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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 9d

Great series of events planned by @bps-social-psych.bsky.social on collective action and emergencies. It's free to attend and online!

www.bps.org.uk/event/rising...

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Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · 15d

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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...

Jonathan Potter @profjonathanpotter.bsky.social · Apr 28

Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · 21d

I learnt that they don't recognise the fabulousness of Sinitta's 'So Macho' last year so I had to swap it to Hey Duggee's Enid song. This year we'll explore how you can analyse Tiny Chef doing Billie Eilish (fingers crossed I don't say eyelash). I might need your list 😂

a stuffed animal is wearing a chef 's hat and apron and playing a flute

ALT: a stuffed animal is wearing a chef 's hat and apron and playing a flute

media.tenor.com

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Association of European Qualitative Researchers in Psychology @euroqualpsy.bsky.social · 23d

Hello, we invite you to join the E-Agora tomorrow.

The ‘Manosphere’ with Cecilia Rollano, (National University of Distance Education, Spain).

Tuesday the 16th of September 2025. At 17.00-18.30 Central European Time (16.00 West European Time/UK; 18.00 East European Time).

Link: shorturl.at/tSGdb

Join conversation

shorturl.at

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Sep 7

Great hybrid event this week exploring the development of our understanding of mental health as part of #heritageopendays in #Lichfield

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Marc Scully @marcscully.bsky.social · Sep 3

There's also an open letter from social psychologists to the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission, and of the European Parliament that is available to sign: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

EASP members open letter to EU

docs.google.com

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𝚈𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚇𝚒𝚎 謝雅戎 @xyarong.bsky.social · Sep 2

Dr Sue Widdicombe and I are inviting submissions for a Special Issue on "Making Others Misconduct Matter In The Public Sphere". onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
For questions, feel free to get in touch with us.
Looking forward to your contributions! ✨

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology

The Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology publishes papers that cover the full spectrum of community and social psychology.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 31

Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland

Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future

I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Sep 2

@qmip.bsky.social Postgraduate awards are now open for nominations. If you come across an excellent masters dissertation while marking, you have until 30 November to apply.

www.bps.org.uk/member-netwo...

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FinnMackay @finnfox.bsky.social · Aug 28

Bristol Feminists! Very limited places available to hear from Beatrix Campbell & Rahila Gupta speaking at the Watershed on publication of their new book. Spread the word www.drfinnmackay.co.uk/new-events/p...

Planet Patriarchy: Global Feminism with Rahila Gupta & Beatrix Campbell A UWE Bristol Public Sociology event — Dr Finn Mackay

This in-conversation event will cover how patriarchy fluxes and changes around the world, and how feminism resists and triumphs. Covering case studies from the women's revolution in Rojava, in North E...

www.drfinnmackay.co.uk

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Trussell @trusselluk.bsky.social · Aug 14

🚨 Why are the numbers of people on Universal Credit higher?

Here’s a thread to explain...

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · Aug 21

🔊 Climate change is a social justice issue 🔊

Recent analysis from @carbonbrief.org found that neighbourhoods in England where half or more of the population are people of colour are 15 TIMES more likely to face extreme heat than neighbourhoods where almost everyone is white

@gndrising.bsky.social

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BPS Environmental Psychology Section @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social · Aug 18

Are you a leader interested in advancing environmental psychology in the UK? Are you a member of @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social?

Applications are now open for the next Chair or Co-Chair BPS Environmental Psychology Section

Further details here: www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

Volunteer role: Chair for Environmental Psychology Section (Role ID: 213) | BPS

The deadline for applications is 12 noon on 16 September 2025.

www.bps.org.uk

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High Pay Centre @highpaycentre.bsky.social · Aug 18

The full report showing who the highest earners are and our proposed solutions to extreme pay inequality is now published here. highpaycentre.org/ceo-pay-in-t...

CEO pay in the FTSE 100 reaches record high for the third year in a row - High Pay Centre

The High Pay Centre's annual review of CEO pay in the FTSE 100 shows median CEO pay jumping from £4.29m to £4.58m in 2024/2025

highpaycentre.org

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Aug 18

Nice start to the week with a publication co-authored with @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social alumni Dan Johnson!

We explored how Monégasque citizens are constructed in super-rich TV programming about Monaco

doi.org/10.1177/0957...

@ree-uwe.bsky.social

“Foreigners who come to live in Monaco are rich, but normal Monegasques are normal people”: Exploring how Monegasque citizens are constructed in entertainment documentaries about the super-rich in Mon...

The Principality of Monaco presents an interesting case given its policies as a tax haven and limited access to citizenship. Discursive psychologists have found...

doi.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Aug 13

Labour won’t defend migration.

Too scared of Reform, too terrified to lead.

While they play dog whistle politics, inequality is the real problem.

Not small boats. But private jets.

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John Drury @profjohndrury.bsky.social · Aug 9

In our analysis, it's not that more people are angry about migrants in temporary housing, it's rather that the people who are angry are now also empowered...

blogs.sussex.ac.uk/crowdsidenti...

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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament @cnduk.bsky.social · Aug 5

Watch this powerful documentary. In 1945 two atomic bombs killed over 200,000 in #Hiroshima and #Nagasaki. Today just one US bomb now stationed in Britain could kill over 600,000. Help us stop the new nuclear war drive. Join CND today.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

What Happened at...? - Series 1: What Happened at Hiroshima

On the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jordan Dunbar hears from the only people who have ever experienced and survived a nuclear explosion.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Daniel Fountain @danielfountain.bsky.social · Aug 3

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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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · Jul 31

Here's a talk I gave as a keynote for the BPS @qmip.bsky.social conference (July 2025) - the result of @vicclarke.bsky.social & I recognising we needed to "dive in" & grapple with the beast that is GenAI & qualitative/(reflexive) thematic analysis
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zFQ...

Dr Braun(love) - or: how I learned to stop worrying and love GenAI (yeah nah)

YouTube video by Virginia Braun

www.youtube.com

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Aug 1

Great opportunity to volunteer on the @qmip.bsky.social committee!

You can find out more here:
www.bps.org.uk/news/volunte...

Volunteer role: Appointed Member for Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section: (Role ID: 205) | BPS

We have 3 roles available on our committee.

www.bps.org.uk

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · Jul 24

Prof Matt Perry, UCU Newcastle branch chair:

“The fact that they can pay £1.7m out to students shows the measure of the impact of our actions plus that the university had the money to cut compulsory redundancies in the first place."

#AcademicSky #UKHE

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(Dr) Heather Moreno Sutherland @heathermsutherland.bsky.social · Jul 24

“Are institutions really letting students down - or is the expectation placed on them part of the issue?
And to what extent should the responsibility fall on universities in the first place?” #AcademicSky #StudentMentalHealth www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Should student mental health responsibility fall to universities?

The number of students reporting mental health concerns is rising. But to what extent should the onus be on universities?

www.bbc.co.uk

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Research & External Engagement UWE Bristol @ree-uwe.bsky.social · Jul 16

UWE Bristol is offering community, voluntary, and social enterprise organisations the opportunity to receive free consultancy through the Community Action and Knowledge Exchange (CAKE) Scheme.

Find out more about the topics for consultancy, past projects and how to apply here: go.uwe.ac.uk/skuty

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Philippa Carr @philippacarr.bsky.social · Jul 16

Published a paper exploring talk about wokeness and heritage in UK newspapers with @heritagejohn.bsky.social, Mirko Demasi and Shani Burke.

Heritage is presented as apolitical and a refuge from the world raising questions about inclusivity

@ree-uwe.bsky.social

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How is “wokeness” constructed in newspaper articles about British heritage institutions move to be more diverse?

Increasing use of the term “wokeness” in the UK has arisen from the Black Lives Matter movement that challenges anti-Black racism from police. BLM has led to the challenging of decision-making arou...

www.tandfonline.com

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