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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 2h

Exactly

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 3h

I'm not a fan at all

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 3h

And let's not forget that UKHEI employees- not SMTs - are ensuring students and colleagues are in a safe and secure environment

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 3h

SMTs:
"Do the teaching"
"Do the research"
"Do public engagement"
"Do the curriculum transformations"
"We will sack 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 staff to ensure the University is sustainable in the future"

"Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching"
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Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching

Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 3h

SMTs:
"Do the teaching"
"Do the research"
"Do public engagement"
"Do the curriculum transformations"
"We will sack 1 in 3 to 1 in 4 staff to ensure the University is sustainable in the future"

"Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching"
share.google/WYTarKD1iRgm...

Tuition fees set to be lowered at universities with poor teaching

Labour is considering bringing the cap below £9,000 a year on campuses where standards aren’t met

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 4h

'Our University would do well to stop neglecting the threats to humanities education, and start publicly taking up the banner of the humanities.'

Could (and should) be said of so many universities, across the globe.

Harvard Can’t Afford to Neglect the Humanities | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard exists to promote the highest intellectual pursuit in every discipline — it can’t leave the humanities behind.

www.thecrimson.com

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Sheepstealer @sheepstealers.bsky.social · 4h

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 4h

Rachel Ruysch, b. 3 June 1665 - d. 12 Oct 1750. Still Life with Bouquet of Flowers, 1698 (Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main)

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4h

Resetting my mood with a good dose of @cerysmatthews.bsky.social 👍

Great to hear the fabulous
Say She She
10 minutes in

Let's go @cerysmatthews.bsky.social 😊

Cerys Matthews @cerysmatthews.bsky.social · 4h

Coming along this am? I have a bag of treats- some superb. music, guests and chat - we are live on BBC 6 music- ask your smart speaker to play if you haven’t joined me yet xx a Sunday smorgasbord of sounds and topics

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Jeremy Jenkins @jeremyjenkins.net · 4h

Good morning! 🌱
Lots of berries on my Japanese honeysuckle, but sadly they’re not edible.

Small black berries in the middle of green leaves.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4h

Just finished "Severance" Series 1

Far too realistic for an easy watch

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4h

Our ballot to hold strike action closed on Friday 👇

Result upcoming soon

Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · Jul 30

- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?

Please read 👇

Sign the petition 👇

chng.it/7F52bThYqn

Sign the Petition

Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

chng.it

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4h

🗳️If you want a bit of Thomas Randolph on our plate, or a smattering of James Shirley, a dash of the Unknown, or a dollop of Lyly, then fill in the form and become part of the conversation. Vote now, and vote often! Peele, Greene, Ford, Day, Porter, Heywood, Chapman...
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The BIG Vote 2025 - Round 1

This is your chance to choose a play for us to work on over the next year/18 months. Roughly any play written prior to 1642 is open for this round - which is open to all. The plays voted for here will...

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4h

🗳️Round One is open to everyone, not just our patrons - as we create a long list of titles for whittling down. Which means you, yes you, can help shape our next projects. The next rounds go down to our patrons only, but at this stage it's a free for all!
Shakerley Marmion for the Win! #Vote #Plays

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 4h

🧠Fun Fact: our Wyrd Revels season was almost entirely chosen by our patrons. Every year we have a big vote, and the highest ranked choices go into production or development. Doctor Faustus came top, then Witch of Edmonton and Wise-Woman of Hogston.
Which means, it's time to do it AGAIN!
🗳️BIG VOTE!🗳️

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4h

This is the issue 👇

combined with the fact that SMTs will not engage in any kind of meaningful discussion with any employee (not just academics) before unions are invoked

In brief, it is dystopian

UK HE News @ukhenews.bsky.social · 4h

A problem UCU has to contend with is that academics have no leverage over management in UK HE.

Refusing to teach or mark is no problem for senior management, as they can bypass academic roles.

In fact, they are itching to sell degrees without any substantive academic involvement.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 4h

It's absolutely not sustainable

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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 5h

A short study into the recycling of higher education policy.
Or
When a headline matters more than any capacity to realise a policy.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 5h

Rank and file colleagues are still trying their very best to provide excellent education for students and support for each other but - yes - ugh indeed

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 16h

The least surprising news ever. But also thank you to @robevansgdn.bsky.social & @direthoughts.com for shining a light on how two Silicon Valley lobbyists have joined forces to advance their billionaire-funded techno-accelerationist agenda into the heart of UK govt.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted dinner giving tech bosses access to UK minister

Exclusive: Six tech leaders dined with investment minister, documents reveal, underlining growing influence of ex-PM’s consultancy Tony Blair and Nick Clegg hosted a private dinner earlier this year at which a select group of technology entrepreneurs were given access to a key minister, official documents have revealed. The former prime minister, who is a champion of the tech industry, held the dinner in an upmarket London hotel in his capacity as the head of the Tony Blair Institute (TBI) political consultancy. Continue reading...

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Siobhan Hoffmann Sønderborg @siobhanhoffmann.bsky.social · 5h

The woodpecker was back again this morning. He/she is quite beautiful...
I also have some noisy starlings...

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Sarah Jo 🦇 @battysarah.bsky.social · 5h

It might be the middle of October, but there's still lots of life in the garden! #nature #autumn #wildflowers #fungi

Fox and cubs. Bright orange wild flower growing in grass.

Ivy-leaved toadflax, small plant creeping along a wall. Small purple flowers.

Fungus growing in the grass. Small brown mushrooms. Don't know the name.

Heather. Some pink flowers still visible but some have turned brown.

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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23h

A UK presenter shouldn’t crow about an audience’s ignorance of Nathan Gill who took bribes from Kremlin agents & was a close ally of Farage . It shows they have failed to do their job . What next , telling us that Watergate was one of the lowest points in investigative journalism 🥺 ?

Joy @joybe.bsky.social · 2d

The Nathan Gill scandal should be huge news so why has the British media been mainly silent about it? (I think we know 🤔)
Here's Fiona Bruce shutting down any mention & acting like the audience aren't interested.
#bbqt

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Claire Dean @clairedean.bsky.social · 5h

A podcast has just been released of my story 'Feather Girls' read by MyAnna Buring: wordtheatre.org/weekly/

Weekly Stories · WORDTheatre

wordtheatre.org

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 18h

Rest in Power #DianeKeaton

a woman wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

Alt: Diane Keaton wearing a hat and vest says la-de-dah on the screen

media.tenor.com

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Leicester UCU @leicesterucu.bsky.social · 19h

Staff and students came together early on a Friday morning to show their support before negotiations.
The negotiations did not lift the threat of compulsory redundancies, so we'll be on strike again in the coming week.

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