Prof Graham Towl

This is the second edition of our practical guidance on how to address our problems with sexual violence in HE. We hope that it is useful for student activists and staff concerned about prevention and intervention. @durhampsych.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

Speakers include: @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social
Joy Allen, Police & Crime Commissioner
Prof Andrew Gray
Prof Alison Liebling Cambridge University
Andi Brierley Leeds Trinity University
Paula Harriott CEO, Unlock
@stephscott.bsky.social/ Dr Naomi Griffin ...

Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill Exclusive: Meeting hosted by shadow housing minister for estate agents and landlords prompted accusations of collusion

Nasty Party.

Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill.

Tories filibustering to thwart no-fault evictions, prevent landlords from accepting more rent than the amount for which a property has been listed, force landlords to carry out essential repairs.

PhD students who complain about supervisors ‘never hear outcome’ ‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

While “very few” PhD students and supervisors make formal complaints about each other, far fewer learn the outcomes, an Australian study has found
#AcademicSky

We hope that this will be a useful practical resource. Anyone who cares about our problem with sexual violence at universities may wish to repost - we need to get such resources out there. @durhampsych.bsky.social

We hope that this will be a useful practical resource. Anyone who cares about our problem with sexual violence at universities may wish to repost - we need to get such resources out there. @durhampsych.bsky.social

In case you’re not sure how it’s going down here, America.

Delighted to report that the 2nd edition of our (with Clarissa DiSantis) book on addressing student sexual violence can be ordered now. Hopefully it will prove a useful resource for the sector. @david-batty.bsky.social @howardjournalcj.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @ukri.org

Delighted to report that the 2nd edition of our (with Clarissa DiSantis) book on addressing student sexual violence can be ordered now. Hopefully it will prove a useful resource for the sector. @david-batty.bsky.social @howardjournalcj.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @ukri.org

“Systematic abuse of human rights” as ever nobody will be held to account. We were promised transparency about the new Women’s Justice Board - so are the minutes and action points from its first of four meetings this year available?

This is another free to attend event in the North East organised by PORSCH. The physical health of prisoners rarely receives the attention deserved. Food budgets are low in relation to meeting nutritional needs. Why not register and come along?

This is another free to attend event in the North East organised by PORSCH. The physical health of prisoners rarely receives the attention deserved. Food budgets are low in relation to meeting nutritional needs. Why not register and come along?

Shabana Mahmood totally out of her depth saying things have changed and women can now wash their underwear- only ….they still can’t. Like the last lot, ‘Yes Minister’ rules. Decades of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment but gongs all round.

Cardiff cuts: ‘They don’t grasp what university means for Wales’ Academics warn of ‘culture of fear’ at pre-eminent Welsh institution amid plans to axe courses and hundreds of jobs

Wales’ higher education landscape could be “devastated” by the large-scale cuts announced by Cardiff University, academics have warned

#AcademicSky #EduSky

The permanent secretary post for the department of health and social care is being advertised with pay of 170-200k. The budget responsibility will be roughly around 200 to over 1000 times as much as a university leader - and yet get paid significantly less - albeit a great salary.

Not a a fan of Starmer but fair play to him he has at least been willing to challenge Trump colonialism. In Gaza.

From the ukpolitics community on Reddit: AMA (Ask Me Anything) Thread: Analysts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Friday 7th February, 10:30am - 1:30pm Explore this post and more from the ukpolitics community

Our latest report found over 1 in 5 people in the UK are in poverty.

On Friday we are hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' session on Reddit - you can ask our analysts about the stats, the modelling, policy, and the picture of poverty across the UK.

🙋 Join our session: www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

Not a a fan of Starmer but fair play to him he has at least been willing to challenge Trump colonialism. In Gaza.

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it

We cannot allow them to rewrite history.

If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely
youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...

ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI

Is this the right messaging for students to be able to work from morning until midnight? It may be popular with students but it may not be good modelling and of course will presumably increase costs too.

Australia anoints new v-c pay watchdog, as old watchdog slumbers Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator

Australia’s government has overlooked existing powers in belatedly appointing a new watchdog to constrain universities’ executive pay

#highered #EduSky

Why don’t we align VC salaries with senior civil service permanent secretary salaries? Parity in public sector pay makes good sense and would most likely strengthen an HE underfunding argument.

And although such salaries themselves are a very small percentage of financial turnover they are routinely used to undermine the credibility of an under funding narrative - maybe because they are seen to be giving the finger to government and the public?

The permanent secretary post for the department of health and social care is being advertised with pay of 170-200k. The budget responsibility will be roughly around 200 to over 1000 times as much as a university leader - and yet get paid significantly less - albeit a great salary.

New pensions minister has called to scrap ‘rubbish’ triple lock Torsten Bell criticised the policy in his previous job as a think-tank boss, but it puts him in conflict with Keir Starmer’s defence of it

New UK pensions minister has called to scrap ‘rubbish’ triple lock on state pension.

Labour/Tories gunning for pensioners, condemning them to poverty.

The issue isn't Young v Old. It is justice, equity, humanity. Young will get old too & face premature death.

Fight for rights.
archive.ph/NmDpE

Lifting the lid on prisons: SENTENCE INFLATION

Five of the most senior former judges in England and Wales made an extremely rare intervention and called on the government to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences.

Here we discuss the impact of sentence inflation: howardleague.org/what-is-sent...

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.

After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms.

Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients

All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s not that difficult some do it really well. Maybe the biggest single barrier is that the brutal reality is that for many it’s simply not up there as the top priority.

The Times Was Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising Britain's 'newspaper of record' had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day

🔴The Times Was Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising

Britain’s ‘newspaper of record’ had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day, reports @josiah.writes.news

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/t...