This is the second edition of our practical guidance on how to address our problems with sexual violence in HE. We hope that it is useful for student activists and staff concerned about prevention and intervention. @durhampsych.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

Clarissa J. DiSantis@clarissajoyd.bsky.social · last yr.

As my first post, I'm excited to share that the 2nd ed. of Addressing Student Sexual Violence in Higher Education is available now in paperback or eBook. Enjoy 30% off with code EME30 at bookstore.emerald.com/addressing-s... All author royalties are donated to charity. @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social

Speakers include: @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social Joy Allen, Police & Crime Commissioner Prof Andrew Gray Prof Alison Liebling Cambridge University Andi Brierley Leeds Trinity University Paula Harriott CEO, Unlock @stephscott.bsky.social/ Dr Naomi Griffin ...

Nasty Party. Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill. Tories filibustering to thwart no-fault evictions, prevent landlords from accepting more rent than the amount for which a property has been listed, force landlords to carry out essential repairs.

Senior Tories and big landlords discuss ways to thwart renters’ rights bill

Exclusive: Meeting hosted by shadow housing minister for estate agents and landlords prompted accusations of collusion

theguardian.com

While “very few” PhD students and supervisors make formal complaints about each other, far fewer learn the outcomes, an Australian study has found #AcademicSky

PhD students who complain about supervisors ‘never hear outcome’

‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

timeshighereducation.com

We hope that this will be a useful practical resource. Anyone who cares about our problem with sexual violence at universities may wish to repost - we need to get such resources out there. @durhampsych.bsky.social

Clarissa J. DiSantis@clarissajoyd.bsky.social · last yr.

As my first post, I'm excited to share that the 2nd ed. of Addressing Student Sexual Violence in Higher Education is available now in paperback or eBook. Enjoy 30% off with code EME30 at bookstore.emerald.com/addressing-s... All author royalties are donated to charity. @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social

We hope that this will be a useful practical resource. Anyone who cares about our problem with sexual violence at universities may wish to repost - we need to get such resources out there. @durhampsych.bsky.social

Clarissa J. DiSantis@clarissajoyd.bsky.social · last yr.

As my first post, I'm excited to share that the 2nd ed. of Addressing Student Sexual Violence in Higher Education is available now in paperback or eBook. Enjoy 30% off with code EME30 at bookstore.emerald.com/addressing-s... All author royalties are donated to charity. @profgrahamtowl.bsky.social

In case you’re not sure how it’s going down here, America.

Delighted to report that the 2nd edition of our (with Clarissa DiSantis) book on addressing student sexual violence can be ordered now. Hopefully it will prove a useful resource for the sector. @david-batty.bsky.social @howardjournalcj.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @ukri.org

Delighted to report that the 2nd edition of our (with Clarissa DiSantis) book on addressing student sexual violence can be ordered now. Hopefully it will prove a useful resource for the sector. @david-batty.bsky.social @howardjournalcj.bsky.social @bpsofficial.bsky.social @ukri.org

“Systematic abuse of human rights” as ever nobody will be held to account. We were promised transparency about the new Women’s Justice Board - so are the minutes and action points from its first of four meetings this year available?

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

"We need to see an end to the imprisonment of pregnant women." @cathynewman.bsky.social asks Janey Starling, from Level Up, and Pia Sinha, from the Prison Reform Trust, how troubling it is that women are still giving birth while handcuffed. Read and watch: www.channel4.com/news/prison-...

This is another free to attend event in the North East organised by PORSCH. The physical health of prisoners rarely receives the attention deserved. Food budgets are low in relation to meeting nutritional needs. Why not register and come along?

PORSCH @porsch-network.bsky.social · 2y ago

PORSCH event: 'Physical Health of Offenders' Fenton Lounge, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough. TS3 6RS 19th of March 2025, 12.15 - 5pm with lunch. For more info see: www.offenderhealthporsch.net/events

This is another free to attend event in the North East organised by PORSCH. The physical health of prisoners rarely receives the attention deserved. Food budgets are low in relation to meeting nutritional needs. Why not register and come along?

PORSCH @porsch-network.bsky.social · 2y ago

PORSCH event: 'Physical Health of Offenders' Fenton Lounge, Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough. TS3 6RS 19th of March 2025, 12.15 - 5pm with lunch. For more info see: www.offenderhealthporsch.net/events

Shabana Mahmood totally out of her depth saying things have changed and women can now wash their underwear- only ….they still can’t. Like the last lot, ‘Yes Minister’ rules. Decades of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment but gongs all round.

HMI Prisons@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tune in at 10am to Women's Hour on BBC Radio 4 to hear Sandra Fieldhouse, our lead inspector for Women's prisons, discuss our new thematic 'Time to care: what helps women cope in prison?' Read the report: hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmipris_repo...

Wales’ higher education landscape could be “devastated” by the large-scale cuts announced by Cardiff University, academics have warned #AcademicSky #EduSky

Cardiff cuts: ‘They don’t grasp what university means for Wales’

Academics warn of ‘culture of fear’ at pre-eminent Welsh institution amid plans to axe courses and hundreds of jobs

timeshighereducation.com

The permanent secretary post for the department of health and social care is being advertised with pay of 170-200k. The budget responsibility will be roughly around 200 to over 1000 times as much as a university leader - and yet get paid significantly less - albeit a great salary.

Not a a fan of Starmer but fair play to him he has at least been willing to challenge Trump colonialism. In Gaza.

Our latest report found over 1 in 5 people in the UK are in poverty. On Friday we are hosting an 'Ask Me Anything' session on Reddit - you can ask our analysts about the stats, the modelling, policy, and the picture of poverty across the UK. 🙋 Join our session: www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics...

From the ukpolitics community on Reddit: AMA (Ask Me Anything) Thread: Analysts from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation: Friday 7th February, 10:30am - 1:30pm

Explore this post and more from the ukpolitics community

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Not a a fan of Starmer but fair play to him he has at least been willing to challenge Trump colonialism. In Gaza.

If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it We cannot allow them to rewrite history. If you agree share this FACT CHECK widely youtu.be/MUrf7addcTA?...

NO Nigel Farage - the vaccine rollout was not helped by Brexit

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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ICYMI — Sharpton led a buy-in to support Costco after they didn’t back down on DEI

Australia’s government has overlooked existing powers in belatedly appointing a new watchdog to constrain universities’ executive pay #highered #EduSky

Australia anoints new v-c pay watchdog, as old watchdog slumbers

Long-awaited governance council, delayed by 18 months, stands in for 50-year-old regulator

timeshighereducation.com

The permanent secretary post for the department of health and social care is being advertised with pay of 170-200k. The budget responsibility will be roughly around 200 to over 1000 times as much as a university leader - and yet get paid significantly less - albeit a great salary.

New UK pensions minister has called to scrap ‘rubbish’ triple lock on state pension. Labour/Tories gunning for pensioners, condemning them to poverty. The issue isn't Young v Old. It is justice, equity, humanity. Young will get old too & face premature death. Fight for rights. archive.ph/NmDpE

New pensions minister has called to scrap ‘rubbish’ triple lock

Torsten Bell criticised the policy in his previous job as a think-tank boss, but it puts him in conflict with Keir Starmer’s defence of it

thetimes.com

Five of the most senior former judges in England and Wales made an extremely rare intervention and called on the government to reverse the trend of imposing ever longer sentences. Here we discuss the impact of sentence inflation: howardleague.org/what-is-sent...

After 14 yrs of Tory neglect patients in England hospitals dying in corridors, pregnant women miscarrying in side rooms. Cupboards, car parks, bathrooms used as makeshift areas for patients All to fund tax cuts for corporations & the rich and facilitate privatisation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Patients dying in hospital corridors, say nurses

The Royal College of Nursing details harrowing cases from more than 5,000 nurses across the UK.

bbc.co.uk

It’s not that difficult some do it really well. Maybe the biggest single barrier is that the brutal reality is that for many it’s simply not up there as the top priority.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2y ago

England needs a new national coordinating body for university access, separate from the sector regulator, to tackle “worrying stagnation” in widening participation, a report says #AcademicSky #EduSky

🔴The Times Was Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising Britain’s ‘newspaper of record’ had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day, reports @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2025/01/13/t...

The Times Was Forced to Correct a Misleading Article Claiming Electric Vehicle Demand Is Falling When It’s Actually Rising

Britain's 'newspaper of record' had two complaints over inaccuracy upheld against it in one day

bylinetimes.com

It’s not that difficult some do it really well. Maybe the biggest single barrier is that the brutal reality is that for many it’s simply not up there as the top priority.

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · 2y ago

England needs a new national coordinating body for university access, separate from the sector regulator, to tackle “worrying stagnation” in widening participation, a report says #AcademicSky #EduSky

Psychology Early Career Conference (PECC) of North East is now on LinkedIn tinyurl.com/PECConLinkedIn for UG & PG students to share with their network. Encourage your students to submit and present @durhampsych.bsky.social 👉 Go to psyecc.com 👉 Click "Register now"

@wedtminster higher education policy forum have an on line event on addressing sexual violence at universities.It will be interesting to hear from the range of speakers ( including me!). Our book on this is timely especially in view of new regulation for 2025. @marycurnockcook.bsky.social