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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 1h

Tristan Moss @tristan-moss.bsky.social · 14h

To arrive at that point in the night
adrift in the vague parenthesis of earth’s turning shadow,
just breathing, to escape the dumb dumb bass of poetry
made compulsory across dim seminar land.

By Kelvin Corcoran.

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 11h

The Oval looks like Liberace’s bedroom

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Geof Huth @geofhuth.bsky.social · 9h

Constructivision 91: more than five acres for the marſh except ſuch part of

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International Times @internationaltimes.bsky.social · 7h

Glen Baxter

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Tom Jenks @tomjenksuk.bsky.social · 6h

Week 40 of documenting everything I buy at the reduced counter this year. Smashed my teeth last week, so food largely in soft focus.

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Laura McKee @lauramckee.bsky.social · 8h

'Half my mind is still in Gaza': Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK www.bbc.com/news/article...

'Half my mind is still in Gaza': Evacuated teacher begins studies in UK

Sanaa el-Azab is one of 58 people who have been evacuated from Gaza to study at universities in the UK on scholarships.

www.bbc.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6h

'“It’s a strange mixture of feelings,” he said. “Being happy, being stressed, sometimes being overwhelmed. Living in Gaza for 27 years, then getting here and being in London, it’s completely shocking. The very basic things here are luxuries in Gaza.”'

Happy, stressed, overwhelmed: Palestinians evacuated from Gaza start their studies in UK

Abdallah, 27, and Soha, 31, describe adjusting to their new lives after leaving their war-torn home

www.theguardian.com

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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 2h

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 5h

Reform UK’s Deputy Chair Paul Nuttall, was an MEP alongside Nathan Gill.

He’s been well known for being pro-Putin, including during his UKIP leadership campaign and his strange condemnation of the EU for not recognising Russia’s Annexation of Crimea.

What does he know about Russian Bribes?

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 5h

We're thrilled to share that we have partnered with the University of Liverpool to deliver a master’s degree in Publishing, commencing September 2026.
Read our full announcement: liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2025/10/09/l... @sotauol.bsky.social

liverpooluniversitypress.blog

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Peter Adkins @peteradkins.bsky.social · 4h

We're ALSO looking for a poet! Two years, part time teaching post in a friendly department.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOZ075/t...

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Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 4h

What’s so depressing about these kinds of proclamations is the lack of fact accuracy. At my uni, graduate outcomes for English students are far better than those doing economics, for example.

Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places.
#literature #language #English #HigherEd #University
#arts #sociology #anthropology
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenoc...

Badenoch’s number caps plan would cut 100,000 university places

Tory leader to use conference speech to attack ‘debt trap degrees’ and pledge more money for apprenticeships

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 3h

Estimated 10,000 or more university redundancies in the academic year 2024-25.
"the original sin was to sell higher education to policy makers as ‘skills training’ or ‘investment’ "
#HigherEd #teaching #research #edchat #students
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/where-n...

Where now for Britain’s Universities?

UK higher education now faces a very bleak future, retreating in the face of little public sympathy and limited political interest.

politicalquarterly.org.uk

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 1d

Part 1: Badenoch calls for curb on rip-off degrees such as English.

Part 2: Tory Party misspells Britain on conference merch.

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Anindya Raychaudhuri (he/him) @dranindyar.bsky.social · 1d

In earth-shattering news, I agree with Lord Michael Heseltine.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 1d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 1d

No reason for reposting this today, either...

University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 4

#EnglishCreates impact across the UK every day.
Learn how this Aberystwyth's project on Expressions of Care helped to benefit communities
See more examples of English impact at universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 1d

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 1d

University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 17

#EnglishCreates How researchers at Aston (www.aston.ac.uk/bss/social-s...) help with criminal investigations:

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Ben Davies @bendavies.bsky.social · 1d

University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 17

And how research in English both changes our historical awareness and improves contemporary practices

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

“Gottle of geer.”

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 1d

‘A lot of people know I did two degrees: one in engineering, one in law. But while I can’t remember how to do parallel integration, I can remember how to fix a broken computer—which I learned on my apprenticeship.’
So Badenoch’s capacity to remember some things & not others determines her HE policy?

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 1d

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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Caroline Levine @carolinelevine.bsky.social · 1d

Cornell alums!
Cornell continues to be pressured by the current administration in DC to reach a deal to restore federal research funding.
Please consider signing this petition!
Please also share widely with any Cornell graduates you know!