Sam Miles

@SamMiles87

Find me @sam-miles.bsky.social. Reader in Medical Sociology @QMULBartsTheLon; former social scientist @LSHTM. Researching queer lives, tech, sexual health.

London, England sexualityandthecityblog.wordpress.com Joined March 2011

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Sam Miles @SamMiles87 May 22, 2025

I'm excited to publish entries on 'Space' and 'Nightlife' for the Encyclopaedia of Queer Studies @ElgarPublishing. In a political climate reducing trans people to legislative 'gotchas', it's even more important we support queer communities.
Volume eds. @robcover & Christy Newman

Sam Miles @SamMiles87 Aug 10

Fantastic article by Julia Bell on @Substack that articulates everything I've been thinking about higher education cuts, but better than I ever could. @UniofExeter & @ucu featured here could stand in for anywhere:
professorbell.substack.com/p/know-your-en…

professorbell.substack.com Know Your Enemy This essay has been on the boil for a while, so bear with.

Sam Miles @SamMiles87 Jul 30

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Sam Miles @SamMiles87 May 29

This is the best thread I’ve read in a year of me obsessively reading each and every thread on the UK university crisis. It is such clear (and depressing) writing. 10/10 no notes.

Jacob Bard-Rosenberg @Prolapsarian May 29

THREAD: The collapse of higher education in the UK is misunderstood by almost everyone involved. We are told it is because of volatile international student markets. The truth is more to do with real estate and capital investment. Here is what is going on: in places like the US
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Sam Miles @SamMiles87 May 28

6 consecutive days exceeding 30’c, in May! 🤯

Met Office Verified account @metoffice May 28

Today marks the 6th consecutive day of temperatures reaching 30°C or more with highs today reaching 32.0 °C at Heathrow 🌡️

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