Permanent Assistant Professor in Sociology position available at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Full details available: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul... Closing date for applications is Thurs 30th Oct.

Very interesting day in @lseinequalities.bsky.social exploring all things social class with working class academics, policy specialists, grassroots organisations & activists.

Maith sibh! Via @news.rte.ie

fuckin harrowing piece. real easy to imagine ending up like this. in this country it only takes one stroke of serious bad luck if you don't have A LOT of money www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Irish #ge24 voters: this questionnaire, by the University of Limerick, shows you which candidates in your constituency best align with your answers to around 30 policy questions. And breaks it down question by question if you wish. www.whichcandidate.ie/events/14/co...

I love this.

'More than 1,900 parents over the age of 70 are currently caring for their intellectually disabled sons and daughters at home.471 are in their 80s and 90s.' Excellent forensic analysis of key issues relating to Disability Sector from Ailbhe Conneely #GE2024 www.rte.ie/news/electio...

End of the international break. Mon the hoops and...

Publishing the watered down, heavily manipulated and yet absolutely shameful homelessness figures in advance of #GE2024 risks exposing our watery-like rhetoric, societally manipulative behaviour and shameful record in tackling homelessness.

Good to see these newcomers making their international debuts @footballcollective.bsky.social conference in Newcastle, a highly apt venue for books of this nature (Yes, there are chapters examining the club, its owners, KSA & the EPL) @paulwiddop.bsky.social

On Monday, Book at Bedtime features five short stories by me, separate but interconnected, one each night over the week. Hope you enjoy :)

“A resistance to the doctrine of untouchable power, a resistance to violence and othering as the solution to our common problems. And even if sport is a blunt and pointless tool of social change, it must nonetheless be deployed.” Powerful, must read stuff from @jonathanliew.bsky.social.

‘They are the last community people are openly racist about’: Sam Wright on his tender portraits of Travellers www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

#Sociology faces resistance in authoritarian regimes because it exposes oppression. It unravels systemic injustices and disrupts the narratives of those in power. More than just a discipline, #Sociology is a form of resistance and that’s exactly why they fear it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

Make no mistake about: Florida is the leading edge on advancing authoritarian rule in the US. Why sociology? Sociology examines social phenomena analytically and empirically. Critical thinking is a basic threat to authoritarians. It has to go. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy...

Something increasingly clear in the light of yesterday, across all HE, not just UEA, is that REF outputs, grant capture, internationally-recognised expertise, service & admin experience do not protect you from being surplus to requirements if there aren’t the student numbers your institution wants

ICC issues warrant for arrest of Netanyahu and Gallant. www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...

"Sector leaders expected more than 100 of the UK’s 140-odd universities to be making redundancies by the start of 2025, in what has been described as a “cataclysmic” situation where “everything is on the table”." www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...

#OTD in 1920, Nov 21, Bloody Sunday in Dublin. Morning: IRA killed 14 suspected British intel officers. Afternoon: Crown forces shot up football crowd at Croke Park, killing 14 civilians. Evening: Dublin Castle, 2 IRA leaders 1 civlian summarily executed. www.theirishstory.com/2011/11/21/t...

How anyone can go outside, complain about how cold it is & not do everything in their power to genuinely fix the homelessness crisis in this country is beyond me

Important evidence, suggesting that socioeconomic background is the primary driver of GCSE results Which is also the primary driver of participation in higher education, and a primary driver of wages later in life Class remains a key driver of social, economic and also health outcomes in Britain

It's backwards we are going. We need to find better ways to get to the young lads, especially.

@ecvlinguist.bsky.social ah tis yourself

No International break now until March 2025

When people say football shouldn’t be political, how can football not be political when footballers are being killed?

The Arts & Humanities are such a useless, impractical waste of time that dictators and tyrants across the span of history have suppressed the study and practice of these fields.

Shocking news. 36% of UK children are living in poverty according to the latest Social Metrics Commission research (I am one of the Commissioners) www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Have created a working-class academics and supporters Starter Pack. Let me know if you want added. #workingclassacademics go.bsky.app/7iDUDU1

School of Sociology University College Dublin has just advertised a new 4 yr PhD scholarship. Applications in these broad areas particularly welcome: ● Diversities & Inequalities ● Quantitative & Computational Social Science ● Organised Violence, Peace & Nationalism See www.ucd.ie/sociology/st...

It is always instructive to see who is permitted to protest, about what, and how the political and journalist class discuss it. Keeping your wealth is deemed more important than planetary destruction

I've created a starter pack for women's football scholars! I am new to this site so just getting started, will update, but please also request to be added or send along those to be added! ⚽ go.bsky.app/Hvru4tP

Creative resistance: new Open Access research by Maureen McBride (University of Glasgow) finds that by writing and performing a play as part of a youth-led theatre project, working-class young people in Glasgow came to see the positives of life in their community. buff.ly/3wuhopu

The piece above is by Emma Dabiri but here's the brilliant Denise Chaila on the changing face of Ireland. Her spoken piece "Dual Citizenship" is also fantastic.

Spotted on Sullivan's Quay, Cork city

What an amazing gig once again from Peter Hook tonight in Galway. Always a pleasure to watch this absolute legend perform..

'I'm an Irish Traveller and I'm too anxious to go to school'