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Dr Dave Beck
@drdavebeck.bsky.social
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Sociologist & Lecturer of Social Policy (uni of Salford) Food poverty, food banks, social security, and UBI.
Socialist and Republic of Cymru.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Jan 26
Blogging, YouTubing, Academic Writing, Photography, Podcasts, Interviews & probably more (that's my ADHD)
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#UBI, #FoodPoverty, #Poverty, #HigherEducation, #Academic
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Sociologist and Social Policy Academic. Also an amateur photographer.
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 2d
This week sees the launch of the new UBI 101 Toolkit from the @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social. 👇
ubilabnetwork.bsky.social UBI Lab Network 🌍🌎🌏 @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social · 3d
We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new UBI 101 Toolkit! 🚀

It’s designed to help you feel more confident talking about #UBI, sharing the big ideas behind it, and understanding the direction we’re heading as a network.

Link to download and share 👉
www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-toolkit
UBI Toolkit — UBI Lab Network
www.ubilabnetwork.org

Reposted by Dave Beck

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UBI Lab Network 🌍🌎🌏 @ubilabnetwork.bsky.social · 3d
We're very pleased to announce the launch of our new UBI 101 Toolkit! 🚀

It’s designed to help you feel more confident talking about #UBI, sharing the big ideas behind it, and understanding the direction we’re heading as a network.

Link to download and share 👉
www.ubilabnetwork.org/ubi-toolkit
UBI Toolkit — UBI Lab Network
www.ubilabnetwork.org

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 9d
Last week I was in Birmingham for an awards ceremony. The next morning I had a wander along one of the many canals.
Here is a photowalk blog 👇

drdavebeck.substack.com/p/birmingham...
Birmingham Photo-Walk:
A Sociological Exploration
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 11d
Well, i hope that the future is brighter. I'm pro independence, I don't think any unionist party can improve things here in Cymru and as soon as the union is over the better.
This way it doesn't matter to us which PM England elects.

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 11d
Even the PLP want him gone. Come on.
The traditional supporters want him gone. He's dragged the party to far to the right. The PLP will be worried about voters going to either Your Party, plaid, SNP or even reform.
Labour can't win the GE and the PLP know that. So they will remove him eventually

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 12d
He's only been PM for just over a year - wow he's been busy....
Losing MPs, Losing Wales at the next Senedd election, having several top cabinet members being investigated by the Parliamentary Standards Committee, taken a disastrous stance on Palestine, Climbdowns, poll collapse, broken promises.

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 12d
Here's me talking COP
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#cop30 #talkingcop | The University of Salford
🌍Talking COP 🌍 Food systems are firmly on the agenda at #COP30, and for good reason. A third of global emissions come from how we grow, ship and consume food. In today's video, Dr Dave Beck, Lecture...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 14d
Starmer is a deeply unpopular PM. He purged the left, pandered to the right, and what's it done for the labour movement...? Destroyed it. Pushed many to the Greens and moved those in Wales and Scotland over to independence parties. He needs to be removed
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prime Minister will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Allies of the prime minister are worried his job might be under immediate threat.
www.bbc.com

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 22d
On first 1st, I thought this was satire, but it's not.

Woe is me, and the world's smallest violin comes to mind.

You (for profiting) & the government ARE to blame.

‘I’m tired of being blamed for Britain’s housing crisis. Landlords aren’t the villains’ share.google/uwP8Wv5OiIVd...
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · 26d
BBC news with a headline which totally disregards the people hurt.

But yeah, let's make this all about him 🤬

BBC News - Is this finally rock bottom for Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Is this finally rock bottom for Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor?
Stripping Andrew of the title 'prince' is colossal, says the BBC's royal correspondent Sean Coughlan.
www.bbc.com

Reposted by Dave Beck

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Mark (Andrew) Witham ↗️ @puffmushroom.bsky.social · 26d
Hey UBI and Bsky friends, I'm working hard between my son and private life. But I have an update on the Basic Income Action site, finalizing Event features and staging for launch.

Between sports and politics trending, I need help testing and feedback. 🤞🫠

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Universal Basic Income for Everyone | Basic Income Action
Join thousands around the globe working to make guaranteed income a reality
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Reposted by Peter Beresford

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 24
A fresh round of Industrial Action is being balloted for across UK HE.

Strike! Strike! Strike! - We Are the University

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Strike! Strike! Strike! - We Are the University
But We’re Treated Like We’re Disposable
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Reposted by Dave Beck

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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · Oct 22
3. SED also encourages a rethinking of social housing - assessing how allocation practices can potential reinforce rather than reduce inequality and the need to invest in social housing.

Reposted by Dave Beck

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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · Oct 22
1. the socio-economic duty reinforces the need to measure poverty after housing costs.
2. The duty also requires the removal of the two-child limit.

Reposted by Dave Beck

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Lee Gregory (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 @academiclee.bsky.social · Oct 22
New post on Transforming Society with @drdavebeck.bsky.social and @VanessaBoon - our argument regarding the socio-economic duty and how it should be drawn upon in developing the child poverty strategy by the UK government. www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2025/10/21/a...

Three key take-aways:
Applying the socio-economic duty to tackle child poverty - Transforming Society
Academics Stand Against Poverty UK is calling for urgent, bold, and coordinated action—including the long-overdue implementation of the socio-economic duty—to address the alarming rise in child povert...
www.transformingsociety.co.uk

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 21
Today I'll be speaking at the Salford CVS annual conference about work and it's relationship to research on universal basic income

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 17
Cheers Simon, will do

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 17
Thanks very much!

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 16
Whoop Whoop!
Just received a book contract from Liverpool Press.
Im going to be writing a book about the Poverty Industry!

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 15
Haha, probably the same people who he has fooled for the last 15 years. Usually found putting up flags on lampposts - in his honour, and who certainly don't have a Bentley.

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 15
The fact that he owns a Bentley, paid for by his supporters, should stop them in their tracks. He's bought this with your ££ support. Dictionary definition of a Grifter.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tommy Robinson police stop at Channel Tunnel unlawful, court hears
The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.
www.bbc.com

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, Dave Beck

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Oct 14
'A “challenging” graduate labour market in the UK could further erode trust in the higher education sector, with the “bad times” showing little sign of ending.'

All the more reason to have a serious, nationwide discussion of what universities do and what they are for.
Faith in universities ‘at new low’ as graduate jobs dry up
Challenging economic conditions may have led to bump in student recruitment numbers this year but experts fear long-term damage after institutions pegged futures to employability agenda
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 13
My new chapter on Food & Social Class, available in the
Elgar Encyclopedia of Food and Society:
www.elgaronline.com/display/book...
@salforduni.bsky.social @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Oct 4
I often visit the pier in Bangor. It looks different today because of #StormAmy however, here is a short photo essay I wrote last week 👇
open.substack.com/pub/drdavebe...
Garth Pier, Bangor
A Walk Through Time and Community
open.substack.com

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 29
This week’s, we explored Guy Standing’s “Precariat” and how neoliberalism creates insecurity in work, housing, and identity.
Students made powerful connections between theory and lived experience.
Read more here
#Precariat #Neoliberalism #Sociology #Precarity
drdavebeck.substack.com/p/teaching-t...
Teaching the Precariat:
Reflections from the Classroom
open.substack.com

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 25
The authoritarian regime rolls in....

BBC News - Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme
The prime minister believes a new scheme would help crack down on illegal working in the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 22
New Blog: students on Precarity & Insecure Lives—how neoliberalism produces everyday insecurity.
From food banks to gig work, we unpacked the lived realities of precarity.
Read it here: drdavebeck.substack.com/p/back-in-th...
#neoliberalism #precarity #criticalpedagogy #sociology
Back in the Classroom: Neoliberalism, Precarity, and the Stories We Tell
The first week back teaching always brings a mix of anticipation and reflection.
drdavebeck.substack.com

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 9
You can hide Banksy's work. You can even remove it, but the message is still the same and has been made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM5W...
Banksy artwork showing judge beating unarmed protester covered up
YouTube video by Daily Record
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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 8
Thanks to @prof-carolynsnell.bsky.social and Lucie Middlemiss for giving me the pleasure of reading and reviewing their new book with Bristol Uni Press @brisunipress.bsky.social

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Dr Dave Beck @drdavebeck.bsky.social · Sep 2
@zackpolanski.bsky.social congratulations Zack!