Reminder to all our Branch members to return your ballots.

One of our health and safety officers, Jill Millar, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Jill explains that cuts to time for assessment are being driven by a desire for financial savings. As a result, both the student experience and staff wellbeing will suffer.

Our branch secretary, @stuartwhigham.bsky.social, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Stuart outlines the impact that wider cuts to workload tariffs will have on our Associate Lecturer colleagues.

Our campaigns officer, Ma​ïa Pal, explains why our members should vote yes ❌ and yes ❌ in the local ballot. Successive cuts to research time undermine the research-led teaching which is the essence of a University education.

Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.

Text describing why we are asking members to vote yes in the industrial ballot.

We are balloting for industrial action at Oxford Brookes. 🚨🚨 REMINDER to all members to return your ballots in the post 🚨🚨

#openaccess FREE to read and share! @stuartwhigham.bsky.social @obu-hst-research.bsky.social & A. Bairner: Scotland. Sectarianism as racism in Scottish football? : the cut and thrust of an ongoing debate

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64 awards, including:

. The ‘Smell My Bouffing Fridge Montrose’ Award For Outstanding Official Club Post
. Image Of The Season
. Laziest Unveiling
. The 'Sorry Celtic' Award For Best Response

It’s the 2024/25 Alternative Scottish Football Awards

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My 2nd book came out today!

Together with colleagues and friends, we wrote about mega-events like the Olympics and what they do to cities and societies underneath the intoxicating glow of the spectacle.

It's free to read and has some really great work: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

@obu-hst-research.bsky.social

Analysing the content of sport policies: disciplinary approaches and new directions Over time, there have been various important contributions that have advanced the application of different conceptual and theoretical approaches to analysing policy processes across the field of sp...

Co-authored article w/ @stuartwhigham.bsky.social and Marc Keech has now found its home in ISPP Volume 17

It considers four disciplinary approaches to analysing the content of sport policies, with recommendations for how researchers can advance usage of them

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