Kensington Gardens shut as police 'assess discarded items' It comes after a video is shared in which a group claims to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel.

‘Police are "assessing a number of discarded items" in London's Kensington Gardens after a video was shared online in which a group claimed to have targeted the nearby Embassy of Israel with drones carrying dangerous substances’

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Police respond to incident near Israeli embassy in London ‘Discarded items’ assessed as officers investigate video in which group claims to have targeted embassy with drones

‘A video, which appears to have been posted by an Iran-linked Islamist group, Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamia, shows a target over an image of the Israeli embassy before people could be seen in the footage posted online dressed in hazmat suits flying #drones’
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Booking is now live for the first Geography Southeast conference! Please do share with any geography teachers who might be interested in a free day of curriculum orientated talks, lectures, and workshops. The programme is looking fantastic: www.geographysouthwest.co.uk/conference/g...

Employers should cover work-related travel and other expenses directly rather than require employees to float their employer an interest-free loan while subjecting them to a byzantine reimbursement process that will take at least a month and entail multiple rounds of paperwork.

Doing political geography in authoritarian times | Webinar Hosted by our Political Geography Research Group, this panel assembles a range of political geographers tackling topical questions in the field.

'Doing political geography in authoritarian times' 📣

Join the Society's Political Geography Research Group (PolGRG) for an upcoming panel with Jason Luger, Natalie Koch, Filippo Menga and Felicitas Kuebler.

📍 Online, Wednesday 8 April
👉 Register here: https://ow.ly/SJTv50YuGcW

Applications for the 2026 Fi Wi Road Internship are now open!

Offering paid part-time work, mentoring, group sessions and workshops, this opportunity is open to Black or mixed Black heritage geography students currently enrolled at a UK university.

Learn more and apply: https://ow.ly/NsR850YuM81

an under-appreciated effect of the uncertainty across the sector right now and the ongoing cuts is that no one is able to plan anything at all with any certainty or confidence which, aside from anything else, must translate to a huge waste of money

“Right to the Discipline” grants - Antipode Online Call for Proposals, November 2025 Last year we received 169 strong applications with a success rate of 5.9%. We anticipate funding a similar number of 10-12 grants in the next application year. Antipo...

Call for applications -- Antipode Foundation "Right to the Discipline" grants -- due date 10 April 2026 -- funding available for imaginative, daring, and unruly scholarship and praxis, including scholar-activism, workshops, and much more antipodeonline.org/a-right-to-t...

RAF base in Cyprus hit by suspected drone strike, Ministry of Defence says The RAF base Akrotiri has been hit by a suspected drone strike, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed, amid a fresh conflict in the Middle East that started on Saturday.

RAF base in Cyprus hit by suspected drone strike, Ministry of Defence says

Cohabitations: Urban artificial intelligences (AIs) and animals

💡 Happy to share this short piece in @politicalgeography.bsky.social's Virtual forum on artificial intelligence (AI). In it, I explore urban AIs as one of many more-than-human actors in urban space - with a focus on cohabitations with animals. Open access at: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

US shoots down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier, navy says Shahed-139 drone approached USS Abraham Lincoln ‘with unclear intent’ as US warships headed towards Iran The US military says it has shot down an Iranian drone that “aggressively” approached the Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The Iranian Shahed-139 drone was flying toward the carrier “with unclear intent” when it was shot down by a F-35 US fighter jet, US Central Command said on Tuesday. Continue reading...

US shoots down Iranian drone flying towards aircraft carrier, navy says

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back | Rebecca Solnit The long read: Decisions outsourced, chatbots for friends, the natural world an afterthought: Silicon Valley is giving us life void of connection. There is a way out – but it’s going to take collectiv...

Really good piece:
“in education, the ultimate product is not your term paper or essay or grade point average; it’s your self. You are supposed to emerge more informed, more capable of critical thinking, more competent.”
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"States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography" -- read the report co-funded by the Antipode Foundation and @rgsibg.bsky.social

States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

Fixed-term contracts, restructuring, and redundancies are reshaping academic careers.

The States of Precarity Report offers critical insights into both the immediate and long-term impacts on academic geographers.

Read the key findings and download the report 👉https://ow.ly/3uTh50XJvOV

Fixed-term academic contracts discourage ‘radical’ research The rise of fixed-term academic contracts means researchers are likely to play it safe in their choice of research topics, eschewing the kind of ambitious, radical discovery European policymakers…

Fixed-term academic contracts may be holding back bold science.
A new UK survey finds job insecurity pushes researchers towards safer topics — limiting risk-taking, creativity and long-term discovery.

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Fixed-term academic contracts discourage ‘radical’ research The rise of fixed-term academic contracts means researchers are likely to play it safe in their choice of research topics, eschewing the kind of ambitious, radical discovery European policymakers want...

💡Our @statesofprecarity.bsky.social project has been covered in
@sciencebusiness.net. 'Fixed-term academic contracts discourage ‘radical’ research' sciencebusiness.net/news/r-d-fun... Thank you @davidmjourno.bsky.social for reaching out to the team

Funded PhD opportunities - Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life

The @leverhulmecal.bsky.social PhD studentships are now live here leverhulmecal.webspace.durham.ac.uk/leverhulme-c... Are you looking for a PhD programme that supports interdisciplinary approaches to algorithmic life? Closing date 26 February

Thanks @julietterowsell.bsky.social for covering the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social report launch event this week!

The @statesofprecarity.bsky.social project has been covered in @timeshighered.bsky.social. The piece draws attention to the team's work to better understand the short and longer term impacts of academic precarity in UK HE Geography, and to intervene and act in response. www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Use of fixed-term posts ‘stifling more critical research’ Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines

“Embedded precarity” in HE is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report

#AcademicSky #highered

Great to see our project, @statesofprecarity.bsky.social , being covered in Times Higher Education

Thank you @profgillian.bsky.social for
sharing your thoughtful reflections about the report, action plans and sector more broadly at the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social
launch event. This kind of work needs buy in from senior academics and leadership - we are grateful for your ongoing support ⭐️

this was a hugely impactful event, centring on the multiple costs of chronic and endemic precarity in UK HE. the full report and some highly practical action plans are here: www.rgs.org/research/hig...

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #HigherEd

@rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @britishacademy.bsky.social

Thank you @matildaf.bsky.social for sharing your thoughtful reflections on the report and action plans, and for the kind words about the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social launch event ⭐️

This was an excellent launch event today. I'm hugely grateful for the invite to contribute as a discussant, and to be in such great company among the respondents. Huge thanks to the research team for the report, for organising the event, and for creating such a supportive space.

States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.

Today we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography.

Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.

Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.

Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
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Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...

Looking forward to speaking at this!

States of precarity in UK geography report launch We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

Reminder that tomorrow (14 Jan) the @statesofprecarity.bsky.social Report Launch and Discussion will be held online, 1:00-2:30PM GMT.

Guest speakers: @matildaf.bsky.social, @jaytoddgla.bsky.social, Lekan Adekola, @profgillian.bsky.social.

Register here: www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

States of precarity in UK geography report launch We're invitomh all geographers to the launch of the States of Precarity in UK Higher Education Geography report.

Cuts, mergers, and redundancies risk hollowing out the discipline and eroding its interdisciplinary core. Geography’s future depends on confronting precarity head-on. Join us for our launch event on Wednesday!

www.rgs.org/events/upcom...

Precarity isn’t just contractual. It’s about whether academic work allows people to live fulfilling, stable lives. Join us for our report launch event on Wednesday.

Speakers: Gillian Rose, Lekan Adekola, Matilda Fitzmaurice, Jay Todd

Register👇
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