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cirqueburk.bsky.social @cirqueburk.bsky.social · Jun 16

Warming up for the first credit-bearing iteration of @uofgges.bsky.social @uofgmvls.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social transdisciplinary course in Lewis. We’ll be bringing together geo- bio- and archaeo- ways of understanding Coastal Conservation. Ullapool @seasavers.bsky.social setting the tone.

Toilet with Ullapool Sea Savers Sticker ‘the sea starts here’

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Richard Branson @richardbranson.bsky.social · Mar 5

In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...

The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film

Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig

www.thetimes.com

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T-FΨN (Teaching-Focused University Network) @t-fun.bsky.social · Mar 6

SAVE THE DATE for our next online T-FUN Event:
Monday 24th March, 10:30 GMT, Professor Alison Cook-Sather, Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.

For more details and to join our mailing list go to our website: t-fun.co.uk

#Psychology #HigherEd #AcademicLife #Teaching #Scholarship #Pedagogy

Teaching-Focused University Network – A Teaching-Focused University Network for Psychology and related disciplines

t-fun.co.uk

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Prof Louise Taylor, PhD @louise-psychol.bsky.social · Mar 7

Join our T-Fun network!! I’m sharing this group I co-direct with Dr Katy Burgess for teaching focused academics in Psychology and related disciplines (but all are welcome!) Join us and be a part of our supportive community, with events hosted online monthly @t-fun.bsky.social

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · Mar 8

Just a few of the very many classic Ladybird books written or illustrated by women

#InternationalWomensDay

Photograph of the covers of about 30 different classic ladybird books, covering a wide range of topics, fiction and non-fiction. Titles include ‘the discontented pony’ and ‘seashore and seashore life’

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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · Mar 8

Happy #IWD2025 💚. This year’s theme is #AccelerateAction. At the current rate of progress, it will take until 2158 - roughly 5 generations from now - to reach full gender parity. It couldn’t be more urgent to break down the systemic barriers that women face, & to create a future safe for all 💪

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · Mar 7

International Women's Day - the fight for equality

Women have always been central to trade unions and the struggle for a more equal society from the Bryant and May matchgirls to the fight for recognition and equal pay.
#IWD2025 #AccelerateAction

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European Environment Agency @eea.europa.eu · Mar 7

🌍💜 #InternationalWomensDay, on 8 March, is a call to #AccelerateAction!

Gender equality & sustainability go hand in hand. Women are leading the fight for a greener future—we must break barriers & amplify their impact.

Let’s celebrate and accelerate change together! #IWD2025 #EEA

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · Feb 26

No more– add your name petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Petition: Ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship

Advertisements encourage the use of products and sponsorship promotes a positive reputation & creates a social licence of trust & acceptability. In 2003 a ban on all tobacco advertising was introduced...

petition.parliament.uk

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Scottish Greens @scottishgreens.org · Feb 24

There is no excuse for supporting war crimes.

Yet, The Scottish Government funds companies that are profiting from Israeli war crimes.

Join our campaign to stop funding Israel's arms dealers ⬇️
greens.scot/StopFundingG...

Stop Funding Israel’s Arms Dealers

Stop Funding Israel’s Arms Dealers -

greens.scot

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · Feb 24

A message from @ducuuo.bsky.social 📢

We're calling on university management to rule out the use of compulsory redundancies 🔥

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Feb 23

Four of the 11 Red Listed British mammals at risk of national extinction are bats #reversetheredday https://buff.ly/3XdX71X...

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Bat Conservation Trust @batconservation.bsky.social · Feb 23

🦇 There are over 1,400 species of bats in the world, making up 1/5 of all mammal species and 1/4 of British mammals. Bats play an important role in many habitats around the world: https://buff.ly/3ubI3Cz
Images (c) Jim Jourdane

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cirqueburk.bsky.social @cirqueburk.bsky.social · Feb 20

Well done, Anna! 💪

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C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · Feb 18

📰 'Youth may be wasted on the young. But it seems half a century-old brutalist architecture most certainly is not.'

@etansmallman.bsky.social in @telegraphnews.bsky.social on the students leading the battle to save Wolverhampton School of Art.

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...

Would you save this building?

Wolverhampton’s School of Art has divided locals ahead of proposals to demolish it. Ugly or characterful? You decide

www.telegraph.co.uk

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Feb 12

Specialist photographer Caroline Power aims to bring attention to the damage of plastic waste in the world's oceans in the hope industries and people will change production and lifestyle #womensart

Photograph showing a vast expanse of ocean covered in plastic waste and a diver appearing on the edge of the floating garbage

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New Economics Foundation @neweconomics.bsky.social · Feb 12

The flaws in this government's plan to expand UK airports

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NationCymru @nation.cymru · Feb 8

Natur am Byth is looking for paid trainees for its species recovery programme, aimed at supporting plants and animals throughout Wales that are threatened with extinction wp.me/p8Mk4U-V2i

One of a kind environmental partnership is seeking paid trainees across Wales

Natur am Byth is looking for paid trainees for its species recovery programme, aimed at supporting plants and animals throughout Wales that are threatened with extinction. In the largest ever partners...

wp.me

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Peter Felten @peterfelten.bsky.social · Feb 12

Can we change the quality and status of teaching in higher education? @joniuzzini.bsky.social and I explore that with insights from books by @xueliwang.bsky.social, Mary Wright, & Corbin Campbell. Our answer: only if we do this together. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QZXTN...

Changing the Quality and Status of Teaching in Higher Education

Published in Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning (Vol. 57, No. 1, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Glasgow Natural History Society @glasgownathist.bsky.social · Feb 10

Hello and welcome to the Glasgow Natural History Society! The Glasgow Natural History Society (GNHS) promotes knowledge and understanding of the natural world to people of all ages. There are plenty of opportunities to learn with frequent talks and excursions, covering a wide range of topics.

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Wildlife and Countryside Link @wclnews.bsky.social · Feb 7

ICYMI, yesterday we released data showing Biodiversity Net Gain needs support to meet its full potential for nature

Government must get #WilderByDesign - reforming the planning system to boost wildlife & foster healthier communities while building the homes we need👇

www.wcl.org.uk/happy-birthd...

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UNISON Cymru @unisoncymru.bsky.social · Feb 5

@unison.org.uk stood with @ucu.org.uk at yesterday's Senedd rally to protect Higher Education.

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Robert Macfarlane @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social · Feb 5

0.43% increase in UK GDP by 2050 if a third runway is opened at Heathrow.

12% fall in world GDP for every 1C rise in global temperature.

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Scottish Geology Trust @scottishgeology.bsky.social · Feb 3

📸 Prehnite from Edinburgh

The bubbly volcanic rocks of Arthur's Seat are the perfect home for new minerals to grow. Here globular aggregates of prehnite crystals have formed on calcite within a cavity in the dolerite of the Salisbury Crags.

#MineralMonday #ScottishGeology

Yellow crystalline spheres of prehnite, nestled in a linear cavity within a basalt rock. The surrounding rock is dark black and is present as a black rim around the top right and bottom left of the rock. This outer matrix grades into white, blocky calcite crystals which are lining the cavity. The prehnite has grown on the calcite, in a diagonal line across the specimen, top left to bottom right. The prehnite spheres are present as a mix of sizes and many have grown of other spheres. There is a 2cm scale bar to the right of the specimen, indicating that the largest prehnite mass is just over 1cm in diameter and the entire specimen is 7cm wide.

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