Are you a member of academic teaching staff at a university where arts/culture courses are being cut? Would like to hear from you. Drop me an email summarising what's being cut, impact & a contact number & will try to get back to you. Drop me a line at: [email protected]
thx

Ministers ‘boast about how well Britain’s creative industries are doing and how many billions they contribute to the economy. Yet they seem … incapable of making the connection between growing this sector and educating the future workforce it needs.’ ⁩ thetimes.co.uk/article/richar…

Anti-trans activists waving Cass Report demand a rethink of Gillick & the sacking of anyone who stands up for trans rights, yet Cass says there is not enough evidence on which to make clinical decisions either way. That evidence lies in trans community. Will they be listened to?

Last day to apply ❗️
I'm looking for a Research Assistant to join UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and help me challenge mainstream economics while creating new economic thinking. Let's rethink public value for a more inclusive & sustainable future!
Deadline: Apr 12
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Someone at Charity Commission forgot they weren't on their burner account and retweeted a post making extreme and obviously prejudicial claims about a charity they are meant to be investigating.

I think it's safe to say that said investigation is going to be an absolute stitch up.

Please share widely and get in touch if you have any questions!

So exciting to see my full book sleeve!

'The England No One Cares About', a story about rap music, narratives, identity and geography, is out in a few weeks with Goldsmiths Press/@MITPress. Thank you to Dr Joy White & Les Back for the kind words too

gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-pre…

Are you in West Yorkshire? Work in the field of creative health? Check out our new free CPD sessions with HOOT as part of our Cultures of Creative Health programme. These are training and development sessions for creative practitioners. eventbrite.co.uk/cc/cpd-with-ho…

Really excited to share the official CFP for our (Dr. Leonieke Bolderman) themed issue of 'Cities': A chrono-urbanist approach to arts and culture! More info at the link below. Abstracts due May 3 (not compulsory) with full manuscripts due Aug 31st.
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My lecture on Contemporary Art & Football (long term work in progress) which I have in Nikšić last October...a remarkable mixed audience of art people and the first team squad of Sutejska Nikšić! Have a look: youtu.be/8l96Glq3nK8

Can I do another PhD, please? You'll be supported by an AMAZING supervisory team. APPLY! APPLY!

Have you considered…buying my book? linktr.ee/iheartpolitics

Researcher request
Can anyone point me to dedicated courses/specific training for arts managers/commissioners in good/fair practices when taking on freelancers/artists?
Jo Verrent Arts Council England Contemporary Visual Arts Network Marie-Anne McQuay Helix Arts ArtWorks Alliance an_artnews DACS

This is how to do academic freedom - not passive, not couched in diplomatic language, but direct and forceful defence by a university leader

W O W… this looks fantastic ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#academictwitter #phdlife #PHDopp

For without hustling hard, how could the daughter of the 8th baron Latymer and granddaughter of former Telegraph editor Bill Deedes, whose family names are a bank to the wealthy and actual money, possibly have built her career?

Footage of interior of Gaza's largest hospital Al Shifa released by WHO.

WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus said that the hospital had been reduced to ashes, leaving it an 'empty shell with human graves'.

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& In his latest editorial, our Policy & Reviews Editor Steven (Dr Steven Hadley) introduces 5 publication reviews from our latest edition, exploring topics across the cultural domains of diplomacy, marketing, diversity and creativity 📚👀tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

If I could do a PhD again, I'd do this one!

I'm not entirely convinced that, in its rush to quantify everyone and everything, the THE has been the ally that it could be, or that it thinks it is.