Ian Higham
@highamian.bsky.social
Research Fellow at London School of Economics. Climate change, human rights, international law, global governance. PhD in Political Science from Stockholm University. Chair @lseucu.bsky.social Views mine, ibland på svenska. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇸🇪🇺🇸 | ✊🏻🇵🇸🏳️⚧️
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"Good Law Project said both rulings countered the argument that the supreme court ruling automatically resulted in a bathroom ban for trans people. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scottish nurse wins part of her tribunal in trans doctor changing room case
Sandie Peggie wins harassment claim but tribunal dismisses allegations of discrimination and victimisation
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
"Good Law Project said both rulings countered the argument that the supreme court ruling automatically resulted in a bathroom ban for trans people. “The tribunal was clear that the law does not now require banning trans people from single-sex spaces.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I’m sure Paul Mescal is a good actor or whatever but if you write like 130 passionate love poems about a pretty twink, you’re not totally straight and it’s exhausting that filmmakers still desperately want to shirk Shakespeare’s queerness.
December 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I’m sure Paul Mescal is a good actor or whatever but if you write like 130 passionate love poems about a pretty twink, you’re not totally straight and it’s exhausting that filmmakers still desperately want to shirk Shakespeare’s queerness.
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You can almost feel the BBC breaking news journalists breaking in real-time as they struggle to report that the employment tribunal didn't find that it was ok to be a transphobe in the workplace, and the Supreme Court decision really didn't matter in this case...
December 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
You can almost feel the BBC breaking news journalists breaking in real-time as they struggle to report that the employment tribunal didn't find that it was ok to be a transphobe in the workplace, and the Supreme Court decision really didn't matter in this case...
Annual reminder that “A Christmas Carol” is the story of a stingy moneylender with a Hebrew name and a pointed nose who is told he faces eternal damnation unless he begins to celebrate the birth of Christ. It’s antisemitic and weird and it needs to be dropped from our holiday traditions omg
December 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Annual reminder that “A Christmas Carol” is the story of a stingy moneylender with a Hebrew name and a pointed nose who is told he faces eternal damnation unless he begins to celebrate the birth of Christ. It’s antisemitic and weird and it needs to be dropped from our holiday traditions omg
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The irony is that this doesnt even need a bailout plan. You only need to unlock youth mobility & allow students from Europe (and anywhere else) in more easily. They'll fund your modern unis, will cross-subsidize the NHS, etc.
Also I hear strangling your core constituencies is not politically smart.
Also I hear strangling your core constituencies is not politically smart.
If it were steel works we would have a government bailout plan, yet losing thousands of jobs at unis is met with a shrug. & unlike steelworks universities were profitable when they had foreign students.
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
You are killing the golden goose… one of our best exports…
HOW IS THIS HELPING GROWTH?!
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The irony is that this doesnt even need a bailout plan. You only need to unlock youth mobility & allow students from Europe (and anywhere else) in more easily. They'll fund your modern unis, will cross-subsidize the NHS, etc.
Also I hear strangling your core constituencies is not politically smart.
Also I hear strangling your core constituencies is not politically smart.
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Tillåt er att bli glada över att A-teens ska vara med i Mello, det är ok
December 3, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Tillåt er att bli glada över att A-teens ska vara med i Mello, det är ok
How is there still no @ucu.org.uk ballot result??
December 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
How is there still no @ucu.org.uk ballot result??
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'Opportunity' is doing so much heavy lifting in this sentence it'll put it's back out
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
'Opportunity' is doing so much heavy lifting in this sentence it'll put it's back out
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🚨 Reminder‼️
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
We are the University HE replacement ballot request / I've voted form
This form allows UCU higher education members to request a replacement ballot for the 2025 HE industrial action ballots, or to self-report that they have already voted.
yoursay.ucu.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
🚨 Reminder‼️
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
If you never received or have lost your ballot, SUNDAY, 23RD NOVEMBER is the LAST day to request a replacement!
Here is the link to the ballot replacement form: yoursay.ucu.org.uk/s3/wearetheu...
Don’t delay! Get your replacement now & post your ballot immediately! #WeAreTheUniversity
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Look at those graphs — then get your ballot in ASAP!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
As we near the last safe day for ballot posting in the current national UCU ballot (get 'em in by Wed, preferably sooner), let's remember what we're fighting for. We'll start with the graphs we made last week. Decades of pay erosion has left many of us a full pay spine point below where we should be
And here we are! Literally every spine point is paying less in real terms than it was back in 2008. Spine point 5 (now replaced by the real living wage) is down by about 3.4%. By spine point 10, we're down over 10%. By spine point 23, over 20%, ultimately reaching a 22.1% reduction. 3/3
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Look at those graphs — then get your ballot in ASAP!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
Next Wednesday is your LAST safe day to post, but don’t wait until then!
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I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
November 21, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I'm not going to share Stock's Unherd article. But here's the important part: "Abortions should only be done for a highly restricted set of reasons. They should not be just nodded through for any reason a pregnant woman likes."
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
The ven diagram of the anti-trans & the anti-woman lobby is a circle.
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It is Transgender Awareness Week.
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
November 14, 2025 at 1:37 PM
It is Transgender Awareness Week.
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights remain under attack in the UK.
Our branch believes that trans people are who they say they are, and trans rights are human rights!
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I'm no expert on US politics but could it be that these Democrat leaders are simply naive af? They basically serve Trump the US democracy and all their own past accomplishments on a silver plate to "make a point"?
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/d...
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/d...
Key Senate Dem Says Party Caved on Shutdown to Make a Symbolic Point About the GOP
Sen. Dick Durbin said the fight proved “Republicans are not sensitive to health care insurance premiums and we are.” That won’t keep costs down.
theintercept.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I'm no expert on US politics but could it be that these Democrat leaders are simply naive af? They basically serve Trump the US democracy and all their own past accomplishments on a silver plate to "make a point"?
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/d...
theintercept.com/2025/11/10/d...
This is what is on the line. And eight Democrats have blown it apart for nothing at all. The Republicans had no cards to play and were taking most of the heat. Eight Democrats capitulated for nothing, and millions of Americans will lose their healthcare for it.
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is what is on the line. And eight Democrats have blown it apart for nothing at all. The Republicans had no cards to play and were taking most of the heat. Eight Democrats capitulated for nothing, and millions of Americans will lose their healthcare for it.
Insane decision by so many Democrats to capitulate. Utterly unconscionable. They will burn the country to the ground and grovel to Trump for the paltriest of crumbs. I have never regretted anything less than severing all ties with this political party.
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Insane decision by so many Democrats to capitulate. Utterly unconscionable. They will burn the country to the ground and grovel to Trump for the paltriest of crumbs. I have never regretted anything less than severing all ties with this political party.
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Check out this new research paper "Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash" in @nature.com by @mer29-cam.bsky.social, @ninahall.bsky.social, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, @highamian.bsky.social & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash - Nature Climate Change
Restrictions on civil society may drive climate activists to shift from protest to litigation. However, challenges to judicial independence, deregulation and anti-climate litigation mean that activist...
www.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Check out this new research paper "Reorienting climate litigation in a time of backlash" in @nature.com by @mer29-cam.bsky.social, @ninahall.bsky.social, Lisa Vanhala, Joana Setzer, @highamian.bsky.social & @harrovanasselt.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Imagine if the Labour ministers cared as much about Elon Musk’s call to violence as they did about some chants at Glastonbury
September 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Imagine if the Labour ministers cared as much about Elon Musk’s call to violence as they did about some chants at Glastonbury
Great, but cars must stop killing cyclists & cyclists must stop cycling on pavement!
We’ve lost multiple colleagues to cycling accidents. I’ve been hit & injured (fortunately minimally) by TWO cyclists + constant near misses! Roads so unsafe so they put pedestrians at risk trying to stay safe.
We’ve lost multiple colleagues to cycling accidents. I’ve been hit & injured (fortunately minimally) by TWO cyclists + constant near misses! Roads so unsafe so they put pedestrians at risk trying to stay safe.
🚴♀️ London has done it.
We’ve just been crowned Europe’s favourite city for cycling, a fantastic recognition of the progress we’ve made to make our city greener and more accessible for all. Our cycling boom is good for Londoners and is putting us on the map for cycle tourism.
We’ve just been crowned Europe’s favourite city for cycling, a fantastic recognition of the progress we’ve made to make our city greener and more accessible for all. Our cycling boom is good for Londoners and is putting us on the map for cycle tourism.
London Has Officially Been Named Europe’s Favourite City For Cycling – Overtaking The Likes Of Amsterdam And Paris
Helmets at the ready, folks; London has just topped the charts as the internet's favourite European cycling city - and we're feeling wheely proud.
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August 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Great, but cars must stop killing cyclists & cyclists must stop cycling on pavement!
We’ve lost multiple colleagues to cycling accidents. I’ve been hit & injured (fortunately minimally) by TWO cyclists + constant near misses! Roads so unsafe so they put pedestrians at risk trying to stay safe.
We’ve lost multiple colleagues to cycling accidents. I’ve been hit & injured (fortunately minimally) by TWO cyclists + constant near misses! Roads so unsafe so they put pedestrians at risk trying to stay safe.
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Challenges and Opportunities for Transnational Advocacy
Abstract. Transnational advocacy scholarship has illustrated the power of activist networks in overturning Cold War logics; facilitating disarmament and we
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July 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
In trying to steer union efforts to prevent my employer going down worst path of applying EHRC’s transphobic guidance, I’ve been frantically researching the legal situation & lived reality for UK trans people. It is worse than I think almost anyone realizes.
July 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In trying to steer union efforts to prevent my employer going down worst path of applying EHRC’s transphobic guidance, I’ve been frantically researching the legal situation & lived reality for UK trans people. It is worse than I think almost anyone realizes.
It’s wild how economists are going nuts over Piketty’s paper that shows what qualitative people and all people with eyes have seen for generations.
Like it’s genuinely so cute when they think they’ve discovered something novel with their little numbers and formulae and stuff.
Like it’s genuinely so cute when they think they’ve discovered something novel with their little numbers and formulae and stuff.
June 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
It’s wild how economists are going nuts over Piketty’s paper that shows what qualitative people and all people with eyes have seen for generations.
Like it’s genuinely so cute when they think they’ve discovered something novel with their little numbers and formulae and stuff.
Like it’s genuinely so cute when they think they’ve discovered something novel with their little numbers and formulae and stuff.
A 34 year old told me that unlike me he is too old to be here, and I will build statues to him
May 24, 2025 at 11:03 PM
A 34 year old told me that unlike me he is too old to be here, and I will build statues to him
To be clear, Labour’s position makes them one of the most far right parties in Europe on this issue.
Cutting disability benefits and allowing the higher education sector to collapse shows they are not particularly left wing on other issues either.
Cutting disability benefits and allowing the higher education sector to collapse shows they are not particularly left wing on other issues either.
If you *only* consider the question of toilets, and nothing else, Britain has been turned into a hostile environment for trans people.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.
April 28, 2025 at 6:39 AM
To be clear, Labour’s position makes them one of the most far right parties in Europe on this issue.
Cutting disability benefits and allowing the higher education sector to collapse shows they are not particularly left wing on other issues either.
Cutting disability benefits and allowing the higher education sector to collapse shows they are not particularly left wing on other issues either.
Gaza is out of food. Israel is starving the population to death, and the world has closed its eyes.
There are some things that can never be forgiven and some moral failures for which our leaders should never be able to atone.
There are some things that can never be forgiven and some moral failures for which our leaders should never be able to atone.
April 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Gaza is out of food. Israel is starving the population to death, and the world has closed its eyes.
There are some things that can never be forgiven and some moral failures for which our leaders should never be able to atone.
There are some things that can never be forgiven and some moral failures for which our leaders should never be able to atone.
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If you *only* consider the question of toilets, and nothing else, Britain has been turned into a hostile environment for trans people.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.
April 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If you *only* consider the question of toilets, and nothing else, Britain has been turned into a hostile environment for trans people.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.
Britain is now the most hostile country to be trans in Europe, other than Russia or Hungary.