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Alex Luke @alexluke.bsky.social · 1d

I'm happy to say that the article that Karin Tusting and I wrote for Text and Talk is now available. In it, we look at how a number literacy practices were deployed in a university language centre to try to shape workers into reflective practitioners. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

‘SMART goals’ and ‘HR language’: technologised literacy practices and counter-conduct in the workplace

This study examines the use of literacy practices in a performance management system which aims to produce reflective practitioners, and how these practices were discursively resisted by staff. It emp...

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Le Dog @ledog.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you @ducuuo.bsky.social comrades for returning this result.
We will not give up. We care about our university, our students and our city. It has been a very long time since anyone at the top did. That’s got to change.

Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 2d

Our members have voted to support industrial action to fight against job cuts passed today!

In the ballot our 72% of members were in favour of strike action, and 90% in favour of action short of strike. Turnout was 58%.

Thank you to all members, reps and officials for helping us get the vote out.

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 5d

Have you found Palestine?
Lean in
#GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

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Unite UCU @uniteucu.bsky.social · 6d

Fifty branches, representing over 36% of UCU members, have now called for @drjogrady.bsky.social to enter unconditional negotiations & remove the threat of punitive deductions against staff.

Unite's repeated requests for such talks have had no response. Will she now listen to @ucu.org.uk members?

We call on Jo Grady and UCU SMT to:
• Enter negotiations with Unite UCU without preconditions.
• Stop the threat of punitive deductions for ASOS - this breaches UCU and TUC policy and only serves to undermine all of us, not least those UCU members currently involved in legal test cases against punitive deductions after taking lawful industrial action.

Signed, 25, no 37, no 46, no 50 UCU branch committees (and still counting)

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Drop Site @dropsitenews.com · 7d

💥Breaking: Italy’s two largest unions call national general strike after Israel’s flotilla attack

The Italian unions CGIL and USB announced a nationwide general strike for Friday, October 3, covering all public and private sectors. The move follows Israel’s attack on the Gaza flotilla carrying...

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 7d

Israel attacks the Global Sumud Flotilla, continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza.

Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.

#DisruptComplicity now!

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 7d

I'm so happy to see the Canadian Linguistics Society issuing this statement - I want to see more linguists leveraging our expertise and scientific grounding to push back against linguistic oppression, and I think statements like this are a fantastic step!
#linguistics 🧪

Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 7d

The @cla-acl.bsky.social has issued a press release "calling on the Government of Québec to reconsider its decree banning forms of gender-inclusive writing, specifically the inclusive pronoun 'iel', the word 'toustes' and the interpoint." cla-acl.ca/pdfs/Ecritur...

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · 10d

No criminal record, then volunteer, then learn the language and, ideally, bring an Oscar or an Olympic medal. Then we'll accept you - maybe you'll get citizenship...

Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 10d

Labour looking at Reform's racist policies and saying "we"ll have some of that". These aren't just discriminatory, by making migrants meet higher standards than the average person, they automatically treat migrants as if they are criminals on community service.
#r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Under the proposals, legal migrants will have to learn English to a high standard, have a clean criminal record and volunteer in their community to be granted permanent settlement status.

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 12d

Lean in
Say No
#GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 12d

If you are a student or faculty member, join or start a campaign to pressure your university to cut ties with Microsoft.

If you are involved in a civil society organization support the BDS movement’s policy related work on regulating AI and cloud tech as dual use by contacting [email protected].

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13d

#OtD 25 Sep 1952 influential Black author, activist, and feminist theorist, bell hooks was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. She wrote over 30 books during her life, often critiquing what she termed the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1259...

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 13d

i hope this article gives hope to any teachers who are confronted with ideologies of the 'word gap' in their schools. despite the stubbornness of this deficit concept, there are always spaces for resistance 💕 ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · 20d

new article published open access in Reading Research Quarterly 💫

Follow the word gap: the social life of a deficit concept
doi.org/10.1002/rrq....

i trace how deficit ideologies associated with the 'word gap' get reproduced - and rejected - in teacher education and schools.

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 13d

Mustering a lexicon for the world
from the heartbreak of Gaza
#GazaGenocide‌

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 13d

Italy was on strike in solidarity with Palestinians last Monday.
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated blocking roads, ports & railway stations. In Rome, many drivers found themselves stuck in traffic — & were happy about it, saluting demonstrators & condemning Israel’s genocide against Palestinians.

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · 15d

Let the words be your planner
as work for justice happens
#GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 14d

Support @iwgbunion.bsky.social members on strike at UCL against job losses from cleaners!

actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

UCL Cleaners’ Strike Fund

Outsourced cleaners at UCL are facing huge redundancies. We need your help! UCL and subcontractor Sodexo have announced they will be cutting 195 Full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs within cleaning servic...

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Dr Khawla Badwan @khawlabadwan.bsky.social · Aug 26

Word this world
Let words be
Lest we forget
#GazaGenocide #KeepTellingofGaza

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TEFL Workers' Union @teflunion.bsky.social · 17d

Sending our fullest #solidarity from the Malvern House teachers to @wforestneu.bsky.social!

#Strike and win, fellow workers!

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 23d

Strike action is ON!!!

Next week will be the first of 4 weeks of striking from our members as we continue to say NO to the compulsory redundancies forced on us by the university for their poor financial choices.

#StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 17d

I've not listened yet but I *know* this will be excellent!

Jonathan Kasstan @jrkasstan.bsky.social · 17d

New Word of Mouth podcast with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social and @jessaiston.bsky.social on language and the ‘manosphere’ www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #linguistics

Word of Mouth - The Language of the Manosphere - BBC Sounds

Michael Rosen hears how words are used as weapons against women

www.bbc.co.uk

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BAAL Language and Education for Social Justice SIG @baal-lesj-sig.bsky.social · Sep 8

Thanks to everyone who joined our Social Justice Linguistic Walk in Glasgow—Merchant City → East End → Barras. We read the city like a text: cones, plaques, shopfronts, murals & more. Big love for your keen eyes & generous chat. Blog & map soon. #LanguageJustice #BAAL2025 @baal2025.bsky.social

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UCU Westminster @ucuwestminster.bsky.social · 29d

There should be a joint statement from the five unions in the next day or so (which also mentions pay, jobs, and nationally agreed employment conditions).

For now, here is some further detail on what our dispute is about and what we UCU members will be balloted on nationally:

#WeAreTheUniversity

Our dispute relates to the 2025/26 joint HE trade union national claim, specifically:

1. A pay uplift that is at least RPI + 3.5% or £2,500, whichever is the higher, on all pay points;

2. National agreement to avoid redundancies, course closures, and cuts to academic disciplines across the sector;

3. The protection of national agreements relating to terms and conditions of employment, including the 2004 framework agreement, the Post-92 contract for Post-92 institutions, and HE2000.

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UNESCO @unesco.org · 29d

On this International Day to #ProtectEducationFromAttack, UNESCO underlines its deep concern about the 44% increase in attacks on educational facilities in 2024.

Read the full press release: unes.co/7mnru7

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Cecile Menard @cecilebm.bsky.social · Sep 8

Striking today to stop jobs cuts at the University of Edinburgh. It is a manufactured crisis. There is no deficit. #stopmassredundancies

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Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social · Sep 8

few things in life are inevitable but one of the most inevitable things has to be Doug Lemov’s Teach Like a Champion being exported from schools to prisons. 🤷‍♀️ improvingteaching.co.uk/2025/09/07/i...

Improving prisons – Leading prison landings: The Unlocked guide to jailcraft

It’s hard to become good at a job. It’s even harder in frontline, high-pressure, high-risk roles. We can learn from effective colleagues. But doing so is tricky. Frontline public servic…

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