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Alan White @aljwhite.bsky.social · 2d

I ❤️ Viz

A letter to viz on why we should be removing British objects from people’s rectums, not foreign ones

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · Jul 5

DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai

De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai

DMU Leicester faces a new threat from DMU Dubai

De Montfort University Leicester now faces new challenges: legal and financial threats from its former partner, Study World in Dubai

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Dr Tabbi B @drtabaker.bsky.social · Jun 23

📣 @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 23

We'll be out again tomorrow.

#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#highered
#ucustrike

ucubournemouth.uk

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 23

Day 3 of strike action at Bournemouth University.

Staff are striking to defend jobs, courses and the future of their university. ✊

Show your support and solidarity with a repost to spread the word!

Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Strike day 3: stop the job cuts

#holdtheline
#bournemouthuni
#highered
@ucu.org.uk

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 23

Strike day 3: stop the job cuts

#holdtheline
#bournemouthuni
#highered
@ucu.org.uk

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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · Jun 22

On war: a reflection www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06... This morning, it's worth recalling that around the world, the billions of people who populate this planet have vastly more in common with each other than they have things that separate them.

On war: a reflection

There is, I think, a necessary twofold response when something as significant as last night's US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities takes place. The first, as I have already noted, is to note that ...

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jun 23

“The entire UK higher education sector is currently engulfed by mass redundancies and talks of ‘crisis’. Industrial relations between staff and employers in many institutions are at a historic low, and it seems that worse is yet to come.”

Steven Brown reviews Shaping for Mediocrity buff.ly/vsJReUq

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 23

We're heading out again in the morning because our toxic trait is that we think students and research are important to universities

@ucu.org.uk
#bournemouthuni
#bournemouth
#stopthecuts
#highered

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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · Jun 20

🚨NEWS🚨

We are devastated to hear of the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill by 23 votes today. We extend our solidarity to all the Disabled people, DPOs, campaigners and MPs who have worked together to oppose this bill.

Full statement👇
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/devasta...

Devastation as Assisted Dying Bill Passes

www.disabilityrightsuk.org

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Joss @josstified.bsky.social · Jun 11

Solidarity with colleagues at Bournemouth UCU and their v well attended picket line💪

Universities are part of communities. An attack on jobs is an attack on the local community.

#spreadTheResistance
#Bournemouth

Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 10

“If the VC and her team succeed in [these] attacks, it will not only ruin the livelihoods of more than 100 of our academic colleagues but render the university unrecognisable, irreparably harming students’ education" #bournemouth #bournemouthuni #highered www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522297...

University staff to strike after "disgraceful" job cuts plans

Bournemouth University staff will begin four days of strike action on Wednesday in opposition to a “devastating attack” by the university.

www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

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Dr Tabbi B @drtabaker.bsky.social · Jun 12

☔️ Solidarity rain or shine! @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

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Dr. Jenny Alexander @drjennya.bsky.social · Jun 12

No compulsory redundancies! Humanities teach humanity! Out on the picket line with 90 other staff @bournemouthucu.bsky.social in the sun yesterday 🌞 #UKHigherEducation crisis

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Raf Nicholson @rafnicholson.bsky.social · Jun 11

#Solidarity #stopthecuts @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

Raf on the picket line, wearing a pink UCU beanie, holding a placard which reads: “Stop the cuts at Bournemouth University. Protect the future of education.”

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 12

English summer picket
#bournemouthuni #stopthecuts #saveourjobs #protectouruni @ucu.org.uk @bournemouthecho.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social

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drrjread.bsky.social @drrjread.bsky.social · Jun 11

Bournemouth university staff on strike today to protect jobs and working conditions @bournemouthucu.bsky.social @patrickneveling.bsky.social

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Dr Tabbi B @drtabaker.bsky.social · Jun 11

🩷 @bournemouthucu.bsky.social

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 10

This us. Staff experience is student experience. Cuts are a choice.

#ucu #strike #savejobs #tradeunion #picket #highereducation #studentlife #unilife #university

University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Jun 9

Solidarity with Bournemouth UCU.

Staff are walking out for 4 days this month to defend over 200 jobs and protect students’ education.

The university sits on a £150m surplus.

These cuts are a choice.

www.timeshighereducation.com/news/bournem...

Bournemouth UCU calls four days of strikes over exam season

University ‘unlikely to be able to award degrees’, union says, as it holds walkouts over 100 job cuts - but institution insists it has a contingency plan

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Bournemouth University UCU @bournemouthucu.bsky.social · Jun 10

“If the VC and her team succeed in [these] attacks, it will not only ruin the livelihoods of more than 100 of our academic colleagues but render the university unrecognisable, irreparably harming students’ education" #bournemouth #bournemouthuni #highered www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2522297...

University staff to strike after "disgraceful" job cuts plans

Bournemouth University staff will begin four days of strike action on Wednesday in opposition to a “devastating attack” by the university.

www.bournemouthecho.co.uk

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drrjread.bsky.social @drrjread.bsky.social · Apr 20

Pleased to see Labour MPs opposing policies which attack disabled people. ‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

‘The whole policy is wrong’: rebellion among Labour MPs grows over £5bn benefits cut

Dozens of MPs are angry at their party, despite frantic efforts by whips and government ministers to assuage them

www.theguardian.com

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End Social Care Disgrace @endscdisgrace.bsky.social · Mar 4

Register us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A HUGE meeting exploring new ideas in social care AND resistance to the crisis!
Speakers:
Jan Shortt, Nat Pensioners Convention
Rachael Tomlinson Disabled activist, with ESCaD and DPAC
Simon Duffy Director of Citizen network

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MACRODOSE @macrodosepod.bsky.social · Mar 5

🔴 NEW EPISODE 🔴

This week on THE CURVE, @meadwaj.bsky.social & @graceblakeley.bsky.social discuss:

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · Mar 5

Public ownership of water isn’t just popular, it’s common sense.

If your MP isn’t on board yet, now’s your chance to change their mind.

Ask them to attend my Clean Water drop-in on 18th March and hear from experts on the water crisis:
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Ask your MP to attend my drop-in for Clean Water

Thousands of letters have already been sent to MPs asking them to attend Clive Lewis' Water Bill’s debate on 28th March. We’ve successfully put it on their radar, but too few so far are willing to ...

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Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · Feb 26

Here’s a poem called ‘From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts’.

From The Encyclopedia of Alternative Facts

Frankenstein was the monster’s name.
There’s no such thing as climate change.
A solero is a type of hat.
The planet is not round but flat.

Six is the legal drinking age.
Women get paid an equal wage.
Elvis once sang in Take That.
The planet is not round but flat.

Achilles had a dodgy knee.
Terror comes from refugees.
Insomnia affects most cats.
The planet is not round but flat.

The president’s above the law.
Russia did not start the war.
It’s impossible to change a fact.
The planet is not round but flat.

Brian Bilston

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · Feb 27

This is one of those scandals every person relying on the system knows but those in power never mention: the DWP stops PIP and Carer’s Allowance when a disabled person is in hospital for 28 days. When at their sickest, make them worry they can’t pay their bills. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Mother had carer’s allowance stopped while with disabled daughter in hospital

Rachel Adam-Smith says stopping benefits when loved ones are in hospital fails to recognise carers’ ongoing role

www.theguardian.com

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