The UK universities cutting geography have lost their bearings www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/uk-u...
With @jennypickerill.bsky.social @peterhopkins.bsky.social Beth Greenhough & Jamie Woodward
The recent TIBG paper from @thomdavies.bsky.social et al. on Glasgow's waste work during the pandemic was one of the four spotlighted papers from the RGS-IBG Journals last month. Have a read here โฌ๏ธ
New article in @proghumgeog.bsky.social about Necropolitics:
(Drop me an email if you want a copy of the PDF)
#necropolitics #geography
๐ฃ Important Launch Today ๐ฃ
A new organisation has officially launched to defend the rights of people crossing the Channel and to develop life-saving technology that keeps them safe. ๐โจ
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New in TIBG
'Slow death & key workers: The ordinary crisis of waste work during the COVID-19 pandemic' by @thomdavies.bsky.social et al.
This paper explores the pandemic experiences of Glasgow's waste workers using Berlant's concepts of 'slow death' & the 'crisis ordinary'.
doi.org/10.1111/tran...
๐ขNew Article w/ @sovacool.bsky.social
@politicalgeography.bsky.social investigating electronic waste recycling using inmates in a US Federal Prison. ๐คฎ
โก๏ธhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0962629826000314
@pollenetwork.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social #Abolition #Energy #Geography
The University of Nottingham is cutting over 600 academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers.
"The lecturers *are* the University, and without them it's nothing" - Geography student (BBC interview):
www.instagram.com/reels/DYprAN...
From climate change to geopolitics, the knowledge, skills and insights of geographers have never been more relevant, say five professors
I did my bachelor's in Human Geography at Leicester. Best choice I ever made, genuinely some of the best years of my life!
We were on the picket lines with staff then, full support to them now. A lot of my favourite people have left since I graduated due to the state of academia, now more at risk.
6,038 likes, 179 comments - bbceastmidlands on May 22, 2026: "The action would "effectively block the university from handing out graduation certificates".
Students have joined lecturers on the picke...
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"I feel betrayed. I was told I would have certain modules and certain professors, and now I don't even know if the modules I've chosen for next year will run"
๐จ The University of Nottingham is cutting 600+ academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Every month we spotlight papers from across the Societyโs journals, capturing the latest in geographical research. Explore Mayโs highlights. ๐
Dobson: https://ow.ly/XAlo50Z5vVP
Fitzmaurice: https://ow.ly/KYiX50Z5vQQ
Mosso et al.: https://ow.ly/nPAE50Z5vQN
Davies et al.: https://ow.ly/Ufku50Z5vQM
Tariq Jazeel
Students at the University of Nottingham voice support for staff whose jobs are at risk.
We are excited to announce the launch of The Channel Monitoring Project.
A new initiative to change reality on the ground and at sea. For the #safety, #dignity and #humanrights of those crossing the border in #smallboats. Counter the toxicity to tell the real story.
The Channel Monitoring Project
Solidarity to colleagues at Leicester Uni:
"all academic staff in the film studies and modern languages departments have been placed at risk, with "large numbers of staff" in chemistry, geography, geology & the environment (GGE) and history specialisms "uncertain if they will retain their jobs"
๐ New paper published in Progress in Human Geography ๐
'Necropolitics and #geography' by Freya Peters, Nick Clare, and Thom Davies
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @thomdavies.bsky.social @nickclarkegeo.bsky.social #necropolitics @uniofnottingham.bsky.social
The University and College Union's local branch says staff are planning strike action.
