Ria Cheyne
@riacheyne.bsky.social
Liverpool-based academic: neurodiversity, disability, accessibility, medical humanities, genre fiction (phew!). "Divergent Minds in the Archive" project PI.
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
Disability, Literature, Genre book (Liverpool UP, 2019) #OpenAccess at https://shorturl.at/5ykqk
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Ria Cheyne
@riacheyne.bsky.social
· Nov 11
Hello Bluesky! I'm a Liverpool-based academic w/interests in neurodiversity, representations of disability, genre fiction, 20th/21st C lit and more. I identify as a Disability Studies scholar, literature scholar or medical humanities scholar depending on the time of day...
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ICYMI: Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture (WAARC) will be running another webinar on Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace on 28th Jan 2026. Details and registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/wellc...
Select tickets – Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom
Organisational accountability in accessibility in the workplace – Zoom, Wed 28 Jan 2026 - This is the third instalment of the Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace webinar series hosted by the ...
www.tickettailor.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:16 AM
ICYMI: Wellcome Anti-ableist Research Culture (WAARC) will be running another webinar on Dreaming up a Disability Inclusive Workplace on 28th Jan 2026. Details and registration here: www.tickettailor.com/events/wellc...
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Today @advancehe.bsky.social published the Disabled Student Commitment Year Two Report, highlighting all the work that has happened around the DSC over the last year. I had a great time annotating it to highlight all the ways we've been involved here at Leeds 😊 advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu...
Disabled Student Commitment: Year Two report | Advance HE
Year Two progress report from the Disabled Student Commitment. The Commitment encourages HEPs to self-audit, with their students, any gaps in delivery, to action these and make progress in a way that ...
advance-he.ac.uk
January 15, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Today @advancehe.bsky.social published the Disabled Student Commitment Year Two Report, highlighting all the work that has happened around the DSC over the last year. I had a great time annotating it to highlight all the ways we've been involved here at Leeds 😊 advance-he.ac.uk/knowledge-hu...
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[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
January 14, 2026 at 6:49 PM
[scottish castle]
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
JK Rowling's agent: hey joanne
agent: you wanted to see me?
JK Rowling: yesss
Rowling: i want to enquire
Rowling: how are sssales of the hallmarked man?
agent:
agent: sales of what?
Rowling: the latesst cormoron ssstrike book
agent:
agent: you're still writing cormoron strike?
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I'm constantly revising my list of reasons why we don't use AI in my class. This one is specific to a first-year writing intensive. Free to borrow/adapt! 🙂
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I'm constantly revising my list of reasons why we don't use AI in my class. This one is specific to a first-year writing intensive. Free to borrow/adapt! 🙂
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Nominations are now open for the @nursingclio.bsky.social Prize for Best Journal Article, an award for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and medical histories in English. Self-nominations are encouraged! 🗃️
Awards
Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article The Nursing Clio Prize for Best Journal Article is awarded annually for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and…
nursingclio.org
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Nominations are now open for the @nursingclio.bsky.social Prize for Best Journal Article, an award for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender and medical histories in English. Self-nominations are encouraged! 🗃️
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Totally made up figure, but it feels like about 90% of our casework with disabled students is wrangling group work, and especially any that has a live feedback or presentation element. MANY students find this stuff hard, and many disabled students find it deeply inaccessible and exclusionary
Was about to post a bunch of specific things I've done in this situation, but they're all underpinned by this: start by assuming this is something the students find genuinely difficult, not due to laziness or unwillingness.
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
That thing where students are perfectly happy in group discussions but will not speak in front of the class even though you’ve said something like ‘one person from each group needs to summarise what you talked about’. Has anyone ever worked out a way to deal with it?
January 14, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Totally made up figure, but it feels like about 90% of our casework with disabled students is wrangling group work, and especially any that has a live feedback or presentation element. MANY students find this stuff hard, and many disabled students find it deeply inaccessible and exclusionary
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It’s really lovely to see @cathfeely.bsky.social & my Creative History in the Classroom Forum out in @hisjournalha.bsky.social. There’s lots of suggestions here for using creativity from activities, assessments, to why now… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x... #skyhistorians #highereducation
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
It’s really lovely to see @cathfeely.bsky.social & my Creative History in the Classroom Forum out in @hisjournalha.bsky.social. There’s lots of suggestions here for using creativity from activities, assessments, to why now… onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1468229x... #skyhistorians #highereducation
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A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com. To order my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats', see here: www.tomgauld.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:20 PM
A recent cartoon for @newscientist.com. To order my new book of science cartoons 'Physics for Cats', see here: www.tomgauld.com
Also reminds me of one of the best pieces of advice I ever got re. teaching. As a new lecturer I was frustrated about students being late to class. A friend suggested I CHOOSE to believe that late students had done their very best to be there on time, and been prevented from doing so. [cont]
Was about to post a bunch of specific things I've done in this situation, but they're all underpinned by this: start by assuming this is something the students find genuinely difficult, not due to laziness or unwillingness.
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
That thing where students are perfectly happy in group discussions but will not speak in front of the class even though you’ve said something like ‘one person from each group needs to summarise what you talked about’. Has anyone ever worked out a way to deal with it?
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 AM
Also reminds me of one of the best pieces of advice I ever got re. teaching. As a new lecturer I was frustrated about students being late to class. A friend suggested I CHOOSE to believe that late students had done their very best to be there on time, and been prevented from doing so. [cont]
A useful reference for anyone working in HE, especially the discussion of rent costs.
January 14, 2026 at 9:23 AM
A useful reference for anyone working in HE, especially the discussion of rent costs.
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Today we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography.
Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.
Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.
Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.
Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.
Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
States of precarity in UK Higher Education geography
Findings from a discipline-focused research project exploring the lived realities of precarious academic work within UK Higher Education geography.
www.rgs.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 AM
Today we launch States of Precarity in UK HE Geography.
Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.
Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.
Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Thank you to the 364 colleagues whose experiences shaped this work.
Download the report, share widely, and join us in advocating for change.
Launch event (1:00-2:30GMT):
www.rgs.org/events/upcom...
Read report:
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Was about to post a bunch of specific things I've done in this situation, but they're all underpinned by this: start by assuming this is something the students find genuinely difficult, not due to laziness or unwillingness.
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
That thing where students are perfectly happy in group discussions but will not speak in front of the class even though you’ve said something like ‘one person from each group needs to summarise what you talked about’. Has anyone ever worked out a way to deal with it?
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Was about to post a bunch of specific things I've done in this situation, but they're all underpinned by this: start by assuming this is something the students find genuinely difficult, not due to laziness or unwillingness.
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
#1000SmallThings for a more inclusive HE
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So local gem of a bookstore @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social got wrongly marked as “closed” in a database, meaning UPS stopped delivering new book shipments right at the peak of holiday shopping/hockey romance enthusiasm.
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
Seattle LGBTQ bookstore frustrated after holiday delivery debacle
A Seattle LGBTQ bookstore says dozens of UPS deliveries stopped during the holiday season, leaving shelves bare and sales lost.
www.fox13seattle.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:35 PM
So local gem of a bookstore @charliesqueerbooks.bsky.social got wrongly marked as “closed” in a database, meaning UPS stopped delivering new book shipments right at the peak of holiday shopping/hockey romance enthusiasm.
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
But you can help! Buy a book!
www.fox13seattle.com/news/seattle...
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Call for Contributions – Expressing Scotland: Holding the Intangible – Archives, Culture & Connection
20 March 2026, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Find out more and submit a proposal: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/call-...
20 March 2026, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Find out more and submit a proposal: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/call-...
Call for Contributions - Expressing Scotland: Holding the Intangible - Archives, Culture & Connection - Scottish Council on Archives
10 December 2025
www.scottisharchives.org.uk
January 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Call for Contributions – Expressing Scotland: Holding the Intangible – Archives, Culture & Connection
20 March 2026, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Find out more and submit a proposal: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/call-...
20 March 2026, St Cecilia’s Hall, Edinburgh
Find out more and submit a proposal: www.scottisharchives.org.uk/latest/call-...
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This week we’re sharing some of the new material received by the Archives during 2025.
This is Flying Officer William Austin Harvey. His papers arrived at Glamorgan Archives in September. He was born in Gilfach, Bargoed, in 1922. He served with the RAF during the Second World War.
This is Flying Officer William Austin Harvey. His papers arrived at Glamorgan Archives in September. He was born in Gilfach, Bargoed, in 1922. He served with the RAF during the Second World War.
January 13, 2026 at 1:23 PM
This week we’re sharing some of the new material received by the Archives during 2025.
This is Flying Officer William Austin Harvey. His papers arrived at Glamorgan Archives in September. He was born in Gilfach, Bargoed, in 1922. He served with the RAF during the Second World War.
This is Flying Officer William Austin Harvey. His papers arrived at Glamorgan Archives in September. He was born in Gilfach, Bargoed, in 1922. He served with the RAF during the Second World War.
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✨Join my research team ✨
Exciting opportunity for Research Associate (Research Ethics & Law) to join new Wellcome-funded Addressing consent-based challenges to improve inclusivity in research (ACCORD)
Full-time G6
Fixed term 8 yrs
From 1 March
Closes 10 Feb
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Exciting opportunity for Research Associate (Research Ethics & Law) to join new Wellcome-funded Addressing consent-based challenges to improve inclusivity in research (ACCORD)
Full-time G6
Fixed term 8 yrs
From 1 March
Closes 10 Feb
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
January 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
✨Join my research team ✨
Exciting opportunity for Research Associate (Research Ethics & Law) to join new Wellcome-funded Addressing consent-based challenges to improve inclusivity in research (ACCORD)
Full-time G6
Fixed term 8 yrs
From 1 March
Closes 10 Feb
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
Exciting opportunity for Research Associate (Research Ethics & Law) to join new Wellcome-funded Addressing consent-based challenges to improve inclusivity in research (ACCORD)
Full-time G6
Fixed term 8 yrs
From 1 March
Closes 10 Feb
krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
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One PhD and one postdoc position available in the interesting ERC research project on Beyond Thalidomide: The Patient as an Agent of Change (2024-2029) run by dr Birgit Nemec:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at
January 13, 2026 at 9:53 AM
One PhD and one postdoc position available in the interesting ERC research project on Beyond Thalidomide: The Patient as an Agent of Change (2024-2029) run by dr Birgit Nemec:
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
Jim Crow in the Asylum | Emory Center for Digital Scholarship - Manifold Scholarship
<h3>Untangling the relationship between race and psychiatry in the American South</h3>
There is a complicated history of racism and psychiatric healthcare in the Deep South states of Georgia, Alabama...
jimcrowintheasylum.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Today is publication day! The Open Access version is now online so you can read for free on @manifoldscholar.bsky.social With huge thanks to @uncpress.bsky.social @ecds-emory.bsky.social and @foxcenteremory.bsky.social Go to jimcrowintheasylum.com
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I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 AM
I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up!
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
Come and join us!
www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...
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Me: laughing derisively at a student email asking whether the words "word count" count for the word count.
Me: A little later, looking my draft journal article that is 10,002 words long and pausing for a moment on my hubris.
Me: A little later, looking my draft journal article that is 10,002 words long and pausing for a moment on my hubris.
January 13, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Me: laughing derisively at a student email asking whether the words "word count" count for the word count.
Me: A little later, looking my draft journal article that is 10,002 words long and pausing for a moment on my hubris.
Me: A little later, looking my draft journal article that is 10,002 words long and pausing for a moment on my hubris.
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This small collection will be in my Etsy shop this evening. I’ll tweet photos of a few of the finished pieces later today 🗝️
I’ll be listing a small collection of necklaces made using these Victorian & Edwardian stamp holders, lockets & charms on Monday eve 8.30 (UK time). If you’d like to enquire,reserve a piece or create a custom necklace pls msg me on Etsy by clicking 💬top right of my page: www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
January 13, 2026 at 8:48 AM
This small collection will be in my Etsy shop this evening. I’ll tweet photos of a few of the finished pieces later today 🗝️
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Most Read in JLCDS | 'Noor Einy Movie: Portraying Egyptian Blind Women as Helpless, Dependent, and Incapable Mothers' by Ibrahim Emara.
➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/JLCDS-Emara
@davidbolt13.bsky.social @riacheyne.bsky.social
➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/JLCDS-Emara
@davidbolt13.bsky.social @riacheyne.bsky.social
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Most Read in JLCDS | 'Noor Einy Movie: Portraying Egyptian Blind Women as Helpless, Dependent, and Incapable Mothers' by Ibrahim Emara.
➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/JLCDS-Emara
@davidbolt13.bsky.social @riacheyne.bsky.social
➡️ Read it online: bit.ly/JLCDS-Emara
@davidbolt13.bsky.social @riacheyne.bsky.social
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Creative writing post-doc! I can't even remember the last time I saw one of these advertised, so if it sounds like you, jump on it.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Creative Writing - Cairns, QLD, Australia - Townsville, QLD, Australia - Other, QLD, Australia
College of Arts, Society and Education | James Cook University
Fixed term to December 2029
Part-time (20%), increasing to 60% by 2027
Located at either the Cairns Nguma-bada campus or Townsville Beb...
careers.jcu.edu.au
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Creative writing post-doc! I can't even remember the last time I saw one of these advertised, so if it sounds like you, jump on it.
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A massive shot in the dark, but does anyone out there have the following file photographed/copied from a visit to the National archives at Kew? Try to avoid the expense of a trip down!
DEFE 69/585: Targets for Allied nuclear offensive: probable nuclear targets in UK
1957 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31
DEFE 69/585: Targets for Allied nuclear offensive: probable nuclear targets in UK
1957 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31
January 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
A massive shot in the dark, but does anyone out there have the following file photographed/copied from a visit to the National archives at Kew? Try to avoid the expense of a trip down!
DEFE 69/585: Targets for Allied nuclear offensive: probable nuclear targets in UK
1957 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31
DEFE 69/585: Targets for Allied nuclear offensive: probable nuclear targets in UK
1957 Jan 01 - 1969 Dec 31
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I am feeling like a little island, an eyot perhaps, and need some more connection in my life
What are your favourite ways to bring new connections into your spaces and places, and deepen those you already have?
What are your favourite ways to bring new connections into your spaces and places, and deepen those you already have?
January 11, 2026 at 9:58 AM
I am feeling like a little island, an eyot perhaps, and need some more connection in my life
What are your favourite ways to bring new connections into your spaces and places, and deepen those you already have?
What are your favourite ways to bring new connections into your spaces and places, and deepen those you already have?