A critical history of food banks and their emergence in the UK. The paper examines how past alliances & struggles unsettle what is taken-for-granted today. Thanks again to the editorial team @RGS_IBGhe @RGS_IBG & three kind reviewers

RT @CardiffUCU: A brilliant take down of the reckless tech-bro optimism of Cardiff University management plans. "A flagship national unive….

.@officestudents .Students: "What do you mean you don't have any lecturers anyone?".

RT @MuntherIsaac: While the world is distracted with the war with Iran, the genocide in Gaza continues. "Israeli forces shoot dozens as Gaz….

Strange sharing this given everything going on right now but the research was several years in the making and I hope it is helpful to welfare historians . "Racial Capitalism and the Workhouse–Plantation Nexus in the Atlantic World" @antipodeonline .

RT @CardiffUCU: Excellent blog again from @CUFightBack:. “When Patrick Younge, Chair of Council, asked the Vice Chancellor what she thought….

RT @ucu: Mass redundancies won’t just ruin lives, they will wreck UK universities’ global reputation. As @NickMegoran of @NewcastleUniUCU….

RT @ThatSociologist: In this recent interview for a student documentary, I talk about the national scandal of food insecurity and how local….

RT @CardiffUCU: Huge news. Yesterday, @CardiffUni Senate, the academic standards body, voted to not recommend management’s toxic “Academic….

RT @CardiffUCU: “Instead of passing these proposals on the nod, Council should do its job and recommend a more reasonable period of reform,….

RT @cardiff_people: Cardiff University bosses tried to shut down the Music School, and instead, they got an orchestra of rebellion making n….

RT @BenAndersonGeog: I really encourage everyone to read this about what staff are going through at Cardiff - utterly maddening and totally….

RT @voice_cymru: Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University. As workers prepare for a strike ballot, an anonymous academic recount….

RT @llantwit: Heartbreaking (and heartwarming) coverage of the fightback against plans to axe the School of Music by @Cardiffuni bosses. P….

RT @NickMegoran: "The ‘Newcastle model’ is an existential threat to UK humanities" - my contribution with @MillsDr92320 @AcademicDiary to….

RT @Stephenlegg11: This permanent post is sought within or across three existing research themes, including Cultural and Historical Geograp….

RT @hef4caerphilly: Speaking only as a former senior lecturer & a current member of @ucu, Wendy Larner has behaved appallingly as VC of @ca….

RT @llantwit: More @CardiffUCU on the @CardiffUni cuts. “The University has access to hundreds of millions of reserves, of which a really b….

RT @RachaelAka: Dark skies over Cardiff University today 😞. Proud to be a researcher at this school and a part of the PGR community of @CUG….

RT @SHAREWyatt: Myself & my fellow @CAERHeritage co-director received notice that our roles are under threat. This represents an existentia….

RT @hellyarrj: A 3hr lecture planned this morning with around 150 Cardiff University Nursing 2nd yrs. They were upset, angry, bewildered…b….