Five UK universities tell staff they canβt afford pay rises
Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch
'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.
06.10.2025 07:15 β π 32 π 28 π¬ 3 π 8
Theβ¦very serious function of racism is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining, over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and you spend twenty years proving that you do.None of this is necessary.
βToni Morrison
25.09.2025 16:39 β π 46 π 15 π¬ 0 π 0
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Brexit: how the end of Britainβs empire led to rising inequality that helped Leave to victory
The link between empire, inequality β and Brexit.
1/3 Thereβs a strong relationship between Reform / far right support and the Brexit Leave constituency. A continuation of the refusal to accept that Britain is poorer and more unequal not due to immigration but because it is no longer subsidised by an Empire. theconversation.com/brexit-how-t...
22.09.2025 07:12 β π 70 π 31 π¬ 4 π 4
It was awesome to see you there!
04.04.2025 18:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The new TiHE Special Issue on #AuthenticAssesment is out!
David Boud and I contributed to the SI with a paper on self-assessment. What could self-assessment desing learn from authenticity? Read our thoughts on how (in)authenticity could be understood in SA:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
25.03.2025 10:12 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Still time to sign up for this talk this week from @drtiffanynelson.bsky.social at @edreslancaster.bsky.social on Black Autistic Girls in UK education.
Wednesday (12th) 12:30 UK time - public and online, but registration required.
#Intersectionality #autism #race #gender #education
10.03.2025 14:33 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
I went to my first Sociology of Education Association annual conference at Asilomar this past week and was able to catch a California sunrise amidst the intellectual exertions of engaging with excellent paper presentations
26.02.2025 12:31 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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Next up in our series: Integrating research and teaching β opportunities and pitfalls, as seen by students and staff
March 7th, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Online seminar
Do join us! srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civ...
25.02.2025 21:30 β π 8 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
The other paper www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... foregrounds CRT presenting evidence that race staff forums (like BAME staff networks in the UK) are often performative. Despite this, there is also evidence of agency among members to struggle for an anti-racist university.
13.02.2025 08:12 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
University s/cyborgs widening undergraduate access
This study sought to examine questions of race in higher education widening access policy and practice in England. I was keen on seeking perceptions and stories of those who do work in this area, r...
Prepping for a presentation on HOPE for antiracist change at the Sociology Education Association Annual Conference, I built upon two OA papers: One www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... - sought to examine questions of race in higher education widening access policy and practice in England. 1/
13.02.2025 08:12 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Photo of R Budd, R Hordosy, S Ilie and M Madriaga in the Society for Research into Higher Education offoces
I π working with these peeps - three kind & supportive colleagues, @soniailie.bsky.social, @ddubdrahcir.bsky.social and @mannymadriaga.bsky.social. We've been organising seminars for @srhe.bsky.social as the Student Access and Experience Network for 5 years now... Do get in touch with your ideas!
07.02.2025 16:26 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 1
Society for Research into Higher Education
STUDENT ACCESS AND EXPERIENCE NETWORK
RESEARCH AND TEACHING NEXUS
The research and teaching nexus in diverse subject areas and contexts https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=712
Integrating research and teaching β opportunities and pitfalls, as seen by students and staff - https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=713
The research and teaching nexus from novel perspectives - https://srhe.ac.uk/civicrm/?civiwp=CiviCRM&q=civicrm/event/info&reset=1&id=714
Join the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Student Access and Experience Network for a seminar series on the research and teaching nexus, with a mixture of in-person and online events between February - April 2025! /1
09.01.2025 13:36 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 1 π 4
Ready for my keynote this morning.
04.12.2024 10:54 β π 19 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0
Okay. 1 paper presented with an awesome colleague and now 2 more to do this week at SRHE conference 2024.
02.12.2024 16:25 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Just got on here.
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