Call for abstracts: Special Issue - Journal of Participatory Research Methods on Everyday Ethics. Submit a 350-word/2-minute video/audio abstract by 27 Feb 2026. For more details open the link jprm.scholasticahq.com/post/3617-cr... #Ethics #ParticipatoryResearch #RelationalEthics #EverydayEthics

I've had a lovely, but busy afternoon, focused on #CreativeResearchMethods. Working with 'innovative' research methods, challenging traditional ways of doing things can be exhausting. Days like today are re-energising and are much needed. I'm still tired, but also happy 🙂

I'm standing #TogetherWithRefugees. Are you?

www.ncrm.ac.uk/about/engage... Some fantastic bite-size videos, making up a training module on #Collaborative & #Participatory #ResearchMethods. All made by a fantastic MSIG team with @ncrm.ac.uk Watch some or all of the videos! 🙂

This book 'Congress of Wo/men' was my "first pay day in new job" gift to myself. If anyone ever wants to chat about this book and or kyriarchy ...😉 Thanks @semraakay.bsky.social My learning and knowledge building from #iMigMob2025 continues @catrineds.bsky.social

Dawn Butler needs to be crowned "Queen of the Commons". She was thrown out of Parliament for calling Boris a liar, then Parliament declared him a Liar. Now @DawnButlerBrent has been scolded for calling Racist Sarah Pochin 'racist'. THIS MUST END! #PMQs

“No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free." ~ Assata Shakur

My youngest child wrote the attached list of things she is "grateful for" on World Mental Health Day earlier this month. I read it again this morning and it really made me smile (again) so I thought I'd share the positivity ♥️

I'm delighted to start my new role today as a research associate at UoM, working on #inclusion & #representationmatters in #highereducation. This is a subject I'm passionate about and is wonderfully aligned to my professional interests and personal values. I'm excited!

Job hunting is always "interesting" Orgs that aren't good at concealing they started the process with a preferred candidate, ones that ghost applicants after the interviews, etc. But also orgs that are proactive with accessibility, or that take the time to give constructive feedback... #jobsearch

Reciprocation: For me, it is mutual support, ethical practice, and radical care. It’s how we can build trust and resist extractive systems. New blog piece now live! #Reciprocation #InclusiveResearch #SanctuaryEducation #AcademicCare socialreflections.co.uk/2025/08/28/r...

Hardbacks are books. Paperbacks are books. eBooks are books. Audio books are books. The delivery mechanism doesn't matter. What matters is the enjoyment of story.

Education as a social process can transform lives. My research with sanctuary-seeking mothers in Wales led to community courses, progression support & cross-sector change. Let’s recognise experience, amplify voices & design systems that empower. #SanctuaryMothers #InclusiveEducation #RefugeeRights

Racism is built on a hierarchal system which positions whiteness at the top. This is why colourism exists across so many communities. Anti-black racism penetrates our society. It is not racist to point this out. This doesn't discount the experiences of any marginalised groups. #dianeabbott

First book group session is today. If you know a teen in Cardiff let them know! 🙂 #TeenBookGroup #Cardiff

*OPEN ACCESS* ‘A Welcoming Nation?’ edited by ‪‪@catrineds.bsky.social‬, Rhys Dafydd Jones, and @laurasocres.bsky.social is out now! Read for free via the link below: www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...

*Mynediad Agored* Mae 'A Welcoming Nation?' wedi'i olygu gan @catrineds.bsky.social, @laurasocres.bsky.social a Rhys Dafydd Jones yn mynd i'r afael â dadleuon cyfredol am fudo i, o amgylch, a thrwy Gymru. Darllenwch y gyfrol am ddim ar ein gwefan: www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...

My copy of this book arrived in the post last week from @uniwalespress.bsky.social Thank you @walesmigration.bsky.social for being such a great team to work with. #NationofSanctuary #Wales #Migration #Intersectionality

My current contract ends in the summer. I'm looking for a new job. I'm open to freelance or employee roles in research, analysis, education, or charity mgmt. Please contact me if you can help. I'm grieving a close family member so it's not a great time to be job hunting hence the ask. #jobhunting

Today's university with the job cuts is Cardiff Met, which piles insult upon injury on struggling Higher Ed in South Wales. Every single day in HE is like this, and every single day will be like this until someone gets a grip. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m feeling exhausted! It’s been both a positive and frustrating day. I love seeing students grow and develop. I’m also lucky to be part of a couple of incredibly supportive and knowledgeable research groups/networks. But emerging from my bubbles of support can be so draining. #WorkLifeMusings

🚨BREAKING: Almost 1 in 5 people claiming Universal Credit and disability benefits have used a food bank in the last month. This shouldn't be the case in one of the richest countries in the world.

When asked to share, I am never sure which one of my talks will be helpful in the particular context. So I decided to collect some of them together here on a broad range of topics, e.g., decolonisation, colonisation, Africa and law, FACE, aid, history, poetry, etc. folukeafrica.com/lectures-tal...

Cardiff University confirms that in College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 699 jobs are “in scope” of redundancy with 86 in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion. At the leading Welsh university in the capital of (checks notes) Wales 13 are in the (checks notes) School of Welsh.

Please read and circulate this letter from CUCD and various learned societies in defence of Ancient History and Religion and Theology at Cardiff University cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/11/o...

People's character should not be judged based on what means they took to arrive here in search of safety or where they came from. With these changes we are tacitly allowing the government to run coach and horses through our cohesion. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

This is a very, very bad change. If there is no carve out for refugees it’s also very clearly in breach of the Refugee Convention. Art 31 requires no penalisation for illegal entry and Art 34 requires facilitation of naturalisation.

This should be changed asap. If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...

As a disabled working mum of 3 children with disabilities and specific health needs, it's not always easy to choose to rest. But I'm trying to do better at making that choice and setting boundaries so that I can #chronicpain #chronicfatigue #burnout

@chrisgpackham.bsky.social BLUESKY HAVE TAKEN DOWN THE VIZ ACCOUNT!! The blue sky-tyrants have made a boobie and don't realise Viz is a Common loon in the UK. Please help!! We need you!!!

Add your signature to “Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree” #Universities #Education #HigherEducation #History #UniversityCuts

Cardiff University seems to educate nearly 1 in 4 undergraduates in Wales, and has around one-third of total university income in Wales In addition to the challenges for the university, its staff and students, and on widening participation, concerns also about the wider impact on HE in Wales

This isn’t just ‘policy’ any more is it, this is ‘life-saving policy’. Yes it’s annoying sometimes. Yes it could have been brought in differently - but it is a great example of sensible, evidence led government. BTW: Those lives you’re saving are likely to be young children and Grandparents.

🎵 Today is Dydd Miwsig Cymru - Welsh Language Music Day - and what better day to share some of your favourite Welsh language music acts with us and the rest of the world. Let us know yours (or share your favourite YouTube video) below! 🎵

Schroedinger’s migrants: both refusing to integrate and integrating too quickly

The letter from the Society for Music Analysis to the VC of Cardiff University, about the decision to close the School of Music and also her comments on this and the Royal Welsh College, presented as if they offered similar things.

Cardiff MPs have met with the university over its cuts, and uni management basically told them to mind their own business. Demonstrates how powerless politicians now are: the main rails on which the crisis will proceed are set. www.stephendoughty.wales/constituency...

Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University: chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg

A petition in support of the School of English, Communication, and Philosophy at Cardiff, who are being threatened with job cuts that would be devastating for staff, students, and the university

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

Scenes from this afternoon’s rally at the Senedd to protest the massive planned redundancies at Cardiff University, including the closure of our nursing school during a national nursing staffing crisis.

In the week marking six months since the racist riots, with over 60 other organisations we're calling on the government to take action on the growing threat of the far right. It's time our politicians lead by example, in policy and in practice. Read our joint statement 👉 ow.ly/iNw150UPuVw

Six months on from the racist far-right riots, we’re proud to join over 60 organisations urging the Government to tackle growing levels of racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia. Words matter. Inflammatory and hateful rhetoric emboldens extremists. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Working with academics like @catrineds.bsky.social, Rhys, other authors and the team at @uniwalespress.bsky.social showed me the positive side of academic #research. I hope readers enjoy the book's perspectives on #migration in, through & from #Wales.

📣Congratulations to our own @catrineds.bsky.social on the forthcoming publication of her edited volume, A Welcoming Nation? with @laurasocres.bsky.social and Rhys Dafydd Jones. The book explores the migratory experience in and through Wales. Available this summer @uniwalespress.bsky.social 🙌

🥳Our co-edited volume, A Welcoming Nation? Intersectional Approaches to Migration and Diversity in Wales, will be out this summer. It brings together a host of inspiring and innovative scholars to address current debates around migration in, from and through Wales @interpolaber.bsky.social

This is all really sad. A nursing school closing A capital city without modern foreign languages programmes in HE. 100s of job losses This is all more than depressing. An overhaul of the HE funding model is needed urgently.

‘Five babies in incubator’ Human Rights Watch finds Israel has violated the rights of pregnant women and girls in Gaza, with no end in sight.