ROLSI journal

rolsi-journal.bsky.social

08 October 2026 14:08

Generative AI is, perhaps inevitably, beginning to feature in some submissions to the journal. For the sake of transparency, and in fairness to all, we now require submissions to include a mandatory declaration of its use (or non-use). www.tandfonline.com/action/autho...

Maggie Chapman (she/her)

maggiechapman.bsky.social

06 October 2026 13:38

I’ve lodged this motion in Parliament in solidarity with UCU members at Dundee University. I’m clear that compulsory redundancies are not the answer. Staff shouldn’t be expected to pay the price for financial failures at their university by losing their jobs. 1/2

University and College Union (UCU)

ucu.org.uk

30 September 2026 07:50

Our members at Nottingham University commence strike action today over threats to hundreds of jobs and course closures. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning.

Plashing Vole

plashingvole.bsky.social

30 September 2026 07:50

Great news: the School has sacked a third of its academic but we've acquired 2 new interim managers on top of the extra permanent ones. Fine work all round.

Becca Harrison

beccaeharrison.bsky.social

25 September 2026 11:13

If I were running a university where staff spent weeks and weeks of time putting grant proposals together only for UKRI to feed them into LLMs without informed consent—effectively theft of the time and work—I’d be taking serious action to defend those staff. But I’m not running a university, so