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Teaching planning at @UCL_BSP. Research on cities, injustice, state, property, land. Chair of @shakonline. She/her
London, England
Joined April 2009
Mmmh, equal pay problem was known to Birmingham council at least since 2012 not 2023? Attended a meeting on HS2 then and it was mentioned. How Birmingham city council ended up in financial crisis: a timeline | Birmingham | The Guardian
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Questions emerging about whether the figures behind the city council’s bankruptcy stack up
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75%+ residents objecting to this ill-conceived proposal which will bring mould, fuel poverty, architectural & environmental disaster, waste of public money. Please write a letter of objections, support residents’ struggle @justspace7 @XRLondon @AA_Estate
https://t.co/DGB77aX69o
architectsjournal.co.uk
Architectural conservationists have joined the outcry over Camden Council’s plans to fit new heating systems in the celebrated Alexandra Road estate
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One of the least informed piece on London’s Planning Spoiler: the planning system is male and hates people.
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Expert says Britain’s ‘can-do’ attitude to planning has been replaced by a process that is a ‘gamble’ and highly politicised
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A solid political programme of true social value. #labour
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Party says American-style sweetshops – some under investigation for tax evasion – are ripping off public
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#KilburnMuseumLab everything ready for our first workshop! Bring your story and join us at the #Kilburn Camden Library today from 2-4 @fra_murialdo @MiddlesexUni @paprika_org @CamdenCouncil @BritishAcademy_
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This week, I've been chatting with amazing people about how we make good of some of the ideals that surround service learning and civic education.
NEW on Wonkhe: Nine advocates for service learning reflect on why, despite its intuitive appeal, aligning student gains with social good is so difficult to get right – and some of the ways in which the sector might break new ground @profmarkpeace @NCCPE
https://t.co/DjxUjrqhkl
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oh dear, @SMS_plc doesn't have any slots to move / install a smart gas meter until 2025 except one day during 2023 christmas break. Employ more engineers maybe? @GoodEnergy
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On 11/9 I'm doing reflections on the original planning of Milton Keynes with David Mountain, hosted by @DoCoMoMoUK Tickets £6 for non-members
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A talk and discussion with Professor Michael Edwards and Dr David Mountain Monday 11th September 2023, 1830hrs At The Gallery London EC1, and streamed
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Who makes cities? Building workers’ stories at @UniWestminster Centre for the Study of the Production of the Built Environment (ProBE) event @michaellondonsf @myfanwy_t @john_tomaney
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For over 2 years in Brixton, the local community have been fighting a Texan millionaire’s attempt to build a vanity tower block that would tear the soul out of the iconic market and turbo-charge gentrification. Tonight, the community have won. The application has been withdrawn.
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The point being, that the rationale of public sector privatisation is not to bring efficiency but that state defunding keeps it in a for ever state of inefficiency that private sector can play with. People (unless they have a stake in some private equity funded insurance) = pawns
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Insourcing: “The NHS spent £55mn employing its own staff to do extra work through specialist agencies in 2022,”
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“in a bet that growing waiting lists will stoke demand for specialist staff and services” Private equity bets on NHS backlog with recruitment agency deal via @FT
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I can’t believe the @guardian has managed to misspell “health” three times in an article about the NHS
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Exclusive: Experts say fall in funding caused ‘turning point’ in standards in health service in England
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Who gets the right to disagree at UCL? Yesterday, IWGB members and supporters at UCL confronted UCL Provost Michael Spence at his event, titled "How to Disagree Well" We highlighted the silencing of security guards over proposed fire-and-rehire redundancies. 🧵 A thread
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Find us in London to discuss more workspace conflicts at @RGS_IBG 30/8 - 1/9 including a reflections from the Melbourne @ISA_RC21 @isa_sociology panel and more case studies https://t.co/vVL3Rlis3S
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Learn more about our Annual International Conference, which regularly attracts over 2,000 geographers from around the world.
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