Wonderful to find #Tayto crisps for sale in Melbourne, but at $6 (£3) a packet - THREE QUID😱😡. Australia, how could you 🥲🥲 @jdev65.bsky.social @jojofinchers.bsky.social

Brilliant analysis by @cwarzel.bsky.social of the socio-political dynamics surrounding a blue denim jeans ad campaign and the production of Sydney Sweeney as a cultural object. Applies to how so many cultural moments are confected internet / social media driven spectacles.

🎉 Campaign success! The Scottish Government announces an uplift in bursary support for postgraduate social work students in Scotland! Well done to @scotssocialwork.bsky.social and @swu-uk.bsky.social for all their campaigning on this issue. 🔗 Read more: gov.scot/news/social-work-bursary-increase

A jackpot of £129 million and the “You’ve won” email arrives. … 3 minutes of anticipation as you log in to see the prize, 3 mins of fantasising about all the charities you’d give it to (and ok houses and cars … to buy) And then it happens: “You’ve won £2.80” Closes Rightmove. Buys tissues

My second journal article is out in Culture, Health & Sexuality. It is the final paper of the MANFOKUS project. Our paper examines how men in Germany reflect on (their) masculinities in the context of contraception and family planning. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691058.2025.2458719

This is a great paper, based on excellent research that deserves to be widely read by all in social work.

Hard to say how disappointing this morning‘s speech really was. Morally AND intellectually. Agree with every line here by @iandunt.bsky.social 👇

Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party. I ask again, what is he playing at?

Spot on Zoe. Just when you think Starmer and this Labour Party/ government can’t lurch any further to the right, injustice and sheer stupidity, they go and unleash a ton more anti-migrant - ‘foreigner’ hate and inflict further damage on adult social care. It’s absolutely sickening.

If this is the case, we know this man is on an all fluoride diet.

And that is what Adrian should have said, really. The Greens have good, popular policies on taxing the hyper-rich. That is the 1% with actual power, the 1% making us all poorer & using trans people & migrants as wedges to divide us & stop us noticing them. #r4today

I’ve had 2 liver transplants- one in 2004 and the other in 2023. The generosity of my donors and their families has kept me alive. Please support #OrganDonation and let your wishes be known. www.facebook.com/share/p/19Pm...

#NoStateVisit #TrumpOut

I'd suggest reading this while wearing your inflatable T-rex costume and eating cookies. You can find The Roots of Buddhist Psychology on Hoopla through your local library. I promise, this lecture series is a profound hoot and a half! therevealer.org/meeting-chao... #psychology #philosophy #Buddhism

Never thought I’d be applauding Ronald Reagan’s wisdom! www.instagram.com/reel/DIAJLh9...

New research on what happens to older people, families and care staff when care homes close - policy and practice guide & training video via www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/soci...

Wel played, Ikea.

‘Staff assessed the moral worth of families through inspection and case-work, often relying on local gossip and judging families on their ability to keep up appearances. A dirty home meant a deviant family life.’ Mary Hannity on the Waifs and Strays Society: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

A wonderful life story and extraordinary career by the incomparable Lindsey Hilton - great interview on Desert Island Discs by @laurenlaverne.bsky.social

Drastic cuts to PIP will affect as many as 1 million disabled and ill people, pushing them into severe hardship, worsening physical and mental health, and isolation. There is no credible argument for pulling help from people shouldering the high costs of disability. Cruelty dressed up as reform.

Totally agree John. Little wonder so many disabled people are very distressed about the prospect of being further impoverished. By a Labour government?! It’s appalling.

Is this by @robmitch92.bsky.social? It’s lovely ❤️

The difficult second book is landing on doormats (or lovely herringbone floors) and @capacitylaw.bsky.social approves… And breathe #SocialWorkCatsAndRocketScience @elaineljames.bsky.social

My latest post is now out. I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook. This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must! christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...

Bet some of this is down to institute directors, senior researchers or PhD supervisors who insist on having their name on all research done beneath them, regardless of how minimal, or even non-existent, their input was? I hate that practice. #AcademicSky 📚

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is ending all of its funding for social science research, stopping 91 ongoing studies related to threats such as climate change, extremism, and disinformation. #AcademicSky

The human cost of what Trump et al are doing by cutting funding and doing so immediately is massive and here’s just a glimpse of it. Tragic and amoral.

Neoliberalism and a healthy population are incompatible www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/03... Labour wants to crack down on those with ill-health and disabilities. What is staggering though is how few actually claim for such conditions in a country so messed up by neoliberal economics and politics.

1/ We are living through a historical junction where a world and its regime of truths are demolished and another one is emerging, this is like Brexit on steroids. We laughed at Trump calling his factory of lies 'Truth Social', it feels more like a tragedy now...

Roll up, roll up to the best newsagents in the world. Anywhere. Eugene inspires newspaper buying everywhere

Wonderful to see students out sitting on the grass taking in the sunshine at the University of Birmingham today

Wouldn’t it be brilliant if all the celebrities turned up tonight at the Oscars dressed like President Zelenskyy? #StandWithUkraine🇺🇦

Zelensky is the clear hero in the staged horror show I watched. Unwavering under extraordinarily difficult circumstances. Trump's supporters watched a high school drama. One where bullies high-five each other for making fun of someone's outfit. And where no one cares about the consequences.

Exclusive: Nearly 50,000 babies referred to social services every year due to domestic abuse www.channel4.com/news/exclusi...

BASW children and families group member, Denise McLean spoke to @channel4news.bsky.social this week providing a social work perspective in response to findings showing that thousands of babies are referred to social services every year in England due to domestic abuse.

Some thoughts on the scandal of the death of Jaysley Beck, rape culture and violence against women and girls. www.linkedin.com/posts/harry-...

If you're feeling hopeless or scared or frustrated or confused, please consider signing up to @the-citizens.bsky.social newsletter. We're not powerless & there are things that we can do. dispatch.the-citizens.com/elon-call-yo...

(un)Happy UnPrecedented Day!

🏆 It’s time to give social work a glow up! Let’s help change perception of this often misunderstood and misrepresented profession⬇️

🚨New publication klaxon🚨 My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... #AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky

Scholar, H., McLaughlin, H., Pollock, S., & McCaughan, S. (2025) - paper on teams in CF social work. Not open access but I can send you an eprint link if you are interested! doi.org/10.1080/0265...

This is such an important event for social work and academia in the UK. Deadline for submission of abstracts approaches- 25th February.

Abstracts (250 words maximum) are welcome linked to the conference sub themes - and we are looking for papers, workshops and posters! Conference landing page goes live next week - but here's the link to the abstract submission page. Deadline 25/2. Please RT auth.oxfordabstracts.com?redirect=/st...

One of the results of ongoing attacks on women's rights and diversity: www.theguardian.com/society/2025... #maleally #VAW #VAWG #equality #DEI

Jaysus Terry, so many memories - great to see you again! @terry1948.bsky.social

@bfeatherstone.bsky.social well how’ya Brid! So good to see you on here and connect. What a wonderful way of honouring your mammy. And such an interesting and absorbing ‘retirement’ path.

This 👇🏽 #PoetryHelps

Cardiff University confirms plans to cut 400 full-time jobs That's over 1,000 job cuts planned between Cardiff, Durham, and Newcastle in the space of a week. #UKHE #AcademicSky #HigherEd #EduSky

Had a very enjoyable time today teaching research methods to our MA social work students. Loved their commitment to social justice and desire to help and be social workers. I drew on this fascinating paper by @joehanley.bsky.social 1/2 academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance...