Lynne Baxter

Go Feargal Sharkey!

Gaza health system overwhelmed by casualties at aid distributions, says Red Cross – Israel-Gaza war live The ICRC said ‘the scale and frequency of these incidents are without precedent’

www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

I condemn the genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Netanyahu is a war criminal and should be tried in the Hague immediately.

@uoysbs

Excellent workshop from @lfb500.bsky.social and Caro Hunter! #scos2025

Experiencing Crossings through Craft - using the new materials approach. Really felt emotional about giving over a creation to others and learning a lot about communication and collaboration!

@uoysbs.bsky.social

#scos2025 Carolyn Barrett presenting work on lawyer elites @uoysbs.bsky.social

SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics. Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...

www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...

Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland's first black professor, dies aged 85 Sir Geoff moved to the UK from Jamaica as a teenager and became known as both an academic and a human rights advocate.

More tragic news for the beer industry. Sir. Geoff Palmer has died aged 85.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Death of University Chancellor Professor Emeritus Sir Geoff Palmer KT OBE Heriot-Watt University is saddened by the death of its esteemed Chancellor and renowned humanitarian, Professor Emeritus Sir Godfrey (Geoff) Palmer KT OBE.

I just learnt that our elder Sir Geoff Palmer has joined the ancestors. What a life he led and what a legacy.
May his passage be gentle.
www.hw.ac.uk/news/2025/de...

Proud to have had him as a colleague.

Anas ‘no austerity under Labour’ Sarwar backs his Westminster bosses decision to slash £6 Billion from social security budgets.

These cuts will impact the most vulnerable people in our society, but Labour don’t seem to care.

It’s time for independence. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

It is disgusting behaviour.

Image of a tweet with Ukraine flag background. tweet reads: Today's events in Washington are a clear cause for deep concern, for shock, for anger. What we need now are cool heads and clear thinking. We must stand firm with out European allies in the steadfast defence of Ukraine. That is where Scotland stands.

🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! Scotland stands with Ukraine.

"Singing in the dark times."

Launching today, North Sea Poets - online poetry workshops, masterclasses and webinars:
northseapoets.com/about

Managerial actions at my former university in the UK: voluntary severance scheme, 'performance maximisation drive', suspension of promotion scheme. 'Shaping for Excellence' ad infinitum.

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

University leaders are guilty of penalising staff rather than fighting back against government too. UCEA and the OFS are not fit for purpose

Teesside TV entrepreneur Sara Davies helps aspiring inventors in new BBC One series Dragon's Den star, Sara Davies, from Wynyard, stars in The Big Idea Works and it's due to start soon

Teesside TV entrepreneur Sara Davies helps aspiring inventors in new BBC One series

✅Made in the North East by a local production company with a local crew!
🎉Hosted by our fab Sara Davies!
✅Supported by NE Screen who we work with to do all this.

Love The Bright Idea Works! We’re serious about putting creative industries at the heart of our economy. Watch Monday at 2 or on iplayer!

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Delighted this article is finally accessible - if you are interested in leadership, this article shows how non-human matter can lead and rupture relationships of leading.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looks like Wiley is going around the editors and destroying Gender, Work, and Organization, just like Springer did Theory & Society docs.google.com/document/d/1...