The successful candidate to this part-time Research Associate post will be working in a research team of wonderful people/academics:
@bethweaver.bsky.social
@nicolacarr.bsky.social
@jakephillips.bsky.social
@fergusmcneill.bsky.social
Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty,
and me!

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JOB: Research Associate, @unistrathclyde.bsky.social

Fixed term, part-time (0.5 FTE) between 19th May - 1st October 2026 on a comparative research project funded by Leverhulme, 'Penal Supervision in Comparative Context.'
🔗 👇 #Criminology #SocialWork
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Comparing Penal Supervision project team meeting @Strathclyde University into the final year of a three year project across five nations

Comparing Penal Supervision team meeting @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. In the final year of a three-year project exploring probation across five nations @bethweaver.bsky.social Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt, Jan Flaherty @jakephillips.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social

Superb

Community Service Orders (CSOs) have existed in Ireland since 1983 as an alternative to short-term imprisonment. Despite legislative efforts, they remain underutilised. This article with Niamh Maguire explores why: www.pbni.org.uk/publication/...

Ardrossan sea/skyscape - no filter, just is. Absolutely breathtakingly wonderful.

That’s stunning. Same for me - just the Scottish late afternoon autumn glow

Ardrossan has its moments

📢📢 Job advert 📢📢
LSE is hiring an Assistant Prof in Criminology and Social Policy to begin in Sept 2026!
🎡✨ London is calling ✨🎡
Applications due 2 November 2025
@lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social

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Fantastic news!

Why are the BBC giving the ‘reform’ party such a platform?

Parole Futures is published! A co-edited collection by me, @nicolacarr.bsky.social & Thomas Guiney featuring a world-leading panel of 27 experts from law, sociology, criminology and political science to explore pressing questions relating to parole. Full details: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/parole-fu...

Many thanks to @bethweaver.bsky.social for our latest video with advice for the delivery of high-quality probation services, covering the importance of focusing on the person in front of you, being open to learning, and looking beyond the confines of contemporary probation practice shorturl.at/WRvUU

Are you curious about ‘working with #OpenAI’ in #Probation and #SocialWork contexts? Then you
Might be intrested in our new guide launched by @scotssocialwork.bsky.social - socialworkscotland.org/reports/work...

activists aboard the Madleen believe their signal was intercepted by Israel and that the IOF is preparing to commit a war crime, but they are not stopping, they're determine to bring food to gaza. none of us have ever been this brave. keep the more eyes on the madleen the better. keep watching.

If only it was simply carelessness.

Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part Time, Fixed-term) at University of Nottingham Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part Time, Fixed-term) on jobs.ac.uk!

There's still time to apply for this p/t post on project comparing penal supervision across 5 nations. Working with great team @bethweaver.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @drhannahgraham.bsky.social @jakephillips.bsky.social Fern Gillon & Sarah Doxat-Pratt. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...

For those who love great dates - it’s 25/5/25

'Has Probation Been Rehabilitated?' Probation Institute Research Event

FREE TO ATTEND: 'Has Probation Been Rehabilitated?', 27th June 2025.

This major research project has focussed on the experience of practitioners, managers and policy makers of the unification of the Probation Service. www.probation-institute.org/events/has-p... #probation

My most beloved Harvey Weaver died this morning while we are in Malta and I can’t begin to tell you the sorrow we feel. Bukowski: That moment - to this ... may be years in the way they measure, but it's only one sentence back in my mind..: I wonder where the living goes when it stops.

Trump ambushes South African president in Oval Office with claims of 'white persecution': live updates President Ramaphosa pushes back against discredited claims from the US president that white South Africans are facing

Meanwhile … www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...

Everyone needs to read this book.

The BSC Blog all about current issues on crime, criminology and criminal justice

*Recommended Reading Alert* for all academics (not just #criminologists) gearing up for conference season

Brill blog by @danicadarley.bsky.social Brittany Jackson and Holly Whyte on their experience of attending the BSC 2024 @unistrathclyde.bsky.social as non-academics

thebscblog.wordpress.com

Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) at University of Nottingham Discover Research Fellow: Penal Supervision in Comparative Context (Part time, fixed-term) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.

JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham.

Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt.
#Criminology #Probation #Job
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Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison President Trump says the famous island prison off San Francisco is to be reopened to house "ruthless and violent" offenders.

Obviously! 🙄 Saves a trip to El Salvador presumably.

Trump orders reopening of notorious Alcatraz prison www.bbc.com/news/article...

Happy great date day! It’s 2/5/25 🤩

Revealed: The staggering cost of detaining prisoners on ‘inhumane’ jail terms – and you’re paying for it — The Independent Exclusive: Locking up IPP prisoners cost £145m in 2024, on top of an estimated £1.6bn spent since the cruel sentence was abolished, analysis shows

I fail to understand the rationale for refusing to resentence people serving IPP sentences. It’s absurd and unjust.

Spotted in London.

New survey findings show that experiences of racial discrimination have not decreased over the last decade, when placed alongside earlier studies, and that confidence in anti-discrimination efforts has continued to decline. @profkatsmith.bsky.social @lizaston.bsky.social @profellenstu.bsky.social

We can only hope!