
Kit Opie
@kit_opie
Senior Lecturer in Evolutionary Anthropology @BristolAnthArch, human evolution - origin of the state - origin of inequality - social change due to digital tech.
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http://bit.ly/KOBristol 12-07-2011 18:56:14
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Today, the Guardian, alongside HOPE not hate , today publish an in depth undercover investigation into the efforts of a network of far right race and IQ obsessives, who have been trying to influence discourse about race science. theguardian.com/world/2024/octβ¦


Oxford might be one of the most prestigious universities in the world, but props up its tutorial system with academics exploited into working on poverty pay. This exploitation must addressed by The Labour Party Ireland in the Employment Rights Bill, Jonathan Reynolds theguardian.com/education/2024β¦

π#Excited 2 joint keynote w Elon University Peter Felten πOxford CAED Internat T&L Conf 2025 ποΈ18-19 June 25 19 June #Online #Open2All Call for subs π― By 31/06/25 π»tinyurl.com/3pt7w3yv With Em McIntosh Cat Picton Andrew Stork Dave Lochtie @Nienke_Alberts ++ πBen W Walker


Another episode of The Coming Storm - donβt you think Gabriel Gatehouse Lucy Proctor ?




π£South West Region Anti-Cas & Equalities in Education Event. Sat 1st Feb, 10-2π£ #HamiltonHouse Stokes Croft, Bristol.Β Speeches, panel, & workshops. All welcome. UCU member expenses reimbursed. Further details, & register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-west-rβ¦ UCUSOUTHWEST UoBristol Anti-Precarity Network (BAPN)


Enjoyed this interview for the Land & Climate podcast on our research about criminalisation of protest UoBris PolicyStudies Chris Rossdale @RoxyCavalcanti Cabot Institute for the Environmentπ³οΈβπβπΏβπΎβπ½


Our #STOPtheCUTS rally is well underway We're demanding government to step in with emergency funding to protect jobs and protect courses. Speakers: John McDonnell Jo Grady Maxine Looby UCU Immediate Past President Maria Chondrogianni UCU President

"There is a decimation of higher education taking place, the government has a role to play in this and MPs need to start asking questions in Parliament. Otherwise, real damage could be done to higher education in this country." John McDonnell at our #STOPtheCUTS rally π



About 20% of us *admit* to cheating. Which made one CrowdScience listener wonder - are humans just not meant to be monogamous? π©ββ€οΈβπ¨π©ββ€οΈβπ©π¨ββ€οΈβπ¨ I talk to three fantastic scientists to find out: Sarah Blumenthal, Katie Starkweather and Kit Opie bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cβ¦

π©Proud to have represented my branch at UCUβs parliamentary lobby. π©The Labour government must not allow Higher Education to collapse on their watch. π©We need to hold the governmentβs feet to the fire and save our universities. #UKHE #HEcrisis UCU UEA UCU says join a union


London Renters Union Thing is about the Labour Party, I do actuallly support cutting welfare spending* in order to force people** into work. *through rent controls **landlords