Jan McArthur
@janmcarthur.bsky.social
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Head of Department and Professor in Higher Education and Social Justice, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK. Passionate about education and social justice - plus cats, chickens and gardens.
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janmcarthur.bsky.social
Latest in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on shoulder.
Red Admiral butterfly on my shoulder.
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pimlicat.bsky.social
“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division,”

AMEN

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
www.theguardian.com
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We are starting to see higher total cumulative annual mentions for entire organisations on Bluesky than on Twitter.

Below are mentions of all research ever published by @leibniz-zmt.de. Bluesky is higher than Twitter in 2025.
ZMT total social media mentions for all research ever published are higher on Bluesky than Twitter in 2025
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rbreich.bsky.social
Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666x more than the company's median employee in 2024.

This was the widest CEO-to-Worker pay gap in the entire S&P 500.

Remember this before you order your next pumpkin spice latte.
janmcarthur.bsky.social
New butterfly in our garden.
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Red Admiral on ragwort - a much misunderstood wildflower I have learned.
janmcarthur.bsky.social
Red Admiral on spearmint.
Red admiral butterfly on spearmint.
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Sweet peas from the garden.
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Red Admiral on rose Hyde Hall.
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I'm going to be in Melbourne for the footy finals. I imagine my friends in CRADLE, Deakin are so pleased to have a Collingwood supporter with them during the finals. ..
Promise I will be on my best-ish behaviour ;-)
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Next in the Red Admiral series: Red Admiral on Echinops.
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Red Admiral sitting on The Lark Ascending.
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danielfountain.bsky.social
My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...
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Storm on the way. So time to get the roses in.
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rbreich.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos is worth $230 billion and is reportedly spending $20 million on a three-day wedding in Venice while sailing around on his $500 million yacht. If he can afford to do that, he can afford a wealth tax and to pay Amazon workers a living wage. Hello?
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Australian journalist wins unfair dismissal case over Gaza post

Good to see this - too often, corporations are restricting rights to free speech in the grounds of corporate reputation

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Antoinette Lattouf: Court finds journalist unfairly fired over Gaza post
The judge found the ABC did not give Antoinette Lattouf a chance to defend herself before she was fired
www.bbc.co.uk
janmcarthur.bsky.social
This is so sad. What on earth has English higher education done to itself?
drfrancisyoung.bsky.social
The 'precariously employed lecturer/researcher bin' just out of shot is much fuller, however
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In use at many UK universities right now
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davidandress.bsky.social
UK higher ed has External Examiners, thousands of qualified people who provide their labour, *almost unremunerated* to check the actual quality of actual teaching & assessment, every year.

In the "national debate on quality assurance", they might as well not exist.

wonkhe.com/blogs/qualit...
janmcarthur.bsky.social
Powerful panel discussion on trauma-informed pedagogies at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social teaching and learning conference today.
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Enormous roses here at York St John University.
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Lovely to be in York again. Looking forward to the York St John University teaching and learning conference tomorrow. They are a university with a particularly strong commitment to social justice.