The best thing on social media this week are the images from the history making #Fleadh in Belfast. It was always a great city for music even during the Troubles. Dance on.

This is hugely significant case. An ET has now ruled that Bristol Uni were wrong to dismiss #Sociology Professor David Miller because his "anti-Zionist beliefs qualified as a philosophical belief and as a protected characteristic pursuant to section 10 Equality Act 2010".

The Canary@thecanaryuk.bsky.social · yesterday

An employment tribunal dismisses Bristol University's attempt to overturn an earlier decision in favour of Professor David Miller By @skwawkbox.org

⚽️ Opinion: #Baresi was a truly great footballer who just happened to play in defence. He was also a more influential defender than the better looking one at left back

My Greatest 11@mygreatest11.bsky.social · yesterday

March 2012 Rangers Legends vs AC Milan Legends The Final Time Baresi & Maldini Shared a Pitch Together ♥️

Great news for the London #Migration Museum - the missing British museum that is always enjoyed on our LSE student trips.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d ago

This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3

Despite recent events, there are a scholars in #Sociology doing exceptional work and are rightly recognised for doing so.

Nuffield College, Oxford@nuffieldcollege.bsky.social · 2d ago

Congratulations to Nuffield College Professorial Fellow Ozan Aksoy, who has received the 2026 Robert K. Merton Award from the International Network of Analytical Sociologists (INAS), together with Dr Aron Szekely (UCL), for their article Making Sense of Honor Killings. Read more: buff.ly/JuOHuOQ

Iván Szelényi (1938-2026), a towering figure in sociology, one of the finest global intellectuals Hungary and Eastern Europe has ever produced, has died. Rest in peace and solidarity. 1/6

This by @jamesrdennison.bsky.social and @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social looks brilliant - and very timely! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

Link to the survey is here: www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_...

This is an important piece of research into bereaved persons' experiences of dealing with the stressful paperwork and conflicts that often arise after a person dies. Please consider completing the survey and sharing. Thank you.

Few people understand that the UK university system is in crisis, but even fewer realise that many of the people losing their jobs are amongst the best in their fields

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

So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2)

Now’s the time for Burnham to register that the National Security Assessment on ecosystems names food supply as the UK’s most significant vulnerability… (and in a very unequal society…🤔) www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Britain could face food shortages as drought continues, farmers warn

Farmers battle to salvage what they can of their crops as heatwave set to continue

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Liverpool John Moores University, where Jason Arday got his PhD, is currently offering £203 as a PhD examiner’s fee. Their PhD’s should have a maximum length of 80,000 words. That’s a novel of about 300 pages. Let’s assume it takes you 10 hours, between reading, checking citations and making notes.

A wild story about the excesses of British securocrats. RTÉ News: Extent of illegal surveillance by PSNI, MI5 shocked me www.rte.ie/news/analysi...

Extent of illegal surveillance by PSNI, MI5 shocked me

Protecting sources is the bedrock of journalism. Those prepared to provide information, particularly of a sensitive nature, need to trust the person they are sharing it with, writes Vincent Kearney.

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Disappointed to see how many want to focus on who is making claims about Jason Arday rather than the precise nature of those claims. Book, cover etc.

Some of the reactions around the rapidly developing Jason Arday story are extraordinary, such as Simon Baron-Cohen telling us to back off because people with autistic traits are more likely to commit suicide.

Many years ago, as a naive young sociology student, I had a lecture by a Library Information Systems person, who told us that Anne Frank’s Diary was a #fake (written by others etc). So began an enduring interest. I have not come across anything to support that claim. #anti-semetism

The Wiener Holocaust Library@wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 5d ago

On 1 August 1944, Anne Frank wrote the last entry in her diary, three days before her family's attic hiding place was raided and its inhabitants arrested. Apart from her father Otto, the entire Frank family died in the camps. 📸 Dutch first edition of Anne Frank’s Diary

Hopefully this episode marks the beginning of the end of Infantino’s reign at FIFA www.ft.com/content/5840...

Fifa abandons $20bn stake-sale plan after global backlash

Gianni Infantino says it was ‘clear’ project created divisions not in interest of organisation’s initial objective

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Using German SOEP 2014-2024…concern about immigration accounts for 75% of variation in AfD support and 90% of variation in voting behaviour. “Therefore, variables that measure deprivation explain comparatively little.” @martinschroeder.bsky.social ! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

Supporters of Germany’s far-right AfD party are concerned about immigration rather than feeling deprived

Is concern about immigration sufficient to account for the increasing success of Germany’s right-wing populist party Alternative für Deutschland (AfD)? Or does socio-economic deprivation also matter? ...

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Came across the Jason Arday affair at the end of a bad week for #sociology Still reading the details but let say that I have great regard for Martyn Hammersley’s work and especially his efforts to raise standards in qualitative research. retractionwatch.com/2026/07/27/c...

Exclusive: News outlet killed story on plagiarism allegations after Cambridge prof hired law firm

Jason Arday In September 2025, Times Higher Education had a bombshell story in the works: A star sociology professor at the University of Cambridge had allegedly plagiarized parts of his Ph.D. thes…

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Immigration salience - by party (July 2026) Reform 78% (1st) Conservative 47% (1st) Labour 25% (3rd) Green 9% (=9th) www.ipsos.com/sites/defaul...

A provocation from behind a paywall but Chris gives a flavour. #Sociology certainly has problems but this seems so badly researched and so inaccurate that it’s really just another anti-woke hit job.

Chris Maggio@chrisjmaggio.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thoughts on this article

I was not informed by the BBC that they would have a right wing political figure or lobbyist on after me to rebut what I said. The individual in question went on to spout lies about China, etc. to distract attention from the Trump administration's assault on climate action. This is unacceptable.

Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · 6d ago

I'll be on BBC News television TODAY ~3:40pm ET (8:40pm London local time) to discuss--what else---the climate change-fueled weather extremes we're seeing around the world this summer. Please join me: www.bbc.com/live

Lecturer loses appeal after calling trans student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ and using homophobic slur An Employment Appeal Tribunal has now upheld an earlier ruling that found his dismissal was fair, rejecting arguments that his rights to freedom of expression and academic freedom had been breached

Lecturer loses appeal after calling trans student a ‘troublesome trans kid’ and using homophobic slur

A university lecturer who referred to a trans student as a “troublesome trans kid” and used a homophobic slur in class has lost his final attempt to challenge his dismissal. Russell Cherrington, a se...

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Half full interpretation: (slight) shift in discourse (”migration can be ok”); clearer differences bw parties (bit more) liberal-restrictive); move away from labour market chauvinism. Half empty interpretation: migr as units of labour (on/off); migration ok IF contributing; new ethnic wrkn cls.

Farrukh@implausibleblog.bsky.social · last wk.

Andy Burnham, "To me, carers should be the best paid people in society, not the worst" "Many people from other countries have been caring for my dad" Andy Burnham praises migrants to the UK who care for our elderly, a stark contrast to Keir-island-of-strangers-Starmer

Peak Goodhart: literally the first citation in this is to Matt Goodwin's discredited "Great Replacement" fantasy. If you're trying to push your sanitised "non-racist" preference/ethnonationalism, perhaps don't start by linking to a far-right racist grifter? www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...

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Led By Donkeys wins compensation over seizure of Gaza protest banner

Waste firm Veolia pays £27k after ‘Yes It’s A Genocide’ banner taken by Greater London Authority was destroyed

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Perfect Brussels response: EU warns FIFA World Cup sell-off could breach competition law

EU warns FIFA World Cup sell-off could breach competition law | Euractiv

The reported scheme to effectively auction off the World Cup could breach EU rules, commissioner warns

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A very welcome policy change for #vocational education and for #NEETs But will it be followed up with resources or will that continue to go disproportionately to the uni sector? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says

The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.

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Finally. Now Mayo only have to deal with the one curse.

How do some employment #Tribunal cases get so far down the road? ‘The determination records submissions highlighting an “evidential vacuum” ‘. Nobody likes #bullying but a claim while performance is being managed must have strong evidence and good advice. www.elystandard.co.uk/news/2640536...

Allegations against former medical director found not proved

The Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service heard a case against Dr Sharareh Brealey following complaints from several colleagues but found them not…

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