Professor of Social Policy | Royal Holloway University of London | Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
London
Joined January 2009
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Ravinder Barn retweeted
The Palestinian Presidency expressed deep regret and astonishment at the decision of the U.S. Department of State not to grant visas to the Palestinian delegation scheduled to participate in the upcoming United Nations General Assembly meetings in September.
The Presidency stressed that this decision stands in clear contradiction to international law and the UN Headquarters Agreement, particularly since the State of Palestine is an observer member of the United Nations.
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The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.
Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.
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Saeed Naji Zomlot, the cousin closest to my heart, was killed by Israel. We last spoke four days ago. Saeed told me his children were starving and he had no choice but to go north of #Gaza in search of food. I asked him to be careful. He went—and never came back.
Today, the family confirmed his death. An Israeli missile struck him and those around him as they searched for food for their children.
I promise Saeed: we will care for your children and all our children. We will never forget. We will never forgive—until the war criminals are held fully accountable.
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For us, I told @PiersUncensored, the life of one Palestinian child is worth the world.
I appreciate the journey Piers travelled in reaching the truth, and respect his acknowledgement at the end of this interview the many mistakes committed by mainstream media since Oct 2023 and before. Link to the full interview youtu.be/JRjxC4kK1BY?si=5aRS…
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19. At the same time we should recognize that @UKLFI is vector of false information about the Gaza death toll and should not be taken seriously on this subject.
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I, along with many fellow journalists, signed the letter demanding the Royal Television Society reinstate its Award for Palestinian Journalists. I welcome the RTS promise to U-turn but there’s still a big question mark over its decision making process artistsforpalestine.org.uk/2…
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Growing our partnership with @ShooliniUniv in India 🌳
A visit to a partner university today sparked discussions on collaboration, as well as the inauguration of a Bio Innovation laboratory and planting of a tree.
Partnerships in #RH2030s: ow.ly/YxYJ50V9lxy @ProfJSanders
ALT Professor Julie Sanders inaugurates a Bioscience Building at Shoolini University cutting a ribbon
ALT Professor Julie Sanders and staff from Shoolini University stand behind plant
ALT Professor Julie Sanders receives a print from two staff at Shoolini University
ALT Tree with sign explaining that the tree was planted by Professor Julie Sanders of Royal Holloway University of London
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Over 60 MPs from eight parties have now backed my Parliamentary motion calling for sanctions on Israel.
Israel is carrying out war crime after war crime.
Our Government must impose widespread sanctions on Israel to force it to stop.
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The row back by some media outlets over their reporting of the events in the immediate aftermath of the Amsterdam riots is quite something. Alas, it’s too late. This will become an example of how, when the basic rules of reporting are ignored, public trust in the media is eroded
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the hardest thing I ever had to write, my first nonfiction book, is finally done.
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RIP Paul Stephenson, who has died aged 87. He organised the successful Bristol bus boycott of 1963, now recognised as an important moment in British social history - by winning the argument against racial discrimination in practice, and then in law too.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2n…
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Really enjoyed learning about this interesting £1.57m research project "Hair and Care" exploring black children & young people sense of exclusion in education and social care setting.
Led by Dr. @RajanRankin and Prof. @ProfRaviBarn @RHUL_Law @RoyalHolloway and @UniKent
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After the Israeli parliament voted to effectively ban the UN's Palestinian refugee agency Unrwa, Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, tells #R4Today 'the only way forward is for the UN General Assembly to unseat Israel'.
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Just completed a study with Cambridge University + @UNRWA:
🧷 The ongoing war in #Gaza will set children & young people’s #education back by up to five years.
🧷 It risks creating a lost generation of traumatized Palestinian children and youth.
🧷 Continuous shock & suffering are shaping children’s world views, threatening their faith in the future + in human rights.
🧷 14 months out of school so far have increased the proportion of children unable to read a basic text by the age of 10.
Restoring education in Gaza is the first step to restoring our collective humanity for the sake of an entire generation of children.
Read more on our joint initiative
@Cambridge_Uni
@CamEdFac @LebaneseStudies
@REAL_Centre @UNRWA 🔽
unrwa.org/newsroom/notes/ong…
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Here's five Welcome discoveries.
#Welcome is here and it's fantastic to see many students exploring their new home.
Here are a just a handful of the many places they might come across this week...
@RHCampusLife / @RHULSPORT / @SURHUL
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Al Jazeera denounces Israeli armed raid on Ramallah office and vows to continue coverage of Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories.
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"Romero has done a great job in bringing together this extensive collection of contributions on a range of important topics. The inclusion of an array of sociological topics including #gender, #sexuality, #immigration, #disability, #healthinequalities, and #childrights has much to offer on the theme of doing intersectional research." However, #inclusion of more contributions beyond North America could further enrich the handbook.
@ProfRaviBarn's full review can be read here: doi.org/10.1080/01419870.202…
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“We told Land Rover it could only charge £9250 for its cars. But if they go bust, that’s on them; just the market at work.”
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Education Minister Jacqui Smith is asked by @cathynewman if she is "willing to see a university go bust" because of "massive funding problems".
She says: "Yes, if it were necessary. Yes, that would have to be the situation."
Read here: channel4.com/news/will-labou…
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The historic decision by the the UK’s biggest private pension fund, USS, to divest from Israeli assets implicated in the illegal colonial occupation of 🇵🇸, is testament to the hard work of the @ucu and others in campaigning tirelessly for an ethical investment policies in line with domestic and international law. Link to full speech at the UK University and College Union annual conference in May 2024 youtu.be/GEYqL02mItw?si=euUC…
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The police interview means the woman will have to decide which of her 4 or 5 contradictory public explanations of how she got the false information to make her official account of either being a key early amplifier of the misinformation or the primary online source herself
BREAKING: A 55-year-old woman from near Chester has been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences relating to a social media post containing inaccurate information about the identity of the Southport attacker, Cheshire Police has said.
Live updates: trib.al/ZoqC5r5