Exclusive: Some EU citizens in the UK have been contacted by the Home Office to say they were granted settlement status after Brexit "in error". If you know anyone this happened to contact me on lisa.ocarroll@theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

EU citizens in UK get letters telling them post-Brexit residency rights were given ‘in error’

After years of building lives in UK, potentially thousands of EU citizens could be told they have no right to remain

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“Mapping by the Environment Agency shows that even under normal flow conditions, there isn’t any additional river water available to serve new homes or industry across roughly a third of the country.” (Ali Morse, Wildlife Trusts)

‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk

Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes

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It was a complete farce. Nobody on the European side took control of the messaging, so every rightwing troll/government official seized the opportunity to hurl abuse at a fellow member state government that was facing a crisis. A terrible day for European foreign policy and for the Union as a whole.

Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.bsky.social · 4d ago

“Zusammenfassung: Die Europäer haben auf eine Bedrohung von außen nicht gemeinsam reagiert, sondern sind übereinander hergefallen. Der gestrige Tag war ein schwarzer Tag für Europa und ein Fest für seine Feinde.” www.zeit.de/politik/2026...

There is no "wait and see" for climate. The only solution is to get to zero emissions ASAP, and then pull carbon from the atmosphere as best we can.

Melissa Gira Grant@melissagiragrant.com · 5d ago

“Some people think we can wait and, when it gets too bad, then we reduce emissions and things will get better again. People don’t realise that we can’t make it get better again. We can only prevent it from getting much worse.”

Five months in - Northern Ireland's Budget impasse. New analysis from Pivotal: www.pivotalpolicy.org/our-work/new...

Five months in - Northern Ireland's Budget impasse

On 1 August the Permanent Secretary at the Department of Finance can increase the spending authorisation for NI Departments to up to 95% of last year’s budget.

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Our summer newsletter is now live! There are particularly important items on our casualisation survey and on pay deals. Please do share with not just members but other Queen’s colleagues who might want to know what the union does for them! sway.cloud.microsoft/i6UO0DoX8m2G...

UCU@QUB Newsletter Summer 2026

Welcome to the Summer 2026 Newsletter of UCU at Queen’s University Belfast

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Recruitment suspended on UG environment & sustainability, mathematics and physics. At postgraduate level, suspended courses include international corporate finance, water & environmental engineering and environmental strategy. If you think your subject is safe because not Humanities, rethink. 1/2

Course closures at University of Surrey raise concerns

Science and maths programmes among those suspended in recent months, with UCU claiming decisions are being made ‘in haste’

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What is still common in the Common Agricultural Policy?- Franco Sotte oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ba...

Every single journalist covering extreme weather in Europe right now should be showing this fire risk map and then ask “what are our politicians doing about it? Let’s go and ask”

Andy Scollick@andyscollick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Tuesday 28 July and Wednesday 29 July

Registration for the UACES 56th Annual Conference closes on Sunday. Join the European Studies community in Prague Register here: www.conftool.org/uaces2026 You can find out more about the Annual Conference here: www.uaces.org/prague #UACES2026 #EuropeanStudies #AcademicConference #Prague

So many nice designs to choose from 👇🗳️

Alberto Alemanno@alemanno.bsky.social · 2w ago

Don't miss it: the European Central Bank is letting citizens vote on the next design of the euro banknotes. My pick from the 10 shortlisted designs is G series by Rubio & co Cast your vote 👉 www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot... #Europe #EuroBanknotes #ECB

A major €715m aid scheme will see Dutch farms permanently shut to reduce nitrogen pollution in Natura 2000 areas. The initiative targets emissions from livestock near overburdened ecosystems.

EU backs €715m Dutch plan to slash farm pollution in critical ecosystems

EU backs €715m Dutch plan to slash farm pollution in critical ecosystems

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The cap on EUETS emissions was due to hit zero by 2039… …but the European Commission's 17 July 2026 plan would delay that by around a decade (chart from Oeko Institut)

"don't cite what you haven't read" remains the basic entry level academic responsibility; & if your discpline "doesn't have that as a norm" then sorry, your discipline needs reforming for this new world. Citations are structural parts of trust and knowledge building, not trinkets or optional extras

Miles Klee 🦉@milesklee.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.

Just out and Open Access! On the micro-level of policy design calibrations and specifications - Giliberto Capano and Michael Howlett "The Politics of Detail The Micro-Dimension of Policy Design" 2026 Palgrave link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

The Politics of Detail

This open access focuses on the micro-dimension of policy design, this book puts forward a new framework to enable policymakers to design better policies

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We need to prepare better for climate change or else we won't be ready when it comes...[taps earpiece]....Hang on, I'm getting news....

Luke LeBrun@lukelebrun.ca · 3w ago

These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...

📅Save the date!📅 The @uaces.bsky.social sky 57th Annual Conference heads to Bordeaux, France, from 30th August to 1st September 2027. We look forward to the conversations and research the event will bring. Exciting times. #UACES #EuropeanStudies

UACES (University Association for Contemporary European Studies)@uaces.bsky.social · 3w ago

UACES 57th Annual Conference is Heading to Bordeaux We're delighted to announce that the UACES 57th Annual Conference will take place at ESSCA School of Management in Bordeaux, France, from 30 August to 1 September 2027. #UACES #EuropeanStudies #AcademicConference #Bordeaux #ResearchCommunity

"Microsoft talks proudly about reaching 100% matched renewable energy, but fails to mention that it just signed a 20-year fossil fuel deal with Chevron that blows its targets out of the water" www.fastcompany.com/91573381/mic...

Appalling: Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030 @wildcard.land have run a noble campaign trying to get the CofE to see sense But this demonstrates exactly why Ministers can't rely on landowners to voluntarily support 30by30: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Church of England votes against plan to rewild 30% of its land by 2030

Campaigners criticise C of E for failing to show moral leadership as one of country’s biggest landowners

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‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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The extreme weather we have now is not the new normal. It’s going to keep getting worse as long as we continue to burn fossil fuels.

‘Unprecedented’ changes in UK climate are normalising extremes, report says

Annual State of the UK Climate analysis finds last four years in UK are in top five hottest on record

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Do you wonder about how women in the UK are known to be ‘more traditionalist’ and yet vote more progressive? Well, wonder no more! @cerifowler.bsky.social and I have a new paper in @electoralstudies.bsky.social on how this supposed paradox is a measurement artefact 1/ 8

Theories and measurement of political values and under-represented groups: the case of women in the UK

This paper argues that the primary divide in values (Inglehart, 1977; 1990) between safety and self-expression lies in a different place for discrimin…

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In case there was any doubt. Restricting access to benefits isn't enough for Conservatives/Badenoch. They want to deport/"remigrate" people who came here on legal work visas, not because of (debunked) claims about benefits/fiscal costs but because they've embraced an openly ethnonationalist agenda

'Reports', or 'reporters'? 'Reports', or 'editors'? Reports don't write or publish themselves. People do. There are humans in this loop.

Most UK media reports on June heatwave failed to mention climate crisis

Exclusive: Analysis of nearly 2,500 articles finds almost three-quarters made no reference to global heating

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What a lovely thing to wake up to on a 14th of July in Belfast...

Brendan Harkin@brendanjharkin.bsky.social · 3w ago

The French Nazis that Loyalists brought over to Sandy Row last night have spray painted a message of support for Gisèle Pelicot's rapist husband just in case you thought the "protect our women" brigade are anything other than human tumours

🎓Congratulations Dr @theodoretallent.bsky.social! Today, he defended his #PhD thesis exploring discontent / support for the green transition in rural areas, co-supervised by @ffaucher.bsky.social and @d-luca.bsky.social. 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social

Evil, fascist, arguably insane, but lets not leave out: really fucking dumb www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/u...

Peter Thiel: The pope is ‘working for the Chinese Communists’ by criticizing AI | CNN

Speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival, the billionaire tech investor said the Vatican’s concerns could discourage America in the AI arms race, warned of a democratic-socialist takeover and explained wh...

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'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.

The Crisis in Britain’s Universities

The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?

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It's high time I updated my Playlist for the Global Greenhouse - If anyone is looking for a soundtrack for the heatwave, here it is: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A playlist for the Global Greenhouse - YouTube

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