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Steph Wright

@estefwright.bsky.social
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Historian of modern Spain in Lancaster. Interests: gender, sexual violence, #dishist, mental health, medical humanities. Currently working on the history of thalidomide in Spain.

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Rebecca Wynter @rebeccawynter.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
📢📣The UK's National Archives has launched the Hospital Records Database - brilliant #HistMed #HistSTM #HistNursing #DisHist #HistPsych resource📣📢 🗃
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Alex Drace-Francis @alexdrace.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Call for Applications for postdoctoral and other fellowships at New Europe College, Bucharest - do apply! Deadline for submitting applications: 17 January 2027 nec.ro/fellowships/...
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Apply for a fellowship : NEC
NEC Institute for Advanced Study
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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Those of us who work on contemporary France have long predicted some kind of social protest in advance of the 2027 elections. It could have been a gilets jaunes mk 2 related to high petrol prices, but instead it was school students. Some thoughts... www.lemonde.fr/politique/ar...
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Un gouvernement fébrile, à la merci d’un embrasement qu’il n’a pas vu venir
La journée de mobilisation de mardi inquiète au sommet de l’Etat, alors que la tension n’a cessé de croître en près de trois semaines d’actions et que l’exécutif semble avoir pour l’instant donné la p...
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Dr Paige Donaghy @paigedonaghy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Delighted to share my latest article in Gender & History ✨ “Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830” onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #gendhist #histmed #history
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Gender and Obstetric Violence in Britain, ca. 1750–1830
Obstetric violence is a form of gendered violence experienced by pregnant and birthing people, particularly women, during medical care provided in the hospital, clinic or home. Recent scholarship has...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Migration Museum, London, is hiring a part-time (3 days per week) curator for a year to help build the vision of the new museum. £40k pro rata plus 5% matched pension contribution. Deadline for applications 18 October.
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We’re Hiring: Curator, Contemporary Art (Part-time)
The Migration Museum is seeking a Contemporary Art Curator to join their team on a part-time basis. Application deadline: 18 October 2026.
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Dr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#JobFairy alert for #histSTM and modern british historians - 60 month post-doc at Newcastle Uni on the Wellcome Trust funded "The Night Shift 1850-present: Reimagining Sleep, Work and Wellbeing for Healthcare Professionals in English and Scottish Hospitals" 🗃️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTD047/r...
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Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History) at Newcastle University
Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Assistant/Associate (Modern British History). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The programme I run - the MSc in Contemporary History - will be axed, amongst so many others. We've also been told our undergrad courses will need to have a minimum of 20 students over a 3 year period. The bonfire of the universities has truly come for Edinburgh.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Got the formal notification of my half-sacking. Apparently congratulations are due!
'Your appointment is subject to a variation to your contractual terms and conditions. Your substantive contractual hours will reduce from 1.0FTE to 0.5 FTE, equivalent to 18.5 hours per week effective from 1st October 2026Once again thank you for your valuable contribution throughout this process and congratulations on your successful appointment to your new role.
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
‘The report is expected to say that there is no direct evidence of widespread overdiagnosis of autism and ADHD in Britain’ Preview of what is expected in the independent review led by @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Peter Fonagy liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/476...
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ADHD is not being overdiagnosed, major Government report set to find
Landmark report expected to rule out mass overdiagnosis but warn support can be hard to obtain
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 07/09/2026
The courage of those who set out to save those at risk of drowning can never be overestimated. Each rescue is a challenge. I used to watch the Orkney lifeboat head out into rough seas with my heart in my mouth. Remarkable bravery. Donate to the #RNLI here: shop.rnli.org/products/don...
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Donation to RNLI
It costs us around £483,000 a day to run our lifesaving service. Your kind donation will help deliver our lifesaving work.
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Dominique Reill @dominiquereill.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Have you submitted a proposal to participate in the July 2027 Central European History Convention? If not, do so! The deadline is September 13. Join us! We want to learn what you're working on. And please share and convince others to submit as well! ceh-c.univie.ac.at/news/call-fo...
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Call for 2027
Call for 2027
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No but really, apply for this ace funded PhD studentship. #AcademicSky #HistMed
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Tilly Guthrie @tillyguthrie.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Audiobooks. A whole day dedicated to discussing their history, creativity, retail, and accessibility. If this sounds like your bag, come along to 'Literature Out Loud' @universityofleeds.bsky.social and online, 7th September. #BookHistory #Audiobooks sites.google.com/sheffield.ac...
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Literature Out Loud
REGISTER NOW! https://forms.gle/ZGWeR5LtKHRPy7v1A
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Oksana Vynnyk @xena-v.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My open access article "War Disability and Welfare State in the Eastern Polish Borderlands (1918–1939)" was published in the European History Quarterly. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/....
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War Disability and Welfare State in the Eastern Polish Borderlands (1918–1939) - Oksana Vynnyk, 2026
After the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Polish and Ukrainian communities claimed the territory of Eastern Galicia, leading to the subsequent U...
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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/08/2026
We are writing to the Prime Minister, and the Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy, calling for an immediate public inquiry into the British press, following the tragic death of Jason Arday. Sign here 👇
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Jason Arday Letter | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Might be of interest to @milwelfhist.bsky.social
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Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This disingenuous commentary doesn’t help anyone. Frauds start unravelling pretty quickly. That you apparently cannot afford to put your oven or treat yourself is quickly undermined by the question “so why are you spending £50 per week on petrol?” Then, it turns out, she has an agent and /1
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David Turner @profdavidturner.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
My 500 year history of disabled people's political activism is out now! Thanks to The Independent for making it their non-fiction book of the month! www.penguin.co.uk/books/455782... #disabilityhistory
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Disability
A ground-breaking history of modern Britain that puts the experiences of disabled people to the fore for the first time. Despite there being more than 16 million disabled people in the UK today, disa...
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
@estefwright.bsky.social chose Alexandra Oberländer's review article, 'The Work That Never Ends?', which 'reflects on recently-published books that have sought to better understand the relationship between labour and emotions'. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Work That Never Ends? New Works on the History of Labour | Contemporary European History | Cambridge Core
The Work That Never Ends? New Works on the History of Labour - Volume 35
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Contemporary European History @conteurohistory.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
📣 CEH's third digest is out now, featuring journal news, blog updates, prizewinners, and more! And our editors have again chosen an article from the last six months on which they've enjoyed working - read on to see their selections! [1/7] www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20...
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Contemporary European History digest, no. 3, January to June 2026 « News# « Cambridge Core Blog
In our third digest, we present our new managing editor; we highlight two recently published prize-winning articles on nude activists in communist Poland and the politics of transnational banking in t...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵
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University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review
The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.
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Rob Dale @robdale.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
UK-based early career historian in need of up to £2,000 to complete a project? Deadline for the Royal Historical Society's scheme is 4 September: royalhistorical.smapply.io/prog/early_c...
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Early Career Fellowship Grants - RHS
The Society's Early Career Fellowship Grant scheme provides grants of £2,000, maximum, for discrete research projects lasting no more than six months. In 2026, two rounds of grants will be awarded by ...
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Dr Helen Glew @helenglew.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
. @manchesterup.bsky.social are having a site-wide sale, meaning you can get my book for £15, and a whole host of other great titles too. C'mon, you know a heatwave is the perfect time read about the fight for equality by women in public service jobs! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526146632/
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Manchester University Press - Gender, rhetoric and regulation
Gender, rhetoric and regulation - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Gender, rhetoric and regulation by Helen Glew
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
'Turner, a professor at Swansea University, shows that while public and political attitudes to disability have remained poor, disabled people have challenged them at every stage, wresting progress out of even the most unpromising circumstances.' 1/2 #Skystorians
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Disability by David Turner review – a revelatory new history
This study of the struggle for rights includes incredible personal stories that we should all be more familiar with
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Paloma Llaneza @palomallaneza.com · 20/06/2026
8 días de huelga llevan los trabajadores del Reina Sofía: 20% de despidos para sustituirlos por una contrata. Cero repercusión en los medios. Vamos a darles un poco de cariño, aldea!
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Sabine Hanke @sabinehanke.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Please share and maybe request for your library! Happy that my book “Worlds of the Ring: Nation and Empire in the British and German Circus” will be published with @manchesterup.bsky.social later this month manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175090/
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Manchester University Press - Worlds of the ring
Worlds of the ring - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Worlds of the ring by Sabine Hanke
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The deadline for this is the 26th at 5pm BST!
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Pleased to announce that @snsbi.bsky.social will be holding a one-day meeting in Sheffield and online on the 14th November. The theme is 'Names and Power' and anyone interested in presenting their is warmly invited to submit a proposal. More details at: www.snsbi.org.uk/meeting/2026... (or ask me!)
SNSBI: Autumn Meeting: Names and Power.

Saturday 14 November 2026, University of Sheffield and online (10am to 4.30pm).

Call for Papers.

The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland invites proposals for papers for a one-day meeting on the theme of ‘Names and Power’ – a hybrid event held at the University of Sheffield on 14th November.
Names are not neutral. Whether attached to people, places, streets, institutions, objects, events, texts or literary worlds, names are deeply implicated in relations of power. They may express authority, ownership, affection, belonging, memory, hierarchy or resistance. They may also become sites of contestation, where competing interpretations of the past, present and future are negotiated. This conference invites papers that explore the many ways in which names and naming practices intersect with power. 

We welcome contributions from across the broad field of name studies and from related disciplines, including linguistics, history, geography, literary studies, digital humanities and heritage studies. We are interested in papers on all kinds of names, including place-names, personal names, street names, institutional names, literary names, names of things, and names in digital or virtual spaces. Contributions may address historical or contemporary material, theoretical or methodological questions, specific case studies, or comparative approaches.

Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers (with 5–10 minutes for questions). 

If you are interested in presenting, please email a title and abstract (of up to 250 words) to confsec@snsbi.org.uk by the 4th September 2026. There no registration fee for speakers.

Further details about the programme, registration, travel and accessibility will be circulated in due course.
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Rut @rhbretin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
La endiometrosis, una enfermedad invisibilizada, silenciada, ignorada, despreciada, incomprendida, deslegitimada e infradiagnosticada, ha entrado en el Museo del Romanticismo de la mano de Laia Abril y PHotoEspaña elpais.com/espana/madri...
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Laia Abril, premio Nacional de Fotografía 2023, da visibilidad a la endiometrosis en una exposición en el Museo del Romanticismo
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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 09/06/2026
📹 En el Washington con más desempleo de Estados Unidos, tres mujeres calificadas relatan el costo de cerrar USAID social.elpais.com/6_4…
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Hannah Barker @historyhannahb.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Great job in modern British History @manchester.ac.uk - please share 🗃️
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Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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George Severs @georgesevers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
We're a way off publication (likely December this year) and this is not the cover, but it's exciting to see that our book has a web page! www.routledge.com/Reusing-Oral...
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Reusing Oral Histories: From Archive to Analysis
Reusing Oral Histories is the first comprehensive guide available to scholars and students looking to analyse or reanalyse archived oral history interviews.   Oral history scholarship to date has been...
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Helene Scott @hscottfordsmand.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
#philsky #philsci Come teach with me! 0.5 FTE for 2 years to start with
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Alexandre Klein @alexandreklein.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
(New Book) Sexual Violence in Medicine and Psychiatry: Addressing Harms Through Interdisciplinarity histoiresante.blogspot.com/2026/06/les-...
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j m gabriel, a circus of faults and vices @jmgabriel.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I did a podcast #histmed #histsci #drugs #pharma #publichealth
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Dr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I am looking for someone fab to join me at Strathclyde on a funded PhD studentship on the history of unorthodox health activism. If you are that person, or know someone who is, there's a month left to apply! #HistMed www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
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Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring
ALT: Eduwis Preschool: We're Hiring
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Richard Amm ♿ (Disability & Research) @richamm.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Free zine on Disability Film Analysis Tools : libcom.org/article/disa...
Disability Film Analysis Tools
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Daniel Grey @djrgrey.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Extended CFP deadline to 15 June 2026: Please do share widely!! "Belonging to the Victorians? Community, Collections, and Care" - 1 day conference 4 September 2026, keynote @janehamlett.bsky.social to be held at Wilton's Music Hall [1/9]
Sir Frederic Leighton's 1895 painting "Flaming June" with the words "Belonging to the Victorians?  Community, Collections, and Care" - *Extended CFP Deadline to 15 June 2026* - A One-Day Conference, 4 September 2026 - Registration and lunch free for delegates, courtesy University of Hertfordshire.
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Society for the Social History of Medicine (SSHM) @sshmedicine.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
📣SSHM members 📣 Are you organising a #histmed #medhumanities conference later this year? A reminder that the next application deadline for conference funding is 1 June 👇
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Conference Funding
The Society for the Social History of Medicine awards financial assistance for conferences and workshops on the history of medicine.  Applicants should note that grants are not retrospectively…
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Hannah Elias @hannahelias.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Westminster needs to wake up…” An important statement from the RHS today on the unfolding situation in UKHE.
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Daniel Blackie @danielblackie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A smashing opportunity if you're looking for funding to do a doctorate and into #DisHist! 👇👇
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Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
👋👋
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Hilary Buxton @hbuxton.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Shamelessly getting back on the social media to say that my imperial history of military medicine is imminently about to be published: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Disabled Empire
Explores the minute interactions between military servicemen and medical caregivers during World War I to tell a broader story about race, colonialism, labor, and global health.  Disabled Empire exami...
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Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Congrats Hilary - looks fabulous! (from someone also getting shamelessly back on SM to promote new projects...)
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Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Si eres afectado/a, familiar de un/a afectad/o, o has sido médico o farmacéutico en España entre los ’50-80 y te interesaría participar o saber más, ponte en contacto: s.wright9@lancaster.ac.uk
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Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Estoy empezando un nuevo proyecto de historia oral sobre la talidomida en España, en dictadura y en democracia, apoyada por @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Steph Wright @estefwright.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Un placer conocer este finde a los socios de AVITE (Asociación de víctimas de la talidomida en España) en su asamblea anual www.avite.org/avite-celebr... @aviteorg.bsky.social @jseriquelmelopez.bsky.social
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AVITE celebró su Asamblea anual y XVIII congreso anual el 17 de mayo en Madrid - Avite
AVITE celebró su Asamblea anual y XVIII congreso anual el 17 de mayo en Madrid. AVITE ha celebrado con éxito su XVIII congreso y asamblea anual en Madrid el 17 de mayo de 2026 en el hotel Nuevo Boston...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
'Despite all their difficulties, universities remain an enormous and irreplaceable national asset. As well as educating millions of people, they generate about £24bn in export earnings, which is about 1% of GDP – more than aircraft manufacturing and legal services combined'. 1/2
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The Guardian view on universities: Labour needs a clearer plan | Editorial
Editorial: Ministers promised a ‘change of approach’, but their new tax could tip weaker institutions over the edge
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