Great piece & closing line @janined60 "To be effective, policies and practices must draw on the regional/remote student perspective for a more deliberate move to counter high attrition. Universities would do well then, to shut up, listen and take heed of the student voice."

Latest article by TASA member Dr Andrea Waling ARCSHS et al. 'Recruiting stigmatised populations and managing negative commentary via social media: a case study of recruiting older LGBTI research participants in Australia', buff.ly/36FxHjA

Looks like an important project highlighting #rural #urban #inequalities related to #migration and #Covid_19 IMAJINE, an ambitious project that aims to address territorial inequalities in Europe | News | CORDIS | European Commission europa.eu/!gj89gr

New Study Presents A Gloomy Climate Future for Middle Eas / A fresh study conducted by Professor Dan Rabinowitz, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Gershon H. Gordon Faculty of Social Sciences at the Tel... miragenews.com/new-study-pres…

hi folks. we have a bunch of new #COVID19 #FoodSystems items for the webpage ccri.ac.uk/covid-19-food-… They won't show until we finish the new database, but items this week on meat processing plants, food fraud, food insecurity, food waste, & consumer data, including organic sales

Food and agricultural systems should be reformed to recover from COVID-19 / ​The pandemic highlights the global problem of food security. But research and innovation (R miragenews.com/food-and-agric…

New article by TASA members on regional resettlement of refugees and migrant workers in regional areas and the importance of recognising migrants’ hopes, needs and aspirations frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

👇I’m speaking at this event next week. Overview of #FoodSystems impacts and responses Food Geographies Rural Geography Research Group (RGRG) RGS-IBG CCRI

Don't miss out! The Jean Martin Award closes this Monday March 1st. The Award recognises excellence in scholarship in the field of Sociology and aims to assist with establishing the career of a recent PhD graduate. For details, see tasa.org.au/content.aspx?p… TASA Postgrads

hi folks. uploaded new items to the #COVID19 #FoodSystems website ccri.ac.uk/covid-19-food-… two useful papers on consumer behaviour & diet during lockdown & new food insecurity items, including a useful #foodbank report from UK House of Commons Library commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-brief… 🙏

NOMINATE TODAY! If you were formally awarded a PhD between March 1st 2019 and 28th February this year, consider nominating for our Jean Martin Award. Nominations close TODAY March 1. For details, and to nominate, see tasa.org.au/content.aspx?p…

Exclusive: Concern over apparent shelving of local industrial strategies Damian Maye lgcplus.com/politics/exclu…

A 3 year postdoc w a *very* good team!

Great PhD opportunity with @NCSEHE !

The climate commons: How communities can thrive in a climate changing world ippr.org/research/publi… Chris Short Damian Maye

EU Farm-to-Fork strategy should be reframed, experts argue. Should food be considered a human right, common good or commodity? Institute director Prof. Peter Jackson leads @SAPEAnews working group comment in Nature Food today 👇 sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-fo…

There are many amazing initiatives happening in rural communities. We just need to ensure #rural perspectives are valued in education and beyond.

Great work Chris Ronan