Appalling hourly paid lecturer position advertised at Birkbeck UoL today, for a paltry 3 months... We need to stamp these out of UK higher education UCU Hiring managers, think about the exploitative contracts you are offering. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKL138/ass…

Some Russell Group academics “treat administrators like scum”: researcher describes “fraught” tensions between working-class professional service employees and academics at leading UK universities bit.ly/4e16MyD

Pretty chuffed on reaching 1,000 days of alcohol free living 💃🏻

Career advancement policies “used for wage theft”: Australian academics required to “act up” for years before being paid for it, analysis finds. bit.ly/48xP44D

I’d appreciate any help in reaching working-class student participants for my MA research. Alliance of Working-Class Academics Teresa Crew

📣PhD FUNDING!! A number of full PhD scholarships for Black, Asian and minority ethnic applicants are now available from the University of Leeds for 2025 start. Deadlines range from 22 January to 1 April 2025. See below for more information. ycede.ac.uk/university-of-…

Working class scholars: I need your help. I have a student interested in existing lit on working class students in HE who also have an EHCP or special educational needs. Does anyone know of anything? I'm not familiar and searches generally bring up primary ed. Alliance of Working-Class Academics

We know that many of you, like us, are trying to wrap your heads around what the next few years will hold. These are a few titles that have helped us think through what we are up against and the resistance we need. Please read them, share them, use them. akpress.org/featured-produ…

⏰Final call! Deadline 5pm, 18 November 🌟Join our February cohort  the Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice (PGCAP)! Watch the recording from a recent info event to find out how it can support you to enhance your teaching practice. ▶️ bit.ly/LeedsPGCAP

🚨 Those from upper-middle-class backgrounds, and the privately-educated, are significantly overrepresented in the creative professions in the UK. Our new research uncovers stark inequalities in access to careers in the creative industries, including television, film, and music

📚We're reopening to unagented manuscripts in January. We really encourage LGBTQ+ folk, marginalised and underrepresented writers, disabled, non-London based authors, authors over 40, and writers from working class backgrounds to submit to us.

Now on sale: tickets for The Railway Children, The Big Brass Blowout, and Bassline Symphony! Just a few of the events taking place next year as part of Bradford 2025! Get your tickets here 👉 bradford2025.co.uk/whats-on/

Students were amazed at the Bolton Lecture in Astrophysics. Renowned physicist, Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell spoke about the chemical elements found in human bodies & how the stars created these elements & made them available to us. Titus Salt School University of Leeds

East London calling. There are 50 free places for care leavers aged 18-25 yrs for Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day in Hackney. It is totally free. To make a referal please write to Kausar at this address [email protected]. youtu.be/S9PEsFfU6Wo?fe…

Working class people are struggling to access creative degrees and careers. Our webinar will explore the problems with elitism in the sector and what can be done to improve class diversity in professions like TV, Film and Music. 🕐 4th December | 1PM suttontrust.com/a-class-act-tr…

Please sign this petition. It will help to put class on similar legal footing as other protected characteristics in the Equality Act -its not the answer but its a start petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7011…

Apply for a Travel Grant to attend WCSA25 in Sydney, AUS! Check here for conference info, workingclassassn.org/conferences/.

Only 6% of girls from the poorest homes get access to higher education. Gaps between poor and affluent are widening. You are all so out of touch. These are issues face both town & countryside. I mentor x 3 working class creatives a year. am seeing the industry get more challengin

📢 RECLAIM project Xmas donation drive: Help us get Working-Class young people heard. We’re on the ground providing the support our young people need —and we cannot do it alone. Please give what you can 🎁 Follow & RT this thread so we can continue our class-conscious work 👇🏼