SPACE is investing £125,421 in 5 Research Grants and 2 Knowledge Exchange & Dissemination Grants, supporting research on AI, road safety, counter terrorism, violence against older women, policing data and more. Find out more: bit.ly/4pSklIi

Panicky short term cuts (with long term detriment to come) is certainly what it looks like to me. As a valued colleague put it, "short term pain for long term pain!"

Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ll be force feeding my piece down your throats bit by bit for the next few days. This is about why loss of research capability in universities isn’t just a linear bit of market forces but a messy process of universities sometimes doing panicky short term cuts

We’ve released the full data maps here looking at changing staffing in social science, humanities and arts (SHAPE) which especially shows how precarious things are for the pipeline of researchers www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/loss-of...

Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy

A new data map released today shows a sharp and widespread decline in opportunities for university staff in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects in 2024-25. The data shows a precarious la...

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Today, on the 31st anniversary, we remember Srebrenica. On 11 July 1995, 8,372 men and boys were murdered simply for who they were. Fathers, sons, brothers. We remember the victims, the survivors and together we say: Never again means never again. #Srebrenica31 #RememberingSrebrenica

Leith claiming its independence as a separate town... first the shortlisting, next thing you know there'll be a tollboth at Pilrig.

Will Jennings📉🗳️@drjennings.bsky.social · 4w ago

For the towns fans out there, the shortlist for the 2028 Town of Culture award has been published...

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

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Yes. I’ll never understand it, which is why I’m not VC material. The latest at UoE is that we have cut our way to a surplus again, so we need five more years of surpluses to invest in excellence. Because I’m not VC material, my question is ‘when are you going to stop cutting and start investing?’

The cones are spreading! #edinburgh

A warm wind on the Marmara shore

Me: Tonight kedi, you sleep with the fishes Kedi: [stretches, settles in]

If Mudanya, then kedi pic

I love this. Unmute.

Guys, I think this lookmaxxing thing has been taken a bit too far

❗REMINDER ❗ This online event takes place on Tuesday 23 (next week). Phil Crockett Thomas @stirunicriminology.bsky.social will explore utopian temporalities and abolitionist world-building in her presentation. Just bring your lunch and your curiosity and we will see you there!

Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research@thesccjr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📍@philcrockettthomas.bsky.social will explore themes from her article 'Straying with the Trouble: Science fiction, utopia and the anti-carceral imagination' at our next Justice Futures Seminar. Tues 23 June, 12-1pm, Online. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1990402334...

Are you living in a low-income household in Scotland🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿? Need funding to help do a Masters at a Scottish university? The Carnegie Education Fund has launched a new Carnegie Masters Grants funding scheme to enable fair access to postgrad study. Applications now open carnegie-trust.org/new-carnegie...

New Carnegie Masters Grants to support fair access to postgraduate study in Scotland - The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Carnegie Masters Grants can help those from low-income backgrounds to access postgraduate study at Scottish universities

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Rešad Trbonja was a teenager in Sarajevo at the start of the siege. In his reflections he shares the feelings of losing his youth to war and the loss of the peaceful, carefree Sarajevo he knew before the war. You can read Rešad & others' testimonies on our website: srebrenica.org.uk/survivor-sto...

As govt is going to ban social media for kids, then they should also: - invest in youth clubs and social spaces where young people are welcome - put some actual money into libraries - mandate that secondary schools supply offline learning resources - implement effective regulation

‘Pioneering photography’: early images of Newhaven’s fishers – in pictures. David Hill and Robert Adamson captured the lives of a small Scottish community in the 1840s. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

‘Pioneering photography’: early images of Newhaven’s fishers – in pictures

When David Hill and Robert Adamson captured the lives of a small Scottish community in the 1840s, were they creating the first ever social documentary series? A fascinating new book makes the case

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Bosnia’s storied World Cup qualification and opener against Canada are a reminder that this competition ultimately belongs to the players and the fans — and the fairytales they produce along the way. My latest for @euronews: www.euronews.com/2026/06/13/t...

'Take me to America': Bosnia unites behind viral anthem at World Cup

As the Western Balkan country celebrates its second-ever appearance at the tournament despite its underdog status, a 15-year-old song about life abroad by a much-beloved band has become an unofficial ...

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Scotland is for everyone who chooses to make it home. We stand with those targeted by racism in Glasgow and beyond. There is no place for hatred or exclusion here. All Kinds of Folk, Folk of All Kinds.

my article in history of human sciences about treating ‘the vulnerable’ in prison via personality disorder - and the (dodgy) effects of this process with althusser for good measure etc journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow

10 days of celebration www.refugeefestivalscotland.co.uk/2025/11/refu...

Refugee Festival Scotland 2026  - Refugee Festival Scotland

Refugee Festival Scotland returns next summer from Friday 12 to Sunday 21 June 2026.   Our 10-day celebration of creativity, culture and heritage brings communities across the nation together to enjoy...

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Refugee Festival Scotland 2026 is here! This beautiful front cover was created by Nii Sackey Vanderpuye and Anupa Joshy, who also designed this year's Refugee Festival Scotland Poster. At times like this, standing in solidarity with refugees is more important than ever. This festival does just that

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Tomorrow's front page 📰 Refugees are woven into Scotland

Counter protest against the far-right in Liverpool. Please share it. Even if you're not in Liverpool, you might have followers who are and help is gonna be needed

New article! When did #criminology in Britain begin? Where did it come from? @jkivivuori.bsky.social & I explore the forgotten roots of British criminology in a burst of statistical research between the 1830s and 1850s. We show that British Criminology didn't first emerge in the later 1800s...(1/5)

Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️