Shaun Wilson
Sociology prof, Macquarie University, Sydney.
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonWe’re out in force at Macquarie University today because management’s cuts are destroying jobs, slashing courses, and undermining the future of our university. Join us today: nteu.au/join
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonA message from ACTU Secretary @sallymcmanus.bsky.social for NTEU members at MQ! We support all union activists and will advocate against these redundancies. Join us to fight for what’s right: nteu.au/join @damiencahill.bsky.social
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonWhat do voters think about the housing crisis? Just out in @aunz.theconversation.com our piece (w @shaunwilson.bsky.social @alistairsisson.bsky.social Kristian Ruming and Adam Stebbing) for MQ's Housing and Urban Research Centre exploring #Housing attitudes theconversation.com/most-austral...
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonUTS academics describe ‘culture of fear’ as enrolments put on hold for nearly a fifth of courses
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonThe One Big Beautiful Bill Act isn't a solution to economic inequality or for managing immigration and asylum procedures — it's a blueprint for cruelty. The US deserves a health care system that fulfills everyone’s human right to health, and a budget that makes this possible.
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- Please sign and share - a worthy petition to protect Sociology at Macquarie and, more generally, to protest the declining commitment by university managers to strong social sciences in Australia. Their value cannot be over-stated. www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonOh god yes, the next time I read (incl from uni peak bodies) that unis are a leading export industry Ill throw up! Among other things they are key to boosting productivity. Won’t happen if corporatised production line approach persists.
- Reposted by Shaun Wilson🔥 FINAL HOURS! Early Bird registration for #TASA2025 closes at midnight tonight! Be part of Australia’s leading sociology conference and connect with scholars, researchers & change-makers from around the country. 🎟️ Register now and save: www.tasa.org.au/content.aspx... #DeadlineDay #TASA2025
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- Reposted by Shaun Wilson‘Academics are leaving, exhausted by stifling workloads…Students are unhappy…paying through the nose for an insipid version of the…experience their parents enjoyed. We’re so busy beating up universities…we forget what a disastrous own goal we’re kicking…’ www.theage.com.au/national/a-k...
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonUniversity policy has been broken for 40 years. ‘Our policymakers must be brave enough to argue that education is unequivocally and intrinsically a public good, vital to the interests of the nation, and therefore worth funding properly.’ www.afr.com/policy/healt...
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonWill History fall silent? We are extremely concerned to hear about the planned downsizing of academic positions in the Arts Faculty Please read our statement of concern on the proposed staff and course cuts at Macquarie University via the link below buff.ly/8ThbLgf
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonPenny Wong, 2003: "I say suspicion is not enough. To justify going to war we need more than suspicion. What sort of world would we live in if suspicion alone was justification for participation in unilateral military action outside the auspices of the UN? "
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonFrom the edge of extinction Spain and Portugal were able to save the world's most endangered cat from the brink. We have the solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #nature #rewilding #GreenNewDeal
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonTASA is deeply dismayed by Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructuring that would decimate sociology. The social sciences matter — they help us navigate a complex world. Our full statement & call to action here: www.tasa.org.au/docs.ashx?id... #Sociology #HigherEd #SupportHASS
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonThank you, @jasonclaremp.bsky.social! The minister has taken the extraordinary steps writing to ANU leadership asking them to explain themselves and referred to the university regulator. I hope the government inquiry into university governance is extended. www.afr.com/work-and-car...
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonNetanyahu began this war with his attack on Iran. In the process, he sabotaged US-Iran negotiations on nuclear issues and assassinated Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s lead nuclear negotiator. The US must not be dragged into another illegal Netanyahu war – either militarily or financially.
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonRarely have we needed graduates competent in political and sociological analysis than we do now. Dreadful move by @Macquarie_Uni @Thesis11 #politics #Sociology #HigherEducation
- Macquarie University is planning to make 50-60 academic staff redundant across Arts + Science & Engineering in coming months. Justification? It can't be money. The University just reported a tiny deficit (literally a rounding error) and strong cash flows See here: www.mq.edu.au/about/about-...
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonPolitics, Sociology, Ancient History, majors in Media, Music may be decimated @ MQ. 4/8 Politics staff with no more Politics units. 11/14 Sociologists to be axed. Ancient History recently the jewel in the MQ crown is being destroyed. This is beyond save Arts & SS @ MQ. Thank you @auspsa.bsky.social
- APSA is deeply concerned about the proposed cuts to Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Our letter to university leadership outlines the discipline’s outstanding research, strong teaching record, and impact. 📄 Read the full letter here: auspsa.org.au/job-alert/ap....
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonShambolic. If teachers can use AI to mark, why can’t students use AI to write? And here we go: students not doing the work and teachers not doing the marking. Why don’t students not bother to go to school and teachers can stay at home? How about we all don’t get out of bed in the morning?????
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonAPSA is deeply concerned about the proposed cuts to Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University. Our letter to university leadership outlines the discipline’s outstanding research, strong teaching record, and impact. 📄 Read the full letter here: auspsa.org.au/job-alert/ap....
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonGreat to see ACT Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social putting university governance front and centre at #ANU. Very popular discussion topic for those in attendance. 👏 @nteunion.bsky.social
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonUniversities are in trouble. But is Nous Group the answer? The business model of the consultant is sharp and sophisticated. They bought the sector 'benchmarking' data and use it to sell services. Griffith Uni even hired 4 exec staff from them. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati...
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonOpinion from Auckland University: The findings of a new IMF report suggest NZ is not just underperforming, but actively backing the wrong kinds of growth.
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonThese are the people that make America great 🇲🇽🇺🇸
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonExcellent coverage of Macquarie Uni’s proposed restructure: www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
- Macquarie University isn't unique here, but university managers across the sector are rapidly turning the undergraduate curriculum into boring, mass teaching with smaller, more interesting, and intellectually alive units wiped out on questionable financial grounds.
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- Why Australia's productivity growth is low: # short-term rent seeking managerialism: profits thru cost-cutting v LT investment # oligopolistic product & labour markets produce rents w/o innovation # lack of industrial capacity + R & D # service/care economy: productivity gains don't make sense
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonAutomation won’t necessarily lead to either mass unemployment or a utopian workless future. Power and politics impact how automation affects work — which means that automation can create dignified jobs through class struggle.
- Reposted by Shaun WilsonDon’t let them cut the heart out of our universities. Join today: nteu.au/join @alisonbarnes.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Shaun WilsonBREAKING The President of California’s largest union has been detained during an ICE raid.
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