New article alert:

'Learning from survivors: Reporting parties' perspectives on how higher education institutions should address gender-based violence and harassment' in Higher Education Quarterly. 🧵

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

I’m glad this statement has been made!

The jaw-dropping mess of UK higher education is starkly revealed by a series of news stories all on the Times Higher Education website in the last week or so:

1.) There are job cuts right across the sector (44 universities and counting): timeshighereducation.com/news/portsmout…

My book is out in paperback today!!

Proud to be wearing my Arts Emergency badge as I go meet the mentee I’ve been paired with for the first time!

I’m looking forward to supporting young people access careers in the arts with this amazing organisation ⭐️

The tabloid-style culture war on the humanities that Aaro and his colleagues are playing at on here recalls Stewart Lee's famous Thatcher anecdote, that helped kick-start the brilliant work of Arts Emergency as a response to Osborne's austerity

36 UK universities have so far announced plans to make redundancies - with no solution to a mounting sector-wide funding crisis in sight…

Portsmouth to cut jobs and merge faculties in ‘academic reset’ timeshighereducation.com/news/portsmout… via Times Higher Education

His son wanted to be a doctor, but was killed on his London council estate. So Richard Taylor set up the Damilola Taylor Trust, which provided financial support + access to medicine for POC/working class students from London. A tireless advocate of social justice and reform. RIP

Richard’s family are very sad to make the news public that Richard passed away last night. He had been fighting a long battle with cancer. Sending love and best wishes to all who loved him dearly … #LegacyOfHope

Only 6% of the population are privately educated, BUT 44% of top newspaper columnists, 44% of top actors and 30% of top pop stars were privately educated. Help us change that >> bit.ly/4cjXoGA

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Their campaign budget will go towards mentoring for 235 creative underrepresented young people across London, Brighton, Greater Manchester and Merseyside.

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Important thread 🧵 👇🏽