Hmm, not exactly brimming with enthusiasm for AI. Eg: "AI barely knows the spellings, grammar and how to interpret sentences. It’s not even familiar with our culture at all, which increases mistakes when we get to things concerning our own world." ⬇️

Digital campaigner Beeban Kidron speaks to @luciaoc.bsky.social about representing the rights of children and creators against Silicon Valley’s ‘giant compulsion machine’ Read the full interview here: www.thenerve.news/p/beeban-kid...

"I was asking how it [AI] effects their education. In my small sample, no, nobody really described it as *improving* their education." - @jeffsharlet.bsky.social A 🧵 on AI ⏬️

📽 Saw this at the weekend. A really clever and impactful presentation of the ideas of Beveridge, their political reception and all that followed. I hope many more people will see it. ⏬️ 1/2

The Electoral Commission's data on political donations received in the first quarter of 2026, revealing exactly why we need a full donations cap.

To mark America’s 250th anniversary, @alletson.bsky.social traveled to Montgomery, Alabama, to speak with Bryan Stevenson, whose museum and memorials commemorating slavery and lynching compel us to look squarely at the nation’s past. Listen to the full episode here: bit.ly/44dFUJ9

Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt's discovery completely changed our understanding of the universe. She was born #OTD in 1868. A human "computer" at Harvard College Observatory, she was assigned to study variable stars—stars whose brightness fades and intensifies over time. #WomenInSTEM (1/3)

“Staff at the University of Lincoln fear they could lose their job as early as next month after the institution announced dozens of redundancies across its academic departments…UCU said 140 staff have been told their jobs are at risk in the latest cost-cutting, with 34 posts eventually being lost.”

The latest from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social ⬇️

Many studies show the awful impact of these sudden, massive aid cuts @nickkristof.bsky.social is right—the research shows he’s right Musk is wrong: studies suggest between 500,000 & 1 million people died from Musk’s actions Finally, here’s the link to our paper (I mentioned it earlier)… 14/15

The state of UK higher education. "... undergraduate subject ‘cold spots’ are not only persisting but worsening. What was once a worrying trend across a small number of disciplines is now an emergency, threatening all subjects." ⬇️

Over 140 staff at the University of Lincoln are at risk of redundancy (AGAIN!): www.ucu.org.uk/article/1457... Please share this wide and loud! Solidarity matters. Universities don’t thrive by cutting the people who make them work!! #notoredunsancies #UCU #HigherEducation

Please support colleagues at Exeter who face the threat of redundancies. Solidarity from UCU members at Brookes.

⏬️ ✊🏻Solidarity! ✊🏾 ⏬️

The Scottish Funding Council waved through the University of Dundee's Strategy to Recovery, even though it broke their funding conditions. The Scottish Gov need to ACT NOW and ask the SFC to reverse their decision, and stop the redundancy process TODAY. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Happening this month ⏬️

In London on Saturday: Annual commemoration at the International Brigade memorial, Jubilee Gardens, Belvedere Road, London SE1 7PG, with remembrance, music and speakers. 1pm-2pm. @ibmt-scw.bsky.social international-brigades.org.uk/event/4-july...

Solidarity to all comrades at University of Lincoln. "Murky" - I'll bet it is! ⤵️

This morning, UCU wrote to SMT across every post-92 institution (incl. ours), calling on them to safeguard access to TPS and to spend the money they save on protecting our members' jobs, courses & the future of our students.

International students are supported by the fantastic people in the English for International Students team at the University of Dundee. The team is at risk of redundancy. Listen to our student talking about how the team helped them. Then sign this petition. www.change.org/p/save-engli...

There's still time to sign up to join us at the Durham Miners' Gala, where more than 200,000 people take to the streets to celebrate the work of trade unions, community spirit and international solidarity. 📆Saturday 11 July 🕤9.30am 📍Durham Sign up: r1.dotdigital-pages.com/p/7IPW-C6Z

Some rare good news in higher education ⤵️

"These cuts will irreparably damage coverage," said Laura Davison, NUJ general secretary. "The corporation's leadership should reconsider this rash decision and the government should urgently intervene to maintain jobs and the BBC’s global reputation." www.nuj.org.uk/resource/cut...

Norman Cook chose The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists for his castaway's book on Desert Island Discs. He noted its length & confessed to having not got to the end when he was 18. What he needs is the graphic novel version by @rickardsisters.com 😃 1/2 rickardsisters.com/product/the-...

"There was complete breakdown in cash management & expenditure control" in Dundee University Vice Chancellor Gillespie earned £298k a year & left with £152k after the destruction High incompetence & greed in senior university leadership are nothing new www.timeshighereducation.com/news/complet...

And yet management @northumbriauni.bsky.social press on with plans to cut the pay of hundreds of staff on @teacherspensions.bsky.social. This is vindictive, unnecessary, a permanent stain on the university's reputation, and, with job losses imminent, is destroying morale. For what?

The University of Dundee is proposing to close the English for International Students unit. Graduates like Kalani Ruchitra benefitted hugely from the programme and the support of the dedicated team. Listen to Kalani’s plea to save the English for International Students team. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni

🚨 One week only: 50% off my new book on the history of British South Asian political activism. South Asians were far more than passive victims of racism and colonialism. They organised, resisted, and helped shape history through collective action. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177582/

Last week's episode of @BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed included some discussion of the Grunwick strike, the story of which is brilliantly told in @raggedgore.bsky.social's stage play. I think it should be produced every year! ⤵️ www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Labour really demonstrating how they are the cruelest, most anti-asylum, government in decades. That isn't to say Conservatives weren't hideous, but Labour are significantly worse on every measure. This is a policy rooted purely in cruelty over anything else. #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I listened to Taj on the latest episode of Thinking Allowed on Radio 4. One of the things discussed was the Grunwick strike that began 50 years sgo. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Supporting your union while listening to songs from Rage Against the Machine and Queens of the Stone Age? Sounds like a good time to me! www.tickettailor.com/events/reneg...

Here’s how you can support staff facing job cuts at the University of Dundee. All the links are here.

We all know that it’s hot in cities across Western Europe, but what about the mountains? Switzerland seems a good place to start looking, and yesterday four places just broke the longstanding temperature record for June. Then Basel smashed the old record today - by almost 2 C. 🧵

⬇️ Be shocked... if you haven't worked in a UK university in the last 10 years. ⤵️

BREAKING: Wikipedia workers in Britain are setting a global first by becoming the first group of workers at the online encyclopaedia to seek union recognition.

Government publish regulations on electronic and workplace balloting. Regulations, accompanied by a code of practice, were laid before Parliament on Monday (22nd June) and will come into force in August. More details here: www.ier.org.uk/news/governm...

It’s only just over two weeks to go until Durham Miners’ Gala - the labour movement’s #BigMeeting. Join us on the Friday night, eve of gala, to make the call for trade union rights & an Employment Rights Bill #2. Kindly sponsored by Morrish Solicitors. Details: www.ier.org.uk/news/join-us...

Curse of Private Equity. Former WH Smith’s small suppliers to lose half of debts in rescue plan. Some won't be repaid for a year. Products bought from suppliers sold but they won't be paid, with implicit threat -agree with us or else. Knock-on effects, expect wage/job cuts at suppliers.

Shame on the so-called "leadership" of @exeter.ac.uk, putting over 500 staff (14% of all academic staff) at risk of redundancy. "... a stunning failure of leadership... and a reckless attack on an institution that is critical to the Westcountry’s regional economy." ⬇️

The Chair of the Council at Exeter “spent most of his career as a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company.” You know McKinsey, famed for its role in the 2008 financial crisis, in helping pharma “turbocharge” sales of opioids, leading to the ongoing opioid crisis in the US, corruption, etc.

Just heard about the 200 redundancies announced by my previous employer, the University of Exeter. 170 of those are in Humanities and Social Sciences. This is what happens in a country with the collapsing HE funding system with VCs-cum-CEOs on £300k salaries+bonuses and corporate governing bodies.

Solidarity with @uhertfordshireucu.bsky.social colleagues and shame on the so-called leadership of @herts.ac.uk ⤵️

RMT general secretary Eddie Dempsey thanks Unison general secretary Andrea Egan after she announced a joint RMT/Unison campaign against outsourcing at the union’s annual general meeting in Liverpool

A red weather warning has been issued for some parts of the country. We need the rules to keep us all safe at work. Please sign the petition for a maximum working temperature. www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/we...

Stop the Mass Cuts at the University of Dundee Thank you to our students for starting this petition. So proud. c.org/xsrmm2wdnD #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni

Happy Windrush Day. Today is the 78th anniversary of the arrival of the Windrush at Tilbury Docks on June 22nd 1948, an occasion being marked by events and activities around the country.

Hooray for Jip! In the great tradition of Toto, Nana and Gromit...

Sending solidarity to ucunorthumbria.bsky.social who are facing job cuts. So many colleagues across the UK are going through this, yet the government and the media seem to take very little notice. University workers are exhausted.

Did you know refugee musicians can access one year of free MU membership? Musicians escaping famine, conflict, and persecution should still be able to continue building their career in the UK 🔗 theMU.org/Refugee-Membership 🔁 Do you know a refugee musician? Share this post #RefugeeWeek