Ross Balzaretti
@rossbalzaretti.bsky.social
Historian, Emeritus Professor, University of Nottingham. He/him. 🏳️🌈
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A huge turnout in Nottingham today, around 300 staff and students standing together against cuts.
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
A huge turnout in Nottingham today, around 300 staff and students standing together against cuts.
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Powerful speeches, real solidarity, and a clear message: we won’t let our universities be dismantled.
We are the university. ✊if you’ve not voted there is still time! Get it in!
@uonucu.bsky.social
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Putting aside the fact that Farage’s racism has and continues to be well-documented, his claims he may have “misspoken” and that he had never *directly* racially abused anyone nicely summarises the views many white supremacist apologists hold…
November 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Putting aside the fact that Farage’s racism has and continues to be well-documented, his claims he may have “misspoken” and that he had never *directly* racially abused anyone nicely summarises the views many white supremacist apologists hold…
University pressing ahead with course closures plan despite 'profound' warning
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
University pressing ahead with course closures plan despite 'profound' warning
MPs called for the University of Nottingham to immediately pause the suspension of certain courses
www.nottinghampost.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:37 PM
University pressing ahead with course closures plan despite 'profound' warning
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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Council is hiding behind locked doors with security guards blocking corridors but they can't escape from the anger of over 200 staff and students condemning management's incompetence and protesting course closures and redundancies.
Who is the university? We are!!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Who is the university? We are!!
@uonucu.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Council is hiding behind locked doors with security guards blocking corridors but they can't escape from the anger of over 200 staff and students condemning management's incompetence and protesting course closures and redundancies.
Who is the university? We are!!
@uonucu.bsky.social
Who is the university? We are!!
@uonucu.bsky.social
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Publication – « Aristocratic networks. Elites and social dynamics in Italy in the age of Lothar I », éd. Giuseppe Albertoni, Manuel Fauliri, Leonardo Sernagiotto
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Publication – « Aristocratic networks. Elites and social dynamics in Italy in the age of Lothar I », éd. Giuseppe Albertoni, Manuel Fauliri, Leonardo Sernagiotto
This volume collects the proceedings of a conference held at the Department of Humanities of the University of Trento from 13 to 15 October 2022, as part of the initiatives of the PRIN 2017 project…
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November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Publication – « Aristocratic networks. Elites and social dynamics in Italy in the age of Lothar I », éd. Giuseppe Albertoni, Manuel Fauliri, Leonardo Sernagiotto
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Nottinghamshire MPs have written to @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, urging the university to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures, which would significantly impact staff, students, and our wider city and county.
November 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Nottinghamshire MPs have written to @uniofnottingham.bsky.social, urging the university to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures, which would significantly impact staff, students, and our wider city and county.
Rally against course closures at University of Nottingham this afternoon. Round 2 tomorrow @ 10am
November 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Rally against course closures at University of Nottingham this afternoon. Round 2 tomorrow @ 10am
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
Staff, students and high-profile musicians have decried the proposals
www.nottinghampost.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
University warned closures will be 'colossal blow' ahead of decision
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
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November 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
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Writing History in a Time of Genocide | History Workshop share.google/yQWWFlkhfbqI...
Writing History in a Time of Genocide
Anne Irfan asks, what does it mean to write the history of a place as it is being destroyed before our very eyes?
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November 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Writing History in a Time of Genocide | History Workshop share.google/yQWWFlkhfbqI...
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Colleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
savenottinghamlanguages
The University of Nottingham has suspended applications to all languages degree programmes, with a view to permanent closure of all of its undergraduate languages degrees. Under the proposals, it…
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Colleagues and UCU members from UoN's Department of Modern Languages have put together this wonderful guide on supporting their programmes. A lot of what they suggest is also helpful in challenging the 48 courses at risk across the university
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
www.savemlcatnotts.org.uk
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It's worth noting that this is NOT a protest about the genocide in Palestine.
This is a protest about the British government overreaching and using the law to ban peaceful protest by citizens.
This is a protest about the British government overreaching and using the law to ban peaceful protest by citizens.
I'll just leave this here without comment...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Activists led away as police swarm Palestine Action protest
The demonstration is organised by activist group Defend Our Juries near Central Library
www.nottinghampost.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's worth noting that this is NOT a protest about the genocide in Palestine.
This is a protest about the British government overreaching and using the law to ban peaceful protest by citizens.
This is a protest about the British government overreaching and using the law to ban peaceful protest by citizens.
I'll just leave this here without comment...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Activists led away as police swarm Palestine Action protest
The demonstration is organised by activist group Defend Our Juries near Central Library
www.nottinghampost.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'll just leave this here without comment...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
Nottingham live updates as activists led away by police at Palestine Action protest
www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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A GB News presenter tells Trump that she "loved" his UN speech because he was "relating… to so many people watching at home and particularly in Great Britain, who were agreeing".
Meanwhile a recent YouGov / Eurotrack poll found that *77%* of Brits hold an unfavourable view of Donald Trump...
Meanwhile a recent YouGov / Eurotrack poll found that *77%* of Brits hold an unfavourable view of Donald Trump...
November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A GB News presenter tells Trump that she "loved" his UN speech because he was "relating… to so many people watching at home and particularly in Great Britain, who were agreeing".
Meanwhile a recent YouGov / Eurotrack poll found that *77%* of Brits hold an unfavourable view of Donald Trump...
Meanwhile a recent YouGov / Eurotrack poll found that *77%* of Brits hold an unfavourable view of Donald Trump...
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So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
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Covid prevents me from being on the picket line but solidarity to everyone there.
An isolated management, censured by its own academic senate, seeks to literally decimate its own staff.
Oh, and it has the third largest uni endowment in the UK.
An isolated management, censured by its own academic senate, seeks to literally decimate its own staff.
Oh, and it has the third largest uni endowment in the UK.
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Covid prevents me from being on the picket line but solidarity to everyone there.
An isolated management, censured by its own academic senate, seeks to literally decimate its own staff.
Oh, and it has the third largest uni endowment in the UK.
An isolated management, censured by its own academic senate, seeks to literally decimate its own staff.
Oh, and it has the third largest uni endowment in the UK.
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Two student organised events happening this week. We will be doing our best to amplify actions by student groups, so if you hear of anything pass the word along!
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Two student organised events happening this week. We will be doing our best to amplify actions by student groups, so if you hear of anything pass the word along!
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
#StopTheCuts #SaveHE
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The UK does not have an asylum problem. What it does have is a far-right problem. The govt is inventing the former to appease and deflect from the latter.
November 17, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The UK does not have an asylum problem. What it does have is a far-right problem. The govt is inventing the former to appease and deflect from the latter.
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Ah yes Leicester, a tip-top History UoA in REF2021 currently eviscerating it’s History provision (among other subjects). Have they also won the THE irony of the year award?
#THEAwards Research Project of the Year: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences goes to the University of Leicester for an interdisciplinary study, led by Dr Sarah Inskip, which uncovered the long-term health impacts of tobacco use in historical populations. Leicester’s second win tonight! 🤩
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Ah yes Leicester, a tip-top History UoA in REF2021 currently eviscerating it’s History provision (among other subjects). Have they also won the THE irony of the year award?
Latest in defence of Music department at University of Nottingham can be found here protectuonmusic.com
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November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Latest in defence of Music department at University of Nottingham can be found here protectuonmusic.com
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In Birmingham for tonight’s concert of Schumann & Stravinsky by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle and picked up this flyer about UoN’s dreadful Music Dept plans. Spread the word.
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
In Birmingham for tonight’s concert of Schumann & Stravinsky by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Simon Rattle and picked up this flyer about UoN’s dreadful Music Dept plans. Spread the word.
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Yesterday was a monumental day for Nottingham and the Green Party. Through the efforts of our Green Councillor Shuguftah Quddoos and Party Activist Animah , as well as countless others, a motion to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel has been passed uncontested.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Yesterday was a monumental day for Nottingham and the Green Party. Through the efforts of our Green Councillor Shuguftah Quddoos and Party Activist Animah , as well as countless others, a motion to Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel has been passed uncontested.
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Gay dating apps removed in China, reflecting a social shift that has also seen LGBTQ organisations closed and Shanghai Pride suspended since 2020.
China removes two popular gay dating apps from Apple and Android stores
Withdrawal of Blued and Finka raises fears of further crackdowns on LGBT rights amid growing restrictions
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November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Gay dating apps removed in China, reflecting a social shift that has also seen LGBTQ organisations closed and Shanghai Pride suspended since 2020.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA