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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 3d

Essential viewing: Storyville documentary, 'The Librarians'. In small towns across America, librarians are now the first responders to safeguard #intellectualfreedom, despite facing growing attacks by Republicans. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
#TheLibrarians #IntellectualFreedom #BannedBooks

Storyville - The Librarians

A Storyville documentary that explores how librarians across the US are risking their safety to defend free speech as book bans and censorship threaten democracy from within.

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 6d

Just read Navin Kikabhai’s brilliant article on how #disability is erased, mis-framed & sidelined in HEIs. Requires a hard think among those of us working on #EDI issues, incl. #AthenaSwan. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/1468-4446.12969

How educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion and social justice: Disability, power, discipline, territoriality and deterritorialization

This paper presents a critical examination of a vexed issue relating to how educational systems respond to diversity, inclusion, and social justice. Whilst there are unique factors specific to the va...

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 6d

This report confirms the enduring legacies of #eugenics. #BHM25 @runnymedetrust.bsky.social

Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 7d

History on Loop: "The disproportionate use of #schoolexclusions against pupils from ... Black Caribbean, Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children, exposes the deep-rooted racial inequalities that persist within our education system." - Runnymede Trust www.runnymedetrust.org/publications... #BHM25

History on loop: the sustained impact of school exclusions on Black communities

School exclusions are a form of structural racism, and indicate deep failings within educational settings.

www.runnymedetrust.org

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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 7d

Be Part of Britain's Weekend of HOPE 💛

hopenothate.org.uk/weekend-of-h...

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 17d

New open access British Academy Monograph ‘On the Edges of Christendom’ explores the life and thought of Bishop Maurice of Burgos, and through him, what it meant to live on the border between the Latin West and Islamic al-Andalus in the thirteenth century. 👇
https://bit.ly/4gOHerD

Promotional graphic from British Academy Publishing, featuring a new book titled "On the Edges of Christendom: Market Expansion and the Church of Medieval Castile" by Abraão Antunes Monaghan, depicted with a cover image showing a close-up of medieval manuscripts.

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 11d

With only three weeks until Open Access Week 2025, we're getting excited ✨

Have a read of our latest blog post to find out how we'll be joining this year's conversation, including a webinar with UCL experts in Copyright, Rights Retention, Research Integrity and Citizen Science 💻

Looking Forward to Open Access Week 2025 | UCL Open@UCL Blog

UCL Homepage

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Sarah Parker Remond Centre @sprc-ucl.bsky.social · 28d

Remembering Errol Lawrence
1 Oct 4:30–8:00 pm
This event will be of interest to all who are writing, creating and working on the politics of housing and its effects upon communities in societies today.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Remembering Errol Lawrence

This event will celebrate the life, work and legacy of Errol Lawrence

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Big Issue @bigissue.com · 12d

People with learning difficulties are treated disgracefully in the UK – and it needs to change, says one Big Issue reader.

Letters: How many more people with learning difficulties will be abused and scapegoated?

www.bigissue.com

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 14d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 14d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
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Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 13d

In case you missed this: The choice of what is neutral is itself political. stanforddaily.com/2025/02/20/u...

University permanently removes Green Library banner, citing institutional neutrality

The AdHoc Committee on University Speech, in conjunction with Stanford librarians, decided to remove the “K(no)w Justice, K(no)w Peace” banner over Cecil H. Green Library to comply with the University...

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UCL Department of Geography @uclgeography.bsky.social · 16d

Maps can inspire discovery – or fuel division.

Prof James Cheshire’s Library of Lost Maps explores both sides. Hear his talk at the @rgsibg.bsky.social Monday Night Lecture, 6 Oct.

Book now: tinyurl.com/ucl-llm

#UCLGeography #MapsMatter #LibraryOfLostMaps

The library of lost maps - lecture

Hear from James Cheshire as he uncovers hidden gems from a lost map library, revealing how maps and their makers have shaped our world.

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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 15d

Autumn is officially in the air, and so is copyright 🍂©️

Whatever way you are using text and images this term, UCL copyright team has a session to support you 💻

Take a look at the programme and register for a session 👉 buff.ly/o1y0g15

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Several cards on a wooden surface, where the following are printed on each: 'using images', 'copyright and GenAI', 'including materials in dissertations', 'publishing contracts', 'social media and copyright', 'protecting your copyright', 'permissions', 'Creative Commons'.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16d

'Amid increasing attacks on EDI in the UK and across the Atlantic, the thinktank More in Common, along with researchers from the University of Oxford and UCL set out to discover whether attitudes among the public had changed since a similar study was published in March 2024.' 1/3

Public still supports EDI work in UK universities, finds poll

Little enthusiasm for US-style crackdown as voters back initiatives such as ‘broadening the curriculum’

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Foucault News @foucault-news.bsky.social · 23d

Digital Archives as Spaces for Collaborative Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences. International Workshop (2025)

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 26.09.2025, 9:00h-13:00h (Graz local time) Link: Digital Archives as Spaces for Collaborative Research Practices in the Humanities and Social…

Digital Archives as Spaces for Collaborative Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences. International Workshop (2025)

INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP 26.09.2025, 9:00h-13:00h (Graz local time) Link: Digital Archives as Spaces for Collaborative Research Practices in the Humanities and Social Sciences Institut für Digitale Geisteswissenschaften Department of Digital Humanities Universität Graz A-8010 Graz, Elisabethstraße 59/III +43 316 380 -2292 [email protected] PDF Flyer In recent years, scholars from various disciplines have been discussing digital archives, sometimes referred to as “archives 2.0”.

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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 26d

“People have a right to peaceful protest. It is core to our country’s values,” the prime minister said"

Unless, of course, you are peacefully protesting against Israel's actions in Gaza

Total and utter hypocrisy from Starmer

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Britain will ‘never surrender flag’ to far-right protesters, Starmer says

PM condemns attacks against police, racist intimidation of minorities and use of flag to instil fear

www.theguardian.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 9

A new blog on the increasingly urgent distinction between serious historical research on colonialism and right wing historical propaganda:

alanlester.co.uk/blog/accusat...

Accusation in the Mirror? Distinguishing Scholarship From Propaganda

Alan Lester The Truth About Empire, a collection of essays for a public readership by fourteen leading historians of British colonialism that I edited and introduced, was the subject of Alexander M…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.

Migration Museum @migrationmuseum.org · Aug 21

Join the Migration Museum team for a walking tour exploring the incredible stories of the generations of migrants who’ve lived, worked, and shaped the City of London.

🗓️ Sat 13 Sept 2025
🕜 1.30–3pm
📍 Starts behind the Royal Exchange, London EC3V 3LL
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/migration-...

Migration Museum Walking Tour

Discover 2000 years of migration history, following the stories of generations of migrants that have shaped the City of London.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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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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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · Sep 6

"... I defy you to find other footage of a Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] being towed in a car by students acting as horses. This was a different age". See www.britishpathe.com/asset/50380/ #ConservativeParty

Wonkhe @wonkhe.bsky.social · Sep 6

This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to the right’s (first) answer to Ruskin College

Higher education postcard: Philip Stott College

This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to the right’s (first) answer to Ruskin College This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag takes us to the right’s (first) answer to Ruskin...

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The Librarians Film @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social · Sep 5

As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.

Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.

Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · Sep 5

One of first of the #1930s digitised #theses, 'The Problem of Individuality and its Implications for Modern #Idealism' by Chakradhar Dharnidhar Deshmukh, reflects the tension between individuality ascertained thru intelligence tests & child-centred education. #ProgressiveEducation

UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · Aug 26

The UCL Stores Service and Open Access Team plan to digitise a number of historic University of London theses from the 1930s and make them available in UCL Discovery ✨

To find out more, visit:

Open Access for Theses: how to deposit

Guidelines for UCL research degree candidates on how to deposit an electronic copy of their final thesis in UCL's Research Publications Service (RPS).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · Sep 4

Retraction Watch: the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks to Mahmood Anwar's investigative work, this case of a hijacked journal makes a perfect study example for my #IOE-IDL course. retractionwatch.com/2025/09/03/g... #predatorypublishing #researchintegrity

Guest post: In the name of Scopus, one hijacked journal easily tricks authors

Mahmood Anwar Editor’s note: Mahmood Anwar is a former business management professor of the National Research University in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. In the course of his research, he keeps an eye out …

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Sep 3

Teachers are so often a glue that holds society together.

Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Sep 3

Timeline cleanse

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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · Sep 1

"Margaret Atwood is taking aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's novel" www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadian author Margaret Atwood takes another shot at Alberta's book ban with satirical story | CBC News

Margaret Atwood has again taken to social media to take aim at Alberta's controversial ban on school library books containing sexual content with a new, satirical short story after the famed author's ...

www.cbc.ca

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