Teaches sociology at the University of Glasgow
Joined March 2011
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30 Nov 2024
Just wanted to let you know that I will not be posting any longer on X thanks to all the follows in the past I will be posting in future at @academicdiary.bsky.social
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Jan 29
Thank you Bruce. Here’s to the artists who inspire us to keep fighting.
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12 Oct 2025
University of Glasgow - Schools - School of Social & Political Sciences - Recovering Community Podcast - Bonus Episode gla.ac.uk/schools/socialpoli…
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17 Jun 2025
A pilgrimage to the Cable Street Mural in London, a celebration of the kind of cross community antifascist coalitions we so need today.
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2 May 2025
Too much talk about our PhD scars does current students a disservice timeshighereducation.com/opi… via @timeshighered
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10 Feb 2025
“while scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing. Redundancies in one place damage us all.”— @AcademicDiary
10 Feb 2025
Higher education news feeds are dominated by announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – and, indeed, across the sector in general? Four scholars give their takes
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10 Feb 2025
"While scholarship is rewarded individually, it cannot be practised alone; it is a shared collective endeavour or it is nothing...Unprecedented damage is being experienced everywhere in UK higher education.. & we must find ways to repair it"
@AcademicDiary timeshighereducation.com/dep…
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10 Feb 2025
Sobering, important reflections here - but Les Back’s @AcademicDiary particularly spoke to me, not least in holding onto academia as a collective endeavour
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7 Feb 2025
Grateful to Zoe Williams at @guardian for the mention of our book in today's paper #socialmurder #austerity theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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7 Feb 2025
It was a pleasure meeting Les Back @AcademicDiary 2day at z #PhDThrive_Connect event. Les interviewed me back in 2014 when I was applying 2 #GoldsmithsCollege, & after all these yrs, we finally met in #Glasgow—where he now serves as z Head of Sociology at @UofGlasgow @UofGSocSci.
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14 Jan 2025
#injustice he’s guilty as hell and everyone knows it - including and especially Jack Smith.
14 Jan 2025
Trump has not been exonerated, special counsel Jack Smith declares in final report - POLITICO
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8 Jan 2025
Du Bois last message to the world - what an extraordinary thing.
7 Jan 2025
W.E.B. Du Bois’s Last Message
Du Bois left us so much to learn from and build upon.
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6 Jan 2025
Paul Gilroy, one of the foremost theorists of race and racism, has very generously donated several hundred books from his university office library. We will be selling these books, priced mostly from £1-5, from the 18th of January onwards. Come find a hidden treasure!
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3 Jan 2025
Deeply honoured to have my work recognised in this way.
Gary Younge is awarded a 2025 Silvers Prize for Journalism. Younge is “one of the most extraordinary journalists working in Britain today…reporting from the front lines with an eye on history and that rare sense of hope.” @garyyounge
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3 Jan 2025
RIP David Lodge. You are missed in the modern university with its funding crisis, audit culture, reputation management, and substitution of ideological cliches in place of critical analysis. It's crying out for satire - who will fill your shoes?
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31 Dec 2024
Good wishes for the new year (grazie di esistere!)
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31 Dec 2024
Grazie di tutto Luca, vieni a trovarci ancora - thank you for all that you do!
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27 Dec 2024
Today we celebrate the life of John La Rose (1927–2006) on what would have been his 97th birthday. A visionary poet, publisher and activist, his legacy of justice, education and culture as resistance continues to inspire us at the GPI. #JohnLaRose #Legacy #BlackHistory
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11 Nov 2024
Drum solo at Barrowlands.
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Come hear a drum solo at Wembley on Friday and join the Ezra Collective family.
Last remaining tickets here - aegp.uk/EC24
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