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Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...

We know days like this can take a toll.

Here’s our list of resources for our trans friends and allies 💖
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EHRC challenge: The fight goes on We challenged the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s transphobic guidance. The High Court will consider our case in full in November

“Trans people still have human rights protections in this country, and at Good Law Project, we plan to defend them.”

Read our full update on today’s decision for a two-day hearing in November in our challenge against the EHRC’s transphobic guidance:
goodlaw.social/z5bw

If we want a society where we can care for ourselves, one another and the planet taxing the wealthiest is an essential first step.

Call for Papers: Creative Education and the Future of Work – Journal of Education and Work Call for papers exploring the crisis in creative education, inequality, policy, and the creative economy. Abstract deadline: 8 September 2025.

Just a reminder we're still accepting abstracts for our Special Issue for the Journal of Education and Work on the state of creative education. Find all info here: cmcikings.blog/2025/06/23/c...

Hard work or inherited (mis)fortune? Young people’s future in an unequal world Renewing analysis from The Spirit Level: how are children and young people’s health, education and employment prospects shaped by household wealth?

“If we want every child to have a fair shot at life, we must confront extreme wealth accumulation and invest in the wellbeing of all children – at home, in classrooms, and beyond” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

Interested in working with us here in Sociological and Cultural Studies in Glasgow? This one-year Lectureship in the Sociology of Class is now open, with a deadline on 20th August. Please spread the word...

Billionaires have broken Britain. #MakeThemPay to fix it.

On Saturday 20 September, thousands of us will take to the streets to demand the government:

✅ Tax the super-rich
✅ Protect workers, not billionaires
✅ Make polluters pay

Spread the word today!

Call for Papers: Creative Education and the Future of Work – Journal of Education and Work Call for papers exploring the crisis in creative education, inequality, policy, and the creative economy. Abstract deadline: 8 September 2025.

CfPs: Special Issue on the state of creative education. We welcome proposals that offer a range of perspectives. See link for full details: cmcikings.blog/2025/06/23/c... with @drdaveobrien.bsky.social, Dan Ashton and Pat Thompson

Home - Arts & Minds Campaign Ensuring all children have opportunities to study creative subjects throughout their education.

Now is a key moment to restore the status of arts and creative education in schools. Please add your voice by signing the open letter over at theartsandmindscampaign.org.uk, led by our friends at the
@neunion.bsky.social ✍️

“Where are culture and creativity in your city?” Chrono-urbanism and the importance of pluralism in defining and understanding cultural opportunities in cities

I'm really delighted to share this paper based on research undertaken in Dundee. Sincere thanks to the local community who shared with us their stories of this vibrant, creative city www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

See link to the Women and Equalities Committee's recent report on Paternity leave which includes evidence submitted from our research on care leave in creative/cultural organisations conducted with @saradeb.bsky.social and Natalie Wreyford committees.parliament.uk/publications...

This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes. There isn't even the pretense that this is anything but persecution, unbound by law.

A contextual admission must come with extra support We need careful, systematic overhaul and the taking of responsibility not just by universities but also by local and national government, says Ellen Wright

Opinion: “Three months into my degree, my mum died. My half-brothers went to live with their dad, I lost my family home and was left completely alone.”

Contextual admissions must come with extra support, says Ellen Wright

YouTube video by DISCO Network Technoskepticism Book Launch | Author Panel & AI Workshop

ICYMI: Our recording of the Technoskepticism Book Launch is now LIVE on our YouTube channel! Featuring seven of our co-authors, a panel, and interactive workshop on applying technoskepticism to AI

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A brutal budget for strategic priorities from the Department for Education Last year the then Secretary of State Gillian Keegan delivered a £53m real terms cut to the dwindling bit of funding that the Office for Students (OfS) allocates to providers in England.

A brutal budget for strategic priorities from the Department for Education wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

Hmm....

Dreaming spires won’t save UK universities that downplay impact Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic

Opinion: Isolated domains of academic excellence must transform into dynamic enterprises integrated with local industry and community, says Aleks Subic

#AcademicSky #EduSky

The English higher education market is broken New regulator powers should include the ability to claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe

Philip Augar's article in the FT today summarizes all that's wrong with England's student funding system - on.ft.com/432gsp8

A series of graphs of the proportion of arts roles occupied by people who went to private school compared to the general public, based on analysis from the Guardian. 30% of artistic directions, 36% of arts CEOs, 35% of BAFTA-nominated actors, 43% of classical musicians, and 8% of pop musicians went to private schools, compared to 7% of the general public.

Private schools are massively overrepresented in the UK's arts and culture while students in state schools increasingly struggle to access arts at all – and decades of cuts to affordable housing, social security, and education mean that gap will likely widen.

Nightline Association announces closure. Nightline Services to continue nationwide. - Nightline Association The Nightline Association, an umbrella charity for Nightlines, will close its operations, effective 30 June 2025. Individual Nightlines will remain operational, continuing to provide vital and leading...

Oh oh oh Nightline, the UK student helpline service is closing down. This feels rather heartbreaking nightline.ac.uk/nightline-as...

Just been re-reading this article we posted last year on @wonkhe.bsky.social. A couple of very useful comments on the pipeline of learners participating in Creative subjects pre-16 and the need to foster opportunities for creative/cultural engagement within schools from the early years up!

There’s much more that can be done on diversity in creative arts subjects Tamsyn Dent and Dave O’Brien set out proposals for better access and inclusion in creative education

There’s much more that can be done on diversity in creative arts subjects wonkhe.com/blogs/theres...

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New Paper! In @mcsjournal.bsky.social Peter Campbell @markrt.bsky.social Danny Leigh & I analyse the impact of class on BFI funding, showing 'the dominance of those from middle class origins throughout each stage of funding' journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... (summary 🧵 coming when I get time!)