I didn't think I could like the @manchestermill.bsky.social any more than I already do. Is it possible to be petty and important simultaneously? If you live or work in and around Manchester you should be reading the Mill manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-mill...

Stuart's 25 from 25 open.spotify.com/playlist/2y7...

Man believes own publicity 🤯

My local team at it again

I think he means the UK economy is no longer a passport to social mobility ... www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Ministers set to lay out details for ‘Northern Powerhouse’ rail scheme in new year www.ft.com/content/d62f...

Can't imagine what inspired them to change the name www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Given the state of the world, here’s a picture of the dog to cheer you all up

'Until now, research funding has been the story of nudges toward the things government wants through bodies it influences but does not control, and through setting the legal and reporting guardrails for...QR. This is now going to significantly change.'

StRaTeGiC pLaNnInG

Another day, another set of institutional refreshments …

Manchester are advertising a number of political economy (broadly conceived) fully funded 3 year Hallsworth & Simon post-docs www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/research/fun... closing date - Jan 16 2026

If you’re interested in a little schadenfreude this evening check out the btl comments at the FT: Higher property taxes for landlords and wealthy homeowners. Otherwise known as the bonfire of the rentiers. on.ft.com/3XEcfWt

and none of these indicators look to have bottomed out yet

Susan Lapworth, the chief executive of the OfS, sought to allay fears, reassuring MPs that it did not mean the regulator was expecting any of the institutions to exit “in a disorderly way”. well that's OK then www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink. per this morning's education committee.

the thing that scares me about Labour HE policy is that because I work in the sector I can see how absolutely insane it is, which makes me wonder just how terrible their policies are in all the other sectors I’m in less of a position to engage with critically out of lack of knowledge.

If anyone wants to know how I've been spending my Monday this describes it pretty well. Too right there's an issue, that O2 are totally bloody useless

LSE is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education track) in International Political Economy: Primary responsibility is education; we are looking for a track record in teaching, student mentoring, and pastoral care. Annual salary: £68,087+ Deadline: 30 November 2025. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Wait till they discover ticketmaster et al 🙄 www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...

Grim news from the University of Nottingham c.org/XBRJP4j4ZF

Joe Sheldon kicking off Methods North West workshop on Exploring Method(ologies) in Global Political Economy discussing walking interviews at the University of Liverpool

3 years on and I'm finally getting used to outlook email moving the mark as unread, flag, pin & delete buttons to the right of the inbox and what does Microsoft do? Moves them back to the left 🤯

🚨New PGR social media/digital culture methods network if you're in the north west 🚨

I'm a bit late to John Keatley's less commercial/celebrity based work but this collection somehow seems even more relevant and moving in 2025 hafny.org/blog/2017/2/...

Just discovered that I get access to the BFI player through @uomlibrary.bsky.social ... I may be gone for some time

"Nearly 9 hours of celestial magic. A soundtrack for your dreams". echospace313.bandcamp.com/album/vortex...

I hope this has a really loud alarm at the 20 minute mark and an even louder one at stop now

I'm not sure I'm totally convinced here given the impact of the austerity that followed the global financial crisis based on the intellectual ballast lent by the Rogoff & Reinhart paper. however, respect for holding a grudge for so long ;) www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Nice piece in the Guardian on the pathologies of disciplinary neoliberalisation and social reproduction in Poland echoing my own thinking on this doi.org/10.1177/0309... but adding the idea of loneliness - really fascinating www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I wrote about the stupid white paper. In summary, with these people in the driver's seat and apparently unbothered by consequences, we're so cooked.

Very sad that I'll miss the 6th Global Policy North workshop @uofglasgow.bsky.social 6-7 Nov 2025 due to another longstanding commitment. CFP attached - do apply if you're working on global governance broadly conceived. it's pluralist and engaged in the best sense and lovely people too!

Starmer's lot are so crap at politics. I managed to fix the headline for the Guardian anyway

J. Loginovich & @docstushi.bsky.social provide a CPE perspective on HIC-based SDG governance. Developing the concept of 'ideological fit', they theorise the relationship between institutional diversity and neoliberal hegemony within the SDGs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

@benjaminfaude.bsky.social kicking off the @globalpolicy.bsky.social journal event on the 10th anniversary of the SDGs: Celebrations or Commiserations

If you’re interested in the SDGs come and join us in Durham later today!

The SDGs at 10: Please join us for a Special Section Launch event on Friday 12 September 14:00-17:00 (BST). Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg. Comments: Fariborz Zelli

Currently not enjoying #EISAPEC2025 as I'm sat in Manchester T2 departures waiting for a delayed flight hoping I don't miss my connection

Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs, Julija Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social argue that the institutional diversity of the SDG HIC constitutes a way to reorganise inter-and intra-class relations to co-opt a greater variety of policy actors at multiple transnational scales.

Delighted to see this paper out, co-written with Julia Loginovic where we think about what the #SDGs mean. Rather than concern for their apparent failure we argue they do exactly what they're supposed to: commodify and socialise ever more parts of the world under so-called "neoliberal" hegemony ...

As Simon Jenkins scrambles yet another thousand words on something he knows very little about, I have to ask – why? I wonder whether the Guardian has ever thought of asking someone who actually knows about universities to write something? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Celebrating the youngest getting into university on the 'wrong' side of the Pennines with six and half hours of two blokes playing records soundcloud.com/resident-adv...

Polling at Labour HQ must be really bad if they're already putting this out. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Inaugural workshop of the UK Curiosity Network This workshop marks the beginning of a new effort to connect researchers with shared interests in curiosity and related themes. 👉 Read more & register: www.curiosity-battery.co.uk/uk-curiosity-network [curiosity-battery.co.uk]