Reflections on the work of the Comisiwn y Cyfansoddiad / Constitution Commission on Wales's constitutional future - and what we can learn about giving citizens a voice in constitutional debates 👇

Collage-making at a strategy meeting to share values - love it!

The beginning of the end for higher education in the UK?

⁦UCU⁩ notes 70% of post 92 universities had cut research time for lecturers, 45% had abolished 18-hour cap on weekly teaching & 25% no longer adhere to 550-hour annual limit on teaching

timeshighereducation.com/news/research-…

'Our findings indicate that food shortages stemming from extreme weather events could potentially lead to civil unrest in the UK within 50 years. Shortages of staple carbohydrates like bread, pasta & cereal appear to be the most likely triggers of unrest.' theconversation.com/climate-change…

Reminder: Three days left to apply for this quant / GIS / electoral geography post-doc with me on the Rural Spatial Justice project. Deadline Sun 7 April. jobs.aber.ac.uk/en/vacancy/pdr…

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▫️Community Mappers
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▫️ Fixed term until March 25
▫️ Choice of hours

Community mappers will work in schools, leisure centres and events helping children and young people create data for our community made maps.

jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/45724/

Last chance today to see this exhibition at the Workers Gallery, before it goes on its tour of the valleys 👇😃

Fab visit to the Parliament of Ostbelgien where there's permanent #deliberation through citizens' councils and panels, with formal links into political decision-making #democraticinnovation G1000

With the Welsh Government commitment to building new capacity for democratic innovations, it's a perfect time to learn from international experiences of citizen assemblies 😀

Vaughan Gething’s win in Wales is cause for celebration – but he still has tough questions to answer | Richard Wyn Jones theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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I left them with a pile of photos, and the fabulous The WORKERS 🖼 ✏📚 @davidmayne2 and team worked their magic 😃👇

'Framing the Future' photography exhibition on show until 23 March.

Good to have a chance to reflect on the work of the Comisiwn y Cyfansoddiad / Constitution Commission on Wales's constitutional future - lots to learn about how to talk differently about constitutional change 👇

🗨️ 'An incoming government would be much better to take the radical policy steps early on'

🚨 Former chief of staff to Tony Blair Jonathan Powell reflects on the preparations that are necessary to govern effectively from a standing start.

ukandeu.ac.uk/trying-to-gove…

'Moving from closed to flexible lists would be a small change, but one that could avoid big problems for Welsh democracy in the years ahead'

nation.cymru/opinion/could-…

So exciting to see these photos going on display 👇 - a creative and powerful way to explore how people think and feel about #independence #shapingournation

'There has been a substantial shift towards Irish Unity.... that has been driven by Brexit'.

Jon Tonge - on his research of Alliance party members.

#SundayPolitics | Mark Carruthers

ON THE BLOG: 8 key questions about citizens’ assemblies

There has been much discussion of citizens' assemblies recently, but much of it has been based on misunderstandings of how they really work. Alan Renwick provides an essential guide.

constitution-unit.com/2024/03/01/eig…

Why it's still worth it - from School of Politics & IR at Queen Mary's Philip Cowley politicshome.com/thehouse/artic…

Looking forward to this 👇 - a chance to reflect on the work of the Comisiwn y Cyfansoddiad / Constitution Commission and what it means for the constitutional future of Wales and the UK