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Dr Rachel Pope

@prehistorian.bsky.social

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Rankin Reader in European Prehistory • Vice President, The Prehistoric Society • on research leave ✍️ Resolving the structure of prehistoric society • unpicking patriarchal assertion from present to past • digs hillforts & Celts Personal account #NUFC 🇵🇸

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 15d

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 14h

This is definitely Covid: matching symptoms, mid-wave, Covid cheeks, false recoveries, half day okay half day not. Sadly I know this virus inside out! The tests don’t seem to be working. Hopefully out of it soon 🙏

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 16h

They were.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 17h

Freshers flu was always a thing. At least they can attend virtually now.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 17h

I’m not sure it’s only one. Me and teen seem to reinfect each other. It also started with headaches and fatigue, went to chest, then throat, now nose! Totally arse over tit. But also waves of better/unwell.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 17h

I’ve battled this for 4 years. Giving up (after shingles debacle). But here I am on D16…

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 17h

I wasn’t entirely happy with how mine was given by the Boots pharmacist last year.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 18h

I can’t stand this ‘lazy students’ narrative. It’s not like the 1980s, they’re all working three jobs.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 19h

Same. Attendance is the best it’s been in years.

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 19h

'It is no secret that student attendance has plummeted in recent years, with near-empty lecture halls a staple of the post-pandemic world.'

Really? I lecture to all our 1st years. Lecture hall is full, not near-empty. Student engagement picked up last year and (early days) seems stronger again. 1/2

Fiction ‘brings lectures to life’ as academics face empty classes

University ‘whodunnit’ inspired by attempts to tackle poor attendance as scholars look for novel ways to engage mainstream audiences

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 19h

It left me with multiple organ damage, unable to walk for 2 years. Not eligible. Immune system is destroyed. Looking forward to the class action!

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 20h

Well two negative tests, but we’ve both had the exact symptoms and school is full of it apparently. So I’m not sure the tests are working 🤷‍♀️

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 1d

The virus.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 1d

We’ve had it for 15 days and counting 👍🏼

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 1d

After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.

TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.

christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...

England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet

The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter

christinapagel.substack.com

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 2d

Delighted to be at the launch of Saothar 50: the journal of the Irish labour history society (ILHS),50 years in publication. A wonderful collection of essays on labour, class,women,etc. excited to see the new exhibit at the ILHS archives-the banner of the Irish Women Workers Union (IWWU) #speirgorm

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 11d

I teach a history of antifascism course @ruhistorydept.bsky.social and figured I'd start an ongoing thread this semester to share some insights from course readings and recommend some great works on antifascism.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

I’m guessing the sex of those drivers..

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

We’ve also done the gender analysis from 2010 to present and it does show that women are finally being retained into their 40s in last 15 years. I was thinking about construction - question is, are construction workers often travelling beyond the region in which they live?

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Tips on how to recruit!

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

What’s interesting is that women archaeologists do seem to end up in this training role: Tessa Verney Wheeler, Peggy Piggott. A transmutation of the old British idea that women can’t be professionals, but they can teach.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 3d

I decided to be a field archaeologist at 5 after visiting the Coppergate excavations. I started digging at 15 but by early 20s realised digging + a family wouldn’t work, so I segued into an academic role where I could at least still train.

I’m still a digger.

Is it okay that women had to leave?

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 15d

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

I really hope it becomes a spur for effective action (this time).

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. It’s beyond overdue.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

It was vast. But then we were tiny! I don’t remember the finds tent, but I loved the scaffolding 😂

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

I loved my little piece of ‘concrete’ although actually it’s just a lump of mortar.

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

I remember finds trays at the end of the scaffolding walkway and I think we were allowed to take something as a souvenir.

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

Also, do you remember being able to take a find at Coppergate? I have a little bit of Roman concrete and don’t know if I nicked it or it was gifted 😬

Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 2d

It might just be cathartic, to know it wasn’t you. Our aim in having it down in black and white is it shows very clearly what needs to change.