UCU Commons
UCU Commons is a broad activist community working within and alongside the University and College Union (UCU). We are also on http://UCUCommons.org #UCUCommons
Substack: https://ucucommons.substack.com/
@cacctu.bsky.social
As part of the Campaign against Climate Change, we work with UK trade unions at a national and grassroots level. We believe the labour movement is a crucial part of the fight to avoid catastrophic climate breakdown and achieve a just transformation.
@leomc76.bsky.social
Academic @york.ac.uk Sociology of Professions / Critical Management Studies / History
@benjgeo.bsky.social
Earthquakes | Geology | Climate Ecosocialism and Degrowth Map enjoyer He/him
@tristangrayford.scot
🏳️🌈 activist in 🏴 Co-founder @endconversiontherapy.scot Treasurer @ourrepublic.scot Serial political policy author (he/they) ↙︎↙︎↙︎
@drgiugiu.bsky.social
"Some are born to Sweet Delight" William Blake Non-Binary Trans Genderfluid | Queer | Pansexual Vegan PhD University of Cambridge '22 philosopher turned neuroscientist turned librarian. yoga teacher in the making & buddhist. art lover. Unionize!
@jdportes.bsky.social
Professor of Economics and Public Policy, King's College London; Senior Fellow, UK in a Changing Europe. Immigration, economics, public policy. Personal views only; usual disclaimers apply. Books: Immigration (Sage), Capitalism (Quercus)
@andykesson.bsky.social
Research, performance, history, creativity, wrestling and a lot of bears.
@unisoninhe.bsky.social
UNISON is the largest UK trade union for support staff in higher education. We work to improve pay, terms, and conditions for our members. #StandTogether #FundOurFuture
@emmawilliams.bsky.social
Geeky UK trans-something trying to work out their place in the world. A fairly well-balanced pile of contradictions. Likely to be as rubbish posting on here as I was on X.
@akadidymus.bsky.social
Librarian, open research advocate, sometime musician, and dad to two.
@abbis.bsky.social
Digital Education Lead @ UCL Arts & Humanities #SCMALT Vintage bookshop owner: prudenceandthecrow.com @prudenceandthecrow.bsky.social Caffeinated bodybuilder. Highly talkative. Enthusiastic gig-goer, long-term internetter. Any/any. Chaotic dropspinner.
@ashpaley.bsky.social
PhD student at IMS - University of Leeds. Neuroqueering medieval mystics. Trans masc. Autistic 🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 He/they
@matheleine.bsky.social
Woman. Applied mathematician. Adopted Yorkshirewoman. Cricket fan. Appalling Dota player. (She/her) 🏳️⚧️ https://www.matheleine.com/ Views my own.
@mcraeandrew.bsky.social
English prof, Uni of Exeter. Prone to talk about UK politics, higher education policy, the 17th century, the excellence of English studies, & Aussie sports.
@hazelmpinner.bsky.social
Passionate about #EqualityForAll #HumanRights 🏴 Primary Teacher in #Orkney. She/her. Love to connect with other educators! All views my own "A good teacher...so far"
@parkesland.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in history. Views my own. Historian of US politics and sexuality, especially Sumner Welles. Canadian. Non-binary (they/them). Fabulous.
@gabemoshenska.bsky.social
I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you’
@beathas-ailsa.bsky.social
African & Islamic Archaeology. Art history. Anthropology. History. Chinese ceramics in Ethiopia, East Africa & the Indian Ocean World. BA (SOAS), MA (SRU, UEA), PhD (IAIS, UoE) I enjoy yoga, cycling & weightlifting.
@stephaniepalmer.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer of English, Nottingham Trent University, researching American literature, women's writing, regionalism, and ecocriticism.
@sexabolition.blog
Volunteer organised harm researcher with @transsafety.network. Skater (inline+derby). Transgenderist. Hacker (embedded security mostly). #WeKeepUsSafe I believe in anarchy. We have nothing but each other. Manchester, UK
@heggledepeg.bsky.social
PhDer | Writer | Curator | Teacher | Lapsed theatre maker | Ex-Londoner
@qaa.ac.uk
The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA) is the UK's expert quality body for tertiary education. 🖥️ https://www.qaa.ac.uk/ (Community guidelines: http://ow.ly/PAxJ50iko8T)
@ellenannandale.bsky.social
Sociologist at the University of York, UK. Interest in the sociology of health and illness, sociology of gender, sociology of organisations and professions. Chair of Trustees for the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. Views are my own.
@evamol.bsky.social
Lecturer Roman ArchaeologyUoY; slow archaeology; from Drenthe; lover of everything conceptual
@epsu.bsky.social
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU), organising 8 million public service workers across Europe. General Secretary: @jwgoudriaan.bsky.social
@nicbennett.bsky.social
science as solidarity postdoc researcher w/ SciComm Identities Project, MSU | arts-based research + practice to critique, disrupt, & reimagine #scicomm spaces community organizer w/ Showing Up for Racial Justice http://stemprov.org
@joesweetman.bsky.social
Cognitive scientist/psychologist, researching moral cognition/psychology and meta-science. Dept. of Psych, Uni. of Exeter. He, him, his ♥️🖤💚(no emoji flag for our liberation...✊🏾✊🏿)
@jmittra.bsky.social
Professor of Science, Technology and Innovation studies, University of Edinburgh: research interests in health-related aspects of the bioeconomy; innovation and governance of advanced therapies https://www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/persons/james-mittra
@historyworkshop.org.uk
// Radical History in a Digital Era // https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/ // || enriching the work of History Workshop Journal || https://academic.oup.com/hwj/ || \\ continuing the democratising spirit of the History Workshop movement \\
@geofffhughes.bsky.social
Teacher, Ethnographer, Arabist; Lecturer in Anthropology and author of Affection and Mercy: Kinship, Islam and the Politics of Marriage in Jordan ♥️🇯🇴♥️🇵🇸 (he/هو) https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lLU0JwkAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
@lboroucu.bsky.social
Loughborough University UCU (University & College Union) Branch. Posts by Committee Members and Branch Staff.
@violawiegand.bsky.social
corpus & applied linguistics, TESOL, discourse analysis, surveillance discourses | Coordinator MSc TESOL (Online) University of Stirling (@stirtesol.bsky.social) | Knitter (personal account)
@juanitamarieelias.bsky.social
Professor University of Warwick, Politics & International Studies | gender, political economy, care, migration, SE Asia | http://I-peel.org | Editorial board Review of International Political Economy | vice chair BISA | she/her
@islaflood.bsky.social
Head of learning technologies, ESOL teacher, trainer, mother, writer, podcaster #teachtechconnect #FE #edtech #joyFE
@fergus.oolong.co.uk
Monotropic writer, science tutor and autistic community organiser. Based in Edinburgh. Formerly @ferrousmu.bsky.social and @MxOolong elsewhere. they/them. https://linktr.ee/0olong
@jangeerthiddink.bsky.social
Prof in marine ecology @sosbangor.bsky.social Ecosystem effects of fishing. I like sea kayaking in my #Klepper, wild camping, cycle touring, hanging out in my woodland. https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=XmYbaRYAAAAJ&hl=en&inst=20741569918851904
@unabridgedopinions.com
Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Head of Teaching & Learning Development at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
@anneosterrieder.bsky.social
Public/community engagement and involvement. Interested in scicomm, global health, evaluation, EDI. Love knitting, cats, plants and Bangkok. Views are my own. She/her.
@ucu-cardiff-met.bsky.social
Providing guidance, support & negotiating on behalf of Cardiff Met UCU members. Yn rhoi arweiniad, cefnogaeth a thrafod ar rhan aelodau UCU Met Caerdydd.
@jpaine.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Law, Univ. of Bristol. Int'l economic law & int'l dispute settlement. ISDS, BITs, PTAs, WTO, sometimes ICJ and UNCLOS. https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/persons/joshua-paine New book: https://t.co/VmaFLRiOrV
@vivprof.bsky.social
Professor of Public Health at PHI, LJMU, UK. * drug use & harm reduction * LGBTQI+ well-being * preventing infections * reducing health inequalities https://profiles.ljmu.ac.uk/11344-vivian-hope 🏳️🌈
@lawrencemckay.bsky.social
Political scientist at the University of Southampton - urban-rural divides, political trust, public opinion, UK/W Europe. Sometimes music/film/F1. Professional Simpsons reference overuser.
@rbellamy.bsky.social
Writes and researches legal and political theory & sometimes Italian history. Edits Critical Review of Social and Political Philosophy. Flutes, runs, reads, cooks, swims, snaps, goes to concerts, galleries, plays & films. Lives London-Exeter-Berlin-Livorno
@behindthespines.bsky.social
Rare books curator and historic libraries fan. Works in archives and special collectons at Durham University (UK), currently leading on the development of our academic teaching offer. Personal views only.
@davidwearing.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Relations at the University of Sussex (own views, obviously). Interested in British (and Western) foreign relations in the Middle East and elsewhere, and how they're shaped by legacies of colonialism.
@jmcoghlan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in C19 AmLit at the University of Manchester. Editor: Cambridge Companion to Literature & Food (CUP, 2020). Author: Sensational Internationalism (EUP, 2016). She/her.