Real voices

Following on from Martin Parker's article on university strikes yesterday, Bob Smale looks at the strikes more broadly, the background to industrial unrest and how the government's current economic difficulties are to a significant extent of their own making.…Read more

Martin Parker looks at the expansion of UK higher education and suggests that while access to education has improved, it is now based on a market that treats students as bags of cash and academics as the labour necessary to extract the value from the students.…Read more

Tomorrow is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and we're beginning the 16 Days of Activism by highlighting FearLess, a charity tackling abuse, sexual violence, and stalking. …Read more

Natasha Mulvihill examines the UK sex industry and highlights the importance of listening to firsthand accounts in order to implement policy that generates material social change. …Read more

On Transforming Society, Fiona Corby and Rob Creasy, discuss the dangers of poor housing conditions, specifically the growing problem of dampness. They draw on the recent case of Awaab Ishak, aged two, who died as a consequence of exposure to mould in his family’s one-bedroom flat. …Read more

On Transforming Society, Stephen Wenham, our Publisher for Politics and International Relations, has curated a reading list that highlights the broad range of gender and politics publications from Bristol University Press. …Read more

Kim, a participant in the Covid Realities research project talks about her experience as a disabled wife and mother to four sons during the pandemic. …Read more

In keeping with the themes of this year's 'International Eradication of Poverty Day', Anna Tarrant considers the impact of poverty on fathers and looks at the ways society can support fatherhood and challenge negative stereotypes. …Read more

With pension ages rising, people are having to work longer and many workers need to change their jobs later in life. David Lain examines the difficulties surrounding these 'job transitions' and suggests that they often don't provide the freedom or support they claim. …Read more

For World Mental Health Day, this article draws attention to the global discrimination people experience because of their weight and the negative impact fatphobia has on a person's mental health. By addressing the stigma surrounding weight and body size, the authors argue for a weight-neutral perspective and highlight the need for radical social and policy change.…Read more