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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 5h

If you can donate, you can do so by bank transfer, directly to our local strike fund: ucuhallam.org/dispute/volu... Simply add the reference 'Paula'.
Please consider sharing this fundraiser.
Thanks to Paula for giving our fundraising a kickstart!

Donate to UCU SHU Hardship Fund | UCU Sheffield Hallam University

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 5h

Our fund is used to support members who may be disproportionately impacted by taking strike action (ie those on casual contracts, with caring responsibilities).
Paula McLean, a member, is inviting people to sponsor her for The Great South Run a 10-mile run in Portsmouth taking place on Sunday 19 Oct

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 5h

We’re going on strike 😞 The dispute centres on Sheffield Hallam University management's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies despite already having slashed around 500 jobs at Hallam during 2024. Also spiralling workloads as fewer staff are left to do more work. Pls donate to strike fund
@ucu

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 1d

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High Storrs School, Sheffield @highstorrsschool.bsky.social · 1d

We have a small number of slots available at our High Storrs Christmas Fayre, if you are wanting a stall with us!

Please email [email protected] if you would like further information, or if you would like to book a stall.

#sheffieldchristmasfair #yorkshirechristmasfair

High Storrs Christmas Fayre

Saturday 22 November 2025
11am - 4pm

Stalls now available to book!

Please contact communications@highstorrs-mlt.co.uk if you are interested in having a stall

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 2d

A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Tes magazine @tesmagazine.bsky.social · 3d

‘English is not just a subject – it is the foundation on which all other subjects are built’: @sarahmullin.bsky.social warns of the wider impact of withdrawing bursaries for teacher training in English

The end of English ITT bursaries sends a worrying message

The withdrawal of teacher training bursaries for English risks undermining more than just the subject itself – and it comes at a critical time, warns Sarah Mullin

www.tes.com

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 3d

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Leonie V. Hicks @lvhicks.bsky.social · 3d

There is not enough tea to deal with all of this.

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dead manu walking @profchander.bsky.social · 5d

the used copy i got from the bookstore paid off when i passed it around so everyone could see where the previous reader remarked about rochester, “he a bitch”

dead manu walking @profchander.bsky.social · 5d

insisting students have the correct edition of the book means going to the campus bookstore to pick up a used copy when you forgot yours at home

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Ole Birk Laursen @olebirklaursen.bsky.social · 7d

My old friend Lyn Innes' next book "Fugitive Families: Making Black Lives Matter in Victorian Britain" looks splendid! www.lutterworth.com/product/fugi...

Fugitive Families: Making Black Lives Matter in Victorian Britain - The Lutterworth Press

An insightful investigation of seven extraordinary lives, Fugitive Families is a fascinating portrait of the writers, speakers and activists who left the US under the Fugitive Slave Act and the Britis...

www.lutterworth.com

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Dr Sarah-Louise Quinnell CPsychol AFBPsS @sarahthesheepu.bsky.social · 7d

Reimagining Education: Beyond Bullet Points and Certainties ernestopriego.com/2025/04/30/r... @ernestopriego.com We should write something together on this as a social scientist teaching STEM I agree

Reimagining Education: Beyond Bullet Points and Certainties

A reflection on teaching and learning.

ernestopriego.com

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 8d

This 👇 Nugget: “There’s clean air in Westminster but not in schools”.

Same at universities and colleges.

Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · 8d

Brilliant article by a teacher highlighting the current dire situation for teachers and kids every winter when it comes to infection risk and spread. We continue to fight for our kids to have the right to breathe clean air.

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com/2025/09/30/d...

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please Can We Talk About Health?

Dear Bridget Phillipson, Please can we talk about health? It’s autumn 2025. We’re one month into the school year, in England. Two of my children are ill, again.With Covid, again.It&#821…

stevebheadteacher.wordpress.com

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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 9d

A searchable works list has been released to identify the authors’ works that were stolen by US Corporation Anthropic, to train its AI models. It includes UK authors whose works were copied without their permission or payment.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 11d

Are you a postdoctoral researcher? Don't miss the application deadline for British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants on 5 November. Funding is available for research projects across all areas of the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/3K4kEyA

White banner with an image of a researcher focused on his work. The words 'BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants' are written on the right-hand side.

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 11d

Read our response to the Government’s announcement that university maintenance grants will be reintroduced for certain courses, funded through a levy on international student fees
https://bit.ly/4gPz7uO

British Academy responds to government announcement on university maintenance grants

The British Academy has issued a response to the government's announcement on using a proposed levy on international students to fund maintenance grants.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Chris Parr @chrisjparr.bsky.social · 12d

Universities in England will be chuffed that they will have an international fee levy imposed but not rest of UK.

Newcastle VC says charging students 6% more to cover the cost seems less likely than simply taking cash from he bottom line:
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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Robert Gallagher @hwaetspur.bsky.social · 12d

Interested in letter-writing in early medieval Britain? A three-year postdoc on @francescatinti.bsky.social’s and my project is now available. Apps close on 17th Oct. Let me know if you have any questions and please circulate! 🙂 jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Kent: Postdoctoral Research Associate

Are you passionate about early medieval Britain? Do you have advanced knowledge of Medieval Latin and interested in the analysis of Latin letter-writing? If yes, then you may be interested in this f...

jobs.kent.ac.uk

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 12d

Make a movie about bats:

Batbie

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · 12d

Looking up bat species for this prompt I found this beautiful little guy so…

Make a movie about bats:

Ghost Bat
Ghost Bat World
Thirteen Ghost Bats

A Ghost Bat hanging from a leaf: it is white with a little pink face and arms and legs

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, explain what happened with the Windrush generation children. After decades their landing cards were destroyed by gov even though that was the only proof they were entitled to citizenship, then home office demanded they prove and deported many. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windrus...

Windrush scandal - Wikipedia

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 14d

All very well but I’m not going through the faff of setting up again with Academia. I now know they can’t really be trusted…

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 14d

Academia-Edu revises terms an conditions after wide-scale protests and membership cancellations?
#HigherEd #EdChat #University #Research

dailynous.com/2025/09/22/w...

What Will Academia.edu Do with Its New Rights to Your Name, Likeness, and Voice? (updated) - Daily Nous

Users of the Academia.edu service are cancelling their subscriptions in response to perceived overreach by the firm in its recent update to its terms of service. Catching users' attention was a new pa...

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 15d

And the challenges having less leave poses to single parents who have less leave (when kids are sick, not after birth/adoption) than the combined leave of a couple with sole parental responsibility.

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Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her) @anamsanchezarce.bsky.social · 16d

Agree! Anita and Me is a great coming of age novel. I read your article as a PhD student ages ago and found it insightful. I still have a copy of it in my Syal folder.

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 18d

ICYMI: Thames & Hudson has signed On Censorship by “one of contemporary art’s most influential figures”, Ai Weiwei. The book will be published on 29th January 2026 👇 #BookSky

Thames & Hudson to publish Ai Weiwei’s ‘rallying cry for free speech’

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Gareth L. Powell @garethlpowell.bsky.social · 18d

A customer just came into the shop and bought 12 books for her friend’s birthday. She’s going to wrap them individually and write a different month of the year on each one, so her friend has a new book to read every month until her next birthday. And I think that’s just the most thoughtful gift.

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