'A killing field': Australian doctors describe 'horrific' operations in Gaza

In Holyrood, it looks like a 'one in, one out' swap for SNP members on the Criminal Justice Committee: Ben Macpherson has left to become a Government Minister today, and Jamie Hepburn takes his place on the committee tomorrow, questioning two Ministers. www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-...

📢✨️ Call for research participants about Scottish #IndyRef Dr Coree Brown Swan & Dr @maydinger.bsky.social, University of Stirling, are creating a digital map of #IndyRef places, traces, and memories. You can participate anonymously or opt to be interviewed. 🔗📄 Form forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Very happy to see @benmacpherson.bsky.social appointed as Minister for Higher and Further Education and return to Scottish Government. He is intelligent, critical analytical, pragmatic – all of which are needed given the pressures facing Scottish universities and colleges.

The SNP has a new Chief Executive – former MP and Special Adviser Callum McCaig – without the usual job ad and recruitment process. #ScotPol www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

These are sensible proposals set out by Louise Wilson and those calling for them. There are technical considerations on how such mechanisms would work, but Holyrood does need more ways to hold MSPs to account. Safety and standards in public life matter. www.holyrood.com/comment/view...

Young men aged 18–44 years old from deprived areas having unmet needs and dying much earlier is an issue that folk would recognise across Scottish justice, health, and housing sectors. New report out today by @scothealtheq.bsky.social at Strathclyde University. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/policy-...

Anyway, if you’d like to know why abolishing not proven is the right thing to do, see here: www.uofgschooloflaw.co.uk/blog/2021/12...

A new MSP report backs our call for urgent action on civil legal aid fees and reforms to protect access to justice. President Patricia Thom: “Legal aid in Scotland is in crisis and the government must act.” Read more 👉 bit.ly/3VlDbcg

Applications are open for volunteers at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games. I'd be intrigued to hear what it was like last time from folk who volunteered? #Glasgow2026 #Scotland #Volunteer #Sport www.glasgow2026.com/get-involved...

Latest ITV BarnCymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 poll confirms trend seen over last 6 months - neck and neck race between Plaid Cymru and Reform UK for largest party, with Labour falling to even more distant third. Evidence growing of distinct realignment in Wales 🧵

Some substantial changes will be debated and decided in Scottish Parliament today with the Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform Bill. It will see 'not proven' verdict abolished. This includes some last-minute amendments to the Bill... #Victims #Law #Criminology www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: A Hillsborough Law will be laid before Parliament on Tuesday after decades of tireless campaigning by the families of the 97 Liverpool fans who died at the 1989 stadium disaster A huge and historic moment

📚📖 Book Launch Event: I have the privilege of chairing this in-person book launch event at Edinburgh Napier, launching a new textbook by Dr Jamie Buchan, Dr Katrina Morrison and Dr Sarah Anderson. It will be a great opportunity to catch up with Scottish #Criminology and #CriminalJustice colleagues.

This is moving in exactly the wrong direction! Education & meaningful activity in prison is crucial to reducing violence and improving outcomes

Tinderbox Collective in Edinburgh has worked with the Kabin Crew in Cork for an Irish/Gàidhlig crossover. With kids from Leith’s own Taobh Na Pàirce. Meas Mór! youtu.be/whwQfPVOFjI?...

Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside? Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more events.humanitix.com/themed-issue...

The ECHR and United Kingdom international relations #ECHR_withdrawal #humanrights #UKimmigration tinyurl.com/4h4zh9jm

EXCLUSIVE - Today the Guardian is publishing the Boris Files A trove of leaked data from the office of Boris Johnson. It reveals how Johnson is using the relationships forged in the UK’s highest elected office to facilitate his personal enrichment. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Farage said today he would said women refugees back to the Taliban.

NEW: An Oxford report warns that misleading media coverage is shaping public debate on immigration and human rights. The study finds the ECHR is frequently misreported in deportation cases, fueling misconceptions that erode trust in the legal system. 🧵 [1/8]

Ian Murray is back in Government as a Minister jointly in DCMS and DSIT. Efforts to placate Scottish Labour frustrations and disappointment underway...

David Lammy is the new Justice Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister. #reshuffle #Probation #Prison #Criminology The average tenure of a Justice Secretary in UK Government continues to be ~12-14 months. Lammy is the 12th Justice Secretary in the period since 2015 (* Raab had two turns in that period)

Prominent women, including cultural figures, politicians, and campaigners, have signed a letter criticising rightwing attempts to link sexual violence to asylum seekers and immigration. "We reject the far right's racist lies... They are not defenders of women" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Well I never... a rainbow appeared before sunrise, created just by the light of an orange and red glow in the east. There's a first time for everything. I've certainly never see such a thing before.

Had to dig this out for something and it made me very nostalgic for newsrooms of the past. Where are all the ashtrays though?

Ukraine's war is Europe's war.

Sunlight and sea air in Kinghorn, Fife 🌊 #Scotland

Important that everyone adheres to contempt of court considerations in this live case. The Committee will have to be careful of navigating this. I am mindful that this situation may feel quite unsettling and upsetting for MSPs, staffers, journos... www.heraldscotland.com/news/2542860...

I had a few eccentric lecturers... Students genuinely thought one was a chain-smoking homeless man. A theorist with wild eyebrows, wicked humour. He came to a research methods class, dishevelled with lots of newspapers, and taught us how to do content analysis using some interesting Classified ads.

As part of their Access to Justice spotlight series, the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have published a new report 'exposing serious failings in the way complaints are handled in Scotland’s prisons.' #HumanRights #Prison #Law #Criminology 🔗 👇 www.scottishhumanrights.com/news/scottis...

Does this latest MSP defection mean the all male Public Audit Committee at Holyrood gets a membership change? It normally would do because of spots being assigned by party, but IIRC, Jamie Greene has stayed on it (Deputy Convener) upon defecting to the Lib Dems, so I'm not entirely sure?? #anorakQns

I think true crime is basically just bad and morally corrosive most of the time, and I appreciate that people tried to do "oh it's about women trying to process living in a violent sexist world" but I actually think that's only a small part of it, true crime is mostly just dehumanising and grim

Academia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities

Jeremy Balfour resigns from the Scottish Tories and will sit as an independent MSP... #ScotPol www.bbc.com/news/article...

Release from prison on parole is an area where there are some very different but strongly held views on what needs to change in Scotland. I would encourage people to contribute to this ScotGov consultation 👇🔗 www.gov.scot/news/consult... #Criminology #SocialWork #Law #Parole #HumanRights #Victims

I posted a comment on Rubin's Theory & Society article, "Normativity is not a replacement for theory" in @socarxiv.bsky.social. The theory, that activism-motivated scholars caused the decline in theory, is unsupported by the evidence and fails on its own terms. Download here: osf.io/fyvdr_v1/dow...

Darren McGarvey's new book, 'Trauma Industrial Complex', is published today. I've got a few books on the go at the moment, but looking forward to reading his insights and critiques... 📚 #Trauma #LivedExperience #Scotland #BookSky

Back at the University of #Tasmania for a book launch for now retired and adjunct Associate Professor Max Travers, recognising his new publication with Routledge. An earnest speech, dry humour, music. So good to catch up with various #Sociology & #Criminology professors I used to work with at UTAS!

I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts. The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative. Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.

The Independent Prison Capacity Review by Dame Anne Owers (England & Wales) has been published. I will read this when I am back from travelling, but a cursory glance over Chapter 3 on governance and decision-making looks interesting and frank in its assessments... #prison www.gov.uk/government/p...

JOB: Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at the University of Glasgow. Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social #Criminology #AcademicSky #Research www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...

Kate Forbes announcing she will be leaving Scottish Parliament by standing down at the May 2026 election certainly injects some #ScotPol drama into an otherwise sedate summer recess...

JOB: Lecturer in Criminology (R&T) at the University of Glasgow. Full time, fixed term (5 year) post in a collegiate team which is part of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social #Criminology #AcademicSky #Research www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD973/l...

'There has been a significant increase in cases sent to the High Court... With a limited pool of judges and defence lawyers and no scope to increase capacity, the backlog at that level is now expected to build.' #Law #Courts #Scotland www.bbc.com/news/article...

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

The Scottish Human Rights Commission is to be run entirely by women (the Chair, four Commissioners, and Executive Director). Congratulations to new Commissioners, Aaliya Seyal and Rosemary Agnew, on their appointment by Scottish Parliament Corporate Body www.scottishhumanrights.com/news/new-mem...

The House of Lords just released a major report on media literacy. Its core message is that the UK is falling behind, and it’s putting democracy at risk. committees.parliament.uk/work/9030/me...

The Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission have published a new short primer paper 👇 🔗 It highlights key issues facing Scotland's Justice system, with a focus on the prison population. #Sentencing #Law #CriminalJustice #Prison #CommunityJustice #Victims #ScottishJustice www.gov.scot/publications...

🌿 Myrtle Gully Falls in rainforest on Mount Wellington/ kunanyi foothills in Hobart, #Tasmania 🇦🇺