Every time I see the word "woke" trending, I think of the worsening climate crisis and the collapse of democracies and I think, if anything I wasn't woke enough. I wish I had doubled, tripled down on my wokeness, I wish I had been less polite, less reasonable, actually radical.

Thrilled to publish this investigative profile of Jack Hilton with The Mill. A man whose life and work to me makes him an absolute legend — of Manchester, of the labour movement, of working-class creativity

Our second summer open day will be on Saturday 13th August 11am - 4pm. Come along, take a tour of the building, see our displays and new exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Communist Party in Britain. No need to book, just drop in! Find out more wcml.org.uk/events/

Only ten days left to submit to Issue 7: Equinox! Use the link in our bio to submit! We can't wait to see your pieces!

Hey, find this gorgeous thing so that I get to make a world of shambling titans for you to play in! Just another £500 to go to get me.

News: Speak For Yersel A split-new project is set tae speir at fowk fae aw the airts anent the sindry weys that thay speak or spik in baith Scots an in Soothron throu a Scots tuin. Read mair: ➡️ ow.ly/OwB450L4Rsk #Scots #ScotsLanguage

Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund gofund.me/d639a355

Our School of Arts, Media & Creative Technology students swept the board at the Royal Television Society North West Student Awards last night! Four wins from four and three programmes going forwards to the national awards is a fine achievement for our hard-working staff and students ow.ly/or1p50NrcMG @BATARPSalford @RicMichael

The Scots Language Centre walcomes Humza Yousaf annooncin the Scottish Languages Bill in the 2023-2024 Programme fir Government. Scots in aa its forms is in wir mooths an lugs. We luik forret tae supportin the passage o the bill. #Scots #ScotsLanguage gov.scot/programme-for-…

A guid Sunday tae ye! The day's #Scotstober wird is #pooer Braw turns fae awb'dy sae faur, mind ye kin jyne in whane'er ye like! Dae them aw, or dae the anes ye fancy 🙂 Mair pooer tae yer elbucks 💪

Day 13 "fuil" "Fuil ae a Took!" he grummled. "Wur oan a wechty raik, no sum hobbit-dauner! Chuck yersel in neist time and gies peace!" #Scotstober

One of the favourite treats for visitors to the 1901 International Exhibition in Kelvingrove Park, of which there were nearly 6m over the course of the year, was a gondola ride on the River Kelvin.

📢Two JLDHE calls for special issues 1. Liberating Learning in HE - 500-word extract due 15/02/24, full submission due 14/06/24. 2. The contribution of HE third space professionals to educational practice & pedagogy - Submissions due 31/03/24. See: journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldh… #LoveLD

Call for Special Issue: The contribution of HE third space professionals to educational practice & pedagogy in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education #JLDHE. Submissions due 31 March 2024. journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldh… #LoveLD

📢Call for Special Issue: Liberating Learning in Higher Education, Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. Deadline for 500-word abstract by 15 February 2024. journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jldh… #LoveLD #JLDHE

How many atrocities will it take before you call for an immediate and permanent #CeasefireNOW? Civilians should never be the target❌ Prime Minister Rishi Sunak & Foreign Secretary David Cameron, respect the #ICJ ruling and end your complicity in the crisis in #Gaza. SHARE NOW.

With great sorrow, we learnt about Patrick Hanks who failed to recover from long COVID and passed away yesterday, February 1st, 2024. Patrick was a leading character in lexicography for several decades, a promoter of the Corpus Pattern Analysis (pdev.org.uk) as well

Delighted to be a part of this, with a huge thank you to Prof Jess Power and the LTEC team for their transformative work at University of Salford

Screever Ross Crawford bides in Stirlin. He’s goat a PhD in Scottish Historie fae the University ae Glesga. Scrievin maistly in Scots, he’s upsteirit by the historie, nature, an fowklore ae Scotland and wis shortlistit fur this award in 2022 and 2023. scottishbooktrust.com/writing-and-au…