover researcher post on GRACE.
0.5FTE with immediate start for 7 months collecting info about policies, procedures and values in informed consent for gynae radiotherapy.
hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

26.09.2024 12:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Over £800,000 to help patients living with gynaecological cancers - Lancaster University Information relating to Over £800,000 to help patients living with gynaecological cancers

Our new project 'GRACE' (Gynae Radiotherapy Consent Enhancement) has started!
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/over-80...

26.09.2024 12:10 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0