@dsilu.bsky.social
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📣 Final call! Academics, data scientists, service experts, the deadline to apply to attend is tomorrow, end of day (midnight).
Join policy teams and scientists from across Whitehall to explore how connected data can address the SEND crisis.
Complete the short survey: n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
Join policy teams and scientists from across Whitehall to explore how connected data can address the SEND crisis.
Complete the short survey: n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
January 29, 2026 at 12:04 PM
📣 Final call! Academics, data scientists, service experts, the deadline to apply to attend is tomorrow, end of day (midnight).
Join policy teams and scientists from across Whitehall to explore how connected data can address the SEND crisis.
Complete the short survey: n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
Join policy teams and scientists from across Whitehall to explore how connected data can address the SEND crisis.
Complete the short survey: n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
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🗓️ Save the date and register your interest 🫵
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
🗓️ Save the date and register your interest 🫵
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
The @n8cir.bsky.social Digital Research Infrastructure Retreat 2026 supported by @ukri.org will take place in Manchester from 23-27 March 2026.
Learn more and register your interest 👉 n8cir.org.uk/training-and...
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Find out how an AI warning system is being used to predict fatbergs with our Head of the School of Engineering Prof Raffaella Villa on the BBC's Tech Now 📺
Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer! 👇
Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer! 👇
Tech Now - Meeting My Avatar
Jacqui Wakefield joins singer KT Tunstall as she sees her musical avatar perform for the first time. Chris Vallance heads out on fatberg patrol to see an AI warning system in action.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Find out how an AI warning system is being used to predict fatbergs with our Head of the School of Engineering Prof Raffaella Villa on the BBC's Tech Now 📺
Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer! 👇
Watch the episode now on BBC iPlayer! 👇
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Can you contribute relevant expertise, projects, data assets or insights?
Join Whitehall policy teams and scientists to discuss Areas of Research Interest for SEND. Apply by Fri 30 January.
Learn more: https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/child-of-the-north-showcase/
Join Whitehall policy teams and scientists to discuss Areas of Research Interest for SEND. Apply by Fri 30 January.
Learn more: https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/child-of-the-north-showcase/
January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Can you contribute relevant expertise, projects, data assets or insights?
Join Whitehall policy teams and scientists to discuss Areas of Research Interest for SEND. Apply by Fri 30 January.
Learn more: https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/child-of-the-north-showcase/
Join Whitehall policy teams and scientists to discuss Areas of Research Interest for SEND. Apply by Fri 30 January.
Learn more: https://n8cir.org.uk/training-and-events/child-of-the-north-showcase/
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Very excited to be one of the new Fellows of the BES! It has always been the society where I feel I belong the most 🥰 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/marine-... @britishecologicalsociety.org @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social @macrobehaviour.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
Marine biology scientist recognised by Fellow status in world’s oldest ecological society - Lancaster University
A Lancaster University marine biologist has been recognised with prestigious Fellow of the British Ecological Society (BES) status.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Very excited to be one of the new Fellows of the BES! It has always been the society where I feel I belong the most 🥰 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/marine-... @britishecologicalsociety.org @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social @macrobehaviour.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
Very proud of Sal and this wonderful recognition of her work👏
Very excited to be one of the new Fellows of the BES! It has always been the society where I feel I belong the most 🥰 www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/marine-... @britishecologicalsociety.org @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social @macrobehaviour.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social
Marine biology scientist recognised by Fellow status in world’s oldest ecological society - Lancaster University
A Lancaster University marine biologist has been recognised with prestigious Fellow of the British Ecological Society (BES) status.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Very proud of Sal and this wonderful recognition of her work👏
26th January at 10am - Coffee Chats for ECRs at Lancaster University www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connect-co... #CEEDs #DSAIL
Connect, Collaborate, Conquer: Coffee Chats in Environmental Data Science
These sessions are designed to bring together early career researchers (ECRs) working with environmental data
www.eventbrite.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
26th January at 10am - Coffee Chats for ECRs at Lancaster University www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/connect-co... #CEEDs #DSAIL
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Still can't believe this - ZSL thought I've done good ;) portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social 🥰 (I was awarded a medal!)
News | Portal
The Portal is the home of news, events, timetables and study information for all students at Lancaster University. It also features useful services and tools.
portal.lancaster.ac.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Still can't believe this - ZSL thought I've done good ;) portal.lancaster.ac.uk/intranet/new... @lec-reefs.bsky.social @dsilu.bsky.social 🥰 (I was awarded a medal!)
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In Chapter 7 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Eddins asks whether archives created for the purpose of enslaving and dehumanizing can be used to humanize and liberate. Can we reclaim records -- and the people memorialized in them -- digitally?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
Computational Humanities | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Bringing together leading experts from across North America and Europe, _Computational Humanities_ redirects debates around computation and humanities digital scholarship from dualistic arguments to n...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
November 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In Chapter 7 of #ComputationalHumanities, Crystal Eddins asks whether archives created for the purpose of enslaving and dehumanizing can be used to humanize and liberate. Can we reclaim records -- and the people memorialized in them -- digitally?
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu/projects/com...
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He provided a detailed overview of antigen-specific immunotherapy and outlined current strategies being developed to treat autoimmune conditions.
Many thanks to Prof. Wraith for a fantastic seminar, and to our Gold sponsor BGI Genomics for sponsoring this week's seminar.
Many thanks to Prof. Wraith for a fantastic seminar, and to our Gold sponsor BGI Genomics for sponsoring this week's seminar.
November 19, 2025 at 3:52 PM
He provided a detailed overview of antigen-specific immunotherapy and outlined current strategies being developed to treat autoimmune conditions.
Many thanks to Prof. Wraith for a fantastic seminar, and to our Gold sponsor BGI Genomics for sponsoring this week's seminar.
Many thanks to Prof. Wraith for a fantastic seminar, and to our Gold sponsor BGI Genomics for sponsoring this week's seminar.
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We’re set to create a new nuclear educational facility that’s unique in the UK!
Thanks to a £2 million grant from OfS, we’ll create a highly reconfigurable control room simulator to help train the next generation of nuclear engineers and cyber security experts.
Thanks to a £2 million grant from OfS, we’ll create a highly reconfigurable control room simulator to help train the next generation of nuclear engineers and cyber security experts.
Lancaster University to create £2 million nuclear facility control room simulator - Lancaster University
Lancaster University will strengthen its support for the UK’s clean energy goals and help enhance the country’s future nuclear safety and security with the creation of a new nuclear facility control room simulator.
lancaster.pulse.ly
November 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM
We’re set to create a new nuclear educational facility that’s unique in the UK!
Thanks to a £2 million grant from OfS, we’ll create a highly reconfigurable control room simulator to help train the next generation of nuclear engineers and cyber security experts.
Thanks to a £2 million grant from OfS, we’ll create a highly reconfigurable control room simulator to help train the next generation of nuclear engineers and cyber security experts.
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Since this question shows up so often that it qualifies as an FAQ, here's my definite answer to "What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?" simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/...
What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?
Almost every time I share a new example of an SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle a variant of this question pops up: how do you know the labs …
simonwillison.net
November 13, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Since this question shows up so often that it qualifies as an FAQ, here's my definite answer to "What happens if AI labs train for pelicans riding bicycles?" simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/13/...
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Do people who are not oceanographers know that elephant seals have been helping us collect temperature and salinity data in inhospitable areas of the ocean for the last 20 years?
May 28, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Do people who are not oceanographers know that elephant seals have been helping us collect temperature and salinity data in inhospitable areas of the ocean for the last 20 years?
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A great set of talks that are certain to be of interest to a great deal of the digital humanist communities
The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A great set of talks that are certain to be of interest to a great deal of the digital humanist communities
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Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Metadata in partnership - Manchester University Press and the University Library working together
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
Free webinar Wed 19th Nov 1400 with @emmabooth.bsky.social, Kate Horton, @mellordramatic.bsky.social, Jessica Thompson & Beth Price.
nag.org.uk/event/mup/
#NAGWebinarWeek @manchesterup.bsky.social
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The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The 2025-26 schedule for the Lancaster-Manchester & @n8cir.bsky.social Environmental #DH Seminar is up!
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
Next:
@ehameeteman.bsky.social on Nov 12 (online)
Details: www.digital-humanities.manchester.ac.uk/connect/even...
#envhist #envhum #skystorians @dsilu.bsky.social @lscholz.bsky.social
ECR EVENT: UNLOCKING DATA SCIENCE & AI FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH! Lots of keen researcher are taking part in this workshop!
October 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
ECR EVENT: UNLOCKING DATA SCIENCE & AI FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH! Lots of keen researcher are taking part in this workshop!
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The Environmental #DH Seminar (EDHS) is back!
Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project.
Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley.
RSVP 👇
Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project.
Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley.
RSVP 👇
Artemis Project: A Digital Bridge to Historical Landscapes and Maps
Join us for a discussion with Iason Jongepier (University of Antwerp) & Vincent Ducatteeuw (Ghent University)
www.eventbrite.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The Environmental #DH Seminar (EDHS) is back!
Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project.
Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley.
RSVP 👇
Co-organised by Lancaster & Manchester w/support from @n8cir.bsky.social, our first event features the ARTEMIS project.
Join us ONLINE at 12pm (UK) on Oct 15 to hear about this digital historical investigation of the Scheldt River Valley.
RSVP 👇
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We were very proud to award Muyiwa Oki, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, with an honorary degree at our graduation ceremonies this week 🎓
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/honorar...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/honorar...
Honorary degree for the President of the Royal Institute of British Architects - Lancaster University
Muyiwa Oki has been awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Science at the July graduation ceremonies.
www.lancaster.ac.uk
July 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We were very proud to award Muyiwa Oki, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, with an honorary degree at our graduation ceremonies this week 🎓
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/honorar...
www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/honorar...
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Enjoyed discussing how we used GPT and SigLIP to design search and access on digitaldocumerica.org @adho-org.bsky.social #DH2025
July 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Enjoyed discussing how we used GPT and SigLIP to design search and access on digitaldocumerica.org @adho-org.bsky.social #DH2025
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UK DH community! On May 21, @nolauren.bsky.social & @taylor-arnold.bsky.social are giving a lecture at Lancaster on Distant Viewing!! 🖥️👀📷🎞️
RSVP at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lauren-til...
@n8cir.bsky.social is providing bursaries for N8 affiliates!
@dsilu.bsky.social @ukiedh.bsky.social
RSVP at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lauren-til...
@n8cir.bsky.social is providing bursaries for N8 affiliates!
@dsilu.bsky.social @ukiedh.bsky.social
Lauren Tilton & Taylor Arnold, Distant Viewing & the Multimodal Turn
How do computers view? How can we harness AI to view images at scale?
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 8, 2025 at 11:34 AM
UK DH community! On May 21, @nolauren.bsky.social & @taylor-arnold.bsky.social are giving a lecture at Lancaster on Distant Viewing!! 🖥️👀📷🎞️
RSVP at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lauren-til...
@n8cir.bsky.social is providing bursaries for N8 affiliates!
@dsilu.bsky.social @ukiedh.bsky.social
RSVP at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lauren-til...
@n8cir.bsky.social is providing bursaries for N8 affiliates!
@dsilu.bsky.social @ukiedh.bsky.social