Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

The institution no longer bothers to put up any façade that it cares about pedagogy, its staff, or “student experience”

Felicity Callard@felicitycallard.bsky.social · 2w ago

In a sector-wide system like this it makes it easy to make technocratic decisions to “kill off” degrees/pathways/modules in a fantasy of increasing the efficiency of endlessly substitutable staff.

In a sector-wide system like this it makes it easy to make technocratic decisions to “kill off” degrees/pathways/modules in a fantasy of increasing the efficiency of endlessly substitutable staff.

Trying to describe what it’s like working inside British universities at the moment is very hard. One small vignette: not a single week of my teaching this semester looks the same as any other. We have virtually no courses/modules that are taught by

Thank you so much to the hundreds of trans people and allies who joined today's mass lobby! The queue stretched across both sides of the road outside Parliament, and so many MPs participated in meetings and responded to green cards. Together, we delivered a powerful message for change 🏳️‍⚧️

What one has to remember, when reading an AI puff piece that has plausible-looking notes of caution in it, is that The Guardian is in partnership with OpenAI. I found myself looking for the "sponsored advertorial" badge that never came.

I’m a father of three who studies the impact of artificial intelligence: this is what parents need to know about AI

A Dr Seuss-style story written in seconds alerted me to the power – and perils – of the technology. But how can children embrace it without forgetting core skills?

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Wales has stopped ALL gender affirming surgeries! Schools have just declared an end to social transition and inclusion for trans kids. I do not think enough people are paying attention to how utterly and quickly trans rights have been stripped away in the uk!

Heather Paterson@heatherpaterson.co.uk · last mo.

Deeply concerning: referrals, assessments and scheduled gender-affirming surgery through the Welsh Gender Service have been paused pending an independent clinical review. Other parts of the service remain open.

For those of us outside Wales - now is the time to be following Wales trans organisations and activists, and keeping an eye on how we might act in solidarity. Also potentially writing to our own local representatives and expressing our concern.

This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted.

QueerAF@wearequeeraf.com · last mo.

🚨🆕 @wearequeeraf.com and @whatthetrans.com can reveal that the NHS has cancelled all gender-affirming surgeries for adult patients of the Welsh Gender Service Some trans patients received the news just days or even hours before they were due to take place 👇 www.wearequeeraf.com/nhs-cancels-...

This is utterly shocking.

TACC@tacc.org.uk · last mo.

We’ve written to the UK Supreme Court with a formal complaint about its permanent “The Law and Us” exhibition and its presentation of For Women Scotland TACC, alongside @translucent.org.uk and @transparentaction.bsky.social, are calling for a full review of its wording, imagery, balance and context

We’ve written to the UK Supreme Court with a formal complaint about its permanent “The Law and Us” exhibition and its presentation of For Women Scotland TACC, alongside @translucent.org.uk and @transparentaction.bsky.social, are calling for a full review of its wording, imagery, balance and context

TACC@tacc.org.uk · last mo.

@supremecourt.uk Showing their bias on permanent public display. We are watching and keeping the receipts. This crusade will end. We will ensure all involved are held accountable. supremecourt.uk/news/new-exh...

Yeah sure I could answer my emails, or I could lay down on the floor and stare at the ceiling while feeling incredibly overwhelmed, you know?

Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans

Pretty much everything you need to know about the British Right in two images.

Also, there IS a crisis in British universities. It has nothing to do with EDI or allegations of plagiarism. The Higher Ed sector is heaving under the weight of managerialism, and brilliant institutions like Exeter, Nottingham, Sussex, are being gutted. Can we get 53 articles about that in 16 days?

An amazing PhD project opportunity with an incredible researcher

Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth@sexhistorian.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The cool thing about this PhD (beyond the funding) is you'll get to design your own project but also be part of a small team. It's associated with my project on the history of activism around AIDS denial wellcome.org/research-fun... & in September 2027 a postdoc will also join the project! #HistMed

I am resharing this in light of recent news that HESA, the NHS and other bodies have changed their data collection approach to sex and gender, erasing trans people’s realities in light of the Sullivan Review.

Jay Todd 🏳️‍⚧️@jaytoddgla.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Today @felicitycallard.bsky.social and I have published the first peer-reviewed response to the 'Sullivan Review' of research and data on sex and gender. doi.org/10.1111/tran... The Review could threaten trans rights and inclusion, erode academic freedom, and undermine research quality.

HESA is now citing the Sullivan Review to mandate categorising all student data in England and Wales by binary “sex at birth” - no possibility to answer otherwise (unless non-British national with different “legal sex”). Gender to now be “gender reassignment”. www.hesa.ac.uk/collection/2...

Look how simple those questions are and it all falls apart. Now look at the questions media outlets usually opt to ask, instead.

Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 2mo ago

EHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...

"Human beings are very good at telling the sex of somebody that they're talking to; we've evolved over thousands of years to be able to do that." Which is why, after thousands of years, we now require you and your good friends to legislate on this pressing issue—proportionately, of course.

🚨 Bridget Phillipson remains as the Minister for Women and Equalities After FWS Phillipson publicly stated that trans women should use men's toilets. She recently signed into force harmful & discriminatory statutory guidance which will devastate trans lives. Suggests no change re. trans rights.

I keep getting asked to peer review these papers that are so clearly LLM generated. We need to do a much better job of weeding these out before it gets to that stage.

Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Wish I could share an example of an AI-generated paper we receive all the time because they are *weird*. Mechanical manucripts that tick the boxes as academic content but really contribute nothing to knowledge. If AI has benefits for research, we're not seeing it. Just seeing shoddy autoscholarship.

In July 2024, JK Rowling said called the Cass Review, "the single most authoritative and comprehensive review of the affirmative model ever conducted." Today, she retweeted a tweet saying that Cass should be "derided" for her "ridiculous comments" on the puberty blocker trial. Do you see?

New important statement from Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention. On the EHRC Code: “In its attempt to erase trans and intersex people from public life, this document is genocidal in nature.” www.lemkininstitute.com/statements-n...

Statement on the Anti-Trans and Anti-Intersex EHRC Code of Practice in the United Kingdom

June 20, 2026 The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security condemns the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s (EHRC) updated Code of Practice for services, public functions, and a...

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'A less than five-minutes-long Teams call with no opportunity to respond is how staff at the University of Dundee heard that their jobs, the courses that they teach and their livelihoods might be at risk. I ask members to think about that for a moment.' (Maggie Chapman (North East Scotland) 1/5

The Scottish Parliament

The Scottish Parliament examines what the Scottish Government is doing, makes new laws on devolved matters and debates the issues of the day.

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Stonking article by @iandunt.bsky.social. Nailed, just as he and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social do in their JK Rowling podcast. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/o... Thank you, thank you, thank you from this cisgender woman. iandunt.substack.com/p/the-ehrc-t...

The EHRC trans code explained

What does it say, how will it work, and what happens next?

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Email your MP now: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

Email your MP to reject the Code of Practice and support EDM 240

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