Everyone who has a USS pension is indebted to the hugely talented Josephine Cumbo. We were so lucky to have her covering USS and scrutinising USS’s and UUK’s actions across the many years of the USS industrial dispute. Many congratulations on your new job, Jo! 🥳

Why are prisons overcrowded? And why does it matter? In response to the many enquiries that we have received, we have created a dedicated page on our website to explain what the problems are, how they arose, and how they might be solved. howardleague.org/why-are-prison…

I wrote about radical archiving around the UK that's in the mould of Saidiya Hartman but digging up hidden black history in places like … Rotherham. Sheffield's Dig Where You Stand looks incredible btw theguardian.com/culture/articl…

Last night Israel bombed Gaza City in one of the worst attacks since the genocide began.  Meanwhile The Lancet has published a report suggesting the real death toll in Gaza could be over 180,000. Our new govt must take immediate action to end UK complicity in Israel’s violence.

Goldsmiths has decided to terminate my employment as part of a devastating restructure. With no specialist staff, this means the closure of the MA Queer History, the world's only MA degree of its kind. This is an afront to my students, colleagues, and community. It is vandalism.

Don't miss the chance to catch the work of the Hopeful Justice Collective if you're in Glasgow for British Society of Criminology Conference 2024 If you're not, you can still listen to the audio works created by the Collective here: hopefuljusticecollective.co.uk

📢New book on Clean Break Theatre Company Free to download until 22 July 📢 cambridge.org/core/elements/…

"But no matter how well prisons work, they cannot compensate for what happens upstream and downstream. Just investing in prisons in order to improve public safety is like investing only in accident and emergency services to improve public health." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great letters in The Times and The Sunday Times today by Kate Paradine + Women in Prison's Nicola Drinkwater reiterating prisons are not safe places for women. The answer to the prisons crisis lies in community-based services, welfare + MH care, holistic, trauma-informed specialist support & #womenscentres

From the latest PROOF magazine: Jailed over a groupchat As seven of the ten boys implicated in the #Manchester10 case await the result of their request to appeal their convictions, find out more about this harrowing case and #JointEnterprise convictions thejusticegap.com/proof-6-jailed…

If you’re wondering why UK prisons are on the verge of crisis, one key puzzle piece is IPP. John’s story is just one of thousands. Was really excited to see my The Guardian Long Read as a podcast, hopefully reaching those without time to sit and read a 6k piece rb.gy/zbsb85

Today, the results of the General Secondary Education Certificate Examination (Tawjihi) came out, but only for the 55,000 students from the West Bank. 39,000 Gaza students were robbed of their high school graduation, not only because they were unable to sit for their exams, but

bma.org.uk/bma-media-cent… The BMA have decided to undertake an evaluation of the Cass Review in light of international criticism of it from the scientific and medical community.

Paid opportunity: 📢 We’re looking for eight young people aged 18–25 based in the Leeds City Region to work with us on our next festival, which takes place in October 2025. Visit our website for more information: transformfestival.org/opportunities/…

Full resignation letter from FCDO British diplomat Mark Smith:

"Many private schools have ditched GCSEs – which state schools have to follow – in preference for the easier International GCSEs. These IGCSEs allow students to do coursework – something binned in the state system nearly a decade ago – and the questions, in general, are less

Some in the #CriminalJustice commentariat today are making the basic category error of claiming that length of time spent in #prison is directly related to #deterrence or reduction in #recidivism. This is not what the correlational evidence shows! #Criminology #EarlyRelease

So pleased ,BBC London are covering rape and the CJS. Delighted to be part of it (8.05mins. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…. I'm also launching my research with Nuffield Foundation The British Academy on 27th October. Sign up here eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformati…