No words www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Based on our report into global higher education for @eduinternational.bsky.social. This work by @ifut.bsky.social members at Maynooth University was fantastic.

Great to see this published today. A critical comparative study of teacher professionalism in England and Sweden. Congrats @alisonmilner.bsky.social ! www.emerald.com/books/monogr...

When the world is going to shit - you get together with those people you trust completely, and you make plans.

“We need a massive movement of higher ed workers & students...As higher ed goes, so goes democracy. But the converse isn’t absolutely true. Higher ed alone cannot save democracy, but we’re a critical part. We need a broader societal movement to save our country.” — Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

Remembering Agnes x www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Non dimenticare

For years I taught on school governor training programmes. My final slide of my final session was always ‘Billy McBone’ by Allan Ahlberg. My point - your job is to take care of the Billy M’s in your school - because there are Billy M’s in every school. RIP #allanahlberg

Solidarity to all those @uonucu.bsky.social colleagues facing redundancy right now.

Was lovely to return to University of Nottingham to support my @uonucu.bsky.social colleagues fighting redundancy. A fantastic @ucu.org.uk branch and so many great colleagues who make it fantastic.

Last time I saw @billybragg.bsky.social I was with Agnes Flues. Tomorrow will be the first time on a picket line without her #powerinaunion #miadolcerivoluzionaria @uonucu.bsky.social

200 people at a branch meeting in July!! Back to the heady days of the MAB. Go @uonucu.bsky.social !!!

Re-reading this. Published more than 30 years ago. What it tells us about what’s happening in the world today makes it an extraordinary work.

The war on knowledge is happening now www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘This is happening now’ - my editorial for @pdiejournal.bsky.social is online and open access. Inspired by my meeting with proftwolf.bsky.social. Now is the time to stand up for academic freedom www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Closing arguments have begun in our trial against the Trump admin’s policy of ideological deportations. AAUP counsel: “The government’s policy is working actually as intended. The goal is to chill speech and stifle dissent.” #AAUPvRubio

At last … www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Day 2 of 2 - with the transport workers. Always a pleasure to work with @tssa.bsky.social ✊

End of Day 1 of 2. Education workers today, transport workers tomorrow. Always on the side of the workers ✊

Education International member organisations have joined forces to support colleagues in Palestine and honour their unbreakable commitment to keep education going against all odds. ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏽 We stand in #solidarity with the General Union of Palestinian Teachers and all our colleagues across #Palestine!

Registration for the @gftuet.org.uk leadership development programme is open. Aimed at senior leaders and aspiring senior leaders working in trade unions - first cohort in September and spaces are filling fast.

"Education leaders who insist on the adoption of AI are actively producing a future in which the bet on AI turns out to have been the value call." Reliably smart, critical, long and still in-progress work on AI in education from Helen Beetham helenbeetham.substack.com/p/artificial...

“Youngkin, in his quest for political capital, has been following the DeSantis playbook and sees Mason as a potential New College that they can take over and take down.” — Bethany Letiecq, George Mason AAUP

@gftuet.org.uk 25-26 education programme is now LIVE. I’m course convenor for TULIP - GFTU’s unique leadership programme for those in senior roles in trade unions. Cutting edge theory, practical activities and learning with others across the TU movement. Find out more gftuet.org.uk/courses/trad...

Our 2025-2026 education programme is L I V E 🔴 👋 Look out for our team at today’s Gala. ✊ Be a part of our biggest programme to date, register today - gftuet.org.uk/education #GFTUET

Our report on the use of standardised/scripted curricula for @neunion.bsky.social is reported in ‘Educate’ magazine this month (p.19). The research was led by Prof Anna Traianou and the team also included Sarah Pearce and Jude Brady neu.org.uk/latest/libra...

We are making sure the voice of our profession is heard, respected, and reflected in the revision of the international Recommendations concerning the Status of Teachers. Teachers must be active participants at every stage of the process. Find out more! ➡️ eiie.io/40HnSNW

On 4 July, Independence Day, I stand with US educators in defence of independent research, institutional autonomy and academic freedom. The threats to democracy are real - and happening now. Time to stand up and stand together. @eduinternational.bsky.social www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3008....

Critical academic inquiry is a threat to authoritarians. Liberal arts colleges don’t exist in authoritarian nations.

An eye-opening analysis of the #crisis of, and attacks on #HigherEducation worldwide, from the #US to #Turkey via #Zimbabwe and #Argentina. by @howardstevenson.bsky.social , Maria Antonietta Vega Castillo, Melanie Bhend, and Vasiliki-Eleni Selechopoulou.

Delighted to launch our report for @eduinternational.bsky.social - ‘In the eye of the storm: Higher education in an age of crises’. The HE sector faces a global crisis - www.ei-ie.org/en/item/3008.... This is not a time for complacency or indifference.

Why were European education unions at #BudapestPride? We are standing up for LGBTQI+ rights, democracy and fundamental human and political rights. What happens in Hungary concerns all European citizens. @etuce.bsky.social @eduinternational.bsky.social #BudapestPride2025

Absolutely incredible turnout for Budapest Pride! So proud of all the organizers, including some old friends, who estimate hundreds of thousands— major embarrassment to Orban

If one has any interest in higher education, the purpose of the public university and the defence of academic freedom then follow @aaup.org - this is not a time for spectating or being indifferent.

@ucu.org.uk ‘Building to Win’ work today with reps from London SE Colleges branch. Great to work with such thoughtful and dedicated activists.

@industrialleurope.bsky.socialThis weekend, as Pride takes place in Budapest under increasing pressure and restrictions, we stand in solidarity with all those defending equality, freedom, and democracy in Hungary. You are not alone. 🏳️‍🌈✊ #BudapestPride #Solidarity #MakeTeachingAttractive #LGBTQrights

My book on Antonio Gramsci is now available in paperback. Finished two years ago, sadly it anticipates where we are today rather accurately - ‘in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear’. www.routledge.com/Educational-...

Platforms, data, and AI are impacting higher education systems and universities internationally. @jkom.bsky.social and I have a short piece on the political economy of digital transformation in HE just out ihe.bc.edu/pub/499eknm0...

UK ‘behind curve’ on assisted dying among progressive nations, says Kim Leadbeater

Proud to be part of this fight. The AAUP and allies representing educators and researchers has filed a legal challenge to the recent mass termination of grants by the National Science Foundation.

The New Deal for FE ballot ends TOMORROW 5 PM. Vote YES for fair pay, manageable workloads and secure contracts. Make sure your voice is heard. 🗳️

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Loosely quoting Bruce Springsteen, in Manchester, May 2025 - ‘this is happening in the USA - and it’s happening NOW’. This is not a time for indifference or spectating. stopreturnfascism.org?fbclid=IwQ0x...

The war on universities/knowledge, in the US is clearly explained/anticipated in ch 3 of our book ‘Lessons in Organising: what trade unionists can from the *war on teachers*’. We were vilified by the Right - but only because our analysis exposed their plans. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Great to work with @tssa.bsky.social organisers today. A long day - thanks to all participants for your contributions.

Our report on higher ed globally is launching at the end of JuneThese undercover tactics in universities were reported to us in countries with appalling human rights records - but now being used in the US. This is what academic freedom looks like in US today. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We spent so long standing side by side on @ucu.org.uk picket lines between 2018 and 2023. Very proud to see @adamthompsonmp.bsky.social in Parliament speaking in the debate on #dementia. In a mad world, I want Adam on my side on issues like this. Cheers mate.

Also 8 years ago I suggested educational theory itself, not just classrooms or infrastructure, would end up "owned" by organizations with the capacity to generate and analyze data. Google is certainly out to own "learning science" to justify its AIED incursions journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

All work completed. Arrivederci Napoli. Football, politics and pizza. What’s not to like?

“This latest attack on higher education does not combat antisemitism. It simply weaponizes antisemitism to serve Trump’s radical right-wing agenda to destroy our colleges and universities.” – Todd Wolfson, AAUP President