Doubting survivors and tightening evidence does not strengthen protections for people trapped in modern slavery. It weakens them. Data shows many refusals are overturned on review. Our laws should amplify justice not silence the vulnerable. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

During the passage of every piece of new immigration legislation since the NABA 2022, those of us who work with survivors of trafficking have told the government again and again that they will cause greater harm to survivors and embolden traffickers. They ignored us. Now we’re seeing the proof.

To launch our #SpecialIssue: Critical Perspectives on Anti-Racism in Education, we invite you to the opening session of our webinar series. Join us on Friday, 23rd January, for the first webinar: Embodying the Labour, Joy, and Politics of Anti-Racist Pedagogies. Sign up: lnkd.in/eE3NVpse

When did we lose a practice of condolence cards & flowers? A house empty of flowers & cards after a major bereavement is a sad, lonely place. WhatsApp messages can't be seen on a shelf. My kids are learning their 1st loss & that their loss & ours isn't worthy of a physical marking.

The difference between Democrats and Republicans regarding international law: Republicans believe that Israel, Morocco, and Russia should be able to illegally annex territories seized by military force. Democrats, by contrast, believe that only Israel and Morocco should be able to do so.

Super excited to learn about this fresh release of mini-podcast 🎧 'Ethics, Unboxed' looking at social science ethics beyond forms and approval processes, produced by excellent Uni of Sheffield colleagues Nabeela Ahmed & AC Davidson www.podbean.com/site/search/... #researchethics

Over 70% of the respondents overestimated the number of irregular migrants. Funny fact: Conservative voters after years of being bombarded with #stoptheboat slogans overestimate irregular migrants even more than Reform supporters. But it is not only about 'quantity'...

Sheffield students! No class? No problem. I'm doing a TEACH OUT today, 2pm, Gallery Room 2, Students Union. How does tackling precarious work end forced labour? @sheffielducu.bsky.social @symaag.bsky.social #SheffieldUCU #studentstaffsolidarity www.instagram.com/p/DR9jb1WjKp...

Day 15 of strike action at the Uni of Sheffield. 495 jobs already cut. Now they tell us another £50m will be cut from staff budget in coming year despite bar charts of coffers which look like this and a VC on a salary of nearly £400k. #SheffieldUCU

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

We are now in week 3 of strike action - here we are last week, hoping it would end. I want to be teaching & researching, not striking - I’m grateful for student support. @sheffielducu.bsky.social have produced this handy info sheet about why we are on strike ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/campaigns/st...

Check out this post about our current situation from a colleague at another university. @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Sensible universities see their staff as assets to be nurtured and protected. Foolish universities see them as a cost to be minimised. Really stupid universities see them as an enemy to be defeated. @sheffielducu.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... You can donate to our strike fund here ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/hardship-fund/

Great to see media coverage of the hostile and punitive approach taken by management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social towards @sheffielducu.bsky.social staff striking to protect jobs. Threats and intimidation won't work. We're out until we win! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Been a while since the pink beanie came out. Sheffield pickets here we come. Our message to management is simple: No redundancies. Stop the incessant restructures. Listen to your staff. There is no University of Sheffield without us.

this is really grim

In latest "Patriot" news: The CPS has named three more Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs who appear to have followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when interviewed by pro-Russian TV in 2019, bringing the total to *eight*. 👀~AA www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

One coercive aspect of communications under Conservative rule was using Civil Service accounts for political purposes. It’s hugely disappointing to see Labour do the same. It’s completely inappropriate in a liberal democracy where there should be a strict separation of party from state.

Literally anything else more effective than AI for learning www.cambridge.org/news-and-ins...

Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week)

So many of the problems with the UK asylum system - culture of disbelief, poor or nonexistent advice, endless delays, cruel accommodation policies - rolled into one awful case. @diane-writer10.bsky.social always gets the human stories others miss or don’t care about

There are a lot of misconceptions about peoples' desire to work and to contribute.

Must-read @nesrinemalik.bsky.social on the link between Mahmood's "story" and policies. I would only add that the tensions grow in contrast to the policies that allowed for her family's integration: pre-1973, *immediate* settlement for most Commonwealth immigrants www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.

Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right? Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.

In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...

Welcome to the Green Party, former Labour and Co-operative MP for Brighton Kemptown, @russell-moyle.co.uk 💚

Former Labour MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle is defecting to the Green Party www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Colder today, but the sun is out! @sheffielducu.bsky.social

#PalestineSolidarity roving picket visiting the excellent picket at Firth Court. #UCUstrike @ucu.org.uk @sheffielducu.bsky.social @ucuhallam.bsky.social #sheffield

Day 3 Sheffield Uni UCU strike against threat of extensive redundancies. 400 academic staff gone. Nearly 100 more now confirmed. They want another £10m staff saving this year, despite being in a strong position financially. #SheffieldUCU @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

JOINT RALLY ANNOUNCEMENT: Join us on Monday 17th November, 12:30PM @ Bakers Pool, Sheffield. For a joint rally with Uni of Sheffield. There will be speakers from both branches and we will hear from Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, NE Yorkshire and Humber.

Heading to picket line for day 1 of @sheffielducu.bsky.social strike against compulsory job losses ✊✊🏼✊🏾 www.ucu.org.uk/article/1423...

Heartbroken to be on strike (again) - never an easy decision 👍 We cannot accept a university in which staff jobs, student education, and research progress are under threat by major (and financially unnecessary) change management processes. @sheffielducu.bsky.social #Sheffield #DigitalPicket

On strike again to fight back against the relentless pursuit of damaging cuts and restructures by the appalling management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social We won't stand idly by while they continue to drive this institution into the ground! @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Day 2! People out in force on the picket lines 🙌 Nice to see a relatively active #DigitalPicket too @sheffielducu.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Exactly this. The expansion of immigration policies creating permanent temporariness is known the world over to create fresh opportunities for unscrupulous employers to exploit and abuse workers ➡️

Great to see some of the giants of the UK solidarity movement's long fight for freedom of Western Sahara at the Houses of Parliament reception to mark the 50th anniversary of the conflict. Thanks to Ben Lake MP (PC, Preseli) for hosting, and to EU Polisario Rep Omar Mansour for a powerful speech 🧵

Only the people of Western Sahara should decide their future. It is their inalienable right to self-determination that is inscribed in the UN Charter and international law. This sets an extremely dangerous precedent.

'The Saharawi struggle is not unique. It is the struggle of all colonized people' After a 50 year stalemate, the UN Security Council has backed Moroccan autonomy over Western Sahara. Najla Mohamed-Lamin reflects on the need for global unity and resistance. newint.org/refugees/202...

"Libertad para el Sahara Occidental" ✊🏼

TODAY! Sheffield, come on down for a whole day of solidarity teach in/teach out drop-ins. @assistsheffield.bsky.social @symaag.bsky.social @cityofsanctuaryuk.bsky.social

Fifty years of plunder: How Morocco and its allies profit from Western Sahara - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/western-sahara-fifty-years-plunder-profit-morocco-allies

Every time I see another escalation of mortal threat in the name of preserving 'liberal democracies', all I can think is that we need to get busy building the community organising we'll need to dismantle killing people for moving to seek a livelihood before climate change displacement hits hard.

Almost immediately he's with those with “palms calloused from delivery-bike handlebars”. This is the way. Labour botched it. I hope the Greens are taking notes. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/n...

Celebrating 40 years of Peepal Tree Press 💥🔥👏🏽📚 13 Nov, Leeds library.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Join us for a full day of mobilisation at the University of Sheffield on 11/11/2025 from 11am to 4pm (no need to register) Programme and more information here: sheffield.ac.uk/migration-re...

Don’t miss our next ‘Welcoming Cities: Arrival Infrastructure’ seminar! 🏙️ This week, Heike Hanhörster, Technische Universität Berlin, discusses “The ‘Stable Neighbourhood’ Planning Paradigm in Times of Migration and Diversity.” Register: www.compas.ox.ac.uk/event/welcom...