Maria Abreu
@mariaabreu.bsky.social
Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
This is very good. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
Getting the OfS involved in PhD examination would be an incredible, disatrous and egregious assault on academic independence.
Emma Yeomans@yeomans.bsky.social · 2d agoCalls for the Office for Students to investigate Liverpool John Moores University, after it passed Jason Arday's PhD thesis despite plagiarism and the thesis being 38,000 words over word count. He says received just one supervision in 2.5 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
Hoy, Ceuta. Aunque el ministro Albares se precipitó anoche al afirmar que la práctica totalidad de los inmigrantes habían sido devueltos, lo cierto es que hoy el flujo por las calles es disperso (centro y parte del campo exterior). La mayoría de los que he visto son muy jóvenes y menores ⬇️
Link to the story here: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Orchids return to grassland after 28 Years Later filming
Fountains Abbey staff left grounds unmown to appear abandoned for film shoot - but orchids returned.
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Skionar@skionar.bsky.social · 7d agoOrchids revived, the corpse ambulant and a poetic ruined abbey. These are the news stories I want to read.
Orchids revived, the corpse ambulant and a poetic ruined abbey. These are the news stories I want to read.
Since the early days of photography, people have wanted to capture their pets on camera. (Read on to find out why we want to see yours!) These postcards collected by the artist Tom Phillips (1937–2022) are now held in the University of Oxford’s Bodleian Libraries.
MCR mayoral by-election result. Craig (Lab) 66.3% Astley (Ref) 33.7% Follow live on @news.sky.com
This is great ammunition if you’re currently arguing about kitchen implements to take on holiday. Aero-press and Yorkshire Tea bags are also top of my list!
Nigella Lawson@nigella.bsky.social · 7d agoI’ve written about cooking in a holiday kitchen for my column in the FT, in the paper this Sat the 1st, and online now. And I have a gift link for the first 300 readers who click on it! as.ft.com/r/87d76288-d...
I’ve written about cooking in a holiday kitchen for my column in the FT, in the paper this Sat the 1st, and online now. And I have a gift link for the first 300 readers who click on it! as.ft.com/r/87d76288-d...
Nigella Lawson: How to survive a holiday kitchen
A rental is rarely well equipped, but its indignities can become part of the pleasure — provided you pack the few things you truly need
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Worth repeating, the 'tough new visa rules' were designed specifically for care workers and their family members. If it's not going to work for them, it won't work for anyone else caught by the cruelty of the rules. Bin the whole thing.
Jonathan Portes@jdportes.bsky.social · last wk.Good news. But Rayner's point that it is un-British and unfair, as well as economically and politically counterproductive, to change the rules retrospectively applies to other workers on medium- skilled work visas (technicians/chefs/etc) www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
I can’t be the only one who thinks that fossil fuel companies should be required to pay the full cost of any damage caused by wildfires given they lied to the public for decades about climate change.
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.A massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuate.
Funny isn’t it? You’d think that if the need for data storage and processing conflicted with the survival of human life, the survival of human life would just about edge the trade-off.
🎬 Screenings are happening around the UK this autumn. I hope as many people as possible will see it. ⏬️ (www.sandsfilms.co.uk/the-man-with...)
Sands Films@sandsfilms.bsky.social · last wk.Prof. Danny Dorling, University of Oxford, talks about the Beveridge Report in 'The Man with the Plan'. #themanwiththeplanfilm #beveridgereport #fivegiants #williambeveridge #sandsfilms
I have spent a large amount of time over the past few months reviewing academic work (of various kinds), and so much of it feels strangely disconnected and soulless, presumably due to AI assistance. It is not just the text, but also theoretical frameworks and tables / figures / maps.
If you’re looking for state level estimates of the number of job losses due to ICE, @elizabethacox.bsky.social and I have a new report out on this with Immigration Research Initiative out today!! immresearch.org/reports/ice-...
ICE Arrests Result in a Decline in Employment: State-Level Projections - Immigration Research Initiative
The program of mass deportation being carried out by the Trump Administration is hurting American workers, both immigrants and those born in the United States. How much would employment drop in your s...
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We're looking for a temporary lecturer in economics of education, labour economics, applied econometrics, for 1 year to cover for parental leave. Apply by August 4: www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
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The Times corrects its splash story headlined "Migrant care workers bring dozens of family members." The Times got this totally wrong. It then used its own error as the basis for an editorial calling explicitly for forced expulsions of people living here legally. www.thetimes.com/comment/regi...
1/ Great reporting in The Times on the emerging momentum behind support for compulsory voting, which @ippr.org called for a couple of weeks ago: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Compulsory voting on the table as Burnham ponders electoral reform
Proposals seen by the prime minister’s advisers suggest a £10 fine for those who do not cast a ballot, with a ‘none of the above’ option to be included
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Exciting times for BA Land Economy undergraduate students: “Two models are competing for support: a proportional property tax, which would replace both council tax and stamp duty with a flat 0.48 per cent annual charge on a home’s current value…
I strongly recommend the chapter on this in the Mirrlees Review (Ch 16), which ends with a very similar proposal, and has some projections showing the impact for different kinds of households and along the income distribution. ifs.org.uk/books/16-tax...
16. The Taxation of Land and Property | Institute for Fiscal Studies
This chapter outlines land value taxation and the taxation of the consumption value of housing, to propose a reform of council tax in the UK.
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Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · last wk.It's being reported that Andy Burnham might replace council tax and stamp duty with a 0.48% annual property tax. We'll have a complete report on this tomorrow, including an interactive map showing the impact across the country.
It's being reported that Andy Burnham might replace council tax and stamp duty with a 0.48% annual property tax. We'll have a complete report on this tomorrow, including an interactive map showing the impact across the country.
The whole point of the original policy (which was and is terrible) was to target exactly this group. And now they’re going to introduce the policy and exempt them? Just abandon the policy! The whole thing is just a terrible idea.
Immigration Bot@immigrationbot.bsky.social · 2w ago"Exclusive: Andy Burnham thought to be considering waiving stricter right to remain rules for people already working in the sectorHundreds of thousands of care workers could be exempted from the home secretary’s plans to toughen up the immigration system under proposals being…" — The Guardian
Here is the individual who personally destroyed USAID, who personally froze its global life-saving operations and caused mass death across the world, lying about it through his clenched teeth—and chuckling at how smart he is.
Jonathan Harris@jonathan-a-thon.bsky.social · 2w agoHe's quite possibly one of the worst people to have ever lived.
It is so powerful to hear someone emphasising their humanity. Such a contrast to much of the public discourse.
Christopher Hale@christopherjhale.bsky.social · 2w ago“Dear migrants, before I say any other word to you, I want to bow before your dignity.” “You are not numbers or case files.” “You are people — with a family and a home left behind, with dreams that no one has the right to scorn.” — Pope Leo XIV
