Micaela Panes is researching Labour women’s activism in south Wales and south-west England for her PhD thesis. We were delighted to help her visit a range of archives with one of our research bursaries. Read more on our website.
@dwi-micaela.bsky.social
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The ‘History and Heritage in Merthyr’ conference has begun!
We’ll be keeping you updated with today’s programme ⬇️⬇️⬇️
Join Llafur, in collaboration with the Cyfarthfa Foundation, to explore the rich history of Merthyr and the next steps in the story of its heritage.
Also including the Llafur AGM 2025.
📆 Saturday 29 November
🕰️9.30am - 6pm
📍Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil
🎟️https://tinyurl.com/yb9cv7tm
New thesis description unlocked: ‘socialist wokeism’ 🤓
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I feel incredibly lucky to have had the opportunity to make some real change - thank you to those who have supported me along the way!
… and now it’s time to finish this PhD thing! 😅 3/3
From implementing the first ever employment contracts for PGR tutors at Cardiff Uni and ensuring tutors and demonstrators were not in scope for redundancy during institutional change, to fighting to successfully restore and increase PGRs stipends - it’s been a difficult, but rewarding, journey. 2/3
Last month my second term as Cardiff Students’ Union’s Vice President Postgraduate Students ended.
It was a privilege to represent over 33,000 thousand students over the last two years - and we had some big wins! 1/3
We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
Llafur is on Bluesky!
We organise free events and have an annual journal for our members.
Why not check out tomorrow’s 2024 AGM and online event: Voices of the Strike!
Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/llafu...
