Visa and settlement costs and health surcharge payments are already extortionate and impossible for immigrant communities. It is an absolute disgrace to hear they might be even higher with the excuse that public sector workers could have a pay rise (as if there is no other way).

This 👇also don’t forget the systemic asymmetries built into the funding system. This chart from the UK research councils about the demographic of PIs and Co-Is demonstrate clearly the completely distorted allocation of research funding.

We congratulate Dr Prof Folúkẹ́ Adébísí on her appointment as Professor of Law at the University of Bristol School of Law, University of Bristol. This appointment makes her the 61st Black Female Professor in the UK. See link: linkedin.com/feed/update/ur… #congratulations #professor #law #promotion

🩷 thank you featuring my work in this very important blog Ronda Železný-Green, PhD

We have also published the first of a series of six collected edition books that will provide the most comprehensive analysis to date of digital citizenship and digital authoritarianism in Africa. The books will also be free to download. bloomsbury.com/uk/digital-cit…

👇🏽 digital citizenship in Africa: technologies of agency and repression. edited by Migrating to @phatcontroller.bsky.social and Tanja Bosch.

“Today’s escalation is one of the most violent that we have ever witnessed in #Gaza, with hospitals overwhelmed by casualties within hours.” Please consider donating to our emergency response today so we can respond rapidly to the growing health crisis: map.org.uk/donate/donatio…

Medical Aid for Palestinians is collecting donations for their aid work in Gaza. Please give if you can. map.org.uk/donate/donatio…

~40 SWANA region LGBTIQ+ groups call for #CeasefireNow and an end to Israel's #GazaGenocide. "We stand resolute in forging a future where justice, equity, progress, and liberty are not mere ideals but lived realities for everyone—be it in Palestine or any corner of the globe."

🚨 More members of the press have died in the first weeks of the Israel-Gaza war than any other conflict since at least 1992. As of November 2, CPJ has confirmed 35 journalists dead. 30 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 1 Lebanese. More details: cpj.org/2023/11/journa… #Israel #Gaza

Over the past month, with your help, we have doubled the number of signatures on this petition We have 8 more days to reach our target of 100,000 so we can trigger a debate in Parliament Sign and share to support our call for a Gaza Family Scheme 👇 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6485…

Come ON folks! This is 85% to its goal. Please sign

🚨🚨HISTORIC WIN🚨🚨 📣🇵🇸UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA PASSES MOTION TO CUT TIES WITH ISRAEL📣🇵🇸

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[THREAD]: WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BANGLADESH RIGHT NOW ? 🇧🇩

Speaking to former colleagues & friends frontlines of protest met with violence at BRAC U etc in #Dhaka. Local ongoing efforts for fundraising & blood donations, but they are asking for greater and more expansive international coverage and attention The Guardian Guardian World !

This paper was a long time in the making. Thanks to Geo & Nabeela Ahmed Andrea Jimenez C. Stephanie Butcher you can now read what I make of jugaad, infrastructure & everyday life. Jugaad Infrastructure sees jugaad as an infrastructure making, breaking & remaking practice.