Anyone surprised? Of the many of the things Labour promised to fix, this is (one of) the biggest direct injustices for young people. That and the explosion of zero-hours contracts. Which of course, I have full faith in Labour banning like Tony Blair promised at the 1995 Labour Party Conference.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d ago

Labour now briefing young people won't get the same minimum wage uplift. Even Starmer didn't break this pledge. Workers rights mean same rights, pay & conditions, same rate for the same job. What does this Labour government have against young people? inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Instead of hunners of different complex schemes so people can apply for to heat their homes, can you have cheap, clean and community owned energy please XOXO

the humanities are not going to survive the next decade as a going concern (meaning, disciplines with hundreds or thousands of full-time employed scholars). if the disciplines themselves are to survive, institutions/publishers/conferences need to significantly shift resources and labor models!

Ben Miller@benwritesthings.bsky.social · 3d ago

asking independent scholars to pay a registration fee for the privilege of doing several days of free work at an academic conference...

Education is a public good, not a commodity. As Andy Burnham calls for greater public control of essential services, UCU general secretary Jo Grady asks: where is that ambition for post-16 education? Universities and FE need proper funding and long-term planning. www.ucu.org.uk/article/1469...

UCU calls on Burnham to extend public control agenda to post-16 education

ucu.org.uk

👀 And we'll have new stats out tomorrow on private jet use in Scotland that will shock you...

I regret not murdering more poors & sicks while I had the chance

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 5d ago

Jeremy Hunt: I regret not making more cuts to welfare when I was chancellor trib.al/OeRlZSd

Jeremy Hunt watches A Christmas Carol and thinks Scrooge absolutely bottled it in the final act

The i Paper @theipaper.com · 5d ago

“Healey should remove anxiety and depression as a reason to claim benefits and offer people treatment instead. It would be better for the individuals and a fraction of the cost.” Read more: trib.al/cxsKwxw

Yet another dismaying example of the Scottish Government failing to turn its stated policy into action. With the majority of Parliament, the SNP voted for boycotts, divestment and sanctions against Israel and companies complicit in occupation. This must become reality. Well done ASLEF and RMT ✊

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · last wk.

NEW: ScotRail train drivers have vowed to refuse to drive new trains if a firm linked to Israel’s illegal settlements wins a major public contract Aslef has hit out at Transport Secretary Stephen Flynn over the decision to allow Spanish firm CAF to bid for the contract

Who could have ever guessed that an organisation led by Toby Young would be absolutely riddled with misogyny and bigotry www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Free Speech Union hit by internal allegations of racism and sexually inappropriate remarks

Exclusive: Key figure in campaign group accused of saying she would ‘never hire a black person’, and second figure discussed Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’

theguardian.com

Families on their annual holiday shouldn’t pay the same rate of tax as wealthy and business travellers who fly on a weekly basis. Scottish Greens would tax the super-rich frequent flyers who are wrecking our climate.

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Even without attending to the fact that degree apprenticeships are more expensive for universities to deliver than degrees (a key component ignored here), turns out they're more problematic for employers and employees than the hype suggests. Fix the HE system. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Degree apprenticeships plateau as employers confront increased hiring costs

Companies blame red tape and increased minimum wage regulation for cutting back on earn-as-you-learn opportunities for young people

giftarticle.ft.com

We in @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social are now in what we undersand to be the longest running university strike in the UK. Marketisation in HE has been a COMPLETE DISASTER. @ucu.org.uk Please support our strike fund here: goldsmithsucu.org/support-fund/

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 2w ago

More on the Goldsmiths dispute, now in its 130th day. Management is STILL not sharing its figures about the finances while justifying redundancies on those figures.

This article completely exposes the cruel and shortsighted cuts that are being made to creative courses at Edinburgh University and elsewhere. UCU are fighting for every working class student to have the right to create and inspire. Make a stand. news.stv.tv/east-central...

Students and staff fight to save university's costume design course

Graduates have gone on to work on some of TV’s biggest productions, including Downton Abbey, Outlander and Game of Thrones

news.stv.tv

The president of Brazil has won a court case against Meta, after accusing them of restricting his posts and algorithmically favoring his opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro www.nbcnews.com/world/south-...

Brazil’s Lula wins electoral court challenge against Meta for alleged pro-Bolsonaro algorithm bias

A judge ruled that the tech company must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two presidential candidates ahead of an Oct. 25 runoff.

nbcnews.com

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it seems to shock the New Zealand government that Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, and the Conchords etc all emerged from the same city in the same span, which coincidentally is when Wellington rent was dirt-cheap and there were heaps of empty industrial buildings around

violet allen@blipstress.bsky.social · 2w ago

People don't realize how necessary cheap rent is to the arts.

Ian Blackford: ‘so there’s this job I really want…’

The National@scotnational.bsky.social · 3w ago

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Green co-leader Gillian Mackay has dismissed SNP grandee Ian Blackford’s claim that the lack of pro-independence figures in the House of Lords is an 'Achilles' heel' for the Yes movement

EXCLUSIVE: Scottish Green co-leader Gillian Mackay has dismissed SNP grandee Ian Blackford’s claim that the lack of pro-independence figures in the House of Lords is an 'Achilles' heel' for the Yes movement

I have already heard from trans constituents who are avoiding essential NHS screening and treatment for fear of being treated without respect and dignity. Ministers told me: “the revised guidance will support the privacy, dignity and safety of all patients” How exactly does this do that?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Trans women no longer to be placed on female-only wards under new NHS England guidance

EXC: Edinburgh University managers have been warned that the closure of 90 programmes will cause serious reputational damage. A motion submitted ahead of next week’s Senate meeting calls on leadership to "reconsider" the decision @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2663661...

University bosses warned of serious reputational damage over 90 programme closures

A motion submitted ahead of the next staff and student Senate meeting calls on university leadership to "reconsider" the decision to close 90 programmes.

heraldscotland.com

Today, in unprecedented action at GCU, 4 trade unions took strike action and stood united on the picket line in their collective fight against cuts at the university. GCU management must work with the joint trade unions and agree to a no compulsory redundancy guarantee✊🛟

🪧 Unite members join strike action Glasgow Caledonian university’s attack on jobs, pay and conditions is unnecessary and a vindicative choice by its management. Our members have been left with no option but to fight back against these unnecessary cuts.

Fourth union joins strike at Glasgow Caledonian University

Staff with the Unite union are to join colleagues from the UCU, the EIS and Unison in walking out on Thursday.

bbc.co.uk

Recently, KFC/Taco Bell workers organized a strike in California due to extreme heat. In the 9 years we’ve been working at this store, the AC has never worked or never been turned on, and the thermostat on the wall always reads 84 degrees no matter what the temperature feels like! Enough is enough!

Companies like Amazon have taken more and more from our communities while giving far too little back. We need to redistribute the wealth. Greens would tax billionaire online retailers to support local communities and high streets.

Humza Yousaf: ".. those 4 weeks were really tough. Every day they're wondering if the next [Israeli] jet they hear is the one thats going to kill them. What must it be like for the people of Gaza who have now endured that, what I would consider a genocide, for the last 3 years"