punkacademic @punkacademic.bsky.social Anarchist | historian | political culture and education policy | disabled | MS | he/him | Evertonian
Debating Anarchism
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/debating-anarchism-9781350118102/
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Lucy Faire @drlucyfaire.bsky.social Historian of everyday life; enthusiast for adult education and cooperation; personal account
Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social Exeter branch for the UCU. #DefendExeterUni. https://linktr.ee/DefendExeterUni
Richard Hall @hallymk1.bsky.social Works as a Professor of Education and Technology at DMU Leicester. Independent visitor. Primary PRU governor. #walsallfc #Foxes🦊 #freepalestine The Dissolution of the Universities https://tinyurl.com/ykwvr2ba
Sean Wallis @seanawallis.bsky.social Socialist, corpus linguistics researcher at UCL, UCL UCU secretary, NEC member. Personal capacity. Repost ≠ endorsement
Blogs about CL/statistics at https://corplingstats.wordpress.com
Stood for election for UCU VP in 2026, see https://seanwallis.uk
Megan Povey @meganjpovey.bsky.social Professor of Food Physics at the University of Leeds and a University and College Union (UCU) activist. One time National Pensions Negotiator for the UCU
Dr Gillian Jack @drgillhistory.bsky.social Historian of women in late medieval/early mod Italy. Open University. Feminist. UCUCommons & NEC. She/her. Strong words; weak tea.
Book out in October: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/prostitution-repentance-and-social-welfare-in-renaissance-florence/
Ayo Ra @irian26.bsky.social PhD International Relations (IR).
Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social I take photos of people (amongst other things)
#Nottingham
uwupresident.bsky.social @president.unionworkersunion.org
The Weekdy @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
UCU QMU @ucuqmu.bsky.social Posting updates from UCU at Queen Margaret University Edinburgh and sharing thoughts about UKHE more generally
Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social Ocean Gate Elementary School class of 1992. John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Irishman in London. Founder of award winning investigative news site Democracy for Sale https://democracyforsale.substack.com/
Politics & IR @ De Montfort University @dmupoliticsir.bsky.social Hi 👋 this is the official page for Politics and International Relations @dmuleicester🎓
UCU at EHU is #Rising @ucu-ehu.bsky.social Bluesky account of Edge Hill University's branch of UCU.
Follow for info, campaigns and more! Views mostly the Branch, retweets not necessarily endorsements!
Ormskirk, England
ehuucu.home.blog
Peter Welsh @peterwelsh68.bsky.social Green Party Member. NHS Worker. Wells. Somerset. Green Runner. Late Rosette Adopter. Hot Fuzz Superfan.
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social Green Party Leader (England & Wales)
London Assembly Member.
🏳️🌈
Promoted by Elfrede Brambley-Cranshaw on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales. c/I po box 78066, London. SE16 9GQ
Unite the Union: University of Cambridge Branch @unite0775m.bsky.social Trade union branch for workers at the University of Cambridge, UK. Unite the Union Branch LE0775M. Meets 1st Monday in month (except b.h.) 13.00hrs mainly by Zoom
https://uniteuoc.org.uk/
Astronimouse @astronimouse.bsky.social A mouse from the old Cambridge Observatory. I love old books and everything astro-historical.
Dr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱 @abdavis.bsky.social Shelleyan 🍂 | Co-editor, Romantic Trees: The Literary Arboretum | Lecturer in English Literature | amandablakedavis.com
@drdavidyatesphd.bsky.social @drdavidyatesphd.bsky.social
David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social The flannel dunce. Defector.com is the website
Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social Does political sociology @DerbyUni | Blogger | Author: THE PARTY'S OVER: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE CONSERVATIVES FROM THATCHER TO SUNAK | Bylines @Tribune & @Jacobin | Bits of SF too | Writes things: http://averypublicsociologist.blogspot.co.uk
Ian Higham @highamian.bsky.social Research Fellow @ London School of Economics. Human rights, climate, international law, global gov. Also Swedish, UK, US politics (for ‘fun’). PhD, PoliSci from Stockholm Uni. Trade unionist. Chair @lseucu.bsky.social Views mine, ibland på svenska. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺🇸🇪🇺🇸
Juliet Atkinson @julietatkinson.bsky.social Early modernist researching migration controls in seventeenth-century England.
PhD in History from the University of Leeds.
Not a fan of borders.
Email: julietatkinson99@gmail.com
Simon Goodman @drsimongoodman.bsky.social Associate Professor in #Psychology at De Montfort University.
I analyse talk about #hate, #prejudice, #refugees, income #inequality and more
#discourseanalysis
UCU University of Greenwich @ucugreenwich.bsky.social University of Greenwich UCU Branch. Supporting educators and staff members at the University of Greenwich. UCU is the largest post-16 education union in the world. Go to https://greenwich.web.ucu.org.uk/ for details on how to join UCU and get involved!
Dr Beatriz Pichel @beapichel.bsky.social Historian of photography, medicine and emotions. Leverhulme Research Fellow 25/26 & PI of the project The Ethics of Medical Photography Network https://empnetwork.our.dmu.ac.uk
My book! Picturing the Western Front (MUP 2021) http://bit.ly/3bzBSA5.
She/her
@hawiet.bsky.social @hawiet.bsky.social
Chris Havergal @chrishavergal.bsky.social Editor, @timeshighered.bsky.social
Simon Mills @allagmatic.bsky.social Academic worker. Occasionally writes about Gilbert Simondon. Likes post-bop for some reason.
Scientific Today @scitoday.bsky.social Scientific content aggregator with custom content feeds. Science news, jobs, events and more. Sign up at https://www.scientific.today.
@hayleynz.bsky.social @hayleynz.bsky.social
@richbdmu.bsky.social @richbdmu.bsky.social
Stephen Baker @stephenbaker.bsky.social Socialist. Trade unionist. Strummer of strings. Co.Down. Researches, writes & teaches. Radical whore of sociology. "...clean living under difficult circumstances." Proudly Paddystinian. Stiofán Mac an Bháicéara, for the avoidance of doubt.
UCU Left @uculeft.bsky.social Fighting for an active-member led trade union.
https://uculeft.org/
Hashtag_Ian @hashtagian.bsky.social Dancer
Idiot
Green tea drinker
Cat tamer
Pointless posts
(Topics listed in reverse order of probable appearance)
Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com FT data journalist writing about economics, politics and policy
https://www.ft.com/amy-borrett
UCU Imperial College @ucuimperial.bsky.social The official BlueSky account of the Imperial College branch of UCU.
UCU Solidarity Movement @ucu-solidarity.bsky.social Calling for solidarity across UCU branches. We are fighting against cuts, casualisation and marketised education!
Brunel UCU #nocompulsoryredundancies @brunelucu.bsky.social Brunel University Branch of UCU - fighting compulsory redundancies
Everybody loves IJ @everybodylovesij.bsky.social dirtbag (complimentary) internet boondocks friend
Stuart Whigham @stuartwhigham.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Sport, Coaching & PE at Oxford Brookes. Interests in sociology & politics of sport, nationalism, Commonwealth Games & Scottish sport.
Lancaster UCU @lancasterucu.bsky.social Lancaster University and College Union (UCU) branch
https://lancasterucu.home.blog/
Mark Pendleton @markpendleton.bsky.social Historian (mostly of Japan) and trade unionist (mostly in UCU). UCU Vice-president for Higher Ed. He/him
Dr Matt Barnard @matthewbarnard.phd Cat-owning philosophy academic | existentialism | phenomenology | new project: philosophy of AI
- Web: https://matthewbarnard.phd/
- Mastodon: https://hcommons.social/@mattbarnardsays
UCU NEC/HEC UK Elected Representative
Graham Jeffery @grahamjeffery.bsky.social Researcher, academic, teacher, occasional musician. Prof in Arts & Media Practice at the University of the West of Scotland. Personal views, nothing to do with my employer! https://linktr.ee/grahamjeffery
Harrow Online @harrowonline.org London news and updates. Stay informed with the latest stories, events, and announcements from Harrow and neighbouring boroughs. #London #Harrow #Brent #Barnet #Hillingdon #Hertfordshire
www.harrowonline.org
@dmuhistory.bsky.social @dmuhistory.bsky.social The account of the History team at De Montfort University, Leicester.
Alex Bryne @alex-bryne.bsky.social Historian of U.S. foreign relations and imperialism.
Lecturer in History at De Montfort University.
Aimee Bailey @aimeebailey.bsky.social Discourse analyst at Uni of Birmingham • Language, gender and sexuality in (digital) media discourse
Maria Berghs @mariaberghs.bsky.social Visiting Associate Professor, Director of TASC Unit https://tascunit.com/ and drinker of too much coffee. Sickle cell, thalassaemia, medical sociology, medical anthropology, disability studies and chronic illness.
Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social Interim Professor at Europa-Universität Viadrina and Senior Researcher at Technische Universität Ilmenau, Germany | organization studies | critical management studies | higher education
he/him
David Ealey @ealeyd.bsky.social Retired HE professional,now trying to relive my youth by going to lots of gigs and listening to, and buying, lots of music. Will mostly mutter about ITFC, HE mismanagement, data, music and other random stuff. Very personal views
David Bretherton @dtbretherton.bsky.social “Hyper-woke academic with blue hair” (GB News) • He/him • Join a union! • Mostly dogs • Occasionally music theory, musicology & queer studies • Trade union rep
Shropshire Influencer @shropinfluencer.bsky.social Sharing the love for Shropshire, one adventure at a time.
@sianyprice.bsky.social @sianyprice.bsky.social
@carloucu.bsky.social @carloucu.bsky.social
Dr Maria Chondrogianni @chondrogianni.bsky.social UCU President, Academic, Linguist
Caren Frosch @froschlein.bsky.social Psychology, JDM, running, UCU, personal views
Dr Ellen Wright 🎬 @drellenwright.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Cinema & TV History. I specialise in material culture of film, classical era Hollywood & representations of gender, class & sexuality.
I love old Hollywood movies, cabaret, drag, cocktails & having adventures.
Available for media work.
Matt Taylor @matttayl.bsky.social Historian of sport and other things. Director of International Centre for Sports History and Culture, De Montfort University
Author of Sport and the Home Front (2020) and World of Sport (2024)
@h-curtis.bsky.social @h-curtis.bsky.social
@bangorucu.bsky.social @bangorucu.bsky.social
@ljmucu.bsky.social @ljmucu.bsky.social
Liverpool Hope Uni UCU Branch @beourhope.bsky.social Liverpool Hope University UCU Branch Account. Fighting Compulsory Redundancies. https://liverpoolhopeucu.github.io/home/
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
Lucy Burke @lucyburkemcr.bsky.social Academic (literary & cultural disability studies/medical humanities), Green New Deal podcast https://www.gndmedia.co.uk Wellcome Trust Advisory Committee, North Manchester & Kreiz Breizh.
Dan Stewart @drdanstewart1.bsky.social Ancient historian/archaeologist at the University of Leicester. Likes ancient landscapes, Roman Crete, Peloponnese, & Pausanias. Obviously views expressed are my own and not those of my employer. He/him.
Rob Hedge @robhedge.bsky.social Archaeologist. PhD research at University of Leicester: peasant perspectives and medieval settlement in the Severn Valley. Freelance artefact analysis, education & illustration. Scribbles a lot. MCIfA 🏺
https://incurablearchaeologist.wordpress.com/
School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social Profiling students, staff and general amazingness of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
Tom Arnold @tjarnold.bsky.social Manchester-based policy wonk working on devolution, housing and planning.
Claire Stoneman @clairestoneman.bsky.social Principal, Lift Schools▫️English teacher▫️organiser rED Brum & rED Leics▫️Visiting Prof, Aston University▫️books▫️art▫️views own▫️Substack here: https://substack.com/@birminghamteacher
UCU Hallam @ucuhallam.bsky.social
Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S.
Megan Zahneis @mzahneis.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Chronicle of Higher Education. Interested in the academic workplace and what it's like to live and work as a faculty member. Tell me about it: DM, Signal mzahneis.09, or email megan dot zahneis at chronicle dot com.
Sarah Brown @brownepoints.bsky.social News editor, The Chronicle of Higher Education. Marathon runner, horse girl, fantasy baseball amateur, UNC alum.
We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social Economist. Health policy and decision-making methods. Advocate for high quality, affordable #HigherEd. Georgetown & UW-Madison alum. These are my personal views and not those of my employer.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
Katharine Meyer @katharinemeyer.bsky.social Higher education policy researcher | would rather be reading | https://kem3e.github.io/
Anja Neundorf @anjaneundorf.bsky.social Professor of Politics, University of Glasgow | DEMED project @ERC_Research | Fellow of the @acadsocsciences.bsky.social | Main interest: Democracy and Autocracy, Public Opinion, Civic Education, Higher Ed. #FirstGen
Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social Inequality, higher education, gender, work and organizations, open science, Alaska.
All posts are made in my personal, not professional, capacity. I do not speak for my employer.
Claire Field @clairefield.bsky.social Writes about: higher education, vocational education and training, international education and GenAI/EdTech
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com Helping you 🫵 make sense of higher education 🎓 Follow for the latest news, opinions, jobs and resources.
Visit insidehighered.com for more.
Mikhail Zinshteyn @mzinshteyn.bsky.social Reporter covering California higher education and state-federal issues for @Calmatters.org. Other interests include nationalism, politics, economy, film, fiction and Jewishness. Soviet-born baby refugee; Pell grant recipient. L.A. resident.
Cambridge University Press @universitypress.cambridge.org Our publications, research, and higher education solutions spread knowledge, spark curiosity and aid understanding around the world.
View our social media commenting policy here: https://cup.org/38e0Gv2
Jessica Priest @jessicapriest.bsky.social Higher education reporter for The Texas Tribune | jessica.priest@texastribune.org
Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social Reporter, Los Angeles Times. I cover the University of California and more in higher and K-12 education. Former national and foreign correspondent. Big fan of reporting on religion. Based in Los Angeles.
Chronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com Academe’s most trusted resource for independent journalism, career development, and forward-looking intelligence.
Website: www.chronicle.com
Education Minnesota @educationmn.bsky.social The voice for professional educators and students. Our members work in pre-K-12 schools and higher education institutions statewide.
Prof. Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching @uofglasgow.bsky.social, PFHEA, psychologist, #rstats, learning & teaching in higher education, scholarship focused, in particular student and staff approaches to lecture recordings. 🏳️🌈
Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
Leicester Gazette @leicestergazette.leicester.news The Leicester Gazette is a local, independent newspaper, free to access for all online and in print.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://www.leicester.news/, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
Marta Mangiarulo @martam.bsky.social Psychology, Scicomm, and JDM research.
marta-mm.github.io
Peaty Sue @suepage.bsky.social Uni Leicester geographer, researching peatland science in the tropics and UK. Carbon, GHG emissions, peat fires, ecosystem restoration, climate mitigation
Joseph Choonara @jchoonara.bsky.social Author: "Reader's Guide to Capital"; "Insecurity, Precarious Work & Labour Markets"; "Unravelling Capitalism". Editor: International Socialism. UCU activist. Posts in personal capacity.
Ulrike Marx @ullimarx.bsky.social Academic interested in critical accounting, feminism, critical management studies, walking knitting, reading literature, gardening