#HigherEducation #Academia

21 Group@21group.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Bonfire of the Universities continues 600 staff at Sussex Uni will receive notification that their positions are “at risk” & asked to volunteer for redundancy If 200 volunteers don't come forward, compulsory redundancies will follow Grim & upsetting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

*now 2,2292… can we make it to 2,300 by the end of the week?

Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · 3mo ago

My list of Bluesky Philosophers is now 2,284 strong. 💪 But I’m always on the lookout for new additions—particularly students, early career researchers, and those doing #philosophy in other languages. DM me with any suggestions or if you’d like to be added! #filosofi #filosofie #philosophia

Finally! BOOK 2 OUT SOON -- THIS AUGUST (e-book will be Open Access/free): THE SENSES: PERCEPTION AND EXPERIENCE (Cambridge University Press, Elements in Philosophy of Mind, ed. by @keithfrankish.com ) www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

The Senses | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

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I have my doubts, I suspect UEB wish to be seen to be ‘strong’, whatever that may look like. But I love my Department, colleagues, students, work and ultimately the university itself. I do not want to be on strike, but unfortunately it is necessary. 5/5

Now with the proposal to make 600+ staff redundant I genuinely cannot see how the uni can continue to function. Yet, we as academic staff are the enemy threatened with a 100% pay deduction for MAB. It’s a very sorry place to be, and I hope negotiations will resolve it quickly. 4/5

Now the creep has become a flood, and some staff have done little but programmes, timetabling and assessments admin since September last year. This takes effort away from teaching and research, but perhaps more importantly - this workload transfer has been invisible. 3/?

… workload as well as doing the teaching, researching, impact and outreach that is meant to be the core of our roles. The admin creep has been happening for years, but we just get on with it to ensure the education of our students continue. 2/?

Very sad to be on #UCUstrike action today at #NottinghamUni. A university only functions through goodwill, and academic staff are not the enemies that UEB seem determined to think they are. Since Future Nottingham 1 gutted administrative staff, academic staff have increasingly picked up their 1/?

All solidarity to colleagues at Nottingham as they begin their marking and assessment boycott, fighting devastating course cuts and redundancies. ✊💪

University of Nottingham UCU branch@uonucu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A reminder of what we are fighting against as our marking and assessment boycott begins today. physicsworld.com/a/nottingham... www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...

The dismantling of British education is in full flow. Makes sense. An uneducated, unhealthy & indebted population is too weak to fight back. We must confront this abomination or accept that our future is bleak. @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @uonucu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy

The University of Nottingham says it is facing

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Action- the administration says they are making 100% salary reductions in response to our marking and assessment boycott and that all other work from participants during this time is "voluntary." Response- We strike for two months straight. westbridgfordwire.com/university-o...

University of Nottingham staff announce two-month strike action | West Bridgford Wire

Staff at the University of Nottingham will strike for 61 days from Monday 1 June to Friday 31 July (2026) in addition to the day of strike action set for

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Very much looking forward to this discussion with the outstanding Rumman Chowdhury! events.ceu.edu/2026-06-09/w...

What is intelligence, really?

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Rant about AI gaslighting: I am attempting to learn Schubert's Impromptus D. 899, Op. 90: No. 3 in G-Flat. I have listened to loads of lovely recordings. I came across a recording by François Chaplin www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBYZ.... I noticed a mistake in bar 76 (5:11)... (1/n)

Impromptus D. 899 No. 3 in G-Flat, Op. 90: andante

YouTube video by François Chaplin - Topic

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Nottingham job cuts ‘pose systemic risks to research’, union warns. Research-intensive university told it risks “intellectual stagnation” as 2,700 staff put at risk of redundancy. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Nottingham job cuts ‘pose systemic risks to research’, union warns - Research Professional News

Research-intensive university told it risks “intellectual stagnation” as 2,700 staff put at risk of redundancy

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The collapse of universities will destroy the towns they're in, in the same way that deindustrialisation, pit closures, destroyed entire regions of the UK. In both cases the government project was to inflict poverty on those you believe to be socially illegitimate, who've had it good for too long.

Craig French@craigfrench.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It must have been nice to work in higher education before it was permanently in crisis

Craig French@craigfrench.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We could (and should) be a country that does higher education and creative industries.

Craig French@craigfrench.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is horrible. Nottingham is a lovely department (I visited there six months ago) with some terrific philosophers. bsky.app/profile/crai...

Craig French@craigfrench.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You will have seen these news. This is so sad as it's a great place to work and study at. Lucky to be sheltered from all this, but the atmosphere is grim here.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

This is quite something.

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts

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Coincidentally, the number of staff currently at risk of redundancy (2700) at the University of Nottingham is the same as the number of jobs at risk at British Steel. Yesterday, the govt said they aren't neutral on job losses & so pledged to save those steel jobs. Watch as they blithely ignore HE.

2,700 in limbo for months, with more than 600 expected to lose their jobs. Having been at risk of redundancy last year, I can’t imagine the impact of so many feeling so insecure and devalued. Cruel and destructive. Solidarity to all.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3mo ago

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

Harrowing numbers. Solidarity with colleagues in Nottingham

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3mo ago

What can one even say any more. The Nothing will eat almost the entire sector if controls aren't brought into force. Hey, government! Anyone there? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Difficult times at the University of Nottingham - the whole of the Department of Philosophy is formally at risk of redundancy, with plans to get rid of 7 people in the department. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

University of Nottingham puts 2,700 staff at risk of redundancy

The University of Nottingham says it is facing

bbc.co.uk

Here’s @craigfrench.bsky.social’s Dad on a fiver – long overdue recognition, I expect.

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 5mo ago

majestic

JOB: Philosophy at Warwick are advertising two one-year Teaching Fellowships. Come and work with us! warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

The Knowledge in Crisis Marathon Relay Team did the Vienna Marathon in 3 hours 30 minutes! Kati Farkas, Jonathan Kuntzen, Camilo Martinez and Matt Dougherty @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social

What are the harmful stereotypes associated with hearing voices? In this open-access chapter, members of the Voice Collective, Fiona Malpass, Kathleen Murphy-Hollies and I explore this issue using an Aesop-style fable link.springer.com/ch... #philsky #EpistemicInjustice

Challenging Stereotypes About Young People Who Hear Voices

Recent work on clinical communication has highlighted the possibility that vulnerable young people may experience epistemic injustice and have their sense of agency undermined in encounters with mental healthcare providers. In particular, five dimensions...

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Horrah - this is out. Thanks @aristotsoc.bsky.social for asking me to write it. Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds academic.oup.com/aristotelian...

Duddington and Our Awareness of Others’ Minds

Abstract. What enables me to know that others exist? Nathalie Duddington offers two distinctive, and underexplored, insights into the question. She focuses

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I contributed an entry on mental disorders to this new encyclopedia with @matthewbroome.bsky.social #philsky #philosophy link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...

Mental Disorders

The debate on the criteria for mental disorder has powerfully intersected with discussions about the status of psychiatry as a science and its role as a legitimate medical field. In this entry, we rev...

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