Andrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967) ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/18/a...

Andrew Woodhouse: Power Failure – Electricity Nationalisation and The Erosion of the Public Corporation’s “Three Freedoms” (1947-1967)

This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. In 1966, as England won their last men’s football World Cup, the …

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This is to be read, word by word

Daniel Trilling@trillingual.bsky.social · 2mo ago

So glad that Luqman Saeed - an academic at Ulster University - has written this piece about the Belfast riots. I hope I could write this clearly and perceptively were I under similar pressure right now. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ju...

Antoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assessment after Finch ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/04/22/a...

Antoinette Nestor: “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”: Real-World Consequences and Environmental Assessment after Finch

Environmental Impact Assessments in the UK increasingly resemble We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. In Michael Rosen’s story, every obstacle presents the same catch phrase: “We can’t go over it. We can’t …

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Springtime in Scotland

Recent changes to refugee status in the UK avoided parliamentary scrutiny, facing refugees with 20 years of recurring costs and bureaucracy to maintain their rights. Read the latest blog post by Kabir Joshi of @wilsonsolicitors.bsky.social ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

State of the World – Global Democracy & Human Rights 20 March, 3-5.30 Glasgow University Union, 32 University Avenue, G12 8LX Scottish Council on Global Affairs and the @uofgnews.bsky.social host a roundtable discussion on the state of global #democracy and #humanrights. scga.scot/2026/03/03/g...

Global Democracy & Human Rights

SCGA & Glasgow host a roundtable on global democracy and human rights, exploring today’s “democratic recession” and what it means.

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I support the strikers. The union have called for negotiations to avoid compulsorily redundancies. Management need to recognise that staff are integral to the university's future.

The danger to my job from AI isn't that AI can do my job, it's that my job is made even more precarious by the way AI is shaping ideas of the value of work. It can't do my job, but it can be part of convincing people (incorrectly) that my job isn't necessary.

Really important intervention from @daniellalock.bsky.social into why both grounds for the High Court finding the Palestine Action ban unlawful matter, and that notwithstanding some of the criticism of the Court, why it matters that the court is asserting a high bar for such a ban to be justified:

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Daniella Lock: In Defence of the Divisional Court’s Palestine Action Ruling ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/03/02/d...

Looking forward to hosting this workshop with my colleague Clare Frances Moran, funded by the SCGA as part of the State of the World project. Registration open now and spaces are free: scga.scot/2026/02/10/o...

The State of the World: Outlier or Leader

This expert workshop will bring together experts in human rights and international law to discuss the Scottish approach, focusing on the challenges and opportunities it presents.

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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot@scga.scot · 6mo ago

Outlier or Leader? A one-day workshop exploring Scotland's approach to human rights & international law 6 March @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social @erinferguson.bsky.social #humanrights

Marking: Done Research leave: Started

📆 EVENT: after 7+ yrs, Seán Binder & 23 humanitarians have finally been acquitted of 'trumped up' charges inc money laundering and smuggling. Seán will speak alongside others facing criminalisation for migration and solidarity on 27 JAN @citystgeorges.bsky.social 👉 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/even...

Excited to see my analysis of Tortoise Media and Sammut published in the latest issue of Public Law. I argue that the question of constitutes a public function under the Human Rights Act is far from settled.

Public Law@publiclaw.bsky.social · 7mo ago

The January 2026 issue of @publiclaw.bsky.social is now available on Westlaw. Analysis pieces from @erinferguson.bsky.social on the Tortoise Media and Sammut decisions; Dan Meagher on the interaction of art and non-discrimination law; and @diggorybailey.bsky.social on use of explanatory notes ...

If Edinburgh Uni, with no operational deficit, gets to sack 1800 people, imagine what this will signal to more fiscally challenged Scottish universities? MSPs need to realise that this is more than a local crisis – we need urgent public scrutiny of Edinburgh’s governance.

Mondays at this point in the term can be a bit rough, but being given a handmade coaster by a student was definitely a bright spot today.

…the uk needs a lot more high quality principled journalism like this offering from mike jempson in the bristol cable… thebristolcable.org/2025/10/at-h...

At home with refugees - The Bristol Cable

A veteran journalist reflects on the hidden traumas he has witnessed over a quarter of a century of hosting refugees in his Bristol home

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Yesterday's piece from @jamellebouie.net is the only high-profile piece I've seen that specifically discusses the watchlist, its effect on academics, and its effect on public attitudes toward academia as a whole. (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.

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Miles Howard@milesperhoward.bsky.social · 11mo ago

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

This was Conor Gearty only a week or so ago at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on ECHR withdrawal and the Palestine Action ban.

Prospect Magazine@prospectmagazine.co.uk · 11mo ago

🎧: The Prospect Podcast is back from summer break! On today’s episode, Conor Gearty explains what’s at stake if Britain leaves the ECHR, and reacts to the Palestine Action ban.

Very interesting account of using FOI in migration research. Highlights how FOI isn’t simply a neutral tool to access information, but instead sheds light in the “politics of visibility.”

Border Criminologies@bordercrim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

On researching migration and border governance through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests: the challenges, potential, and treating it as a research method in its own right. Read part 4 of our series on border policing ⤵️ blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Aberdeen looking fine on my lunchtime run.

#SLAPPs: Why do we need a law preventing the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation? Read this @lawscot.bsky.social post from our colleagues @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social's Anti-SLAPP Research Hub to find out. www.lawscot.org.uk/members/jour... @erinferguson.bsky.social

Free Speech at Stake — Is it time for stronger protection against SLAPPs in Scotland?

Why do we need a law preventing the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) and how do other countries approach this legislation?

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The mistake was proscribing Palestine Action. Having done that, they’ve backed themselves into a corner which can only result in their looking oppressive and authoritarian.

Eliot Higgins@eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Police say 365 people arrested at protest over Palestine Action ban in London www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Good #ICJ ruling. In simple English, it translates to "states have a legal obligation to mitigate & adapt. Rich, historical emitters have greater obligations. States have an obligation to cooperate climate action. Equity matters w.r.t. achieving Paris Agreement goal." www.icj-cij.org/sites/defaul...

I'm lucky to have an AHRC scholarship on a proposal I developed. It was highly competitive and went through about 7 or 8 drafts before submission. And led to many collaborations with colleagues in different unis. I've loved my PhD experience partly thanks to the scholarship. This is terrible.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last yr.

'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3

Excellent analysis of how contracting out shifts responsibility from the state to individuals, limiting state accountability and increasing burdens on (often vulnerable) individuals.

UK Constitutional Law Association@ukcla.bsky.social · last yr.

Ting Xu: The Legal Fiction of State Neutrality: Rethinking Accountability in Disability Home Adaptations ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/09/t...

Call for papers for a major two-day conference on Legal Methodologies exploring the nature of the discipline, with really important keynote speakers. Any abstracts, if you are interested in participating, to be emailed to law.research@ncl.ac.uk by 7 July.

Busy picket lines across the university today. @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social striking to save jobs and #StopTheCuts

New post: Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on human rights reform in the UK and in Europe publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/06/18/j...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood on human rights reform in the UK and in Europe

The UK’s Justice Secretary has promised domestic legislation and called for wider ECHR reform because, she says, the application of human rights is now ‘out of step with common sense’. In doing so,…

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'A review into how the situation has been handled, commissioned by the university, found decision-making was unstructured and dominated by finances. The university said it accepted there had been "missteps".' Not the only university to harry in haste and repent at leisure.

University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were

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