Next online community seminar via Social Science @ RGU - Alienation and Wellbeing with myself and chris yuill Hope to see you there! eventbrite.co.uk/e/alienation-a…

“The decimation of the humanities and social sciences is an affront to educational common-sense, any idea of social cohesion, needs these subject areas to be at the heart of education and everyday life” ⁦Angela McRobbie⁩ versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/ne…

Attending #britsoc24 and have a proposal to pitch?

Meet Senior Commissioning Editor for Social Sciences shannon kneis - she would love to talk to you about your ideas, our book series, #openaccess or any publishing queries you may have.

Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/sociology/meet…

A good 1st day of The BSA conference: my paper on the Cornwall housing crisis, with another by Dr Natalija Atas on student financial hardship; & chairing 2 great sessions including David Byrne & Melody Zhang. Good discussions Judith Mudd chris yuill. Thanks!

It was great presenting our work on students’ lived experiences of the Cost-of-Living Crisis (Vicki Dabrowski) at the The BSA virtual annual conference. I really enjoyed our discussion with Mike Sheaff Judith Mudd and chris yuill #BritSoc24

Presented at my first conference ever The BSA. I shared findings from recently concluded fieldwork for my PhD research that looks at women's empowerment in the context of weavers in the handloom industry of Assam (India). Elated and extra motivated. Thank you. #britsoc24

RGU launches voluntary severance scheme. Impact of post-Brexit changes continues; bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Devastating news. My PhD from Goldsmiths sociology dept made me the academic I am. To see this level of cuts proposed is horrifying.

Call for papers: 'Teaching Sociology in Higher Education: Pedagogical Practices & Possibilities'

The BSA online event on 8th May

Deadline for abstracts: 18th March

britsoc.co.uk/events/key-bsa…

Registration is now open for the BSA Annual Conference #britsoc24 featuring a panel of expert speakers discussing AI: Jenny Davis Vassilis Galanos danmcquillan (@[email protected]) Susan Halford and Lucy Suchman tinyurl.com/2scp27er

Exciting opportunity! Are you interested in being a convenor of the BSA Sociology, Psychoanalysis and Psychosocial Study Group? Deadline for applications is 18 March tinyurl.com/4p73m669

This chapter is now open access:
elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/…

Book now for ‘What is the (ongoing) value of the sociological imagination in social work practice and research?’ a free online event by Social Work & Sociology (BSA study group) 26 February tinyurl.com/f99yf9rs #Sociology

Rethinking ‘nativism’: the racist discourse of Rishi Sunak and Giorgia Meloni and the increasingly blurred lines between the mainstream and the far-right

New #IdentitiesBlog Identities Journal by George Newth

identitiesjournal.com/blog-collectio…

Feel very grateful and privileged to be quoted in Holyrood this afternoon’s Education debate by Martin Whitfield MSP.

He reflected on my The Scotsman piece on ‘hard truths and comforting fantasies’ in education policy.

You can read it here: scotsman.com/news/opinion/c…

While we're talking about the Conservative Party, here's the ideal gift for Tory-supporting relatives.

FUNDED PhD studentship in honour of late wife Dr Nicole Andrews Birmingham Newman University w/Birmingham City Council Public Health. Focusing on health inequalities in Black communities. Full and part time DEADLINE: 8 December
newman.ac.uk/studentships/

It was a pleasure to write this chapter with Judith Green for the Handbook on the Sociology of Health and Medicine.
Hopefully we'll be able to share it in full soon. books.google.co.uk/books?id=ImDjE…

Did a spitfire (or prop vintage plane) just fly across Aberdeen?