The Student Guide to the Creative Studio in the Digital Age is now available #openaccess Congratulations to authors Denitsa Petrova and @dougspecht.bsky.social! Read or download for free at: www-fulcrum-org.uow.idm.oclc.org/concern/mono... #digitalcreativity #studiopractice #teachingandlearning

The academic conference no-show might feel like a minor inconvenience, but it represents evidence a growing concern with CV padding over contributions to the field wonkhe.com/blogs/the-ri...

There are major technology lessons to be learned from Google's failures during the 2023 Türkiye-Syria quake. New from me for Geographical Magazine. geographical.co.uk/news/the-per...

Really pleased to have been able to contribute to the Vogue Business climate finance glossary. www.voguebusiness.com/story/sustai...

The UK's new ten-year industrial strategy is ambitious and well-structured, but a reliance on nuclear rather than true renewables is seeking a quick win with high risks and high costs. theconversation.com/the-uk-has-p...

My summary of the International Development Committee’s latest report on the UK’s Role in Upholding International Humanitarian Law and Supporting the Safe Delivery of Humanitarian Aid geographical.co.uk/news/uk-repo...

An important new ecocide bill is being discussed in the Scottish Parliament. Damien Short and I break it down here for Geographical geographical.co.uk/news/scotlan...

"The lines on our maps, and the names we give them, are not fixed truths but living artefacts of negotiation, memory and power" @dougspecht.bsky.social on cartography, geopolitics & territorial sovereignty @geographical.co.uk geographical.co.uk/news/digital...

In today's THE, I comment on why the Education Secretary, Bridget Phillipson, is slashing funding in all the wrong places! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/course-...

This argument is about more than naming rights – it reminds us of the extent to which maps don’t reflect but instead create and shape the world. geographical.co.uk/news/digital...

This week we celebrate 50 years since the University of Westminster launched the first BA Media degree in the UK. Follow our anniversary event for colleagues, alumni and students on Wed 21, and our international academic conference on Thu 22 and Fri 23 May, through the hashtag #UoWMEDIA50

I recently spoke with Sukey Lewis about what US taxpayers are getting from the $6 Million prison deal with a El Salvador. www.kqed.org/news/1203887...

This week I am looking at why El Salvador is turning away from Bitcoin - Me for Geographical geographical.co.uk/news/why-is-...

How media has contributed to the rise of the AfD geographical.co.uk/geopolitics/...

Really excited for this event with David Morley and Mike Duggan. 12th June at the University of Westminster. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-geog...

El Salvador’s Controversial Offer: Housing U.S. Criminals in Its Mega-Prison - me for The SAIS Review of International Affairs saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/el-salvadors...

Is any nation serious about climate change? The days of collaboration appear to be over. Me for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/only-15-coun...

Is any nation serious about climate change? The days of collaboration appear to be over. Me for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/only-15-coun...

El Salvador’s Controversial Offer: Housing U.S. Criminals in Its Mega-Prison - me for The SAIS Review of International Affairs saisreview.sais.jhu.edu/el-salvadors...

Really excited for this event with David Morley and Mike Duggan. 12th June at the University of Westminster. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-geog...

How media has contributed to the rise of the AfD geographical.co.uk/geopolitics/...

This week I am looking at why El Salvador is turning away from Bitcoin - Me for Geographical geographical.co.uk/news/why-is-...

Trump’s recent executive order to ‘reevaluate and realign US foreign aid’ is unlikely to mark the end for US foreign development assistance being used to bring about coups, unrest, and regime change. New from me for Geographical Magazine geographical.co.uk/news/the-glo...

I am delighted to share that the School of Media and Communication at the University of Westminster is now the exclusive London partner of the TV Foundation. www.westminster.ac.uk/news/westmin...

Following on from last week's article, I take a look at how the privatisation of disaster response might make climate change even more difficult to combat. theconversation.com/the-rise-of-...

"LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven 'whiplash' between wet and dry extremes". @dougspecht.bsky.social With slopes denunded of vegetation by fire heavy rain may result in landslides and soil loss. blog.geographydirections.com/2025/01/16/l...

LA fires show the human cost of climate-driven ‘whiplash’ between wet and dry extremes - new from me for @theconversation.com theconversation.com/la-fires-sho...

There are just two days left to submit your abstract for the 51st IUT Conference hosted at the University of Westminster in July 2025 iutconference.com

"[T]he map risks turning life in Gaza into a "game of battleships” in which the flattening of any grid square is justified under the pretence that it is an empty space on a map." Thanks to a student, I'm reading @dougspecht.bsky.social in @theconversation.com.

Call for papers: 51st International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT). Closes 16th Dec 2014. iutconference.com

Call for papers: 51st International Conference on Improving University Teaching (IUT). Closes 16th Dec 2014. iutconference.com

10 Quintin Hogg Trust PhD Studentships at the University of the Westminster University of Westminster - Graduate School #skystorians 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR044/1...

The 51st IUT conference, University of Westminster, London, July 16-18, 2025. Conference theme: “Redefining Education: Navigating Sustainability and Innovation in a VUCA World. 🗓️ Proposal Deadline: December 16, 2024 🗓️ Acceptance: January 13, 2025 iutconference.com

The UK and Ireland are on the forefront of fossil fuel divestment. The University of Westminster most recently committed to a full divestment! #climateoptimists #climatechange #fossilfuels #BigOil #podcast #happy #reasonforhope