Sofia Cusano

In memoriam...

Hidden? Really? 🤔

Real mix of university and FE leaders in packed room for panel with Skills Minister on how we need to work together to deliver the skills strategy, great to do this jointly with @et-foundation.bsky.social @hepi-news.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

👩‍🎓Full house for our Labour party conference discussion on the future of higher education and skills with skills minister Baroness Jacqui Smith 💬

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

When your child has had the best day at the theme park, and you have had a very long day taking them round the theme park

The problem is that ‘this is not who we are’ is coming to feel a little empirically unconvincing. It might help if the PM actually stood up and made the case for a liberal, tolerant and inclusive country.

Govt should take this message seriously.

The far right, backed by the world's richest man, is actively stoking racial & political violence.

Staying quiet, flattering them, saying "we hear you" won't work.

Stand up for decency, for respect, for the best of modern Britain or watch those things burn

Anand Menon on racism: the UK has made progress, but this year’s riots show there’s a long way to go One of Britain’s leading public intellectuals reflects on how racism – and his experience of it – has changed over the last 50 years

"We have made progress, and we should remind ourselves of that". I wrote this last summer, when I thought (naively) that the riots were essentially a blip. A year on, I'm getting far more concerned about the rise in racism www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/10/04/a...

To all the weirdos marching around with clipboards, deciding who is and isn't English based on where their grandparents were living... THIS is England! ⬇️

Me every single day since January 31

Always sing Bonansea’s name to the tune of ‘Dr. Zaius’ from the Simpsons.

☀️ Tonight, our Summer Reception - kicking off with @bobbyduffy.bsky.social setting the scene and celebrating another year of progress

Why did the ref speak to Agyemang there? Such a weird officiating performance, it’s been like being reffed by magic 8 ball.

Petition: Raise statutory maternity/paternity pay to match the National Living Wage Statutory maternity and paternity pay is £4.99 per hour for a full-time worker on 37.5 hours per week - approximately 59% less than the 2024 National Living Wage of £12.21 per hour for workers aged 21...

The government response to this petition is infuriating.
“Maternity and other types of Parental Pay are intended to provide a measure of financial security to support parents whilst they are away from the workplace; they are not a replacement of earnings” except they literally are??? Please sign:

Brilliant panel of European university leaders in conversation with Alison Wolf on common and distinct challenges - such a variety of systems driven by long histories, but just about all facing political, leadership or financial crises @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @policyatkings.bsky.social

Mary Earps made indelible mark with England and leaves big gloves to fill | Suzanne Wrack The goalkeeper’s decision to retire from internationals has people questioning the timing but not what she has given to the Lionesses

Mary Earps made indelible mark with England and leaves big gloves to fill | Suzanne Wrack

The BSL during Finland was sensational #Eurovision

Such an interesting discussion around our new #geiindex @giwlkings.bsky.social and the key message here today is that equality is not a zero sum game. Investment in women will result in good outcomes for men. #notazerosumgame #genderequality

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A 37-year-old centre-back making it 6-6 on aggregate in the 90th minute of the second leg of a Champions League semi-final.

We should have kept D’Angelo - she’s having a great game!

I love that they’ve come up with everything but paid maternity leave

If you know, you know

Homework, gender preferences, keeping fit and housework: data reveals societal changes since 1930s and 40s The research underscores how everyday life changed significantly over the 20th and 21st centuries

NEW: Our latest study goes back into the polling archives to compare public attitudes and behaviour in the 1930s and 40s to those today.

Part of our series exploring societal and political shifts in Britain, it underscores how everyday life has (for the most part) changed significantly... 🧵 ⬇️

I’ve always been perplexed by people who need to leave the planet in order to realise how precious and beautiful it is.

These are some pretty sobering stats on Britain's prisons.

(Source - a really great charity, which you should check out, that's hoping to change some of this, plate-by-plate, bowl-by-bowl: @theclinkcharity.bsky.social)

Me, turning 18 in 2008:

I am in this club and still scarred from being 17 and forced to sell chocolate oranges to people who really didn’t want them…