After the Noel Clarke judgement last month it's a good time to sign this anti SLAPP petition if you're UK based: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/st...

Several English universities have introduced partial bans on staff-student relationships ahead of new regulations coming into force today, while Liverpool and Southampton have said that they will ‘discourage’, rather than prohibit, staff-student relationships Me for @timeshighered.bsky.social

Really good piece by @annabull.bsky.social on how universities should respond to the EHRC's proposed segregation programme. The evidence points to trans people's heightened vulnerability to sexual harassment and violence - so single-sex policies must account for this.

I wrote something that is especially relevant for UK HE people just now.

We seek a committed & dynamic feminist to join the existing team as a new book review editor @genderandjustice.bsky.social Details: ✳️Deadline 1 August 2025 17:00 CEST ✳️Informal enquiries: [email protected] ✳️Info: www.lexnetwork.org/gender-and-j... @lexnetwork.bsky.social

The recording of the launch event will be available very soon!

Very proud to announce the publication of Gender-Based Violence in Arts and Culture, I co-edited with Marie Buscatto and Sari Karttunen 🤓 With I. Roharik, S. Helbert, Chiharu Chujo, @leena-maija.bsky.social , @annabull.bsky.social , Bleuwenn Lechaux, Alice Laurent-Camena, and @paulita.bsky.social

I'm delighted to have a chapter in this new book, about experiences of film and TV industry workers who were experiencing sexual harassment/violence in the workplace, at the same time as creating content about gender-based violence or sexuality. Check out the other fantastic chapters also!

Read my comment piece in Nature about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by PGRs: lnkd.in/emi6EeJn

new article alert: Gender inequalities in UK music higher education: the role of institutional stratification By @annabull.bsky.social Huge congrats! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @rachelbrooks.bsky.social @coralinglingxu.bsky.social

The picture for gender equality in the UK music industry is GRIM. If you look at the pipeline of gender equality in music higher education, we are moving away from gender equality rather than closer to it. I've written about this in a new academic article.

Reminder that this is on the agenda at UCU Congress this coming weekend Cc: @lottelydia.bsky.social @annabull.bsky.social @alixdietzel.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @the1752group.bsky.social

The perseverance and courage of UCU activists in taking forward this motion to address staff-student intimate relationships is so important. Read this thread to see why.

YES! This is the problem with policies requiring only disclosure of staff-student relationships.

Do you want to learn about the toolkit for addressing harassment and sexual misconduct experienced by postgraduate researchers that I've been working on with Kelly Prince on behalf of @the1752group.bsky.social ? Sign up for our launch event 19 June UK time 1pm-2.30pm ukcge.ac.uk/events/addre...

Just out! Our peer-reviewed critique of the Cass Review has been published by BMC Medical Research Methodology. Please read and share. We show that the Cass Review is fatally flawed and should not be the basis for policy or practice in transgender healthcare. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

We believe the Supreme Court has placed the UK in breach of its obligations under the Human Rights Act. Over 8,000 people have supported our case - will you join us? goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...

LATEST: Hundreds of protesters have gathered outside of the EHRC’s Glasgow offices to call for EHRC guidance that would exclude transgender people from toilets and other services to be scrapped

Please read our @the1752group.bsky.social statement in solidarity with the UK trans and non-binary community: lnkd.in/gr-UH3VP HEIs must ensure any steps they take following the Supreme Court judgement take into account trans people's heightened risk of sexual harassment and violence Please share.

Researchers working on GBV in higher education: See call for papers for this symposium in Germany Sept 17-19. Funding available for all attendees. Unheard, Unseen, and Unspoken: Setting a Research Agenda for Sexual Harassment and Violence in Higher education www.mvbz.fu-berlin.de/en/ausschrei...

It was brilliant to have @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social speak at @uoyeducation.bsky.social to the Centre for Education and Social Justice yesterday about his work on Generative AI for Academics, bringing a critical sociological take. Great discussion and great pub afterwards, just like in the old days.

See Anna Bull's blog post for the Good Law Project. Sexual misconduct strikes at the heart of university life. goodlawproject.org/sexual-misco...

Thinking of trans and intersex people in the UK today when trans rights have just been dealt a heavy blow in the courts. Solidarity. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Yes indeed the inimitable @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social is joining us at the Centre for Research in Education and Social Justice on 23rd April 4pm to talk about AI for Academics and public sociology. More info here: www.york.ac.uk/education/ne... All welcome. But in person only.

📣 23 April @4pm in SLB/004 join us and Mark Carrigan @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social for a talk about his most recent book, Generative AI for Academics. For more information email @annabull.bsky.social [email protected]

The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people. Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much. Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.

A very important new study - please share call for participants as widely as possible.

“Serial perpetrators harm generation after generation of students and junior colleagues.” Too many professors are pursuing their students and causing untold harm, says @annabull.bsky.social of @the1752group.bsky.social: goodlaw.social/xsix

Important news podcast about staff sexual misconduct in HE exploring how it leads to women leaving academia

ICYMI

Last week we had the pleasure of launching Kristina Kolbe's book 'The Sound of Difference' (@manchesterup.bsky.social) at @greshamcollege.bsky.social. If you couldn't join us in-person, or online, you can watch the launch video here: vimeo.com/1069586197

for a student who used AI to write a paper #poem

There has been some progress... But not enough.

This is a very helpful new resource for survivors thinking of going public

Join us on Thursday 20th March at 6pm GMT, in person at @greshamcollege.bsky.social or online, for our launch of Kristina Kolbe's 'The Sound of Difference' (@manchesterup.bsky.social), with commentary from @annabull.bsky.social, Billy Holzberg & Anamik Saha. Register at isrf.org/events/the-s...

Looking forward to celebrating Kristina's fantastic book!

If only all sexual harassers who 'deliberately tried to frustrate' sexual misconduct investigations into themselves were fined £1.8m.

Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.

Calling prospective UK-based PhD candidates! We have one fully-funded PhD place for Sept 2025 start in the Dept of Education for a UK-domiciled applicant. Assuming I still have a job by then (no guarantees) you can apply to work with me. www.york.ac.uk/education/po...

If you work or study in higher education or are at all interested in gender-based violence I strongly recommend following the 1752 Group. They're doing amazing, deeply practical and grounded work around tackling sexual misconduct.

Here's why unis need expertise in recognising and assessing risk around sexual misconduct - they could be employing staff such as this guy and letting him work with students or colleagues.

This is a very helpful new resource for survivors thinking of going public

Hey, I am guest-editing an issue on student loans. RE: collapse of Academic Twitter, we're extending the call for abstracts til March 31st. If you have #Qualitative work on #studentloans, submit! Requote and share widely. #AcademicSky #EduSky #HigherEd ojed.org/hepe/announc... *Link works now

In case you want a quick overview of my thoughts on embedding 'youth voice’ in instrumental music teaching, here's a comment piece that's just been published in Music Teacher magazine www.musicteachermagazine.co.uk/content/feat... (Paywall but you can get three articles for free)

We are honoured to host a book event (hybrid) for '#MeToo in Academia.' Join us on Mon, 10 March, 6-8pm at SOAS for a conversation with Dr Usha Natarajan, Dr Matilda Arvidsson and Dr Anna Bull (@annabull.bsky.social) of the 1752 Group (@the1752group.bsky.social) ❗Register here: tinyurl.com/3tajz56d

In an extraordinary display of public support, heads of state, heads of government, and foreign ministers from all over Europe and Canada are posting in support of Ukraine in response to the Oval Office meeting with Trump, Zelenskyy, and Vance.

Universities announcing staff layoffs in the last two weeks: *Arts Univ Bournemouth *Bangor *Birmingham City *Canterbury Christ Church *Cardiff *Univ for Creative Arts *Dundee *Durham *Edge Hill *Edinburgh *Kingston *Liverpool *Reading *Sheffield *South Wales *Wolverhampton *York

Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.