sophie
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AHRC english lit PhD researcher | glasgow | she/her
research interests: long 19C literature, travel literature, history of empire & imperialism, romanticism, polar exploration
usually found playing Baldur’s Gate 3 somewhere
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The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· Jul 1
Children crossing Channel from France exposed to teargas, report says
NGO says rise in interventions has only increased danger as new data shows at least 15 children died in transit last year
Children and babies coming to the UK on small boats from northern France have been teargassed and subjected to tactics such as the discharge of rubber bullets and the slashing of dinghies with knives, according to a new report.
The publication on Tuesday of We Want to Be Safe, by the French non-governmental organisation Project Play, came as the latest figures on daily crossings released by the UK government reached an all-time high of 19,982 for the first six months of the year, a 40% increase compared with the same period last year. Continue reading...
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Margot Finn
@eicathomefinn.bsky.social
· May 15
Will funding cuts devalue arts and humanities PhDs in the UK?
From next year, the AHRC will fund vastly fewer student-initiated PhDs, focusing more of its reduced funding on specific challenges. Critics say this will undo a decade of improvements in PhD supervis...
www.timeshighereducation.com
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