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Jenny Pickerill is a Professor of Environmental Geography and Head of Department at the University of Sheffield. Her work considers… more

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Chris Packham: Live at the Royal Geographical Society!

Join us on Friday 26 September for an inspiring evening lecture with acclaimed TV presenter and environmental activist @chrisgpackham.bsky.social.

📍In London or online
🎟️ Tickets: £25

Book your place today 🔗 www.rgs.org/events/u...
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Celebrating creativity at @rgsibg.bsky.social with @ella-hubbard.bsky.social amazing sewing - how many academic conferences have such fun activities + ‘outputs’?
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Loved perusing the geography zines at the @rgsibg.bsky.social marque this morning - amazing political interventions
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The @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference begins in Birmingham: 2,000+ attendees from over 72 countries. Excited to be here!
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by Le Yu — Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Le Yu

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Don't miss our Geo Keynote tomorrow at the RGS-IBG Annual Conference!

This panel brings our editors in conversation with Kathryn Yusoff, James Dyke, Ankit Kumar & Lynda Yorke on 'The Future of Environmental Geography'.

🕐14:40
📍Teaching & Learning Building: Lecture Theatre 1 (& online)
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) @rgsibg.bsky.social · Aug 7
Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Lesley A. Hall, Keith Lilley , and 2 more

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Our school is looking for a new Head of Department for Geography and Planning. Details below. @livunigeog.bsky.social @livuniplanning.bsky.social @livunisoes.bsky.social www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ551/h...
Head of Department for Geography and Planning - Grade 10 at University of Liverpool
Explore an exciting academic career as a Head of Department for Geography and Planning - Grade 10. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Le Yu, Katherine Brickell

rgsibg.bsky.social
Our Annual International Conference is coming up! 🌍

On 26-29 August, we'll welcome 2,000+ geography professionals to the University of Birmingham for 400+ sessions, talks and events covering all types of geographical science. Learn more: http://bit.ly/4lgkPnk

📷: University of Birmingham
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In addition we know from analysis of grant application success rates that those who are non-white, + to a slightly lesser extent those who are not-men, are awarded far fewer percentages of grants relative to both their number in academia + how many applications they submit
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Dave O’Brien, Charles West , and 4 more

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UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...
UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double - Research Professional News
Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Beth Perry, Tom Goodfellow , and 1 more

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Are you a PhD or early-career researcher working on #urban #inequalities and related themes? Join us for the Emerging Urban Inequalities #Conference in Sheffield, UK on 26-27 June 2025. Submit your abstract by 25 April. More info at: sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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A conference for post-graduate and early career researchers Sheffield, UK - June 26th and 27th, 2025
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OTHER PEOPLE: Dogs should not be on settees

MY DOG: This is the very least I deserve
Red fox Labrador dog lying on its back on a sofa looking very peaceful
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I had a nightmare last night that I was the only staff member left in my department + I had to teach all 5 degrees by myself + when I complained I got sent on a resilience training course … in case you are wondering what British higher education feels like right now
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, David Bailey, Lyndsey Stonebridge

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Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy https://on.ft.com/3TGYS5Q
Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy
Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill

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📣 join us! We are advertising a 0.6 PT lectureship in #InternationalRelations for 18 months. Closing date 27 July ⬇️

jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Universi...
University Teacher in Politics and International Relations
University Teacher in Politics and International Relations
jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk
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I have not. I will look it up. Thanks
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Peri-menopause seems dominated by stories of loss + grief, but I have shifted to a space of assertive unashamed self-care. My status as an older women as a relief from gendered social reproductive expectations. A celebration of the power of being whatever I want to be - hope I am not alone in this
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Anyone else experiencing peri-menopause as a release? Not withstanding the pain, surge of hormones etc, I am now enjoying a lightness + freedom from this major transition
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If you’re attending the Communities Conference at Canon Frome Court on 12th July then don't miss the session by author @jennypickerill.bsky.social on #EcoCommunities!

🕘 10.30am
Register 🎟️ bit.ly/3I4dxW1
Find out more about Jenny’s book 📗 bit.ly/3ZXwcJd
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Just completed 3 days of training on how to be a Group Coach with Catalyst14, + am buzzing on how useful it will be in universities. Learning group dynamics, listening skills, + how to create the conditions for generative dialogue seem like vital skills for all right now!
Group Coaching Skills Workshop (London) — Catalyst 14
Information about a group coaching skills workshop in Central London from Catalyst 14, one of the UK's leading coach training providers.
www.catalyst14.co.uk
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None of those newspapers (or the BBC) that gleefully ran stories when the EHRC gave trans people a shoeing will now report on the EHRC admitting they (and hence those stories) were wrong. Are those outlets craven - or dishonest?

Thank goodness for the legal press. www.law360.com/articles/235...
EHRC Drops Workplace Toilet Advice Amid Legal Threat - Law360
Britain's equal rights watchdog has dropped its advice to employers that they must provide single-sex toilets in the wake of a landmark U.K. Supreme Court decision in the face of a court challenge.
www.law360.com
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First day as Vice President of Research & Higher Education @rgsibg.bsky.social. Looking forward to representing academic geographers + all our activities. My first Council meeting today - lots to learn!
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If you are in Devon please come along to the launch of my book Eco-Communities at Bowden Pillars Future + join the conversation about how we create, build + live in eco-communities
Eco-Communities [Living Questions Session]
Join us as we Live The Questions and ask the experts - What can we learn as Bowden Pillars creates a new eco village right here in Totnes?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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by Jenny Pickerill — Reposted by: Rosaleen Duffy

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Excited to share that my new collaborative book - Eco-communities - is now published with Bloomsbury + open access

We examine eco-communities worldwide through questions of transformative possibilities, inclusion, collective governance + diverse economics

Please read + share!
Eco-communities
www.bloomsburycollections.com
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Lyn Robinson, Ian M. Kinchin , and 2 more

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Now published! Universities Degraded, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, reveals the scale of job losses in UK universities, exposes employer practices & shares testimonies of those made redundant & their colleagues.

Warning: some of the content is distressing.

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This week the first article from my PhD was published! This piece explores the belief that our planet is hurtling towards self-inflicted extinction. By working closely with Extinction Rebellion, I examine how demands to halt planetary extinction shape the future.

doi.org/10.1111/tran... 🐞🌱
Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers | RGS Journal | Wiley Online Library
The belief that we have to act now to avoid a future lost knowingly to self-inflicted extinction operates through what I term ‘the extinction script’. As a technology of power that regulates climate ...
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Our Mapping Hope zine is published! We explore global environmental challenges + suggest responses which are socially just. Created collectively by undergraduate students @sheffielduni.bsky.social from the School of Geography + Planning. We made this as another way to share their essay ideas
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Andrew Leyshon, Sarah Mills

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Please sign and share this petition, calling on Newcastle University’s Executive Board to halt the threat of ill-considered and unnecessary redundances that are imperilling careers and the future of our institution.

www.change.org/p/end-unnece...
Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
www.change.org
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by Sarah Marie Hall — Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill

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And here's a petition regarding redundancies across the whole university:
www.change.org/p/stop-compu...
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Reposted by: Jenny Pickerill, Adam S. Posen, Jason Stajich , and 12 more

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There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18
A must read
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