New Permanent Professor of Social Justice and Democratic Resilience position in the Department of Sociology at University of Limerick.
Full details here: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...
Closing date: March 20th
Permanent Assistant Professor in Sociology position available at the University of Limerick, Ireland.
Full details available: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...
Closing date for applications is Thurs 30th Oct.
Very interesting day in @lseinequalities.bsky.social exploring all things social class with working class academics, policy specialists, grassroots
organisations & activists.
Definitely me tomorrow
fuckin harrowing piece. real easy to imagine ending up like this. in this country it only takes one stroke of serious bad luck if you don't have A LOT of money www.esquire.com/news-politic...
Irish #ge24 voters: this questionnaire, by the University of Limerick, shows you which candidates in your constituency best align with your answers to around 30 policy questions. And breaks it down question by question if you wish. www.whichcandidate.ie/events/14/co...
And yet they can always find money for the most unimportant stuff... 😤
A restaurant board sign that reads: “we are not all in the same boat. We are in the same storm. Some have yachts. Some have canoes. And some are drowning. Just be kind and help when you can.
I love this.
'More than 1,900 parents over the age of 70 are currently caring for their intellectually disabled sons and daughters at home.471 are in their 80s and 90s.' Excellent forensic analysis of key issues relating to Disability Sector from
Ailbhe Conneely #GE2024
www.rte.ie/news/electio...
End of the international break. Mon the hoops and...
Keeping ye all on your toes
Great stuff ... delighted to hear that
Looking well gents!
Publishing the watered down, heavily manipulated and yet absolutely shameful homelessness figures in advance of #GE2024 risks exposing our watery-like rhetoric, societally manipulative behaviour and shameful record in tackling homelessness.
Good to see these newcomers making their international debuts @footballcollective.bsky.social conference in Newcastle, a highly apt venue for books of this nature (Yes, there are chapters examining the club, its owners, KSA & the EPL) @paulwiddop.bsky.social
On Monday, Book at Bedtime features five short stories by me, separate but interconnected, one each night over the week. Hope you enjoy :)
“A resistance to the doctrine of untouchable power, a resistance to violence and othering as the solution to our common problems. And even if sport is a blunt and pointless tool of social change, it must nonetheless be deployed.”
Powerful, must read stuff from @jonathanliew.bsky.social.
‘They are the last community people are openly racist about’: Sam Wright on his tender portraits of Travellers
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
You weren't wrong.. just watched it. Brilliant... similar to Fastbender's performance in Hunger
#Sociology faces resistance in authoritarian regimes because it exposes oppression. It unravels systemic injustices and disrupts the narratives of those in power.
More than just a discipline, #Sociology is a form of resistance and that’s exactly why they fear it.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Make no mistake about: Florida is the leading edge on advancing authoritarian rule in the US. Why sociology? Sociology examines social phenomena analytically and empirically. Critical thinking is a basic threat to authoritarians. It has to go.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...
Post a non-religious photo you think of as holy...
Something increasingly clear in the light of yesterday, across all HE, not just UEA, is that REF outputs, grant capture, internationally-recognised expertise, service & admin experience do not protect you from being surplus to requirements if there aren’t the student numbers your institution wants
"Sector leaders expected more than 100 of the UK’s 140-odd universities to be making redundancies by the start of 2025, in what has been described as a “cataclysmic” situation where “everything is on the table”."
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/univers...
#OTD in 1920, Nov 21, Bloody Sunday in Dublin. Morning: IRA killed 14 suspected British intel officers. Afternoon: Crown forces shot up football crowd at Croke Park, killing 14 civilians. Evening: Dublin Castle, 2 IRA leaders 1 civlian summarily executed. www.theirishstory.com/2011/11/21/t...
