My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡
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Constitutional law professor. Cat lover. https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/research/ucnp/
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The British Academy@britishacademy.bsky.social · 21h agoWould you like to take a creative approach to your research, expand your skills, and build new partnerships? Talent Development Awards supports innovative research methods, helping researchers develop expertise in new areas and foster meaningful collaborations. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bpl2CE
My article — “Black is Beautiful”: Gender, Pigmentation, and Political Blackness in Modern Britain — is now available to read! It reinserts the politics of complexion into our narratives of the Black Power and Black Women’s movements. #BlackBritishHistory academic.oup.com/histres/adva...
‘Black is beautiful’: gender, pigmentation and political blackness in modern Britain*
Abstract. By examining political literature, ephemera and oral histories, this article investigates the politics of pigmentation within the Black Power and
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We are asking for accountability at Cambridge. This is an institutional story as much as anything else. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Cambridge dons demand accountability over Jason Arday appointment
Exclusive: Academics say university must take responsibility for ‘grotesque racism’ unleashed and hold independent inquiry
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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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A terrible day for trans people in Britain and a shameful one for the EHRC and government
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · last wk.Our code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
Of course, nobody truly cares about that much - instead, this discourse will probably further worsen an already bad situation because of one individual’s actions And because we are frequently held collectively responsible for the actions of individuals in a way others are not
Issues are that it needs to go beyond "don't be racist" (/exclusionary) and requires actively creating an inclusive environment - which takes work. Interesting paper for arlier in the pipeline on the experience of being a Black student in a "predominantly white" uni (clearly: Bath)
“You never feel so Black as when you're contrasted against a White background”: Black students' experiences at a predominantly White institution in the <fc>UK</fc>
“Old” universities in the UK are typically populated with White middle-class students who hail from White majority hometowns, whilst “new” universities have more diverse cohorts from diverse hometown....
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I will be advertising a funded PhD studentship shortly, for a project on adding psychological theory (social identity) to modelling of epidemics ( @leverhulme.ac.uk funded, with Marijn Stok). The studentship will start in January 2027. Get in touch now for informal enquiries.
All this COVID revisionism and minimising makes me think back to April 2020 when I begged Mrs Moog not to call an ambulance as everyone who went to hospital at the time, including two neighbours, died alone on a ventilator and I’d rather die at home. Oh, and the last 6 yrs in bed with Long Covid.
Presenting the Booker Prize 2026 longlist. Find out more about the books and authors that make up this year's Booker Dozen: thebookerprizes.com/bp2026
I cannot possible support a party with openly xenophobic and racist immigration policies. That’s what Mahmood means.
He had an “extraordinary zest for living”; he “could not abide tedium”. As great an epitaph as any of us can hope for. RIP
Garry Sobers was the greatest of all time, a cavalier in an era of roundheads
West Indies legend, who has died aged 89, was as cricket’s finest all-rounder though he was never bother with the stats
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Shreya Atrey is a leading feminist scholar of equality law. In this excellent paper, she explains how the UK Supreme Court misinterpreted the ground of “sex” for discrimination law purposes. It was never about biology fixed at birth — it was a ground designed to cover various gendered inequalities.
Grounds in Equality Law: Before and After <i>For Women Scotland</i>
Grounds are the fulcrum of equality law. Thus, discrimination is discrimination when it is based on or because of certain kinds of personal characteristics or grounds such as race or sex. But there i...
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Crash Krylova – Trans people in prison: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/16/c...
Crash Krylova – Trans people in prison: For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59
Introduction On 19 June 2026, the Outer House of the Court of Session handed down judgment in the case of For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers [2026] CSOH 59 (“For Women Scotland 3”). This piece…
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Bhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-Haq ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/07/15/b...
Bhavya Johari – The Political Constitution’s Broken Promise: Arms, Sanctions and Accountability after Al-Haq
In September 2024, the Government suspended around thirty arms export licences to Israel, having found a clear risk that United Kingdom equipment might be used to commit serious violations of inter…
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If we are serious about protecting young people, we need to approach social media policy with that nuance in mind. www.wearequeeraf.com/rise-of-soci...
Rise of social media bans is a blunt force that will harm LGBTQIA+ children, especially in rural areas
If we are serious about protecting young people, we need to approach social media policy with that nuance in mind.
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The Constitution Society is seeking a motivated Office Manager to help the charity promote education on the UK constitution.
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Sam Neill on tackling depression and imposter syndrome when you’re between jobs.
For those interested, here is the report: policyexchange.org.uk/wp-content/u... The PolEx authors advocate for ignoring the ICJ’s climate opinion and withdrawing from the ICJ’s jurisdiction altogether. Endorsements from judicial figures including Lords Burnett and Sumption, who should know better
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Paolo Sandro@paolosandro.bsky.social · last mo.Well, three self-avowed 'leading legal academics' have just written for Policy Exchange that it was 'directly against our own national interests' for the UK to endorse at the UN GA the ICJ's advisory opinion on climate change The report has come out during the second, record-shattering, heatwave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche... Very keen to hear if you research into #protest #publicorder #policing interested in undertaking a three-year project of your own devising alongside me & @crwerren.bsky.social at UEA Law School with our considerable doctrinal & socio-legal expertise
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What is fascinating about the debate over whether the Chancellor can refuse Farage’s resignation is the marginalisation of Parliament on a decision affecting one of its own members. 1/4
Your therapy cat is only settling for snuggling with you because you are too large to be a small prey item, it has been confirmed.
Therapy cat would eat you if it was bigger
Your therapy cat is only settling for snuggling with you because you are too large to be a small prey item, it has been confirmed. A spokesperson for The Itty Bitty Kitty Committee, Lemon, said:…
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Yesterday I submitted the proofs, index and tables for my forthcoming book 'Human Rights and the Protection of Domestic Workers in Labour and Migration Law.' It's scheduled for publication on 10 September 2026 and available for pre-order :) global.oup.com/academic/pro...
📣 People are understandably up in the arms about this (it is horrible). But just want to wave a hand out there 👋 as we're going through the same thing in Humanities at Northumbria (1 out of 5 staff need to go by end of July). 1/?
Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2mo ago'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3
Eleana Kasoulide: The Internal Administrative Law of Designing Digital Public Services ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/24/e...
Eleana Kasoulide: The Internal Administrative Law of Designing Digital Public Services
Digitalisation has become an inseparable aspect of delivering public services, inspiring conversations around the impacts of digitalisation on citizens and of what it means for states to transition…
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Can't believe it's been 10 years of being told that you mustn't call ignorant bigots ignorant bigots. You just have to politely live with the mess they've made
50 minutes after Steve's post, it's still the case that the news of the Edinburgh stabbings is more than halfway down the very long BBC homepage in London, placed as an "Around the UK" story
Steve Yates@yatesyman.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis story currently leads BBC Scotland. But down here in London you have to scroll all the way down past the London news, the World Cup, whatever the BBC calls its Reels equivalent, more World Cup, weekend picks and 'lazy summer recipes' to the 'around the UK' to see it
Paul F Scott: Economic Security and the NSIA 2021 ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/06/16/p...
Paul F Scott: Economic Security and the NSIA 2021
This post is part of a series on ‘Economic Aspects of the Constitution’. The other posts in the series will be available here. Introduction Section 12 of the Justice and Security Act 2013, the…
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