University faculty can connect with this initiative to donate expertise to the students of Gaza.

608,000 Palestinian students remain in everyday peril and have been denied their right to education. Please read and consider contributing.

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We truly didn't consider the impact of Hate Crime Aficionados seeking alternative locations to commit criminal acts motivated by hatred.

There are fears it could even result in houses costing less, which sounds absolutely terrible, truly frightening.

Read me and Dr Lois Burke’s first co-authored chapter in the newly published The Edinburgh History of Children’s Periodicals 💛 edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-edinb… Order the book for your local library, university library, or for yourself via the link!

Australia’s largest universities have experienced a jump in applications for arts & humanities degrees, leading to higher enrolments. This is despite a hike in fees for these degree programmes 1/2 Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA)

Aye Write saved after 'unexpected' donation from Euromillions winner | The Herald heraldscotland.com/news/24257816.…

I very much hope all university managements are reading this very, very carefully.

⁩ “Miss, why are you just a teacher?”
…teaching a subject that encourages young minds to push beyond the confines created by the algorithms of social media… “doing English” requires young readers to enter imaginatively into the lives of others.” 1/2 theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Let’s make the Palestine bloc at the Believe in Scotland independence march on Saturday as big as possible!! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🕊️

Westminster's values are not Scotland's values.

If the choice is tax cuts for the rich or investment in public services, I choose public services.

If the choice is austerity or investment in the NHS, I choose investment in our NHS.

The SNP will always stand up for Scotland.

Coming soon ... A podcast on the film Yo Soy La Juani (Bigas Luna) featuring yours truly alongside industry professionals who worked on the film & hosted by Santiago Fouz & Carolina Sanabria 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

Amar Singh Chamkila movie streaming on Netflix. Chamkila is not just a film, but an assertion by a Dalit singer. It breaks the narrative of what is vulgar and what is civilised. #Chamkila

Funded PhD position at Maastricht University on ‘Cultures of Palestine Solidarity in Europe’. 4 years, full-time pay. Supervised by Dr Faisal Hamadah, with Prof. Eliza Steinbock. Deadline 13 May 2024.
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This is what ‘cancel culture’ on campus looks like.

This is what bigotry towards minority students looks like.

A Society of Latin American Studies funded conference taking place this week organised by our own Dr Peter Baker with colleagues from St Andrews, Goldsmiths and Universidad de los Andes Bogotá: stir.ac.uk/events/23-24/r…

Rachel Riley's position on Countdown is untenable - Sign the Petition! chng.it/Jbn6MDjG via Change.org UK

The BAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a second monograph in Victorian Studies is now open for applications. I'm very happy to field any queries.

bavs.ac.uk/book-prize/#:~….

Incredible story. USC offers a minor in “resistance to genocide”, this girl minored in it, was named valedictorian, and then they cancelled her speech because she might talk about genocide

All the attacks and the distractions they make aim at hiding the fact that they find 14,000 murdered Palestinian children ungrievable

1/ I’m an Israeli academic. My community is still too silent about the war in Gaza. Following my viral tweet last month, this is the updated & expanded version of how I see things based on >1000 articles and 1000s of videos/images of the war. 🧵of summary conclusions:

‘The Goldsmiths crisis: how cuts and culture wars sent universities into a death spiral,’ Guardian The Guardian @[email protected] Thurs 11 April 2024
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