Hearing lots of peers & mentees struggling with rejection this time of year. I'm sharing my concrete, CBT-informed method for dealing with rejection: Rejection prizes! I swear by this system and lay it out here (1/5)

This is very bad news. We read here that Universities UK has already written to the government requesting that post-92 universities be allowed to leave this defined benefit pension scheme, since the DfE has refused to fund the 5% rise in employers' contributions.

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Today is the day - our launch is finally here. Remember #NothingAboutUsWithoutUsIsForUs Hartlepool Poverty Truth Community Commissioners have insight and expertise that can help create positive change Thrive Teesside #HartlepoolPTC Radio Hartlepool Hartlepool Mail Hartlepool Borough Council

Explore 'Welfare Attitudes in East Asia', a comprehensive study that sheds light on cultural and social factors influencing attitudes towards welfare policies. Dr. Trude Sundberg (they/them) #EastAsia #WelfareAttitudes ow.ly/ye0G50Rr2Pq

BREAKING: Norway’s second largest asset manager, Storebrand, divested holdings in IBM worth $141 million due to their supply of a biometric database to Israel "used to implement apartheid" and  "discrimination and segregation of Palestinians". frifagbevegelse.no/nyheter/teknol…

Excited to finally see my book published! SSPSSR, University of Kent Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice

A quick and dirty chart based on HESA data for 31 July 2023. This shows cash days at each established UK HEI. The ones on the left have cash too low for comfort. Potential "distress" The ones on the right have "excess reserves" (CC19 guidance).

Had a great time, and learnt s lot from SASE WAG forum today! Thank you everyone

Looking forward to talking and thinking of Social Policy Futures the next few days with fellow social policy scholars! Social Policy Assoc

Kevin Farnsworth shows that Corbyn wasn't the radical turn to the left some claim, but Starmer's turn to the right is Social Policy Assoc #spaconference2024

What an evening Social Policy Assoc conference. A dinner with lovely colleagues & a exit poll drinks debate on what the exit poll mean for the future of the welfare state. Are we optimistic or more pessimistic about what this all means? For more come to the 9am panel! #SPAconf2024

Straight from a fantastic Social Policy Assoc conference to a citizens jury on housing in Canterbury - non-stop social policy for me

‘It is not too late to rethink the cuts at Goldsmiths, Kent, Huddersfield, Lincoln, Hull and many other institutions - urgent action is needed to protect UK research capacity’ Read BSA current and past presidents: tinyurl.com/5389sb34 @_rachel_brooks @susanjhalford

Had a great time talking about how we can produce better data and understanding of intersectional characteristics and experiences of homelessness at Homeless Link research forum today with Carin Tunåker

A Really good thread about how the normalisation of racist rhetoric by certain politicians and new media may have emboldened the far right in recent times

No racism on our campuses! Kent UCU are horrified by the far right mobilisations and attacks on mosques, on community resources, on a refugee and migrant accommodation, and on working-class neighbourhoods, across the UK. We say no to racism and islamophobia.

Join us next week, register here docs.google.com/forms/d/1AFvzZ… SSPSSR, University of Kent Centre for Global Science and Epistemic Justice