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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 14h

Words fail me. Of course apprenticeships should be well funded, but this zero sum game attitude is absurd.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Tories would slash university places by 100k.

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in apprenticeship funding.

Tomorrow, Badenoch will unveil plans to limit student numbers across all subjects.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

Tories would slash university places by 100,000 - Research Professional News

Student numbers cap plan billed as saving £3 billion to invest in “doubled” apprenticeship funding

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺 @clairemillington.bsky.social · 19h

Such little shoes - one that would fit a 4 or 5 year old, one for a 6 or 7 year old. Children of the workshop owners - or enslaved workers?

Nice to see discussion of how the oxygen-deprived conditions of the wells preserved these objects.

arkeonews.net/archaeologis...

Archaeologists Unearth a Roman Woodworking Workshop with Inked Tablets and Children’s Shoes in Isarnodurum - Arkeonews

Inrap archaeologists have uncovered a Roman woodworking workshop in Izernore, France, featuring inked writing tablets, children’s wooden

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social · 1d

Signing of the Admissions Books continues today in the Wren Library. Here's Isaac Newton's entry from 1667.

A book from 1667 containing the written entry of Isaac Newton when he joined Trinity College.

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 1d

A beautiful letter. Thanks for writing it.

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Talitha Kearey @talithakearey.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see the Herald has published our letter (from the Scottish Universities Jewish Staff Network) in today's paper:
www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2552...

Archived version (no paywall): archive.ph/BRTCY

SUJSN: www.jewishstaffnetwork.co.uk

Prominent Scottish Jews issue plea over reaction to Manchester attack

As Jews we absolutely reject the weaponisation of the Manchester attack to suppress protests against the genocide in Gaza

www.heraldscotland.com

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 1d

A 6th century pillar at St Llawddog's #Cilgerran #SirBenfro with a Latin inscription:

TRENEGUSSI FILI MACUTRENI HIC IACIT

'Trenegussus son of Ma(r)cus Treni, here he lies’

and one in og(h)am:

TRENAGUS MAQI MAQITRENI

'Trenagus son of Mac-Treni’

📷 Aug 2015

#EpigraphyTuesday #TombTuesday

A stone grave marker inscribed in Latin stands in a grass covered cemetery

A stone grave marker with church in the background

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 1d

No words really.

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

www.bbc.com

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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 1d

it literally isn’t though

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Keir Starmer’s spokesman asked about Israel detaining British citizens who were on the Gaza aid flotilla, while in international waters, replies that it is a “matter for the Israeli Government”

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 1d

It was a very successful industry. Fees were not introduced that long ago. People like me moved to the UK because of its great UK HE system when there were no fees and great autonomy for academics. Most academics are against fees.

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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2d

Hell of a thing to put next to a statue of Joan of Arc. (h/t David Pilling)

Fire extinguisher next to a statue of Joan of Arc

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 2d

Always great to realise anew that (some of) the UK political class is prepared to sacrifice one of its very successful industries in this despicable way.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d

UK higher education has ‘serious problem’ with student visas.

Some institutions selling visas not education, says former shadow universities minister.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...

UK higher education has ‘serious problem’ with student visas - Research Professional News

Some institutions selling visas not education, says former shadow universities minister

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 2d

What's interesting about this is that my rent goes up 5% every year

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Staff at some institutions will not get even get the small rise due to them because of a clause in the negotiations that allows for a delay for up to 11 months if a university is facing financial difficulties.' So far, Dundee, Kent, Brunel, Coventry, Swansea.

Five UK universities tell staff they can’t afford pay rises

Negotiations over whether to honour 1.4 per cent increase ongoing at several other institutions amid financial crunch

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 2d

When you study a language that has, say, 500 inscriptions surviving and someone out of the blue SENDS YOU FIVE MORE...! I don't think I've ever cancelled my plans faster than when Dan sent me these. So pleased everyone can read this wonderful publication.

Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 2d

If you remember last autumn when I was live-skeeting excavations at Rossano di Vaglio, the first report of that work has just been published (in Italian). Happy for it to see the light of day, and also very pleased to present five new Oscan inscriptions to the world...
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#ArchaeologyBluesky

Rossano di Vaglio, santuario italico: cronaca e nuovi dati dalla campagna di scavo del 2024 | Quaderni di ACMA

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 2d

Went to visit this great exhibition today, after a special private tour yesterday of the Lawrence Room at Girton College to see the mummy of Hermione Grammatike (the teacher). The Fitzwilliam Museum - Made in Ancient Egypt.

Made in Ancient Egypt

Made in Ancient Egypt exhibition at Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 3d

"The fact that the asphyxiation of British higher education does not instantly count as a national scandal underlines the extent to which the austerity mindset continues to constrain our political imagination" - @robbhawkes.bsky.social & Scott Ferguson's piece is excellent.

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Rob Hawkes @robbhawkes.bsky.social · 5d

As more of my valued colleagues face the threat of redundancy, here’s a quick reminder that it takes years and years of public investment to train an academic. Cutting someone with this wealth of experience loose isn’t “saving” anything. It is a massive waste of our collective resources.

UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance

by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…

moneyontheleft.org

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 5d

We've updated our three BlueSky starter packs for historians.

Our principal list now includes details of 130+ societies and networks, based in the UK and Ireland, that advance the study, research and promotion of history go.bsky.app/AZaYQDd

Please let us know if there are gaps.
#Skystorians 1/2

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 4d

Knowing myself, I would enjoy teaching (parts of) much broader modules on the history of science/medicine/ideas, if the opportunity were given, but teaching to my narrower expertise is very special.

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social · 4d

More historical background on Europeans and potatoes. That year 1536 is more imagined than documented.
www.the-low-countries.com/article/the-...

The Victory March of the Potato Across Europe Began in the Low Countries - the low countries

Thanks to a sixteenth-century botanist from the Southern Netherlands, the potato became known throughout Europe.

www.the-low-countries.com

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 4d

#TinyJoy is being able to teach my module on Greek and Roman Medicine. This may be taken away from me, but I will treasure the opportunity until the very end.

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Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social · 5d

I don't know whether to laugh or to cry. Who OKayed this campaign? I mean, it's great teaching material. Had I known of it a few hours earlier, I would probably have used it in teaching (on Hatshepsut's 'expedition' to Punt, wherefrom myrrh, among other things, was brought back).

Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5d

So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."

A screenshot of a website that says "DISCOVER THE TASTY VERSATILITY OF POTATOES! Europe's favourite since 1536." banner ads say "funded by the european union" and "enjoy - it's from europe."

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Des Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 5d

So there's an EU-funded campaign to get millenials to eat potatoes and - I swear to Jesus I'm not making this up - it's slogan is: "Europe's favourite since 1536."

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Anna Cusack @annacusack.bsky.social · 5d

If anyone needs a freelance researcher in London (or across the UK), I'm your person!
I've reasonable rates, lots of archive experience & great recommendations from academics globally. I'm only teaching 1 module this term, as the job market is what it is. Therefore, I'm open to all work. DM me!

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Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social · 6d

She is holding a book! 📖
Currently writing a section on visual evidence for book use in medieval Scotland - so this could not be better timed...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle

The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.

www.bbc.co.uk

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