Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Few thoughts from me on the newly launched report from @centreforcare.bsky.social

I (Ruth) have just attended the launch of @centreforcare.bsky.social launch of their research into adult social care worker organising. A really interesting area, especially as Care Full is exploring solidarity in and across care. Thoughts. 🧵 The report is here: centreforcare.ac.uk/publications...

Met some traffic on Hadrian's Wall path

Research briefing launch event: "Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works". 12pm to 1pm, 18th September 2025 via Zoom w/ Duncan Fisher( @duncfsh.bsky.social) and Liam Foster, Uni of Sheffield. Info ▶️ social-policy.org.uk/events/resea...

On Monday, MPs will debate whether the qualifying period for settlement should be doubled from 5 years to 10. This would double the time sponsored migrant workers must spend in precarity. If you oppose these proposals, write to your MP to tell them. www.workrightscentre.org/write-to-you...

Social Policy and Society (SPS) are looking for a new Co-Editor! Deadline for applications: 20th October. Read all information here: social-policy.org.uk/news/call-fo...

🚲 The GALLANT project is looking for adults (18+) in Glasgow to join the Cycle Nation Trial - a free programme to support people cycling again! Register your interest ➡️ tinyurl.com/2svs6yf5

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SRO is still accepting proposals for their next special issue! The proposed special issue can be on any theme and should offer an exciting contribution to emerging sociological debates. Submit by 24 September 2025. Details below. www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26923/...

📋 The Adult Social Care Workforce survey is live! By sharing your experiences, challenges, and ideas, you help shape a stronger future for the sector. If you work in a care-related role in England, complete the survey today 👉 bit.ly/3HjKU7g

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📣 We're hiring! 📣 Do you have an interest in the economic and social policy of the UK and an eye for detail? Find out more about joining our team as a Researcher ⤵️ buff.ly/EmREN1c

In a recent article for Transforming Society, Kate Hamblin, Grace Whitfield & James Wright explore the growing momentum behind AI adoption in UK #socialcare, asking 'More than economy, efficiency and effectiveness: What about ethics, equity and ecology?' www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/08/07/a...

The launch event will introduce the briefing and generate discussion of organising and union activity among paid adult social care workers and those who represent their interests. For more information and to register, please follow this link: centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025...

Join us online on 18th September 2025 as we launch our new Research Briefing, 'Successfully engaging paid care workers in organising: Challenges, opportunities, and what works'. centreforcare.ac.uk/updates/2025... @duncfsh.bsky.social @skillsforcare.bsky.social

Using my first Bluesky post to share that Marsha Wood & I have a new article out! 🎉 We take a gendered street-level look at how Universal Credit policies shape parents’ everyday realities of navigating work, care & welfare. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The Dept of Labor is trying to strip home care workers of the right to minimum wage and overtime pay. Public comment closes on 9/2 - let them know what we think of this move. @domesticworkers.bsky.social act.domesticworkers.org/a/dol-companio…

WRITE FOR US: we’re inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for The Sociological Review magazine's Research Insights series. The editors are currently seeking proposals for our December issue, with a pitch deadline of 5 September. 🔎 Read more about contributing: buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

Our latest commentary explores the UK Gov's 10 year plan for the NHS and identifies the opportunities for social care and how the sector can make the most of them. centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... It also features some great artwork by @pjcreates.bsky.social, follow the Thread to view all! 1/7

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

I wrote this piece inspired by Polly Morland's stunning book A Fortunate Woman futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/p... It's part of the new Futures of Work issue, which I co-edited with Vanessa Beck, featuring perspectives on continuity and change in care contexts @brisunipress.bsky.social

Hot of the press: Not one but two articles written by our members for a special edition of Futures of Work. - "Continuity and change in the homecare sector: A fine balance", by Hannah and Rachel: futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c... - "Client: Nancy S", by Julie: futuresofwork.co.uk/2025/07/30/c...

So many festivals! Govanhill International Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival and Book Fringe all bring books centre stage, alongside a handful of other launches and workshops Read our book events column for August 📚

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...

💻Register now to join CPEC researcher Nicola Brimblecombe and her colleagues for the online launch of their new book 'Care Poverty and Unmet Needs: Inequalities in Theory and Practice', part of the #TransformingCare book series!📚 🗓️10th Sept, 2-3. swanseauniversity.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Caring for older people and disabled people is vital and fulfilling work, but it has long been underpaid and undervalued. Our analysis finds persistently high levels of poverty and deprivation among residential care workers and their families. Read more ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4lSiik2

Bonnie day in Tallinn

We held our Members’ Panel meeting at #TCC2025. The Members’ Panel is the space where TCN members can organise and promote activities. To join as a coordinator or propose new initiatives, contact the Members’ Panel coordinators, Prof. Con Wright and Prof. Read. www.transforming-care.net/chairs/

Beautiful to gather under the roof of the charming and historic Helsinki City Hall for a warm and well-deserved reception — a moment of pause after all the hard work by attendees. Thank you to everyone — municipality, staff and volunteers — who make events like this possible. #TCC2025

📢 Webinar Join us 9 July: #SocialCare Reform in England: taking stock and setting the agenda 🪏 With @blimeysimon.bsky.social @natashacurry.bsky.social @richardhumphries.bsky.social @clentonf.bsky.social 🔗 lse.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A couple of days in lovely Tampere ahead of Transforming Care 2025 @centreforcare.bsky.social @tcaren.bsky.social

@brisunipress.bsky.social is inviting contributions to the Transforming Society blog — a great opportunity to share your work and spark conversation. This could be a great space to contribute with research on the voluntary sector and civil society. Find out more 👇

We have 2 posts on our website today in response to the UK government's 2025 Spending Review, the first is focused on #AdultSocialCare: 'Left on the Back-Burner: Adult Social Care and the 2025 Spending Review' centreforcare.ac.uk/commentary/2... ‪@catherineneedham.bsky.social‬ @duncfsh.bsky.social‬

Quite rightly lots of negativity and anger about America, particularly towards Trump and those propping him up and doing his dirty work for him. Important to hold on to the goodness of American people, and the riches of its culture, thank you Brian Wilson

NEW COUNTRY PROFILE: #England 🌍 In this system profile, @blimeysimon.bsky.social (@thekingsfund.bsky.social) and @natashacurry.bsky.social (@nuffieldtrust.org.uk) unpack the country's long-term care system. 🔍 Read now: goltc.org/system-profi...

Come down to Newcastle, come up to Newcastle, come across to Newcastle — join the NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION in Newcastle on June 11th. Everyone who thinks HE needs to be supported and accessible to all is welcome! For your agenda's: 11 June, 12-2pm, Newcastle!

Can we get to 5000 signatories before tomorrow? Anyone who cares about higher education, students, Tyneside, or just people facing unfair redundancies, please sign and share! End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University! www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

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You can add your support to the thousands contesting the threat of compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University - www.change.org/p/end-unnece...

Convergence in the NEET rates across the European Union: do gender differences persist? Next week @demosocupf.bsky.social More info here. Come join us! www.upf.edu/web/politiqu...

New seminar: Monday 23rd June 10.30am-12pm, a nice collab between UoE social policy subject area, CRFR, and youth studies network on Youth Employment: Free but need to register here: www.sps.ed.ac.uk/news-events/...

Are you a woman who cycles at night in Newcastle or has before? A student from Newcastle Uni is looking to hear about your experiences as part of the research for their dissertation. It would involve a 40 minute interview about your experiences Please contact: [email protected] for info

And now on jobs.ac.uk www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DND489/r...

We are super excited to introduce Disability Dialogues, a space where critical disability studies researchers across discipline and institutions come together hold conversations about access, activism, and ableism in academia. www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/our-w...

Discussions with the authors of our 2024 Andy Furlong Prize winner and runner up are now on our JoYS YouTube channel: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

To mark the forthcoming 40th anniversary of the Barrowland sign, I wrote a Small Finds piece celebrating it and the venue it graces. smallfinds.substack.com/p/small-find...

As Europe enters a new cycle of rearmament & we witness the ongoing war against the Palestinian people, this event will bring together some of the groups & movements presented in the For Peace! exhibition. More info & tickets here: womenslibrary.org.uk/event/for-pe...