Vice-chancellors lobbied tirelessly to create the market-led system that is now causing huge financial instability across the sector. Rather than reflect on the disaster they have invited upon higher education, they want students to pay even more. Shameful.

Brookes UCU open meeting for the beginning of the year. 2 October, from 12pm - 2pm, in CLC 1.12 Learning Studio. This meeting is open to all teaching and research staff, UCU members and non-members alike, so please invite any colleagues that you think might be interested.

Who's your Player of the Game, presented by Toyo Tires?

Poland: Stand Up for Railway Workers and Trade Union Rights at PKP Cargo - New campaign just launched: bit.ly/pkp-cargo

I nearly gave up on that game. What a comeback!! Bring on SD...

SHOHEI TIES IT, MOOKIE ENDS IT!

In just one day we're over half way towards our fundraising goal - thank you to everyone who has donated and shared for your support! You are making independent, reader-funded publishing viable, and allowing us to continue our work as we navigate a crisis.

I am teaching first-year Intro to Politics seminars tomorrow for the first time since the year 2000! I presume nothing much has happened over the last 24 years or so? 😂

We got over the line in the end... Now we just need to assemble a pitching rotation for the post-season 🤔 #AlwaysLA

Wow - that was some news I hadn't seem coming. Welcome back to OCFC Ross Jenkins! Onwards and hopefully upwards...

The Cons have no option now. They are the party of the quite far right. They choose btw a man who ordered the painting over of children’s murals in refugee receptions and a woman who thinks that maternity leave is an example of the nanny state

It’s as if none of the work on sustainable economies ever happened. Starmer bangs on about “growth” but growth of what, for whom, at what cost? Not all growth is good & as scientists concluded last week “In a world of finite resources, unlimited growth is a perilous illusion”.

World #poverty rates increased since 2019 & the % of people living in countries with high levels of #inequality hasn't changed. But look at how the ideas of progress & #development are retained in this story & #WorldBank report. Anti-radical delusion! theguardian.com/business/2024/…

How much do you know about the IEA? In the media a lot? Inspired Truss & Kwarteng’s disastrous mini-budget? Right-wing? And... a registered charity? The Charity Commission is now reviewing whether the IEA’s activities have breached charity law. goodlaw.social/iq3c

Perfect attire to hopefully cheer on the Los Angeles Dodgers to reach the World Series tonight. Great work Dodging Sleep, loving the t-shirt.

Stop the Use of Fire and Rehire by the Open University! - Sign the Petition! change.org/p/stop-the-use… via Change.org UK

Here we go. Time for some Dodging Sleep time. Let's pretend it's not really 1 am!!

OMG...Freddie

£3bn in lost revenue by freezing fuel duty. Again. Meanwhile, 50% fares hike for those using buses, 4.6% increase in rail fares and a paltry £100m for walking & cycling infrastructure. This government is taking us in completely the wrong direction on transport. #Budget2024

Buehler to Alex Verdugo, "So, does this one count?" (Probably)