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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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Medieval and Early Modern Orients (MEMOs) @memorients.bsky.social · 11d

University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Italian Renaissance Literature:

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University of California Berkeley, Assistant Professor of Italian Renaissance Literature | MEMOs

Assistant Professor -- Italian Renaissance Literature -- Department of Italian Studies

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 14d

Many thanks Liz!

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Will Rossiter @satyrane.bsky.social · 15d

Delighted to have this splendid volume arrive in the post today. Am humbled to be in such learned company. Hats off to @mbelle4912.bsky.social, Riccardo and Francesco on doing such a sterling job of bringing this all together.

Cover of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain, ed. by Belle, Raimondo and Francesco.

Contents page of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain. 1/2

Contents page of Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain. 2/2

First page of Rossiter’s contribution to the Translating Petrarch in Early Modern Britain volume.

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MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · 22d

Thank you to everyone who submitted to our CfP – we're delighted by your abstracts and can't wait to put the program together!

Registration link coming soon ... keep yer eyes peeled 🥰🥰

MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · 27d

Our CfP closes tomorrow 🫀🤖💭

Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories
Winter Conference: Save the Dates
14th - 16th November 2025
University of East Anglia, Norwich

We invite abstracts of up to 250 words for individual research papers of twenty minutes in length (or 700 words for a panel of three people presenting on a particular subject or sub-theme).
The CHASE MEMRN conference remains open to all UK and overseas postgraduates. This includes independent scholars who are unaffiliated at this time. When submitting your abstract, please include your institution (if applicable) and, if from a CHASE-affiliated university institution, whether or not you are directly funded by CHASE.
All proposals should be emailed to chasememrn@gmail.com by Friday 12th September with the subject line ‘Conference Paper Submission’ and your name.
Please feel free to contact the MEMRN team via email or social media DM with any questions you may have. We look forward to welcoming you to Norwich as part of this proudly CHASE-funded event.

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MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · Aug 19

You’ve seen the Call for Papers for our second annual conference (if not, check it out below) but now it’s time for conference teasers! Each image relates to one of the activities we’ve got planned for attendees… can you guess what they are before we release the schedule? Let us know your thoughts!

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congratulations on all receiving A-level English Language, Lang & Lit, Literature results! 💫 And to all their teachers ! We commend the fantastic opportunities that study of these subjects offer 🥳. Find out what English studies brings ! englishassociation.ac.uk/case-studies/

Case studies | The English Association

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

englishassociation.ac.uk

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Aug 14

The English Association congratulates every student who has received results for an A-level in English. 👏🏽
English remains a v. popular A-level choice, the 5th most popular A-level-
*not always well-known as entries split across the 3 qualifications – English Lit, English Lang, English Lang & Lit.*⬇️

Results analysis available on our website

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Aug 8

Could you be the next editor of our journal, The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory?
@oupacademic.bsky.social #criticaltheory #culturaltheory #literarytheory

Take a look and apply: englishassociation.ac.uk/opportunity-...

Opportunity to join the editorial team of The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory | The English Association

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

englishassociation.ac.uk

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MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · Aug 5

BIG NEWS! We are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference.

Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social and online. The Call for Papers is available via the MEMRN website and our social media. We look forward to seeing you!

BIG NEWS! We, the MEMRN committee, are delighted to share the dates for our second annual in-person Winter Conference.

Join us from the 14th - 16th of November at the University of East Anglia and online for three days of panels, social events, workshops, networking sessions, and adventure in the historic city of Norwich.

The Call for Papers and details on how to apply to speak at the event are available via the MEMRN website and our social media. The deadline for submitting an abstract is Friday 12th September.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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MEMRN @memrn.bsky.social · Aug 5

CALL FOR PAPERS!!! The MEMRN Committee are delighted to share the call for papers for our second annual Winter Conference: Fragmented Worlds, Shared Histories.

Please share widely! Sponsored by @chase-dtp.bsky.social

We, the committee of the CHASE Medieval and Early Modern Research Network (MEMRN), are overjoyed to announce the return of our Winter Conference this year between the 14th and 16th November.

Join us at the University of East Anglia and online for three exciting days of workshops, papers, social events, and adventure through the historic cathedral city of Norwich.
We welcome papers on a range of topics within medieval and early modern studies for this interdisciplinary conference, including:

* History and politics
* Philosophy and theology
* Literature, drama, performance culture and music
* Latin and vernacular languages
* Art history, architecture and archaeology
* Manuscript studies and book history

For this year's conference, we particularly encourage papers engaging with marginalised histories and communities, global intercultural contact and exchange, or conflict and diplomacy.

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Hester L-J @starcrossed2018.bsky.social · Aug 5

Stop doing this! Whoever is paying @timeshighered.bsky.social‬ for story after story is also funding environmental vandalism on a catastrophic scale. This isn't journalism, it's naive ethical bankruptcy - and intellectually and pedagogically obtuse.

Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Aug 5

#GenAI is not just for students. Isabel Fischer outlines draft principles to help assessors use AI responsibly in #marking and feedback.

www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/how-s...

How should assessors use AI for marking and feedback?

While much attention has focused on students’ use of GenAI, its potential to support assessors has mostly been overlooked. Here, Isabel Fischer shares draft principles co-created at a cross-institutio...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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