Listening now to the full account of the 'openly Jewish' incident it is apparent that Gideon Falter was angling for an incident just like this. And an officer eventually provided it. Worth looking at the CST statement

If you work on employment or social security policies, please do consider putting in abstract into the general call (or symposia are full) and come mingle with us in Glasgow

Column, in which I consider the possibility that Rishi Sunak is a special agent of the Labour party* theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

*he isn't

There's always a degree of frustration to deal with the rationales and realities of privatisation, the neoliberal dogma and the madness of repeating the same thing and expecting a different result. But it's also a great privilege. Thank you Journal of Social Security Law for the opportunity!

Netanyahu, stop murdering innocent people.

Voici un article extraordinaire à consulter de toute urgence : « Rouge sang, humour noir », par Bernard Daguerre (accès libre ⁕ en kiosques, avril 2024) // monde-diplomatique.fr/66782

Important piece from Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Daniel Tomlinson

The changes to social security & employment support Dan describes could help to achieve the shift in focus from 'compliance' to 'engagement' NEF has been calling for, improving outcomes for those supported
jrf.org.uk/work/work-firs…

And, while not a think tank, the Institute of Employability Professionals December special issue brought together 18 articles from leading thinkers and do-ers, from UK & beyond with great ideas on how we shift towards a focus on 'good jobs' not just 'any jobs'. Summary thread here 👇 x.com/Dr_KatyJones/s…

Don't forget to submit your abstracts. This is going to be a great conference. I'm giving a keynote panel with these amazing people... but did i mention there's going to ceilidh ???

I covered the Quantified Workplace experiment in Rotterdam in 2018 in my book The QS. In 2024, '75% of organisations in the NL are 'seeking to use AI in workforce management in the near future - workers need to be protected from negative effects' ! autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/current/ai-…

LIVE: The U.S. cannot continue to be complicit in the horrific war in Gaza. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

An exciting call for paper on the African renaissance guest edited by Valentina Vadi and Senai Woldeab Andemariam please disseminate widely

Today the Supreme Court ruled the government must support EU migrants at risk of not being able to meet “most basic needs” (see details in thread below).

cpag.org.uk/news/supreme-c…

My The Guardian story: Gordon Brown slams ‘obscene’ levels of destitution in the UK, and calls for overhaul of universal credit theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

This is a turning point in UK higher education. A financially viable department cut in order to pay for the expansion of subjects that get more high-fees international students. If this is allowed to happen, many many unis will follow. Please speak out!

Funding Opportunities for Early Career Researchers in Germany Researching the Challenges and Need for Reform of the German Welfare State 👇

Jon Williamson University of Kent No university can claim the title without departments in Classics, Philosophy, History, Physical Sciences, Modern Languages, or Mathematics.

Jon Williamson John Danaher University of Kent Such a awful decision. If anything has emerged over the past few years of rapid technological transformation of society, it’s that we need to provide better non-technical skills for making sense of the world & our relationships to each other. To embrace the non-transactional.

Jon Williamson University of Kent Philosophy, humanities, history and languages are the cheapest departments to run for a university, probably the equivalent of running one science lab. Axing these departments will not bring in a lot of money, but a huge loss in the sense of not being a classical university