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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · 16d

The joy of finally finding out that the location shoot you accidentally interrupted by taking a little-used exit while leaving work a year or so ago was new ITV series, The Hack. Senate House in a starring role as so often.

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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 16d

Delighted to see Cynthia Johnston featuring in this wonderful piece from the Lancashire Telegraph about the exhibition she has co-curated at Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery!

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2548328...

Museum and art gallery unveils 'most ambitious' exhibition yet

Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery has officially unveiled its brand-new exhibition.

www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

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ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social · Sep 4

The four UK higher education funding bodies confirm the pause in the criteria setting and publication of final guidance for REF 2029 for a short period, as announced by the UK Science Minister Lord Vallance today at the Universities UK conference. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...

Pause to REF 2029 criteria setting and publication of final guidance – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Sep 4

2029.ref.ac.uk/news/pause-t...

Pause to REF 2029 criteria setting and publication of final guidance – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Sep 2

A temporary change in the ICS this year... I am delighted that the School of Advanced Study has granted me 10 months of research leave, and over the moon that @kathryntempest.bsky.social agreed to step in as Acting Director for that period. The Institute will be in very good hands!

The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · Sep 2

The ICS is delighted to welcome Dr Kathryn Tempest who joins as Acting Director from 1 September. A long-time friend of the ICS, Kathryn joins on secondment from the University of Leicester, where she lectures on Roman History. You can learn more about Kathryn's work here: shorturl.at/N0NkI

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 21

'Overall, top universities have placed 14,190 students since results day – 14.9 per cent more than they did by the same point last year. And lower-tariff institutions have accepted 16,650 students in this period – 12.2 per cent below 2023 and the lowest number on record.' 3/3

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Aug 6

It used to go from 1-5. I think 2008 was the first time it went 1* - 4*. But what is being reported today are proposals, not decisions.

Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sorting out bits of @ics.bsky.social archive and thinking about what has changed (and what hasn't) since 2003.

Newspaper clipping of letter written by Charles Clarke, then UK Secretary of State for Education, to The Telegraph newspaper concerning the need for universities to justify their receipt of state funding on the basis of their 'wider social and economic role'.

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · Jul 29

Christopher Rowe (1944-2025) - Daily Nous
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Christopher Rowe (1944-2025) - Daily Nous

Christopher Rowe, emeritus professor of classics at Durham University and well-known scholar of ancient philosophy, has died. Professor Rowe was an influential philosopher, classicist, translator, and...

dailynous.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jul 18

'The Department for Education has also made the possibility of a higher education institution “exiting the market” one of the “top tier risks” facing the education sector.

An annual report published on 17 July said the risk rating had been “escalated” to “critical – very likely” in 2024-25.' 3/3

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Jul 18

Just the best news - congratulations @clairelanghamer.bsky.social FBA! www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/clai... @ihr.bsky.social

Professor Claire Louise Langhamer FBA

The social and cultural history of modern Britain; the history of feeling and everyday experience; life histories, life writing and Mass-Observation.

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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The Warburg Institute @warburginstitute.bsky.social · Jul 13

Interested in learning Latin?

Our 5-day online course for beginners is open for registrations!

Develop the ability and confidence to navigate a range of early modern primary sources in Latin from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century.

Book your spot: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/begin...

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 26

'Stormzy has been awarded an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge for his work helping black students get into higher education.'

'56 undergraduates have benefited from full tuition and maintenance support, backed by his #Merky Foundation and HSBC UK.' Kudos for walking the walk.

Stormzy receives doctorate from the University of Cambridge

The rapper is awarded an honorary degree for helping black students get into higher education.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Jun 26

I like this piece by @tedunderwood.me a lot. rdcu.be/etk07

The impact of language models on the humanities and vice versa

Nature Computational Science - Many humanists are skeptical of language models and concerned about their effects on universities. However, researchers with a background in the humanities are also...

rdcu.be

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Jun 22

This would be in Cornwall, not Wales?

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · Jun 12

Contractors say they believe a cast iron pipe has cracked but that there were no records showing the route of the pipe. After two hours the shutoff valve has been located and water levels are subsiding.

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Jun 12

Hadn't heard this news, and I am so sorry to hear it now. I didn't know him, but certainly knew and admired his scholarship, right up to 'Race is Everything' and the latest work on the 'Image of the Black' series. What a loss.

Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · Jun 12

‘A revolutionary flame burned bright within him, steady, clear, a beacon for many of us’ – Luke Syson pays tribute to the art historian David Bindman (1940–2025), who did so much to illuminate 18th- and early 19th-century art buff.ly/OOpNrx1

A tribute to David Bindman (1940–2025) | Apollo Magazine

Luke Syson remembers a great art historian of the 18th and early 19th century who combined a love of objects with a love of ideas

apollo-magazine.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you're involved in your unit's or university's REF2029 submission, you'll be interested in Contributions to Knowledge and Understanding (CKU) policy guidance, released today: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/cku-cop...

New REF 2029 policy on Contributions to Knowledge and Understanding released with full Code of Practice guidance – REF 2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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ref2029.bsky.social @ref2029.bsky.social · Jun 12

REF 2029 policy release: We’re pleased to share the guidance for the Contributions to Knowledge and Understanding element and the updated Code of Practice guidance. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/cku-cop...

#REF2029

2029.ref.ac.uk

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Ben Newmark @bennewmark.bsky.social · Jun 11

1. A story. Please read.
Reposts hugely appreciated on this. You'll see why in a bit.
I was born in Pakistan and lived there until I was 4. My parents worked there as doctors. While we were there we were very close to a couple called Christine and Mike Miles.

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · Jun 6

Earthquake damages part of Pompeii site in southern Italy | Reuters
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Earthquake damages part of Pompeii site in southern Italy

A minor earthquake in southern Italy has caused the partial collapse of a wall and a portion of a vault at the Pompeii archaeological site, authorities said on Thursday.

www.reuters.com

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Ruth Slatter @ruthslatter.bsky.social · May 9

This looks like a super interesting PhD opportunity for an artist or historian engaged in creative practice-based research www.rca.ac.uk/study/apply-... @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social #nationalmaritimemuseum @josiekane.bsky.social

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: Thames Barge Stories

A fully funded Collaborative doctoral studentship between the National Maritime Museum and Royal College of Art from October 2025, under the AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme.

www.rca.ac.uk

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Apr 25

Went to see The Return yesterday. I thought it was great. Always maintained that the second half of The Odyssey is better than the first.

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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Apr 13

The NEH hammer has come down on the group project led by Cliff Ando to produce a new edition of Roman Statutes.

Most of the team is composed of established scholars in secure jobs, but the funding was also supporting a full-time postdoctoral fellow whose work is *essential* for the project.

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Katherine Harloe @katherineharloe.bsky.social · Apr 12

It's been going for the Andrew Wiles building too, or so my mole tells me.

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