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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · 14d

Job: Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology in Oslo

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology (283420) | University of Oslo

Job title: Associate Professor in Cultural and Community Psychology (283420), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Tuesday, September 30, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 28d

The cost of a single place in a residential children’s care home in England has nearly doubled in five years to an average £318,000 a year, with private firms racking up huge profits as a result of market failure, according to the public spending watchdog.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Cost of place in children’s care homes in England hits almost £320,000 a year

Private firms’ profits soar, watchdog says, as prices nearly double in five years

www.theguardian.com

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 4

The REF has been paused for 3 months as policymakers scratch their heads to figure out how to resolve various tensions. This prescient piece by @annamgrey.bsky.social lays out those complexities
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

University crisis is forcing the REF to lower its expectations - Research Professional News

When dauntingly complex plans meet cash-strapped institutions, something’s got to give, says Anna Grey

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · Aug 25

Are you studying questions of poverty, social security, welfare or justice in Africa? Then we want to hear from you!
We’re calling for special issue proposals for the Journal of Poverty and Social Justice focusing on Africa
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal... #ASAUK Africa Studies

Journal of Poverty and Social Justice

"Journal of Poverty and Social Justice" published on by Policy Press.

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com

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The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Aug 25

CONTRIBUTE: The Sociological Review’s #openaccess digital magazine is inviting early career scholars to submit pitches for our #ResearchInsights series.

Editors Iris Pissaride & @juliettephd.bsky.social are seeking proposals for our December issue. Pitch deadline is 5 September.

🔎 buff.ly/Q5KZlcJ

"A vintage green typewriter with a blank yellow sheet of paper inserted, set against a solid red background."

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Aug 24

Academics are very concerned that the BBC is changing access to its archival material by releasing material in an orchestrated way rather than allowing researchers to ask their own queries. Very worrying development and a good overview by @vanessathorpe.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Ilona Pinter 🧡 @ilonapin.bsky.social · Aug 13

Help please: we're trying to recruit some more parent research participants in Scotland for our #FamilyFinances project. Specifically: parents who are receiving #UniversalCredit and #ScottishChildPayment and who have at least one baby (0-12months) in the household. Can you help spread the word?

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David Batty @david-batty.bsky.social · Aug 11

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza

Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital

www.theguardian.com

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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · Aug 6

Beautiful writing and important reading from @milliemaglet.bsky.social

Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Aug 6

Another shout out for @milliemaglet.bsky.social brilliant blog, which has been (rightly) getting a lot of love on here. So important to foreground the precarity that shapes the lives of so many, including within academia itself.

We feel very lucky to have Millie @changingrealities.bsky.social

Dr Millie Light @milliemaglet.bsky.social · Aug 5

As a research associate on a participatory project, lived experience is valued, carefully held, and entangled with our (researchers') own lives. My blog for Big Issue covers precarious work, ill-health, and Labour's cuts.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/canc...

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Aug 6

Another shout out for @milliemaglet.bsky.social brilliant blog, which has been (rightly) getting a lot of love on here. So important to foreground the precarity that shapes the lives of so many, including within academia itself.

We feel very lucky to have Millie @changingrealities.bsky.social

Dr Millie Light @milliemaglet.bsky.social · Aug 5

As a research associate on a participatory project, lived experience is valued, carefully held, and entangled with our (researchers') own lives. My blog for Big Issue covers precarious work, ill-health, and Labour's cuts.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/canc...

How patients could suffer after Labour's universal credit cuts

Millie Light writes of the deep sorrow she feels for anyone who becomes sick or disabled with cancer after the universal credit cuts.

www.bigissue.com

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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · Aug 5

Trusted local journalism, or pink slime? This is scary…

Gabriel Kennedy @gabrielkennedy.bsky.social · Aug 5

What happens when local journalism isn't really local, and isn't really journalism either?

The US pandemic of fake 'pink slime news' has gone global, threatening our communities.

My new investigation (linked below) for @pressgazette.co.uk explores how UK pink slime is on the rise.

Gabriel Kennedy @gabrielkennedy.bsky.social · Aug 5

What happens when local journalism isn't really local, and isn't really journalism either?

The US pandemic of fake 'pink slime news' has gone global, threatening our communities.

My new investigation (linked below) for @pressgazette.co.uk explores how UK pink slime is on the rise.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Jul 31

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence from individuals and organisations with expertise in the key public policy areas for social and economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find more information and details about how to respond here: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/programmes/c...

SHAPE the Future: Call for evidence

The British Academy is opening a call for evidence as part of a new phase of the SHAPE the Future programme, which will seek to examine the progress made against the long-term societal impacts identif...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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British Future @britishfuture.bsky.social · May 11

New British Future research, published ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper, find more balanced public views on immigration for work or study:
www.britishfuture.org/white-paper-...

New poll finds public support for migration to work or study - British Future

New British Future research on public attitudes to immigration, ahead of the government’s expected Immigration White Paper.

www.britishfuture.org

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CELCIS @celcis.org · Jul 27

The recording of our webinar discussing the findings from an evaluation of @familyrightsgp.bsky.social trial of Lifelong Links in Scotland, is available here: buff.ly/3YKHtMR

A graphic promoting the lifelong links webinar hosted by CELCIS.

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Professor Anna Vignoles @annavignoles.bsky.social · Jul 7

Big day @leverhulme.ac.uk - we are celebrating our centenary by investing £100m in blue skies research and doctoral centres. Here I explain why... @wonkhe.bsky.social

Research funding requires research capacity wonkhe.com/blogs/resear...

Research funding requires research capacity

The Leverhulme Trust is investing an extra £100m in supporting research next year. Anna Vignoles calls for new thinking on ways to sustain university research infrastructures

wonkhe.com

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Resolution Foundation @resfoundation.bsky.social · Jul 2

Following sharp rises in food inflation in 2023, food insecurity in the UK has soared.

The proportion of children living in households with ‘very low’ food security shot up from 5.6% to 9.4%t between 2020-21 and 2023-24.

Chart showing the proportion of people in households with very low food security, by age group: UK

The proportion of working-age adults living in households with ‘very low’ food security (i.e. where there is a lack of sufficient, varied food) shot up from 3.9 to 6.0 per cent between 2020-21 and 2023-24 (after remaining broadly flat through the pandemic), while the proportion of very food-insecure children rose from 5.6 to 9.4 per cent.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Jul 1

New opportunity! We are offering funding for two researchers to embed themselves at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace to work on one of the themes outlined below
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/glob...

Applications are invited in any of the following five areas:
• Sustainability, Climate and Geopolitics.
• Global Order and Institutions.
• South and East Asia.
• Middle East and North Africa.
• Security and Defence.

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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · Jun 30

Congratulations! Well deserved!

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TCRU at UCL IOE @tcru-ucl.bsky.social · Jun 26

New job vacancy at TCRU! For a Lecturer (Teaching) in Social Psychology - 2.5 year post (www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...).

Please share widely! @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @bps-social-psych.bsky.social

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · Jun 23

Sociology Call for Full Papers: Normative Turn in Sociology

This special issue seeks to explore normativity as a constitutive dimension of social life and sociological research. Submit your paper by 22 January 2026. Read full Call for Papers below:
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · Jun 19

I’m so delighted to be stepping into this role, supporting the work of the Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social

Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations to our 5 new trustees who were elected to the Academy’s Council at our AGM! Our newly elected Trustee @janetboddy.bsky.social‬ is Prof of Child, Youth & Family Studies at ‪sussex.ac.uk‬ & Adjunct Prof at @nova-oslomet.bsky.social‬. bit.ly/4e6sBhM

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · Jun 19

Congratulations to our 5 new trustees who were elected to the Academy’s Council at our AGM! Our newly elected Trustee @janetboddy.bsky.social‬ is Prof of Child, Youth & Family Studies at ‪sussex.ac.uk‬ & Adjunct Prof at @nova-oslomet.bsky.social‬. bit.ly/4e6sBhM

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Prof Ruth Patrick @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social · Jun 11

🔥 Four (yes four) fixed-term jobs now being advertised working across two great projects & with an AMAZING team @changingrealities.bsky.social & @safety-nets.bsky.social 🔥

These are at ‪@uofglasgow.bsky.social‬ as I'm moving there at the end of this month www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/research...

Research Associate

Job Purpose To make a leading contribution to the Changing Realities and Safety Nets project working with Professor Ruth Patrick and colleagues across several institutions. The successful candidat...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · Jun 9

Deadline approaching!

SRO’s special issue, Towards a Sociology of Dignity, welcomes contributions that engage with dignity as a contested concept, particularly in post-conflict settings.

Find the full Call below. Deadline: this Thursday, 12 June 2025.
www.britsoc.co.uk/opportunitie...

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martinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · May 30

Future of world-renowned Pen Green children’s centre in hands of Reform UK

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Future of world-renowned children’s centre in hands of Reform UK

Pen Green, a model for Labour’s Sure Start, could face closure if Reform-led North Northamptonshire council fails to act

www.theguardian.com

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The Health Foundation @healthfoundation.bsky.social · May 19

Are you passionate about health, inequalities and the role of social and economic factors?

We are looking for an Analyst to join our Healthy Lives team.

Find out more and apply by 23.59 on 29 May ⬇

https://bit.ly/4j4sZhN

Analyst (Economic determinants of health)

Permanent contract
Salary: Up to £47,817 per annum plus excellent benefits
Application deadline: 29 May 2025, 23.59

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Sociology at Oxford @sociologyoxford.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 We're hiring!

Oxford Sociology is looking for a Departmental Lecturer to teach on our MSc - leading on the qualitative methods and political & civil conflict papers, as well as supervising dissertations.

Apply by 30 May ✍️ my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Job ad for the Departmental Lecturer in Sociology position, deadline: 30 May 2025

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Janet Boddy, FAcSS @janetboddy.bsky.social · May 11

Really helpful thread for anyone who cares about UK higher education (let’s hope that includes the Universities Minister)…

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · May 10

Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’

Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · May 10

Intriguing report of the thinking of the Universities Minister
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

Universities have ‘lost sight of responsibility over public money’

Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government

www.telegraph.co.uk

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