New Carnegie Masters Grants to support fair access to postgraduate study in Scotland - The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland The Carnegie Education Fund is launching a new grant scheme to help more people in Scotland access postgraduate study. Carnegie Masters Grants will support students living in low‑income households in ...

Some good news!: New Carnegie Masters Grants to support fair access to postgraduate study in Scotland
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Heck yeah, @arindube.bsky.social helps monopsony* and labor market power breakthrough into informed layperson discourse!
* BSKY spell check wants to change the word monopsony to monopoly, and that just proves how needed Arin's book, which is pitched to a broad audience, is!

Inaugural lecture
Professor Daniel Clegg
Wednesday, May 6 • 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM

Not having a (proper) job, comparatively speaking

Why is it that two similar capitalist economies can treat the exact same unemployed worker in completely different ways?

Book your space:
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Good thread. There's tons a serious leftist govt could do whilst running a tight fiscal policy, as I said here: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/some-lefti... Social democrats' habit of viewing economic policy only through a "tax & spend" lens is a barrier to serious thinking about the economy.

Work and welfare: employment policy in Britain and beyond What's happening to employment policy in Britain and beyond?

Next Wednesday 29 April in London I'm discussing my new book on youth unemployment and devolution along with six other authors.

The event is free, hosted at the Resolution Foundation and is organised by the SPA Employment Policy Group.

Sign-up here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/work-and-w...

📣The Social Policy Association’s Opportunity Grants programme for Spring 2026 is now open for applications!

💷Grants <£1K and £5K available to suppport social policy events and initiatives.

📅Deadline: Monday, 4th May 2026.

social-policy.org.uk/opportunity-...

A Chain Reaction How much indirect inflation should we expect from the Strait of Hormuz closing?

new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION

I used the (Weber et al, 2024) model to predict how much more inflation to expect via indirect effects over the next few months based on oil and refined products prices

(roughly .8pp, doubling the march CPI reading)

www.forcesofproduction.com/p/a-chain-re...

Reserve tickets – 'A Public Sociology of Platforms, Algorithms, and AI' with Karen Gregory – CenSoF - Room 1.01, 13 Berkeley Square 'A Public Sociology of Platforms, Algorithms, and AI' with Karen Gregory – CenSoF - Room 1.01, 13 Berkeley Square, Thu 23 Apr 2026 - A Public Sociology of Platforms, Algorithms, and AI (a joint Techno...

Really looking forward to this talk in Bristol later in the month:

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Uneven ground | Fabian Society Fabian Society

My analysis of Labour's problems has been published by the @thefabians.bsky.social . Lost support has mostly gone to left-liberal parties. To regain support, I argue Labour needs to go in a more progressive direction & create a progressive coalition to beat Reform. fabians.org.uk/publication/...

#polisky share far and wide: @apsa.bsky.social Statement on the Proposed Elimination of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate at the National Science Foundation

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Indentured labourers typically had shorter periods of indenture than this in the 19-th century British empire.

Here's one of the two covers of our new print issue, The '90s Issue Part 2, featuring Suede. Celine Teo-Blockey interviewed them about their iconic '90s albums and their recent album, "Antidepressants."

More info:

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On Trashing MPs Friday's Graun article from Hannah Spencer upset some people in politics. Reflecting on her first few weeks in the Commons, she suggests M...

"... their realities are far removed from most ordinary people's. Everyone knows MPs live a rarefied life, and it's farcical to pretend otherwise."

I'm a big fan of the triple lock. But this defence of it is stupid: there's no need to play off old against young (quite the opposite; the thing about the lock is that it benefits younger people more), nor to pretend that the lock is only affordable if we cut other benefits.

Think I might just - for reasons - quote my own book.

Good to see the Low Pay Commission pushing back - with evidence and data - against lazy narratives around the minimum wage, youth unemployment and the hospitality sector.

www.ft.com/content/6fcd...

Fine piece with useful references to current research literature for those who want to explore further.

⭐New webinar⭐ In this webinar, organised with @safety-nets.bsky.social funded by @nuffieldfoundation.org, our expert panel will explore how the UK nations’ 4 governments have dealt with the policy challenges of child poverty, incl. what lessons might be learned. ➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

this has gone under the radar, but this crisis has also caused a global spike in the cost of plastic, which seems almost certain to increase the cost of food

similar to energy we need to defossilize food systems, reducing dependence on single-use plastics, shifting to more sustainable reuse models

Lecturers to strike at four Scottish universities today UCU union claims there will be “significant disruption” to teaching as a result of the strike

Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot-Watt and Strathclyde on strike.

More young people to be offered state-funded jobs in push to solve ‘Neet’ problem Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden will also signal fresh effort to reform welfare benefits

Apprenticeship funding to be further rebalanced towards the under 25s and the youth guarantee expanded to cover 21-24 year olds. An awful lot more to do to deal with the chronic lack of support for young people/Neets, but these are welcome steps.

www.ft.com/content/5ca5...

I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch:

Some of us in the @spaemploysocsec.bsky.social have written an article on Labour's employment and social security policies post 2024 for a Special Issue. Open Access here:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Stock photo showing an outstretched hand with a graphic envelope. Text says The Scottish Anti-Poverty Newsletter! Out now!

📢 Scotland's latest anti-poverty newsletter is out now.
Manifestos, hustings, learning on reducing stigma, rural fuel poverty, 100 Living Pension employers, growing pensioner poverty, and much more.
🙏 Read, learn, and share.
www.povertyalliance.org/scottish-ant...

BBC Four is repeating This Life to coincide with its 30th anniversary, beginning with a double bill on Wed 18 March with a new filmed intro from Daniela Nardini. #ThisLife

What is Conditional Indexation? A very quick guide for UCU members who are interested in the USS pension scheme

If you're a USS member of @ucu.org.uk , then you've probably heard some talk of Conditional Indexation. It'll likely be on the agenda at this year's HE Sector Conference, and I've written a very basic primer for anyone that's interested.

open.substack.com/pub/dyfrigjo...

We (@lawrencemckay.bsky.social @williamlallen.bsky.social) have data on this stretching back to 2012 for a forthcoming report on the current academic job market in Politics - and let me just say it's unprecedentedly bad at the moment!

Malt & Hops 🚨 URGENT: WE NEED YOUR HELP🚨 ​We wouldn't ask unless it was serious. ​A planning application has been submitted to convert the offices directly above our pub into serviced accommodation/short-term.....

Malt & Hops pub in Leith is asking for support as planning app was submitted to convert offices above the pub into Airbnb.

They're worried this will reduce local business and potentially harm them as a music venue (Leith Jazz & Blues Fest). See link below:

www.facebook.com/realaleleith...

The Battle for Britain John Clarke’s The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture  (2023) is a major work of political, cultural and social analysis, investigating the state of Britain in the wake o…

Free online seminar this summer with John Clarke, one of the original authors of Policing the Crisis, on his brilliant recent book, The Battle for Britain: Crises, Conflicts and the Conjuncture. Co-hosted with The Autonomy Institute.
culturepowerpolitics.org/the-battle-f...