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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 18h

Oh yes - it’s a nightmare.Just let me log into my lecture slides!!!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 21h

Once again, Microsoft Authenticator stymies me from being able to actually do my job 😩

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 1d

For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.

Reposts welcomed.

Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...

Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research

observer.co.uk

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 7d

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.

buff.ly

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Dinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 12d

"Mischaracterised by university leaders as financial ‘saving’, austerity is in truth vandalism."

Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 12d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Lisa Haushofer @haushoferl.bsky.social · 15d

Nothing to see here only a #foodhistory dream job at the Smithsonian... 🥦🍎🍾
trustcareers.si.edu/en/postings/...

Museum Curator (Food & Wine History), IS-1015-13

Job Opening: Museum Curator (Food & Wine History), IS-1015-13 at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC.

trustcareers.si.edu

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Daniel Williams @dbenjw.bsky.social · 15d

My periodic call for pitches to the 19th-Century Networks section of ✨Literature Compass✨:

Do you have a state-of-the-field essay to propose on #Romantic or #Victorian topics? a little-known or understudied author to spotlight?

Please get in touch!

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1741...

Literature Compass

Click on the title to browse this journal

compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 15d

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

University English Funding

universityenglish.ac.uk

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 15d

These idiots have no idea how important universities are to the modern British economy and the towns and cities in which they are based.

On average, a British university returns £14 for every £1 of public investment. So yes, let's slaughter these golden geese and scorch our economy.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15d

'He added: "But also close down half of universities and turn them into vocational colleges just to open the conversation."'

Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.bsky.social · 15d

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 16d

Congrats Clare! Fantastic news!

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19d

This deserves *way* more attention than it’s getting

Reform’s former Wales leader admits he received corrupt payments in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament to promote Russia’s interests in #Ukraine.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19d

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges

Gill admits to eight charges while an elected member of the European parliament Nathan Gill, a former leader of Reform UK in Wales, has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament. More details soon … Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 19d

One of my PhD students is currently working on this - I’ll pass on the link!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 22d

Congratulations Charlie! And good luck for the viva!

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 22d

Why are you even framing this as a matter of debate, Daily Mail? Totally irresponsible.

A Daily Mail headline reading: what is the REAL truth about any link between paracetamol and autism?

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 22d

Please share how it goes! I’ve been toying with the idea of doing something similar …

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 23d

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 26d

Love this from English graduate Amy Hunt! ‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess’
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/s...

‘You can be an academic badass and a track goddess’ – GB sprinter Amy Hunt revels in shock 200m silver

Hunt powers from sixth to second with the kind of fearless attitude that helped her come back from a quadriceps rupture

www.theguardian.com

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · 26d

I’m also struggling to access it. Hope it’s just a temporary problem - I rely on it so much!

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Prof. Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 26d

A govt of philistines so deep in denial about the nature and purpose of higher education that it chastises university students for pursuing research and knowledge… 🤯

Dave Addison @daveaddison.bsky.social · 26d

Hmmmmm.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...

Peter Kyle: "too often people go to university to 'explore research and knowledge'".

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d

“If the Government was really serious about growth, they would be promoting international students and international education, and decoupling them from the immigration debate and treating it as a growth industry.” (James Pitman, chair of Independent Higher Education)

Why ‘flag wars’ are scaring overseas students and risk deepening unis’ cash crisis

‘It’s mad in Britain. Will I be ok?’. International students about to study in UK universities are alarmed by the country's new political climate

inews.co.uk

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · Sep 14

conference.rs4vp.org
RSVP @rs4vp.org conference in Dublin at Trinity @tlrhub.bsky.social in 2026. So exciting!

RSVP Conference 2026 – RSVP

Dates July 23-25, 2026

conference.rs4vp.org

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · Sep 13

Saturday mornings always feel immeasurably brighter when they come with the Guyliner‘s forensic take on an awkward Guardian blind date!

Justin Myers @theguyliner.bsky.social · Sep 13

In this week's Guardian Blind Date: A hundred words for no + nani puri confusion.
My review digs deep:

Martha and Jack

I’ve got a new book out this week, which is why I’m sitting here on a Saturday morning typing up this lovely review – promo never sleeps, guys. On the operating table today we have Mart…

theguyliner.com

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Siobhan-Michelle Smith @smdsmith.bsky.social · Sep 11

The reading packs produced by the @vpfa.bsky.social's third sex reading group are always gorgeous, and the discussions are always great. What's not to love!
Join us Wed 17th Sept @ 5.30pm UK time to discuss the highly problematic "Lodore". Everybody welcome... message for more details.

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Charlotte Boyce @c19thceleb.bsky.social · Sep 7

Beautiful medieval floor tiles at Titchfield Abbey in Hampshire. After the dissolution of the monasteries, the building was converted into a mansion by Thomas Wriothesley (of ‘Call-Me Risley’ fame for fans of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall trilogy).

Medieval floor tiles at Tichfield Abbey. Some of them are patterned and some inscribed with Latin text.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants

The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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