No lockout for University of Sheffield staff UCU members have been standing up against the continual cutting and restructuring of the last several years which has significantly damaged the University’s international standing, the quality of educ...

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/no...

EASST Fund - Call for applications OPEN! EASST Fund aims to promote national and cross-national community building within EASST, advance new questions, topics and perspectives in science and technology studies, as well as enable collaboratio...

The Call for applications for the EASST Fund is now open until 31 December 2025. Find all the details and how to apply on the website.
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😍What a pleasure it’s been share the floor with @gmthomas.bsky.social
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@amychandler.bsky.social and Jen Remnant talking about stigma at @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social

Check out the book Recalibrating Stigma: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

Calling all charities working in the health & wellbeing space, we want to hear from you. The 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards are now open for applications. Winners will receive up to £50,000, plus training and development support. Find out how to apply.

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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard

Breaking News: A judge blocked a Trump administration move to bar Harvard University from admitting international students, hours after the school filed suit.

Anyway tomorrow morning I’m giving a talk at Oxford on race and the administrative state and the hits keep coming so who knows what I will say it could be anything at this point

26th June: we are excited to host an FSHI funded symposium at U of Edinburgh based around the forthcoming edited collection 'Recalibrating Stigma: Sociologies of Health and Illness'

More details below!

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Free symposium, 'Recalibrating Stigma', on 26.06.25 at at University of Edinburgh. Funded by SHI Foundation. Speakers: Katharine Cheston, Harriet Cooper, Fay Dennis, Janice McLaughlin, Jennifer Remnant, and more! Details: jumpshare.com/v/bzZYybtCP9.... Register by 30/04. Email at thomasg23@cf.ac.uk.

Come and join us at the next MedSoc! Call for abstracts now open 😎

"This termination has broader implications, not just for the LGBTQ community but for all Americans. It sets a concerning precedent where scientific inquiry is stifled by political rhetoric, potentially erasing entire communities from research agendas."

NHS maternity care: What are the problems at the heart of its failures? An inquest into the death of Ida Lock has shone light on repeat mistakes - and wider failures in certain hospitals across England

BBC News - NHS maternity care: What are the problems at the heart of its failures? - BBC News
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We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out YouTube video by Dundee UCU

632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.

Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.

Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632

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Selfie of me in a pink UCU NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY hat, black jacket, black dress

Day ten of strikes at Newcastle University against proposals to cut 300 jobs

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Hiring again! Lecturer in Sociology. We're looking for someone strongly anchored in sociology through high-profile contributions, and with the ability to appeal to students and colleagues of various methodological orientations.
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Stigma and the Inverse Care Law: Experiences of ‘Care’ for People Living in Marginalised Conditions This paper explores the connection between stigma and the Inverse Care Law (ICL) by focussing on the idea that people who have the greatest needs often have the least support from healthcare services...

📣⭐NEW PAPER: 'Stigma & the Inverse Care Law: Experiences of ‘Care’ for People Living in Marginalised Conditions'⭐ with @profbambra.bsky.social @profmlhussier.bsky.social & @stephscott.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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New editorial team announced for Sociology of Health & Illness journal - Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is pleased to announce the new editorial team for the journal Sociology of Health & Illness

The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness is pleased to announce the new editorial team for the journal Sociology of Health & Illness (from 1.10.24). More details here: www.shifoundation.org.uk/about/news/n...