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Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 8d

Join us on 20 November for the Annual Digital Lecture, a partnership between The National Archives, UK and the School of Advanced Study. The wonderful @nannathylstrup.bsky.social will be speaking about ‘When saving becomes loss: archival memory in the digital age’. Free to register!

When saving becomes loss: Archival memory in the digital age

Explore archival memory, data loss, and attempts to preserve the past in the digital age at this year’s Annual Digital Lecture.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · 11d

Clearing the cobwebs of my mind away

Trees and a bench in the Autumn sunshine

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 13d

Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges.

🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm
📍University of Leeds
🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54

#Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

societal.leeds.ac.uk

A crowd of people at a demonstration, a child on someone's shoulders is holding up a display board with scribbles on - text says University of Leeds and Leeds Institute for Societal Futures

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · 20d

📢 We are Leeds Institute for Societal Futures – connect with us at our launch event.

🗓️29/9/25
⏲️ 3-5pm
🚩@universityofleeds.bsky.social
🔗http://bit.ly/3Ie3ka1 - please register

Society needs to change - let's change it together.

societal.leeds.ac.uk

#Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF

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Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social · 21d

Short-term post-doc for arts/humanities researchers! Do you love rare books, manuscripts, archives, art and/or objects? Would you like to explore one of our amazing Cultural Collections @universityofleeds.bsky.social for c. 6 weeks (longer part-time)? Find out more lahri.leeds.ac.uk/brotherton-f...

Brotherton Fellowship | Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute

lahri.leeds.ac.uk

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · 23d

We’re delighted to announce the third #RLUK #AHRC @armauk.bsky.social Research Catalyst Cohort #REPRCC for academic libraries.

Over the next year they will develop their research confidence, skills & capabilities

bit.ly/47JXXty

🎉 Congratulations #librariesXresearch cohort! 👇

Research Catalyst Cohort 2025-26 announced

This programme consists of a tailored cohort training programme, open events, case studies, and resources to support colleagues working across the academic library community to develop their research ...

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 23d

For screen readers to recognize headings, heading text can't just be body text or normal text that's been made to look bigger and bolder. It must be formatted as a heading. In Microsoft Word and Google Docs, this can be done in the styles box. In HTML, use the tags h1 through h6.

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Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · 23d

Checks calendar, yep it is mid-September.

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Dr N. Kıvılcım Yavuz @nkivilcimyavuz.bsky.social · 23d

If you do #DigitalMedievalStudies consider submitting to panels we are organising for #IMC2026 by @imc-leeds.bsky.social, sponsored by @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social! Feel free to get in touch if you have questions!

Digital Medievalist @digitalmedievalist.bsky.social · Sep 5

📜Call for Papers: Digital Medievalist sponsored sessions International Medieval Congress 2026 (Leeds, UK).

We seek proposals on the following themes:
- 'Large Language Models and Medieval Texts'
- 'Digital Methods and Materiality of Manuscripts'

▶️Full call: tinyurl.com/f82tcrzk
📆21 Sept 2025

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Leeds Arts and Humanities Research Institute @lahri.bsky.social · 28d

Our director Alex Bamji spoke with Neil Buttery on The British Food History Podcast about a 400-year-old English book on cheese, now held by Cultural Collections at Leeds. The podcast explores cheese, health, regional varieties, and cheese haters!
Listen: open.spotify.com/episode/1We5...

A Rare Early Modern Cheese Manuscript with Alex Bamji

open.spotify.com

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Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Leeds @sspatleeds.bsky.social · 28d

Check out these opportunities with Leeds Social Sciences Institute @societal.bsky.social 💼

Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities!

DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC

DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy

Society needs to change, let's change it together.
#SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 29d

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK

Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

www.timeshighereducation.com

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Sep 8

🟢 #RLUKDSF | Thinking Fast & Slow about #AI | 🗓 8 Oct

Join us in Oct to hear Paul Gooding (Glasgow) discuss principles for determining ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ approaches to #AI implementation to help libraries better respond to the challenges of implementing new technologies

🎟️ Sign up bit.ly/RLUKDSF

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

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Leeds Institute for Societal Futures @societal.bsky.social · Sep 3

📢 We are hiring 2 Deputy Director (DD) roles at Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Find out more about these leadership opportunities!

DD Education 👉 bit.ly/4p5WHqC

DD Research & Engagement 👉 bit.ly/4mPoKJy

Society needs to change, let's change it together.
#SocietalFutures #UniversityOfLeeds

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looking forward to #HeritageOpenDays later this month!

Join us at the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, on 16-17 September - a fantastic opportunity to see inside the NUM & Yorkshire Miners' Association's historic home & find out more about the union archives

www.heritageopendays.org.uk/submission-e...

Illustration showing the South Yorkshire Miners' Association offices, Barnsley, in c.1874-1881.

Photograph of the Miners' Hall, Barnsley, including trade union banners on display around the edges of the hall.

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Dr McInnes’s Monster @drbeard79.bsky.social · Aug 27

I really loved writing this about Austen’s best novel and hope you love it (and the novel) too!

Please vote with pride and prejudice for Pride & Prejudice!!

What was Jane Austen’s best novel? These experts think they know

Six leading Austen experts have made their case for her ultimate novel, but the winner is down to you.

theconversation.com

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Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · Sep 1

Wishing you all the best Martin.

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JP Spencer @jpspencer.bsky.social · Aug 21

The 1985 Transport Act was one of the biggest policy failures of recent decades. Nothing better describes this than the chart below by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com.

A combination of new powers and funding through 'bus franchising' is looking to reverse this.

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Dr Beth @drbeth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Is there actually no-one in the UK Library landscape who wants to become Chair of the CILIP LGBTQ+ Network, or are we just not getting the message out.

I can't continue - way to much going on, but without a chair, the network folds... If you've been mulling it over, now is the time to get in touch!

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Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social · Aug 16

www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...

Now Hiring: Research Associate (Fixed Term) - CDH

Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) seeks to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in Digital Humanities. The post will run for three years from Spring 2026. The successful candidate will work with Profess...

www.cdh.cam.ac.uk

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Claire Knowles @cgknowles.bsky.social · Aug 15

With dried chewing gum stuck underneath the desk

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Fleur Loveridge @undertheground.bsky.social · Aug 15

📣Job alert: geophysicist required for seismic interpretation at shallow geothermal research sites. Its only a short term role, but is on the existing SmartRes Project (www.imperial.ac.uk/earth-scienc...) with @geophysics-adam.bsky.social @geosolutions.bsky.social.
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellow in Geothermal Seismology

Salary: Grade 7 (£41,064 – £48,822 p.a. depending on experience) University of Leeds (with scope for hybrid working). We are open to discussing flexible working arrangements.Are you an ambitious geoph...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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RLUK Research Libraries UK @rluk.ac.uk · Aug 14

🔵 #RLUK26 #CFP | Stewardship in challenging times:
the role of libraries in supporting civic society

📣The Call for papers is now open for the #RLUK26 virtual conference being held on 25-27 March 2026. The conference is open to all.

🔗 Find out more at bit.ly/RLUKconf

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Coalition for Networked Information @cni-org.bsky.social · Aug 12

CNI will act as a cooperating org for the symposium Truth, Knowledge, & Society in Victoria, Canada in Sept. The event will launch the Kula Academy, a library-based institute of advanced studies at the University of Victoria: www.eventbrite.ca/e/kula-acade....

Kula: Library Futures Academy - Libraries - University of Victoria

Advancing the research role of academic libraries at the University of Victoria.

www.uvic.ca

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