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Cathleen Sarti

@cathleen-sarti.bsky.social
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On the surface, I am all about early modern European History, Scandinavian and Baltic History, or History of War, but deep down, I just want to read books and eat chocolate!

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Curtis Dozier @curtisdozier.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
CFP for contributions to a special issue of Radical History Review on "The Politicized Premodern Past." I'm confident they would stretch the 500 CE boundary earlier for an ancient or late antique contribution. www.radicalhistoryreview.org/the-politici...
Banner of Radical History Review webpage showing the proposal due date of October 15, 2026
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De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎧 Can #rockstars be intellectuals? According to Jens Ivo Engels' new book "Rock und Politik," the answer is yes: #BAP frontman Wolfgang Niedecken is not only one of Germany's best-known musicians but also an astute political observer and commentator. @tuda.bsky.social @machtgeschichte.bsky.social
Visual showing a headshot of Jens Ivo Engels. Text: Wolfgang Niedecken und BAP - vieviel Politik steckt im Rock?„Heute Nacht habe ich es zu Ende gelesen und kann nur sagen, dass ich nicht erwartet hätte, dass sich jemand dermaßen viel Mühe macht, diesem unkommerziellen Thema ausführlich auf den Grund zu gehen. Ich kann das Buch jedem empfehlen, den diese zwei Jahrzehnte vor dem Jahrtausendwechsel politisch geprägt haben.“
Wolfgang NiedeckenPhoto of Wolfgang Niedecken holding a copy of "Rock und Politik" in front of a bookshelfCover of the book "Rock und Politik" by Jens Ivo Engels, showing old photos of the band BAP
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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
i wrote about this last year www.history-uk.ac.uk/history-in-p...
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‘Doing the Readings’
Dr Will Pooley (Associate Professor in Modern History), University of Bristol The students, we often grumble, don’t read the secondary readings we set for class. Every year, we find ourselves press…
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Book Launch celebration and author conversation event as part of @ThinkUHI Centre for History's Talks Live series Join for a free session on the 15th of October at www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-... or watch after on youtube @UHIHistory #history #booklaunch #exploringmonarchy
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Have you ever thought about the fact that queens were some of the richest persons in their realms? Our Special Issue of Essays in Economic & Business History looks at 14th to 16th century queens as business owners, investors, administrators, or all around badass CEOs. www.ebhsoc.org/journal/inde...
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Vol. 44 No. 1 (2026): Essays in Economic & Business History | Essays in Economic & Business History
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In our latest episode, host Ellie Woodacre is joined by Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte to explore their new books in the Lives of Royal Women series on Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves. Check it out right here👇🏻 www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis...
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Alberto J. Campillo Pardo @albertocampillo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm delighted to prresent "Privilege and Power Printing Privileges and the Regulation of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe" from the @be4copy.bsky.social project and edited by Marius Buning, @andreaottone.bsky.social and me. #Printingprivileges #Bookhistory #OpenAccess www.scup.com/doi/book/10....
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Privilege and Power | Books
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 19/09/2026
We also announced the return of the Society's annual 'International Fellows Lecture': chance to hear about new research by RHS Fellows working outside the UK: bit.ly/4xUZnLS The 2026 lecturer is Prof Amy Froide in a lecture co-hosted @echistsoc.bsky.social to mark its centenary year #Skystorians
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The Society's 'International Fellows Lecture', 2026 - RHS
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the recommencement of its annual International Fellows Lecture. The 2026 lecture will be given by Professor Amy Froide (University of Maryland, Balt...
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Important reading on the right extremist danger in Germany right now, and its connection to East Germany: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... East Germany did not have de-nazification, and it did not (but needed, in my opinion) de-DDR-fication
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I know why many east Germans vote AfD. And no, it’s not an inherited longing for dictatorship | Carolin Würfel
Grievance politics has grown in the east of the country where I was born. But west Germans have hard questions to answer too, says writer Carolin Würfel
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Dr Eva Johanna Holmberg @evajohannaholmberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Shout out to all #earlymodern #mobility and #maritime #skystorians folks 🗃️
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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Just a little reminder that my documentary The Real Jane Seymour is available to watch over on History Hit. It was fabulous to tell Jane’s story, based on the research from my new book on her: Jane Seymour, Patronage Material Culture and Image Crafting #janeseymour #queenjaneseymour #realjaneseymour
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thank you to everyone who made #KQ15 such as success, especially our hosts at @akademievedcr.bsky.social and @historickyustav.bsky.social Watch this space for information about #KQ16 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #prague
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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The window that started the Thirty Years’ War when, on 23 May 1618 Protestant noblemen threw Catholic Imperial officials from this window in Prague Castle. Amazingly, they survived. The Defenestration sparked a Bohemian revolt against Habsburg authority #defenestrationofprague #thirtyyearswar
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Dr Elena (Ellie) Woodacre @ewoodacre.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#KQ15 has been a wonderful whirlwind of papers, discussions and catching up with lovely royal studies colleagues! All that is left now is tomorrow’s excursions and then we’re off to Chile next year for #KQ16! Thanks again to the Czech Academy of Sciences for being fabulous hosts! 👑
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Hosted by Laboratorio de Humanidades at the Universidad San Sebastian. The deadline for proposals is 29/01/27, and we look forward to new exciting proposals ✍️ The conference website is at the link in bio 🔗 We can't wait to welcome you to #KQ16! #Kings #queens #royalstudies
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
After a fantastic #KQ15, the Royal Studies Network is excited to announce the dates for Kings and Queens 16, in Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱 Join us from 7-10 September 2027 for our first conference in the Southern hemisphere! In 2027,the conference will focus on war and conquest.
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Third day of #KQ15 and once again the problem of not being able to in two or even three places at once - a constant problem of fantastic conferences, and right at the top of my wishlist of problems to solve. Just below the Mary Poppins / Tardis bookshelf of a shelf being bigger inside than outside
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Tardis Police Box Illustration
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Today's programme for #KQ15 and for more details go to our website via our linktree 🔗 Make sure to follow along and share your experience with our conference hashtag #KQ15 #Royalstudies #conference
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Day 2 of #KQ15 in #prague Thank you Jonathan Spangler for opening as today's keynote speaker, and everyone who delivered a wide variety of thought-provoking papers and our hosts @akademievedcr @historickyustav_avcr #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship #history
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our evening reception, celebrating the start to a brilliant conference and the winner of the @royal_studies_journal Biennial Book Prize for 2026 @emmaoberat @historickyustav_avcr @akademievedcr #KQ15 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Starting the second day of #KQ15 with a keynote from @jspan.bsky.social on Protecting Against Peril: The Uses of Dynastic Extensions—siblings, cousins—in Safeguarding Royal Continuity in the EM Period- Unusual for Jonathan, he started in the 21st c. and is working backwards - from 2026 over 1926...
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The timetable for today's talks on day 2 of #KQ15 #conference #royalstudies #kingship #queenship
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Learning much about the very complicated political (and economic and financial) conflict surrounding the succession of the Bohemian throne after 1306 #Monarchy&Money #KQ15 - several papers are looking at the various actors from Henry and Anna of Bohemia to John of Luxemburg and Elisabeth of Bohemia
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
And we are finally open access: a volume full of #earlymodern almanacs, especially the German #Schreibkalender, dear #bookhistory experts: www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/isbn_9783447...
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Schreibkalender der Frühen Neuzeit
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
After a fantastic keynote by Cindy McCreery bringing us at #KQ15 to 19th c. New Zealand, I am now listening to an attempted murder and spy dramatic tale of 14th c. Portugal! And all because of opposition to a royal marriage (between Fernando I and Queen Leonor Teles)
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today's the day! Kings and Queens 15 starts today in Prague and online💜 See above for today's programme and for my details go to our website via our linktree 🔗 Make sure to follow along and share your experience with our conference hashtag #KQ15 #Royalstudies #conference
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Sitting at the airport, and looking forward to our annual meeting - see you all soon in Prague!
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Two days to go till our annual conference! Check the schedule at www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr.... #KQ15 #conferencecountdown #history
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Tudor Times @thetudortimes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
@enortonhistory.bsky.social has just published a biography of Jane Seymour. As 4th speaker at the Tudor Times Summit on Henry VIII and his In-laws bit.ly/4wOdTnn she will be sharing her discoveries about how Henry & the Seymour family interacted. @catherinefletcher.info @drlindaporter.bsky.social
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Another episode of the #Monarchy&Money episodes from @royalstudies.bsky.social podcast is out: www.buzzsprout.com/1934722/epis... We spoke with a project from TU Darmstadt about 19th century Monarchy, and especially how corruption debates are key to understand the changing European monarchies.
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Monarchy & Money Episode on Monarchy and Corruption: Interview with Jens Ivo Engels, Sarah Deck, and Markus Horbach (Darmstadt - The Royal Studies Podcast
The mini series within the Royal Studies Podcast on Monarchy & Money is hosted by Charlotte Backerra from the University of Klagenfurt in Austria, and Cathleen Sarti from the University of Oxford ...
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Kings & Queens 15 is next week in Prague. We’d love for you to join us, wherever you are. Organisers have confirmed conference will be streamed online. Remote participation is now available. Register by 31.08.2026. Registration & programme found here: www.royalstudiesnetwork.org/copy-of-curr...
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Jade Jesty @jadejesty.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I am delighted that my article has been published by The Seventeenth Century, @tandfresearch.bsky.social! ⚔️ It explores the reputation of Prince Maurice of the Palatinate, a highly active military commander in the British Civil Wars! #skystorians #earlymodern www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the British Civil Wars
This article explores the representations of Prince Maurice, Prince Palatine of the Rhine, in the history of the British Civil Wars. Tracing the development of his fearsome reputation as the wars p...
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Nothing worse than nearing a deadline, and then tech fails you! Today, my Citavi (literature software) and Word are not speaking to each other - so, do I spend energy and time to sort it out; or do I work around it, delay the problem to afterwards, then forget it completely until the next deadline?
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Stella Kidd: We Need Each Other - Chicago Fire
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 23/08/2026
Universities across the UK are calling their redundancy programmes ‘voluntary’. In today’s Sunday Times a Senior Lecturer in Humanities completely exposes that lie.
 “I didn’t want to leave, but anyone who stays in that job will be burnt out by November. It will be far worse for the students, because they are losing so many specialists in their fields, and it will leave no time for research.” 

Senior Lecturer in Humanities
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Early Modern Conflict, War and Violence Network @earlymodernwar.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
We're excited to share the final programme of events for our upcoming conference at the University of Exeter on 1-3 September! See the thread below for details, and register here for three full days of talks discussing early modern violence beyond the battlefield: forms.gle/i2qhzBTpboxK...
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Len Scales.bsky.social @lenscales.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
It was indeed a terrific conference, superbly organised by Éloïse Adde. It was great to have the chance to reflect on the conference themes in the concluding discussion with Éloïse and @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social, captured in the YouTube recording.
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Arc Humanities Press @archumanities.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
{New book} Shaping the Nation in Medieval Europe Edited by Éloïse Adde explores a fundamental problem of European historiography within a global context: the history of medieval nations and the question of their relationship to modern nation-states. www.arc-humanities.org/978180270424...
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at Christ Church Library, Oxford Univ - Women and Their Books: Women as Book Producers and Owners in Early Modern England and Scotland A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-and-...
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Women and Their Books in Early Modern England and Scotland
A study afternoon exploring women as book producers and owners in Early Modern England and Scotland.
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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Konf: jungcherre, Junggeselle, Hagestolz – der unverheiratete Mann in epochenübergreifender Betrachtung www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1640… Kiel, 18.11.2026-19.11.2026, Abteilung für Regionalgeschichte mit Schwerpunkt Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel …
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New series announcement! Early Modern Maritime Humanities 1400-1800: Oceans in History & Culture Series Editors: @clairejowitt.bsky.social & John McAleer Publisher: @dgb-mem.bsky.social brill.com/page/forthco... Feel free to DM me with questions, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com
A series announcement designed to look like the front cover of a book. The featured image is a painting in which two storm-tossed ships appear (a small one at left, a larger one at right).
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Cathleen Sarti @cathleen-sarti.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Have you ever thought about the royal court as employer? As a business and place of work for many... We talked with @driesraey.bsky.social and Marc Jaffré about Employment Conditions in Early Modern European Courts - hope, you enjoy the episode!
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Call for papers - Women’s Professional Networks in the Early Modern Book Trade University of Edinburgh 6-7 May 2027 Deadline: 20 December This conference also launches a new collaborative database sourcing biographical information about women in the early modern book trade. #earlymodern
Front page of a call for papers, with a b&w engraving of women sitting at a table, and a man apparently just walking into the room. In the bottom half of the page is the title of the conference with the dates.A full page of text about the conference - description, possible topics to explore, etc. At the bottom the text reads "Proposals for papers of maximum 20 minutes, including title, an abstract of up to 300 words, and a biography of up to 150 words should be sent to Dr Elise Watson, elise.watson@ed.ac.uk, by 20 December 2026. While all papers will be delivered in person, the conference will be available to attend online."
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Get your tickets now for the Tudor Queens Talk at Hampton Court Palace, with Elizabeth Norton and Valerie Schutte! They'll discuss their new biographies of Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves, in the Routledge Lives of Royal Women series www.hrp.org.uk/.../members-... www.routledge.com/Lives-of-Roy...
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Society for Court Studies @courtstudies.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Save the date! For our 30th anniversary the Society for Court Studies will be holding a symposium on the question: "Where are Court Studies, now?" 📍St Mary's University Twickenham AND Strawberry Hill House 🗓 2 October 2026 🕑 From 2pm - times TBC More information will follow in September
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Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Gen'l Eds Elizabeth Rhodes, James Daybell, Merry Wiesner-Hanks, and I, welcome book proposals to "Genders & Sexualities in the Early Modern World," a new series published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social - brill.com/page/forthco... DM me with q's, or email me at Erika.Gaffney@degruyterbrill.com
The image is an oil painting: Merry Company on a Terrace, 1625, by Dirck Hals; The National Gallery of Art
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Dr Elizabeth Norton @enortonhistory.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
In my new book Jane Seymour: Patronage, Material Culture and Image Crafting, which is the first full length academic study of Jane’s life and queenship, I spent a lot of time myth busting… #janeseymour #queenjaneseymour #gablehood #frenchhood
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Dr Karin Schrader @karina42.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
@royalstudies.bsky.social @historickyustav.bsky.social I’d really like to attend the K&Q conference in Prague, but I haven’t been able to find a link to register on your websites yet. Can anyone help me?
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Royal Studies @royalstudies.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Special Issue on CROWN AND CONSTITUTION in the journal for the History of European Ideas www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhei20/5...
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John Heathershaw @jheathershaw.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I never thought that I would have to write this piece about my university. But after weeks of demonstrating privately to senior managers that their case is based on a false prospectus, that their data are inaccurate and their claims misleading, there was little choice. substack.com/@lucasamin/n...
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Inside Britain's university crisis
As teaching staff face job loss, their bosses have netted pay rises and bought advice from a “vampiric” management consultancy, writes Prof. John Heathershaw of the University of Exeter
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