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Greg Walker is Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at the University of Edinburgh. He is a graduate… more

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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Katie Barclay, Elaine Treharne , and 1 more

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Job alert! University of Auckland, lectureship in English, in the long 19th century:

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Lecturer - English
Company Description: Waipapa Taumata Rau | The University of AucklandThe University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent University, with a turnover of $1.1bn, including research revenue of over $...
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by Charles Forsdick — Reposted by: Greg Walker, Margot C. Finn, Catriona Seth

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Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’

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Disadvantaged students ‘more likely to miss out on GCSE foreign languages’
In 2004, language learning ceased to be compulsory at Key Stage 4, aged 14 to 16.
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Report out from Sweden's HUMTANK that shows the vital importance of humanities-based courses/influence in higher education programs leading to a profession. The report is based on a study of programs in engineering, medicine, and police training. Recommendations include:

humtank.se/ny-rapport-f...
Ny rapport från Humtank – humaniora i professionsutbildningar
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Martin Paul Eve, Michael H. Whitworth , and 3 more

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Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...
University English Funding
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by Greg Walker

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´Pope arrives in Oxford to challenge old Exam results.´
‘He just appeared in the quad, announced he was infallible & refused to leave until we’d regraded him to a First’, observed a shaken Dame Eleanor Fitzbadderley, Mistress of Boverille College. ‘& then his attack-deacons drank all the sherry...’
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Rosemary A. Joyce

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Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London):

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Lecturer in the History of Early Modern Europe and the World (King's College London) | MEMOs
King's College London - Department of History
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by Margot C. Finn — Reposted by: Greg Walker

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Would find this more convincing if the elephant in the room were addressed head on: research cultures develop/are enacted in research (& teaching) structures. The REF2029 cycle has seen extraordinary structural change. Will/how will PCE assess cultures in this context? 1/2
Is research culture really too hard to assess?
Yolana Pringle and Ben Tatler make the case that the REF pause should be the moment to build on the most substantial sector-wide collaboration ever undertaken on research environments
wonkhe.com
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‘And if they don’t have the crispy duck; I’ll just take the chicken in black bean sauce...’ (‘Many would argue that Sir Delivier la Roux’s storied career rested on completing one of the easier Grail Quests...’)
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‘Some’

by Greg Walker

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I’m pretty sure that that is no comfort in the present shit-storm in academia- especially in the Arts - but it is the situation as I see it. The best of good luck, btw. I hope things will get better at sone point…
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by Greg Walker

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…have looked at your application before and chosen you, so I’m not going wildly off-road in shortlisting you now.) The problem is, of course, that this this worst time for ECRs in my lifetime. Every entry level job is attracting people who’ve been made redundant from ‘long-term’ posts.
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Hi Sam, for what it’s worth, in my experience on shortlisting and interview panels, experience of short-term jobs is a definite advantage. It reveals you can do the job, or one very similar, have experience of working in different institutions, and (more subliminally) that other selectors… 1/2
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Charles West, Juan Cole , and 2 more

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“Cataclysmically bad”

This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.

1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:

frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/

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ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
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by Greg Walker — Reposted by: Greg Walker

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OTD in year 650 of the Third Age: Owing to a persistent glitch in the world-leading University of Numenor course allocation software, Galadriel found herself registered for both Troll Studies A and B and ‘Living Under Bridges: New Perspectives/New Directions’ in Semester 2...’
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Daniela Gabor, Richard J. Butler , and 25 more

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Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
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by Greg Walker

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‘No, he definitely wants it to be called, ‘The Great D’Artagnan and His Three Older, Less Interesting Friends...’’
The little shi…. Look, he’s not here yet; change it to ‘The Three Musketeers’ and there’s a tenner in it for you...
(‘The stories Behind Great Book Titles’ number 15)
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1.The McKellen-Dench Macbeth
2. The Shrew in Leicester with Josette Simon as Kate
3. Adrian Scarborough as Hamlet in Coventry
4. RSC 12th Night with Derek Griffiths as Feste
5. Robert Stephens as Lear at the NT
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A fine birthday weekend with old friends and carnivorous plants…
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Adrian Vickers

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On HE consultants. Has your course been subjected to red-amber-green ratings? Are you being told to 'consolidate your offering'? Are you told that certain forms of teaching are inefficient (small group teaching)? A consultancy firm such as Nous might well be at play here.
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Reposted by: Greg Walker, Kate Fullagar

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A good piece about the situation in Australia HE (several years ahead of the rest of the Anglosphere in destroying its sector). Consultants must go - but before that happens, knowledge of what they do must increase among uni communities. Many don't even know consultants are involved in the debacle.
Universities have lost their way, but cost-cutting and consultants are not the answer
Last week in Sydney, we saw a melodrama acted out that could stand in for the state of Australian universities more generally.
theconversation.com
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by Greg Walker

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Indeed. It may be a huge effort, but as soon as you contemplate the implications of all the other methods of distribution for the Arts and Humanities…
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And just give all the money out via algorithms?
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(‘When Great Writers Met’ 17: George Eliot and H.D.)
Wha?. I thought you’d be a man...
‘Well, I thought you’d be a pencil...’
Hmmm....oh no, here comes Caryl Phillips.
‘Wha...she’s a bloke now? I think I need a drink.’
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I'm organizing a seminar on "climate fictions before climate change" for next year's acla in montréal. if you have sth: pls submit; if you know someone: pls share widely!

www.acla.org/seminar/f8b7...
View Seminar | American Comparative Literature Association
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by Dale Townshend — Reposted by: Greg Walker, Lesley A. Hall, Catriona Seth , and 1 more

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Heads up, English Literature types. The newly formed School of English at MMU is looking to appoint a new Head of School, ideally someone who already holds a professorial Chair. Further details here: manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
Head of the School of English (Professor) - (8509) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers
All about Manchester Metropolitan - an exciting, modern university in the heart of one of the UK's great student cities.
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🤣 Surely not!

by Greg Walker

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I remember! Bloody cold that day too!
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Breaking: University of Narnia announces acting VC and Professor of Swordplay, Reepicheep McPherson is to step down with immediate effect after allegations emerge of inappropriate relationship with Wonderland exchange student.
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I think you’re very wise!

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