A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

“the dignity of the worker” 😭

faculty and staff need to organize alongside their students, pushing universities from the inside to address the structural conditions shaping the student debt crisis. this includes, at the very least, confronting the fact that our livelihoods are inextricably linked to exploitative debt relations.

Yes, student debt shouldn’t exist and higher ed. should be free! So proud to be a part of this paper, alongside such critical, inspiring colleagues. ✊

dylan m. harris@dylanmharris.bsky.social · 5mo ago

new! this article is the result of several conversations, tons of effort and time, and deep reflections about my-and our-relationship to the political economy of higher ed. student debt shouldn't exist, and college should be free ✊ @dialogueshg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looking for an opportunity to be more involved in @geographers.bsky.social? The Qualitative Research Specialty Group board is seeking regular members, a vice-chair, and student members! Nominations are being accepted for two more days. DM me if you have any questions! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

2026-2028 QRSG Board Nominations

The Qualitative Research Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers is preparing for our annual board elections, which will take place between April and May of 2026. The mission of the...

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Why the "earned settlement" proposals will harm not help integration and social cohesion (and, I'd add, the economy). This by @colinyeo.bsky.social should be read by every Labour MP... wewantedworkers.substack.com/p/labours-ea...

Labour's earned settlement proposals: destroying a British success story

The proposals confuse immigration policy with citizenship policy. They will harm not help integration.

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Leaving you on a late winter Friday afternoon with an uplifting, inspirational story www.vox.com/policy/46963... All hail the #MothersOfFalsePositives

What happens when a city takes women’s unpaid work seriously?

Bogotá’s radical experiment in caregiving is going global.

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I do not like that universities feel the need to “brand” themselves. Find your “identity” as a department, they say. Revise your “mission.” I believe our mission is advancing knowledge in all areas. That hasn’t changed in a thousand years.

Precarity is not a niche issue. One-third of academic Geographers in the UK are on fixed-term contracts. Our report shows the profound personal, professional, and disciplinary impacts of this. #StatesofPrecarity Full report: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography

Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

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Only three months ago, Human Geography at Leicester was ranked No.1 in the UK for overall positivity in the 2025 National Student Survey. Any decent university management would be fighting to keep them. In solidarity, please sign the petition: www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

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Save Geography at the University of Leicester

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