Tip of a very big, slow moving iceberg. The number of 'lost' posts over the last 5 years in HE in the UK is staggering. The academic areas most impacted are no surprise. Not just redundancies but lack of promotion opportunities, subtle (and not so subtle) pressures on individuals. Grim stuff.

Commercial terms agreed in principle for a new data centre on the south bank of the River Tees show how the publicly funded regeneration of one of the UK’s most deprived regions has turned into a half-a-billion-pounds-plus enrichment scheme for a couple of local businessmen.

A single swift, hopefully more to follow - they're back

England’s wildlife watchdog ‘has stopped designating special sites for protection’ Excellent report by @wildjustice.bsky.social on how Natural England has frozen its SSSI designation programme - covered by @patrickbarkham.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

PSICAMB Summer School in Environmental Psychology will be held from 31 August to 4 September on Gran Canaria! PhDs and early career researchers will hear international keynote speeches and address real world problems through group work. Full programme coming soon: www.psicamb.org/index.php?la...

🌍 Exciting fully-funded PhD at Cardiff University (with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust) combining behavioural & conservation sciences! Behavioural science & community-led conservation at Lake Alaotra, Madagascar 🐒🌿 💰 Fees + stipend 🌏 UK & international applicants 📅 Deadline: 30/04/26 (1/2)

CAST job opportunities: We are hiring for a Research Project Manager + Research Fellow to join us at our centre hub, the University of Bath. 📣 Deadlines: 15 & 16 March 2026 Apply for Research Project Manager: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy... Apply for Research Fellow: www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...

The BPS Environmental Psychology Section @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social has a Journal Club! Our first meeting is 24 March 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm, lead by @suewilbraham.bsky.social FREE registration. Details: www.bps.org.uk/event/enviro...

The first articles from Environmental Psychology Open (EPO) are now available EPO is a Diamond Open Access journal covering the full spectrum of environmental psychology, with no fees. The journal supports open science practices Learn more and explore the first articles here👇 epo.publia.org/epo

New CAST & ISCC PhD studentship at the University of Bath: "Understanding and addressing public resistance to ambitious #ClimatePolicies". 📣 You'll have the opportunity to work with our CAST Director Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE & affiliate, Dr Sam Hampton. Deadline: 18th March 2026 📆 Apply now 👇

‼️ Call for participants! ‼️ I am currently recruiting for my PhD project that explores how vulnerability is constructed within police custody across England and Wales. Looking to interview custody professionals (details below!). Contact: [email protected]

Funded PhD opportunity at @teessideuni.bsky.social and RSPB Saltholme www.tees.ac.uk/sections/res...

As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record. ➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...

Dear all, the 29th IAPS 2026 Conference will take place from Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026. There are just a few days left to make a submission to the conference, including to our Early Career Researchers Workshop. The Call for Submissions closes THIS Friday ( 9 January 2026)

The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land. Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

**JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor in Social Psychology / Environmental Psychology** Deadline: 25 January Details here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

**JOB OPPORTUNITY** Research Associate (JUST Centre) - University of Newcastle - Deadline 11 January 2026 The role holder will principally be responsible for carrying out place-based case-study research in North East England. DETAILS: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPM624/r...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Farage: epic grifter

STRIPPED TEES: How Britain’s flagship ‘levelling up’ project turned into a scandalous giveaway. Read the eight-page special report in the new Private Eye, out now. 🧵1/4

🌿 PhD Opportunity in Environmental Psychology: We would like to invite students to apply for the student-led 2026 WGSSS PhD Studentship Competition at Cardiff University. (1/3) 🗓️ Deadline: 11 Dec 2025 🔗 wgsss.ac.uk/student-led-general-competition

PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....

Would you like to take a leadership role on the only member network for environmental psychology in the UK? Applications currently open for @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social committee members. ECR & practitioners are encouraged to apply! DM if you have questions www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

We're hiring a Membership and CR Coordinator! greenjobs.greenjobsearch.org/jobs/members...

Seal Sands in Teesside: "All of estuary's newborn seal pups found dead" #r4today #BBCBreakfast www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm giving a talk about her book as part of The Open Psychology Research Centre online public lecture series on 8th October 7pm. If you want to find out more about When Face Recognition Goes Wrong, please do come along and register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/656278...

Future intelligent life is going to be left scratching their heads about the demise of humans. At least when it came to the downfall of the dinosaurs, there was a big crater.

Rayner is gone so where is the media outrage at Farage and his taxing dodging scams? Home bought in his partners name avoiding stamp duty, GB News pay via a company to avoid 40% tax rate on his 92k pay from them.

Ok folks: what is your favorite fact that you share with people (maybe a bit too) eagerly?

British Environmental Psychology is having a bit of a moment, isn't [email protected] finally exists. @iaps2026.bsky.social is coming to the UK. And the @bpsofficial.bsky.social has created a new journal ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH! bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3067...

The normalisation of racist hate and the fearmongering about "foreign paedophiles" by the mainstream media and politicians has allowed Tommy Robinson and his moronic followers to set the agenda... So now a doting grandad is too terrified to leave his home www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

The BPS Environmental Psychology Section needs you! We are seeking 15 members to be on the formal Committee Environmental Psychology Section. Early career researchers, practitioners, and members representing all four devolved nations are encouraged to apply. www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

Are you a leader interested in advancing environmental psychology in the UK? Are you a member of @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social? Applications are now open for the next Chair or Co-Chair BPS Environmental Psychology Section Further details here: www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

"Ultimately the NHS is a racist institution." Lauren Caulfield, whose daughter was stillborn, talks to @ayshahtull.bsky.social about a new report on the experiences of black and mixed race women during pregnancy and childbirth in the UK. Read and watch here: www.channel4.com/news/ignored...

🌍 Introducing the IAPS Qualitative Research Network — connecting researchers to grow qualitative work in people–environment studies Want to join or collaborate? Read more (IAPS Bulletin 52, p.57): iaps-association.org/wp-content/u... or contact @ellieradcliffe.bsky.social

I post lots of stuff for free, for your and my entertainment, and that's the way I've always liked it. I do earn my living from selling my work, so if you feel like supporting my cartoons are popular and I draw each one individually - they're not prints. www.worldofmoose.com/collections/...

Women in poorest parts of England & Wales ‘will spend only two-thirds of life in good health’. Women in wealthier parts enjoy two more decades of healthy life. Gender pay/pension gap, public sector pay cuts, two child benefit cap, low benefits, poor healthcare take toll. Poor feel marginalized.

Part 2

Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

Our mini pond is coming into its own

📢 Save the data 📢: the 29th @iaps2026.bsky.social Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, which will take place from Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026 at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK (1/)

**Closing date for Abstract is Friday 13 June!** BrEPS is 100% free to attend. More details & abstract submission here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/Psychology/N...

A grassroots movement like Arts Emergency rarely lasts or grows as we have.Our work changes lives, but we rely on monthly donations.Those donations are down £50k since 2021. We've cut all we can, now we're appealing to you for £2/month to plug the gap & go on www.arts-emergency.org/donate%F0%9F...

Join us for this inaugural event where we will explore the intersection between people, places, and psychology. See you there :)

Postdoc Job!! @ecehh.org is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow exploring how urban green and blue spaces can deliver equitable health benefits. Deadline: 8 June 2025 Full details: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

“I’ve had landowners threaten to drill holes in my kayak,” says @philbrickellmp.bsky.social Labour MP for Bolton West. “All because of disputes over who can access our rivers.” He’s calling for “a default right to roam similar to that which has been used in Scotland” observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

⚠️ Cool PhD alert ⚠️ Fully funded PhD at @exeter.ac.uk assessing the potential for, and impact of, community-led research in the Isles of Scilly.

⚡Calling all environmental researchers and members of the climate movement - big news! ⚡ We’ve just released our new book, The Psychology of Collective Climate Action - and it’s Open Access! You can download the book from Routledge or on our Wandelwerk page: www.wandel-werk.org/en/materialien

Important enough for a second repost. It was so short sighted to get rid of them.