Are you a #PhD #student in an #UK #University ? Then, this event is for you! The Egyptology PGR Community is a #network for postgraduate researchers associated with UK Universities to share knowledge, advice, and network with others: don't miss it!
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Distraught by this.
#EU #FoM
UK rejects EU free movement for young people offer
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

So after delaying Brexit-related border checks five times in a row, the government decides to simply... delay turning them on again.

It's almost like being outside the EU isn't quite the fantastic boost to our international trade they told us it would be. ft.com/content/ba1974…

Hampshire Cricket are delighted to be awarded a Tier 1 professional women's team for 2025 onwards 🤝

Utilita Bowl, home of Hampshire Cricket, has been the home of double champions Southern Vipers for the last decade 🏡

📰 Full story ⤵️

Words fail me. This is a whole new level of yuk when it comes to how female academics get treated.

Tory MPs just voted to insist that Afghan interpreters who served British armed forces can be sent to Rwanda.

A scheme which costs £2m per asylum seeker. A £500m+ scheme for less than 1% of asylum seekers. Which now includes those who worked with our troops

Shameful & shambolic

*Urgent*

If you haven’t registered to vote yet, today is the deadline to be able to vote in the #LocalElections2024 and #London Elections2024

…remember : EU CITIZENS CAN VOTE in these elections! Don’t have your vote taken away from you!

(…and obvs if you’re in #London

Public Service Announcement: Today is the last day to register for the 2 May elections.

Please check you are on the electoral role for your area and share.

And don't forget under the Government's voter suppression legislation you need photo ID to vote. gov.uk/register-to-vo…

Why Did U.S. Planes Defend Israel But Not Ukraine?
And what lessons others might draw from that fact:
theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

This week, the UK will likely pass a law saying Rwanda is 'safe' to deport asylum seekers to. Meanwhile, I was recently denied boarding on a flight to Rwanda, presumably because of my journalism on the treatment of refugees there. (THREAD) 1/

Perhaps we should start judging #Tory corruption & incompetence on a #RaynerScale ?

If “1 Rayner” = £1,500 …

…then 2 Rayners = 2 x the required effort by the police to investigate 🤷🏻‍♂️ Simples!

The #Donellan libel comes in at “20 Rayners”

Whilst #Boris ‘s flat refurb comes in

*Deep breath*... Since it's Professors' role to lead, this week I've written about the vexed topic of academic mental health (and my own mental health) for Voices of Academia. The gloom through which the sector is trudging is palpable: voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its…

.WG RumblePants any chance of you helping get the word out please? Thank you!