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Alex Hensby

@alexhensby.bsky.social

Sociologist at University of Kent.

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Emile Chabal@emile-chabal.bsky.social · last mo.

If you're in Berlin, come say hello! I'll be talking identity politics, democracy, and the future of political mobilization in Europe (and running a workshop on the same themes the next day).

Christian Jacobs@christianjacobs.bsky.social · last mo.

I am very much looking forward to the workshop "Towards a global history of identity politics, c.1970-present" at FU Berlin next week. Do join us for the keynote by @emile-chabal.bsky.social. Check out the full program here: www.geisteswissenschaften.fu-berlin.de/frankreichze....

Event poster with a black and white image of a demonstration in front of some trees in the background. In the foregrund, it says: Towards a global history of identity politics, c.1970-present Seminarzentrum, L116, FU Berlin, Otto-von-Simson-Str. 26 Tuesday 30 June, 16:00-18:00 Introductory keynote lecture by Emile Chabal ‘Age of Identity: Democracy and Difference in Contemporary Europe’ Wednesday 1 July, 9:00-17:00 Workshop and discussion of pre-circulated papers Everyone is very welcome to attend the lecture on 30 June. Those wishing to participate in the workshop on 1 July should first contact Christian Jacobs [jchjacobs@gmail.com]. Funded by Una Europa.
Izzy Jayasinghe@ijayas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

😬😬😬 “Australian management consultancy ANous, which promises to help universities "define the pathway forward for budget model change, has been picking up plenty of lucrative work in the struggling ÜK higher education sector this year.”

QM_UCU@qmucu.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Relieved to see more coverage of the grip Nous is getting on #UKHE. Thanks @privateeyenews.bsky.social! A million pound @cardiffucu.bsky.social alone. That’s a lot of money for the very same PowerPoint…

Scrap merchants. Australian management consultancy Nous, which promises to help universities define the pathway forward for budget model change, has been picking up plenty of lucrative work in the struggling UK higher education sector this year. Having been involved in controversial restructurings at Australian and Canadian universities, Eye 1659 notes last year that the company was one of several being paid thousands of pounds for management advice by de Montfort University (which has its own business school chock full of people who teach postgraduate-level management). Since thenNous is known to have advised the university of Edinburgh on academic efficiency opportunities, carried out a portfolio review at QMUL and been involved in the hunt for savings atpartsmoith, Plymouth, and Derby universities. Information released by Cardiff university, in response to a freedom of information request from UCU revealed the university has paid more than £1 million to Nous in the last couple of years much of it for transformationsupport
Alex Hensby@alexhensby.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The hacking of university staff mailboxes is undoubtedly a serious matter, but it *is* a tiny bit funny to receive an email from a very esteemed professor, with whom I once examined a PhD, inviting me in on a deal to buy some knock-off mobile phones.

Torbjörn Björkman@torbjornbjorkman.eurosky.social · 4mo ago

I suspect people with only 3-5 years worth of university campus experience don't realize is how crazy large the natural fluctuations in the loudness of campus protests are. And how much the loudness of any specific protest depends on various inscrutable local circumstances.

The Atlantic@theatlantic.com · 4mo ago

“The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest,” Rose Horowitch argues. “But campuses across the country—places where students colonized the quad to protest Israel’s war against Hamas—are strangely silent.”

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 4mo ago

everybody says "read the Italian elite theorists!" and nobody tells you how much 19th century race science you have to trudge through. i'm begging you Mosca just tell me about the distribution of political power in societies and skip the bit about the distribution of blonde hair color genes

Mike Slaven@mcslaven.bsky.social · 5mo ago

For the @britishacademy.bsky.social -funded project I'm leading, we're having a workshop in Lincoln in July for scholars in the social sciences and humanities working at the colonialism-migration intersection. We'll also fund travel for accepted papers. See the CfP below ⬇️

Colonialism & Migration in Global Perspective@colmigproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📖 Call for Papers 📖: Our project is hosting a workshop on 8-9 July at the University of Lincoln, UK for scholars working at the colonialism-migration governance intersection. Read the call here: tinyurl.com/bdhhejam Submit a paper here: tinyurl.com/43yh85c4 Deadline: 26 March

Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The dilemma a place like UCL faces is that it can open a new MA and the following year it will have 50 students, mostly paying ~£20k a year. There is no incentive not to do it, and the ‘student experience’ in many cases is appalling.

Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"Top UK universities increase their reliance on China for overseas recruitment: Data shows that two in five overseas [NB OVERSEAS] students at Russell Group institutions last year were from China" (though that figure hides considerable variation!) www.ft.com/content/9db6...

Graph showing total share of overseas student population at each university made up of Chinese students
Alex Hensby@alexhensby.bsky.social · 10mo ago

I'm stepping down from the Sociology board to take up a new editorial position, but learned a great deal during my time there so am happy to talk to anybody about what it involves.

British Sociological Association (BSA) - Early Career Forum@bsaecf.bsky.social · 10mo ago

📢 Applications are open for the Sociology (SOC) and Work, Employment and Society (WES) Editorial Boards! Both welcome ECRs, with Sociology offering mentoring for those newer to reviewing. 🗓️ Deadline: 30 Oct 2025, 17:00 GMT 👉 Apply or nominate: www.mi-nomination.com/britsoc

Alex Hensby@alexhensby.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's reasonable to assume that for many marchers their racial prejudices were more tacit and nebulous until the Brexit vote. But now, the populist and mainstream right has not only (re)validated such prejudices, but encouraged it to operate as the core basis of their political identity.

Martin Warne @martinwarne.net · 11mo ago

This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise

Sinead Carter@sineadcarter.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm looking for participants for my oral history on space and feminism! Please share with anybody you feel may have contacts and email me if you have any questions or would like to get involved: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk

As part of my PhD research on space (i.e the built environment/social space) and feminism during the British Women’s Liberation Movement, I’m looking for oral history participants to interview about their experiences. You don’t need to have thought about space and your activism- I’m just interested in your experiences! If you were involved in Reclaim the Night, squatting/housing activism, or feminist architecture from c.1968-1990 (ish), you can contact me on this platform or email me: sinead.carter@pgr.reading.ac.uk. Please share with anyone you think may have contacts!
Carolyn Pedwell @carolynpedwell.bsky.social · last yr.

✨Very excited to share details of our British Academy-funded one-day symposium at Lancaster University in July: SPECULATIVE MACHINES AND US: HISTORIES AND FUTURES OF AI. ✨💥Featuring @ohalpern.bsky.social @mbfazi.bsky.social @aleenachia.bsky.social and more💥 tinyurl.com/bde6x7ub Please share widely!

Speculative Machines and Us: Histories and Futures of AI

We warmly invite colleagues to join us for an in-person one-day symposium on Thursday 17th July 2025. To join, please register using the link below. The event is organised by the Centre for Science…

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Alex Hensby@alexhensby.bsky.social · last yr.

Excellent collaborative event last night between Kent's Centre for Social & Political Movements and University of Westminster about museums, identity, and social justice work in UK and USA. Some great speakers and timely conversations (to say the least).

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Alex Hensby@alexhensby.bsky.social · last yr.

It's just utterly exhausting how years of government mismanagement has driven UK universities - a good and profitable thing - to the brink and yet we're still at the stage of having to state the most basic facts about how the sector operates.

Rob Ford@robfordmancs.bsky.social · last yr.

The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one.