Dr. Lucy Mayblin

Excited to receive copies of our beautiful new textboook!

Great work!

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The launch of 'The Modern World After Colonialism', a @brisunipress.bsky.social textbook developed from the Connected Sociologies Curriculum Project resources

📍March 4th 2026, 11am, Zoom

@sumingkhoo.bsky.social @mayblin.bsky.social @thesociologicalreview.org
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Crimes of Solidarity and Humanitarianism Documenting legal cases against people helping irregular migrants, known as crimes of solidarity and humanitarianism.

We have added the case of Alex Pretti to our global crimes of solidarity database. Do you know of other cases where activists have been criminalised for standing up to ICE agents in recent weeks? Visit www.crimesofsolidarity.org to find out more or to add a case.

France intercepts 'taxi-boat' in first on-water operation to reduce Channel crossings French authorities have carried out their first on-water interception of a suspected smuggling boat under new Channel patrol tactics, as the UK and France expand returns and enforcement measures aimed...

French authorities have carried out their first on-water interception of a suspected smuggling boat under new Channel patrol tactics.

The UK and France are expanding returns and enforcement measures aimed at preventing small boat crossings.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6936...

Telenotícies - Líders europeus denunciats al Tribunal de la Haia pel tracte dels migrant al Mediterrani central - 3Cat Front Lex, un consorci d'advocats, ja van acusar la UE el 2019

The 1st #ICC trial concerning #CrimesAgainstHumanity against 'migrants' starts in 2026. Front-Lex will be there to represent the victims.

The cases of 122 #EU officials are still waiting to be processed, front-LEX co-director @omershatz.bsky.social told Catalan TV.

www.3cat.cat/3cat/liders-...

It’s not necessary to keep highlighting the qualities of exceptional immigrants as a reason for them to be treated well by their governments. We don’t have to be on our best behaviour to receive a basic level of human decency: that‘s why they’re called “human rights”, and not “human privileges”.

Brexit was a bad idea but I'm tired of hearing this being given as the reason for small boat Channel crossings. As though (a) nobody was crossing irregularly before -they WERE!, and (b)Imagining they weren't crossing because they were scared of the Dublin Regulation? That's just stilly (see: Rwanda)

Hardline migration policies are fuelling people smuggling, report finds As leaders try to break smugglers’ business model, research suggests strategy so far has had opposite effect

It's almost like every single reputable expert who has been saying this exact thing for years was right.
Home Office recognised this fact 15 years ago. Successive governments, globally, continue to ignore it, and continue to push harmful "tougher" policies. 1/

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

UK’s new digital-only immigration system creating exclusion and fear, study finds Obtaining an eVisa to prove their status or right to legally reside in Britain is causing migrants high levels of stress

Great work by @migrantvoice.bsky.social and researchers from Warwick University and Leicester University. Congratulations to former colleague @mariegodin.bsky.social who co-authored the report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

Management at Sheffield have aggressively ramped up their attacks on striking staff, but we @sheffielducu.bsky.social are unbowed: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

We will resist the bullies with our usual courage and resolve - for the good of our students, our university, and our city. We won't allow the dismantling of higher education without resistance. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

Great to see media coverage of the hostile and punitive approach taken by management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social towards @sheffielducu.bsky.social staff striking to protect jobs. Threats and intimidation won't work. We're out until we win!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sensible universities see their staff as assets to be nurtured and protected.
Foolish universities see them as a cost to be minimised.
Really stupid universities see them as an enemy to be defeated.
@sheffielducu.bsky.social

Visiting Fellowship applications and the Sally Hogg Prize

Calling all researchers in forced migration, apply now for the RSC Michaelmas Term (Oct – Dec) 2026 Visiting Fellowship programme & the new Sally Hogg Prize to support applicants from low-income countries or with lived experience of forced displacement.

More info: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/news/the-sal...

Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social

This reminds me of the LSE research on power elites. They dominate the top of all professions and institutions, and their views are far to the right of the general population

Vertical stripes of black, red, gold and pink with the words 'how to use critical discourse analysis in your research'; logo for the discourse academy in the top right corner which has an a tablet computer, and academic cap and a hand interacting with the computer screen

How to use critical discourse analysis in your research: 2-day, in-person workshop for PhD students & early career researchers.
15 & 16 January 2026
Sheffield, UK

Details:
www.discourseacademy.org/event-detail...

#PalestineSolidarity roving picket visiting the excellent picket at Firth Court. #UCUstrike @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social #sheffield

Europe: Closing the door? How visa policies in Europe's Schengen area fail human rights defenders - Amnesty International This report highlights the obstacles faced by human rights defenders (HRDs) from visa-restricted countries who want to access the Schengen area to fulfil their right to defend rights. It presents a…

The Amnesty International International Secretariat have just published a report. It explicitly highlights how racial discrimination in the context of visa policies and processes impacts activists from outside of Europe. Good to see Amnesty doing this kind of work. www.amnesty.org/en/documents...

Mainly factual but closes with this summary "This is a shameful day for Labour. These proposals are cruel, unnecessary and perhaps most importantly for [Starmer & Mahmood], will have no impact on the desperate people who continue to make that dangerous journey across the Channel."

Home Secretary announces major asylum and other changes in new policy paper: "Restoring Order and Control" - Free Movement Following a plethora of media briefings and coverage over the past few days, the Home Secretary has officially published her policy paper on "Restoring Order

This is an excellent summary of this week's UK asylum announcements from Free Movement. freemovement.org.uk/home-secreta...

ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal | ASSIST Sheffield The ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal provides a vital safety net for destitute asylum seekers in Sheffield. Choose your action: Donate, Act, or Share their story.

Why not put your disappointment into action by donating to ASSIST's winter solidarity appeal to support people who are homeless because of the UK's hostile environment policies? www.assistsheffield.org.uk/content/assi...

ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal | ASSIST Sheffield The ASSIST Winter Solidarity Appeal provides a vital safety net for destitute asylum seekers in Sheffield. Choose your action: Donate, Act, or Share their story.

Dismayed to hear more divisive and hostile rhetoric from the latest Home Secretary? Depressed by more cruel and punitive policies which will harm people who are seeking asylum and will do nothing to stop the rise of Reform or reduce small boat Channel crossings? ...

The Home Secretary says "we have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"

That is a factually untrue claim: the Home Office shows that the UK is fifth, getting 1/10 claims, while Germany gets 1/5 claims

Tomorrow @sheffielducu.bsky.social begins four weeks of strike action over the continuous restructuring of programs and departments and threats of compulsory redundancies imposed by university management. We are holding a joint rally with our sister branch at SHU which is facing similar threats.

Looking forward to this workshop! Join me, @kranertmichael.bsky.social , Tom Bartlett and Jane Mulderrig to work on using CDA in your research!

Mobilise, Resist, Build Solidarity: We Stand with Migrants A teach-in/out as part of the Migration Scholars Mobilize Network day of action to mobilise on these themes:- A war on migrants is a war on all of us- Migration is a social good- We stand with…

We are so proud to be part of the Migration Scholars Mobilise Global Day of Action today! Sheffield folks, come down to the Jessop Building. Our schedule here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re... And to the global network website: migrationscholarsmobilize.org

@mayblin.bsky.social @hannahjlewis.bsky.social @patnabuco.bsky.social @livinginsheffield.bsky.social

Evidence of mass killings by RSF in El-Fasher, Sudan, are chilling. They must be a wake up call for the rest of the planet too. Countries must be pressured to stop sending weapons into their proxy war in Sudan. It starts with acknowledging the horror.