Tim Fenton
@timfenton10.bsky.social
Professor of Cancer Biology at the University of Southampton, long-suffering Toffee, dad to two footballing daughters, still get grumpy about Brexit more often than is good for me.
Conservative or Labour, both dodge the truth about migration: we need it. Refusing to admit it is political cowardice. Read The Bear's fact-packed and refreshing read on how immigration has long benefited this country. @eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
Britain has never stood alone
From Empire to the NHS, this country has always relied on outsiders. The real crisis isn’t migration – it’s dishonesty
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People convicted and imprisoned for saying or writing things that stir up racial hatred. • Abu Hamza • Abdullah el-Faisal • Lucy Connolly Guess which conviction made the right wing suddenly decide writing or saying things that stir up hatred is okay, actually.
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Immigration has dropped dramatically in the last two years – small boat crossings are a small part of the overall picture, but have come to dominate the story (in part because the government has let it)
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 12mo agoHome office statistics for year to June 2025 Visas are 852k in 2024-25 (Peaked 1.4 million in 2023) Year in year Work visas down 36% [21k health/care visas; peaked 200k] Study visas down 4% Study dependent visas down 81% Family visas down 23% Asylum claims up 14% www.gov.uk/government/s...
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
Russia just sanctioned six @bylinetimes.bsky.social journalists and contributors. Proof that the work they and Byline does is hitting the target and really matters. bylinetimes.com/2025/08/21/r...
Russia Sanctions Byline Times Journalists and Contributors for Exposing Putin's War Crimes
The Russian foreign ministry added multiple Byline Times and Byline TV contributors to its "stop list" following our award-winning investigations into the Putin regime
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Concerned locals. Ordinary mums and dads. Just members of.. checks notes... Combat 18. standuptoracism.org.uk/robert-jenri...
94% of teachers have had to dip into their own pockets to buy school supplies. An estimated 1 in 6 have second jobs during the school year to make ends meet. The average Wall Street employee got a record $244,700 bonus last year. Something has gone terribly wrong.
A new study uncovers how paper mills and brokers collaborate to drive large-scale scientific fraud. Fraudulent publications are rising far faster than legitimate ones. In @science.org: www.npr.org/2025/07/24/n... In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Looks like it’s going to be another long, crap season for us Everton fans.
How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science — and Screwed Us in the Process He’s Making America Great Again — for lethal pathogens.
How RFK Jr. Mastered Fake Science—and Screwed Us in the Process
He’s Making America Great Again—for lethal pathogens.
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Spaces are running out for our online flow cytometry course this September! 🧪 Master multiparameter design and troubleshooting like a pro with expert-led sessions that are tailored for immunologists. Register now and save with the BSI member discount! https://bit.ly/43N86mG
The UK Government must recognise the power of research and development. If harnessed strategically, it can create economic growth in the UK, boost its soft power and make it healthier and safer. We’ve published a report outlining how. Read it here: wellcome.org/reports/uk-g...
The Global Partner of Choice for R&D | Report | Wellcome
This report outlines the importance of research and development (R&D) for the UK, emphasising its role in economic growth, global reputation and national security amidst changing geopolitical landscap...
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Outgoing head of Durham University's Student Union: things are 'brutal', 'Higher Education is in a death spiral', hundreds of staff have gone, the student rental housing market is in crisis. They're even fundraising to buy a house. Tough reading. www.palatinate.org.uk/higher-educa...
“Higher education is in a death spiral” Dan Lonsdale reflects on two years as SU President - Palatinate
Isla Mustin spoke to Dan Lonsdale, outgoing President of Durham Students’ Union (SU) about his two-year tenure in the role as the lead representative of the University’s student body and the wider sta...
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what’s occurred to me today is that academics feel like unheard canaries in the coalmine: we know that the cuts being made are impoverishing our universities, our research culture and outputs, and students’ experience of higher education. we are shouting but going unheard by managerial staff #UKHE
This is spectacularly damning coming from someone that served in cabinet alongside Chris ‘hapless display of ineptitude’ Grayling and chums.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Ex-Tory minister says Afghan resettlement scheme was ‘most hapless display of ineptitude’ he saw in government – live
Prof Harris gave a brilliant lecture followed by loads of excellent questions from a highly engaged audience. Stay tuned for our next online lecture, coming in the autumn! #cancerresearch
The British Association for Cancer Research@thebacr.bsky.social · last yr.Inaugural BACR Webinar - 9th July 2025
This will be a great meeting - and in the sunniest part of the UK!
The British Association for Cancer Research@thebacr.bsky.social · last yr.Cancer Immunology - Final Reminder for Abstract Submission: 11th July 2025
2025 Inaugural BACR Early Career Award Recipient
The BACR are pleased to announce this year's BACR Student Impact Award Winner.
Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
A very interesting read…
@chloehadj.bsky.social · last yr.I spent months on this investigation and gathered docs from the UK courts, Land Registry and a French local authority, to show that Raynor and Moth Winn's story is not as they claim. @tortoisemedia.bsky.social @observeruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
$20 million cut from Springer Nature. Whilst I agree we shouldn't be giving these companies money (or at least so much of it) this is pure censorship. Don't be fooled by the talk behind it, this is about control over expertise and injection of political ideology. www.axios.com/2025/06/25/t...
Scoop: Trump admin cuts contracts with scientific publishing giant
The administration has questioned editorial practices and whether journals are partisans in scientific debates
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Rewatching Prof David Thomas' Natl Press Club Address "Cancer: The Modern Plague" from ~ 12 mths ago to use in my class. Asked to cut it down to just 7-8 mins; but hope many will watch it all. It's a brilliant speech, full of the benefits science brings to healthcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih8A...
IN FULL: Prof. David Thomas' Address to the National Press Club
YouTube video by National Press Club of Australia
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I’m hoping that as the voice of UK universities, @universities-uk.bsky.social might provide some reflection on implications of today’s spending review for the HE sector and keep us informed on much needed efforts to lobby government on our behalf. It would be great to see a first Bluesky post!
Good Morning Britain's North America correspondent Noel Phillips hit on the arm by a police rubber bullet while covering LA protests against immigration raids: "Police don’t appear to care whether you’re a journalist, whether you're a resident or a protester" www.itv.com/watch/news/i...
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (born #OnThisDay in 1836) was a pioneering physician and suffragette. She was the first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor, co-founding the London School of Medicine for Women and paving the way for other women in the profession. #WomenInSTEM
