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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 1d

The most amazing building! And next door to where I work. My first peek today - can’t wait for the theatre and concert hall to open in the New Year. I’ll miss the old English Faculty - but this is a whole new direction for the Humanities to collaborate. Academically and creatively. #SchwarzmanCentre

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Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social · Jul 1

🚨Call for Papers: The 18th St Andrews/USTC Book History Conference on 'Print and Education' will take place 18–20 June 2026.

👉 Further details here: www.ustc.ac.uk/conference

📅 Application deadline: 12 December 2025

📖 We look forward to receiving your proposals!

#CfP #bookhistory #skystorians

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Philip Schwyzer @philipschwyzer.bsky.social · Apr 17

And here's the link to the OA version (not that I'd want to dissuade anyone from purchasing a physical copy): www.uwp.co.uk/app/uploads/...

www.uwp.co.uk

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks, Ian. Much obliged.

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

I’d be really interested too in seeing comparable stats for other Russell Group unis… It’s a bigger problem in society (and I agree it *is* a problem) than just Ox and Cam.

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

But my key point remains. Ox and Cam attendance not the same measure of ‘elitism’ (whatever that really means) as parents being able to afford to send kids to private schools.

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

It’s slow progress as so much else involved. Raising aspiration of students to apply (harder in some regions than others - I worked with schools in the NE) and with teachers to support them to do A levels (and well enough in them)…

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

Mansfield Coll over that already - and I agree. But it’s more complex. Grammars are state schools but often centres of privilege. Sixth Form Colleges can be too. Your original point about deprivation measures is a good one and actually what Oxford outreach are using. Much harder nut to crack.

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

I worked in Oxford outreach for a year after 30 yrs in state teaching. Lots of time, effort and money goes into working with schools with least-advantaged students and it *is* improving. I think state schools is an unnuanced measure but Oxford over 70% now (and my college over 80).

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 19d

Can I tentatively say that the two are very different? As Oxbridge widens its outreach and students there are from a wider range of backgrounds, this is different to your family being able to afford private schools?

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 21d

My guess is that there won’t be violence and arrests…

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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 21d

Andreea and Christian will be presenting at EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD (30.9.25)

Get signed up here and come and join us!

Book by 8am on 26th Sept
buff.ly/xQmMHMg

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 27d

Surely a sweeping statement? Sane could be said of many areas of employment, I fear. They also make a big contribution to the economy - which was the point I was making.

Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 27d

Not everyone does a degree/higher degree for economic benefits. The love of learning is still out there but people can’t afford to study further. Anyway, even economically the Arts contribute. Have a look at the creative industries!

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · 27d

There are lots of older ‘mature’ students out there who are put off by higher fees. When I did my PhD in my 40s it was quite accessible if you were working (I went to Birkbeck in the 2010s and, with evening teaching, I could manage to do both). But I was lucky. I couldn’t afford it now.

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

link.springer.com

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Hakluyt Society @hakluytsociety.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

link.springer.com

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Sep 1

Our collection, Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court: Writing Communities, is being launched! Come and join us (in person at Middle Temple Library or online) at 6.15pm on Tuesday 9 Sept. Email [email protected] for more details. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Mapping the Early Modern Inns of Court

This collection of essays presents recent research on the Inns of Court and their place in the literary and cultural spaces of the early modern world.

link.springer.com

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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · Aug 26

Join us online on 1 September at 6pm to explore #Shakespeare's 'The Comedy of Errors' with Emma Smith @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and Ian Burrows @irburrows.bsky.social. This webinar is free and open to all.

Prepare to learn more about one of Shakespeare's most farcical plays! #TheComedyofErrors

English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: The Comedy of Errors

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of The Comedy of Errors from Oxford World's Classics.

shakespeare-webinar-comedy-of-errors.eventbrite.co.uk

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Tamsin Lewis @passamezzo.bsky.social · Aug 24

A #17thCentury #broadsideballad, describing the sights & sounds of #BartholomewFair, which was held #otd at #Smithfield from the 12th to the 19th Centuries.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC_2...

#earlymusic #earlymodern #historyoflondon #onthisday #onthidayinhistory #ballad

Passamezzo: A Description of Bartholomew Fair

YouTube video by Passamezzo

www.youtube.com

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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Aug 22

Still time to apply!

Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Aug 12

📣Applications still open for the Senate House Library Visiting Fellowships 📣

In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.

Deadline: 15 September 2025

More info 👇
https://tinyurl.com/ykudv9tn

Senate House Library announces relaunch of Visiting Research Fellowship

Senate House Library and the Friends of Senate House Library are delighted to report that the Visiting Research Fellowships programme has been relaunched.

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Musica Secreta @musicasecreta.bsky.social · Aug 23

2 more days of our crowdfunder to go, and today's MiniMotet-based-on-a-well-known-tune is one for all the #Monteverdi fans. To paraphrase, sure he was great, but nuns did it all in wimples and chronically sleep-deprived. #nuntastic #earlymodern #GirlsGotPolyphony 1/
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf-r...

Crowdfunder Week 8, MiniMotet 3: Sancta Dei genitrix Sancta Maria

YouTube video by MusicaSecreta

www.youtube.com

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Sarah C E Ross @sarahceross.bsky.social · Jul 28

Here are @parergon.bsky.social we are seeking proposals for our 2027 special issue: see www.anzamems.org?page_id=741

Newsletter | ANZAMEMS Inc | Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (Incorporated)

www.anzamems.org

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Jackie Watson @jackiewatson05.bsky.social · Jun 28

Can’t wait to see it in a couple of weeks’ time…

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