University pension scheme under fire for Israeli investments If you didn’t sign the letter but care to support this push please contact them thespinoff.co.nz/society/06-1...

“The writer asked Thomas: “Would you be able to clarify that the revised free speech policy would protect opinions critical of the Treaty, and that all non-violent views of race relations in Aotearoa New Zealand would be tolerated on campus?”” newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/w...

This story is grim - and one outcome of the ‘business’ model of higher education. Academic freedom at risk not (just) within a country but from external forces…

Mamdani stood up to Tom Homan. He’s stood up for immigrants, trans people and all marginalized individuals. A Muslim immigrant has just become Mayor of NYC at a time when the President is doing everything he can to vilify and destroy immigrants. It’s a huge friggin win.

First time at the Te Apārangi Royal Society Honours and Awards ceremony…. Anticipatory congrats to the awardees and the vibrant research community which is struggling in the face of gross funding cuts from the current government.

Worked in fundraising a lot of my career and truly believe this. Under-taxation is the issue.

Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...

So many good points in here

📣 Join Dr Vincent O’Malley at Te Whare Taonga o Waikato this Saturday for 'The Invasion of Waikato / Te Riri ki Tainui' – a free public talk marking He Rā Maumahara, our National Day of Remembrance for the New Zealand Wars. Book here: zurl.co/iOfW8

This is depressing - when universities care more about their reputations than the wellbeing of people within them, who are harmed by others within them, we have little chance of progress against sexual harassment. www.thetimes.com/article/8fe7...

In Bali for the “Psychology from the East, Psychology from the West” conference 🇮🇩 🏝️ Today I spoke about how the “embracing” of AI in education may contribute to the dehumanisation of both students and educators, ft a lively discussion about @olivia.science et al’s paper on uncritical adoption

Trump to the Israeli parliament today, gloating about U.S. weapons supplied to Israel over the past two years: "You obviously used them very well." www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Well done Shafaq Aftab. When a reviewer stole her work and published it under his own name, she fought for a YEAR to get the journal to retract the paper. Just wondering why it took Wiley a YEAR to do this. 🧪 #academicsky retractionwatch.com/2025/10/03/w...

Only a few hours to go before Small Son and I set off on our 4 mile fundraising walk in aid of The Miscarriage Association. We're nearly at our target of £500 thanks to your generous donations, but if you can help us reach our goal today that would be wonderful! www.justgiving.com/page/p-boynt...

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Very much this... And with the current political context in NZ and demands for things like "neutrality" and regressive gender politics, this situation is going to get worse.

New open access paper by me and @ginnybraun.bsky.social - Exploring U.K. University Students’ Social Perceptions of Dating and Physical Disability Using Story Completion. There are extensive Supplementary Materials which we hope are useful for teaching reflexive TA: awspntest.apa.org/fulltext/202...

Exciting to receive my copy of Narrative Story Completion Methodologies by Kim Kelly with a review/overview chapter on qualitative SC methods by @ginnybraun.bsky.social me, Hannah Frith & Naomi Moller. There are 2 other chapters on qualitative SC by @nikilina.bsky.social & Matt Wood & Toni Williams.

When @ginnybraun.bsky.social & I first wrote about thematic analysis in 2006 we never imagined writing about TA again let alone writing a lot of chapters! Here's the latest chapter in The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology w/ @garethterry.bsky.social & Lucie Wheeler. Congratulations to the editors!

HOPE not Hate founder, Nick Lowles, speaking to the @theguardian.com Today in Focus podcast. 🎧 He says, this is an exceptionally dangerous moment, but we must remember that the majority of people are still in favour of our multicultural society. www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

How does heritage-making intersect with homemaking? Join Professor Emma Waterton, Leverhulme International Professor at the University of York Tuesday 21 October 16:00–17:30 (stream opens 15:50) in Pathfoot Building D1, University of Stirling + online Register here: forms.gle/Guv9U9vJTvV7...

Really useful blog by @mohanjdutt.bsky.social getting to the heart of what's going on... "When academics can't invoke settled patterns of far-right mainstreaming without hitting up against coordinated harassment campaigns sanctioned by elected officials, we've already lost something important."

Last blog post for the week before returning to manuscripts that are waiting. Because silence is complicity. culture-centered.blogspot.com/2025/09/mart... “And here is the danger: silence.”

New episode: @annabull.bsky.social joins The Sexual Violence Research podcast to explore rates of #GBV in higher ed settings. "One of the reasons for this being seemingly so prevalent..is the lack of professional boundaries between staff & students." Listen bit.ly/4p0WhC8 @thesvri.bsky.social

Here's my take on new data on sexual violence and harassment released today from England's Office for Students. wonkhe.com/blogs/what-o...

“We encourage students to “critically engage with systems of power,” & we celebrate academic freedom as foundational to our purpose. Yet when faced with a case of genocide – documented by international bodies, witnessed daily in the media, & devastating in its scale – many universities fall silent”.

Unbelievably this 'journal' just invited me to become a member. That'll be a no.

How councils legitimize flag-flying ("Stay safe" -!) and further shift the Overton Window: "it’s actually an offence to attach anything to a street light without permission" but "highways teams will only step in if flags ... pose a serious safety risk"

Ooh - my new paper on case study is out! What’s a case study, how do you do one, how do you spot a good one? Includes niche examples like the REF impact case study (though it’s mainly about research case studies).

‘If you think education is expensive, try ignorance.’ Great intervention from Gary Younge at our @britishacademy.bsky.social panel this evening on the future of humanities and social sciences

Is it too much to ask for a show/movie that depicts a clinical psychologist who isn’t absolutely egregiously inappropriate about ethical boundaries/is v attractive/immediately is sexually tempted by EVERY client (& vice versa) 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Tūmeke! #nzpol Thousands protest against pay equity changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Really annoyed to be sick and not out there protesting against this govt’s commitment to pay/gender inequity/assault on gender/pay equity. The weather is on our side!

And here's our sister project, led by the amazing Ellie Harrison and Bethany Wells! 🥰 www.politerebellion.co.uk/currentproje...

Medical Republic: 'Long covid patients left in the waiting room' 'With NSW’s only public long covid in-person clinic closing, GPs have been left holding the bag for caring for these complex, chronic conditions.' www.medicalrepublic.com.au/long-covid-p...

So great to hear…

“Australia's universities are blighted by a "culture of consequence-free, rotten failure" I mean who 🤷🏻‍♀️ could speculate as to trans-Tasman similarity 🤔

'Swiss government tasked with developing strategy for Long Covid' 'The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid. On Thursday, Senate tacitly accepted a House of Representatives motion' www.swissinfo.ch/eng/health-s...

This is not the world we need!

Interesting read on barriers to participation in science tldr; Being a woman or a non-English speaker makes things difficult journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

ScienceBlog: 'Long COVID Disrupts Menstrual Cycles in Unexpected Ways' 'A sweeping new study has uncovered a troubling two-way relationship between long COVID and menstrual health that could affect millions of women worldwide' scienceblog.com/long-covid-d...

“She (Nicola Willis) has no plan, she's saying other plans don't meet with her satisfaction. All she can do is either slash public services, slash spending on hospital and public services, or cut public services in future years," MacCulloch said.

This world… home sick instead of lecturing right now about things that would breach Trump’s ridiculous hateful regulations Texas A&M President to Step Down After Controversy Over ‘Gender Ideology’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/u...

What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power. This administration is attacking critics and using fear as a weapon to silence anyone who would speak out. Media corporations — from television networks to newspapers — are capitulating to these threats.

Every single word of this Read it!! wonkhe.com/blogs/gaza-h...

"As members of institutions committed to health equity, we write with moral urgency in response to the devastation inflicted on civilians in Gaza since October, 2023.1 We cannot remain silent in the face of the unfolding genocide carried out by the Israeli Government."

Good to see my union’s flags were among those marching insisting the govt my sanction Israel today in Tāmaki (Photo not mine as I wasn’t yet back in the country) Thousands demand sanctions against Israel in Auckland www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The New Mexico Department of Health has issued a standing order that expands access to updated COVID-19 vaccines by allowing healthcare providers and pharmacists to vaccinate anyone six months and older without requiring individual prescriptions. You can get a copy here: