Reposted by Emily Brown🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 20/08/2026It's just magical seeing QUEER ORIGINS in bookshops, especially the iconic Gay's the Word.✨ I've just signed some copies there — nab one while you can (there are also some soon-to-be-collector's-item bookmarks)! #books #booksky #bookshop #newreads #histsci #histsex #queerhistory 🌈📚🦋🗃️ 25611
Reposted by Emily BrownCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan 29369612159
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. 010
Reposted by Emily BrownKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 29/05/2026A new TOP FIVE has just dropped. The @ukri.org TOP FIVE shortest timescales from call opening to closing. And you won't believe the winner 👀 56645
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Will not be helped as delays in REF policy mean that approved institutional CoPs are currently few and far between 110
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Reading Starmer's letter to Streeting, and a teeny bit disappointed that he didn't sign off with just 'Regards' 000
Reposted by Emily BrownGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Wake up! The House of Commons Education Committee says fifty - yes fifty - Higher Education Institutions are at risk of insolvency within the next three years. Wake up! committees.parliament.uk/work/9012/hi...committees.parliament.uk“A very serious problem”: No clear government plan for universities risking insolvency, MPs find in new report - Committees - UK ParliamentToday MPs on the Education Committee warn that the government has no clear plan for universities facing insolvency and that protections for students are inadequate, as the Committee publishes a new re... 04837
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Best film adaptation of The Odyssey. Wrong answers only. 110
Reposted by Emily Brownaudioraven @audioraven.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Happy #edballsday to all who celebrate. Don’t call him a Labour politician, whatever you do. Appropriate that it should also fall on #tittytuesday. 011
Reposted by Emily BrownProf Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 28/04/2026PERSON OF THE DAY. 28 April 2011. Labour politician Ed Balls tweeted his own name on his Twitter account seemingly looking for references to himself. Ever since this day is known on Twitter (X) as Ed Balls Day to celebrate his gaffe. #EdBallsDay 0164
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 11/04/2026BBC News - Iris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at Oxford Brookes festival - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukIris Murdoch's lost poems to be read at Oxford Brookes festivalRecently discovered material from the Oxford novelist will be included in the Think Human festival. 042
Reposted by Emily BrownDinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Get your tickets now! This looks excellent and will book up fast. 022
Reposted by Emily BrownKatharine Craik @kcraik1.bsky.social · 20/02/2026🌟 We’re back! My brilliant colleagues at Oxford Brookes. Join us on campus and in the city. 🌟 011
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 10/02/2026After 7 years or so of watching Bing, there are at least two scenes where I am convinced Flop is hungover. And that he's in a friend with benefits situation Ama. As you were. 000
Reposted by Emily BrownGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 25/01/2026My book on New Labour and the Blair years is out in just over two weeks... And it's now **ON SALE** for just £12! Come on, you can't say fairer than that when it comes to the bargains. Roll up and/ or repost! It's just twelve quid! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146328/manchesteruniversitypress.co.ukManchester University Press - New Labour, New Britain?New Labour, New Britain? - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of New Labour, New Britain? by Glen O'Hara 21810
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 21/01/2026How are people fitting work in today whilst keeping fully immersed in the Beckham saga? Asking for a friend. 000
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Yeah, I give my kids sweets when I want them to get in the car too> BBC News - Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner presents her medal to Trump www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMachado presents Trump with her Nobel award at White House meetingTrump thanked Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, calling it 000
Reposted by Emily BrownDinah Roe @preraphsrule.bsky.social · 16/12/2025For those who would like to see me dorking out over Christina #Rossetti's 'In the Bleak Midwinter' on Xmas telly, I give you: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...bbc.co.ukLucy Worsley's Christmas Carol OdysseyLucy Worsley reveals the surprising stories behind our favourite Christmas carols. From pagan rituals to religious conflicts, French dances and the First World War, carols reflect our history. 081
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 10/12/2025REF2029 unpaused. -PCE replaced by Strategy, People and Research Environment - Disciplinary -level statements in CKU and E&I, gone - CKU: 55%, E&I: 25%, SPRE: 20% - Max 5 outputs recommended per researcher but can be exceededstatements.inComing Soon 010
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 08/12/2025"The 1992 reforms did not “invent” research in the ex-polytechnics. They recognised it – opening the door to participation in the RAE, quality-related funding and Research Council grants. Once given visibility, excellence surfaced quickly. It did so because it had always been there." 000
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Super piece on REF history, why it matters and why specialisation is not the panacea that it seems. wonkhe.com/blogs/labour...wonkhe.comLabour must not repeat history by sidelining research in post-92 universitiesThe abolition of the binary divide in HE made visible the wealth of research excellence in what became known as the post-92 part of the sector. Katie Normington worries that forcing specialisation ris... 000
Reposted by Emily BrownNaomi Pullin @naomipullin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025@WarwickHistory are recruiting for an Assistant Professor in Environmental History - with an open chronological and thematic focus. Come join our excellent department with wonderful colleagues and students. warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G... #history #envhistory #earlymodernwarwick-careers.tal.netAssistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) - University of WarwickTitle: Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Application Deadline: . Position Type: Permanent 01824
Reposted by Emily BrownCllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Very excited to share that today is publication day for my first monograph!! Queering UK Refugee Law: Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration is published as a part of Bristol University Press's Law, Society, Policy series. bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/queering-uk-...bristoluniversitypress.co.ukQueering UK Refugee LawQueering UK Refugee Law - Sexual Diversity and Asylum Administration; In the context of a global backlash against migrant and LGBTIQA+ rights , this book examines the experiences of LGBTIQA+ people in... 54812
Reposted by Emily BrownSimon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Applications Now Open for the University of Glasgow Library Visiting Research Fellowship scheme - supporting scholars from across academic disciplines to come to Glasgow to work on our unique research collections. Please RT or pass on: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li... 05646
Reposted by Emily BrownFred Cooper @histloneliness.bsky.social · 16/11/20252 fantastic-looking history of medicine research fellowships at Warwick: Traumatised Minds, Neurosis and Hysteria in Soviet Medicine and Culture, 1917-1953 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK288/r...jobs.ac.ukResearch Fellow x2 (109856-1125) at University of WarwickDiscover Research Fellow x2 (109856-1125) jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board. 0814
Reposted by Emily BrownEmily C. Hughes @emilyhughes.bsky.social · 09/11/2025pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff. 13143594270
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 09/11/2025At some point, the men in my life may realise I'm no longer upstairs... Until then I'm going to sit quietly on the sofa for as long as I can. 000
Reposted by Emily BrownSimon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 08/11/2025The problem was never that Boris Johnson studied classics... Perennial favourite reader's letter from 2021. 1336
Reposted by Emily BrownThe Victorian Hand @victorianhand.bsky.social · 05/11/2025General registration is now open for our upcoming conference The Hand: Emotions, Embodiment and Identity at London College of Fashion, 8-9 January! Visit our website to register: www.thevictorianhand.uk/conference 065
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Use of the REF 2029 logo by HEIs withdrawn following "fresh legal advice" 🙄🤯 010
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The funding bodies, and their surrogates, are saying the 'quiet part out loud' now. 020
Reposted by Emily BrownJane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 24/10/2025For UK academic folk, in case you don’t know about this service, the AHRC does publish all panel outcomes, with figures for numbers of applicants, numbers of successful awards etc. There is a lag, though, so the most recent info is from January 2025.ukri.orgAHRC panel outcomes and attendanceDetails of the outcomes of applications and panel membership relating to the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) panel meetings. 22113
Reposted by Emily BrownDr Patrick O’Brien @patrickcobrien.bsky.social · 16/10/2025On behalf of introverts everywhere: talking to people is exhausting enough, don’t make me spend all day talking to an anthropomorphised calculator. 071
Reposted by Emily BrownMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2025'Now, Alexandra Wilson’s new book, Someone Else’s Music, unpicks the myth that opera is alien to the working class. For much of the past century, Wilson shows, opera was a hugely important thread in working-class lives.'observer.co.ukIt’s not opera that’s elitist but the idea that art is to...The myth that culture has not been for the masses is debunked in a new book 02713
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 11/10/2025HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA > www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/science...thedailymash.co.ukThe seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocksANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype. 010
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Imagine the outcry if it were steel > BBC News - Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukThousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepensUniversity workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer. 020
Reposted by Emily BrownJoanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · 07/10/2025If you are in the North West, check out this talk. It's a panel and a book launch. It's a fantastic topic. Please repost! 064
Reposted by Emily BrownWarwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL... 3925561595
Emily Brown @embo78.bsky.social · 26/09/2025My eldest stood for school council with a manifesto promising to ban broccoli from school dinners. He wasn't elected sadly but "you know mummy, maybe some kids just like broccoli?" Welcome to his TEd Talk. 010
Reposted by Emily BrownSusie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Today I offer a reminder of the word ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted from too much work. To be ‘foreswunk’ (my own version) is to be exhausted before you even begin. 551852404
