Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Edinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cuts www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 193
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Celebrating Chris Philo and saying goodbye to the usual salaried working life after 41 years ⭐️ 3160
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Young people aren't snowflakes - mental distress is rising, says head of official review www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukYoung people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review saysSpeaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was. 010
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Earlier today. After 30 years, a first vist to Glasgow’s Cathedral. 040
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026A real disappointment for Scotland Plans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrapped www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukPlans for Scottish ferry to mainland Europe scrappedForth Ports said it had doubts over the 'long-term viability' of the route between Rosyth and Dunkirk. 010
Reposted by Hester ParrClaire Niedzwiedz @drcenz.bsky.social · 15/09/2026📣 Mixed methods PhD for health professionals at University of Glasgow to examine heat impacts on people living w/ multiple long term conditions. You must be fully registered w/ UK discipline-specific professional body & licensed to practise in the UK. Please get in touch! tinyurl.com/bp6surwtgla.ac.ukUniversity of Glasgow - Postgraduate study - Centres for Doctoral Training - Multimorbidity PhD programme for Health Professionals - Research Projects - University of Glasgow Projects - UofG 06 057
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026@davidjbissell.bsky.social Just accidentally unearthed a back of cupboard gem - over 20 years old 😬. Happy travels ✈️ 131
Reposted by Hester ParrLost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sad news for the Scottish arts scene, and our diminishing print media. www.theskinny.co.uk/music/news/t...theskinny.co.ukThe Skinny is closingAfter 20 years of independent cultural journalism and with a very heavy heart, September’s edition of The Skinny is our final issue. 0175
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 05/09/2026 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRock stars gather on tiny Scottish island for stone skimming championshipsSome 400 challengers and 2,000 spectators are expected at the world stone skimming championships. 000
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026All the.folks paying tribute to academic kindness and Chris Philo - a rare thing indeed! 🙏 1183
Reposted by Hester ParrDr Hannah J. Elizabeth @sexhistorian.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We're looking for a fabulous person to join us @strathclydehass.bsky.social on a funded PhD with me & Prof Matt Smith. Are you a historian with an interest in activism who wants to design a cool project on unorthodox health movements in Britain after 1948? Apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSR502/p...jobs.ac.ukPhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948 at University of StrathclydeApply for a PhD Studentship: Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948. Discover a wide range of PhD opportunities at jobs.ac.uk. 01026
Reposted by Hester Parrstilllife @stilllife0.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Today is official publication day for Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe, edited by @ajsecor.bsky.social @mikkojorge.bsky.social and myself, and published by @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can DOWNLOAD THE WHOLE TEXT FOR FREE via the EUP web page edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-cultura...edinburghuniversitypress.comCultural Geographies of Love and CatastropheCultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe 1147
Reposted by Hester ParrJoel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry. 7253894611282
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I’ve always loved the fall of late sunlight in this part of the park. 219513
Reposted by Hester ParrGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 23/08/2026The university rundown is very rapid, as well as being unplanned and chaotic. Okay, many academics over 60 and even say 57-58 can leave with a good payout, but you're losing a hell of a lot of knowledge and experience if you do that. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...thetimes.comUniversities spend £400m on ‘golden goodbyes’ in a single yearThe 60% increase shows how even top institutions are scrambling to deal with falling numbers of overseas students and stagnating domestic tuition fees 24214
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Recommend ‘HR The Musical’ at Edinburgh Festival. Perfect antidote to Performance Review! 020
Reposted by Hester ParrAlison Stenning @alisonstenning.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Shifting geographies of student accommodation/living arrangements, with nearly a third choosing to live at home, all driven by rising costs and the pressures of needing paid employment to rent elsewhere. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 42510
Reposted by Hester ParrTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Can you help us reach more people than ever before? Respond to our Trans Lives Survey today, and share on your social media, so we can get a full picture of the experiences and views of trans people in the UK. Take the survey here: form.typeform.com/to/BRppksJ3 #TransLives #TransSurvey #Trans 14645
Reposted by Hester ParrDr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 13/08/2026It’s publication day for our book today!🥳🥳🥳 And whilst everyone is showing off their eclipse of the sun photos, I’d just like point out that there’s an ‘eclipse-like’ image (ok, it’s the moon actually) on its cover - for you to have forever😄 1011525
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Glasgow was a bit gloomy for a bit. Nothing new there. Looking forward to the photos! 🌓☀️ 010
Reposted by Hester ParrAndrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Here's an AHRC-funded PhD project I'm involved with on 'Walking the Energy Transition'. Come and work with me, Jo Vergunst and Jen Clarke in Aberdeen and investigate walking, heritage, art and landscape on the North Sea coast. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...findaphd.comNHT-DFA: Walking the energy transition: art, anthropology and heritage at the North Sea coast at University of Aberdeen on FindAPhD.comPhD Project - NHT-DFA: Walking the energy transition: art, anthropology and heritage at the North Sea coast at University of Aberdeen , listed on FindAPhD.com 2118
Reposted by Hester ParrHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/08/2026We’re launching a major new programme on Humanity, Climate and Nature. We wish to commission discussion papers from researchers/policymakers/practitioners to provide fresh insight into these themes. We’ll pay £2,500 for around 4000 words. Apply by 16 Sept www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa... 06073
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026NHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette Cooper www.theguardian.com/society/2026...theguardian.comNHS must prepare for annual summer heat pressures, says Yvette CooperHealth secretary says global heating means UK hospitals and GPs will have to prepare for summer as well as winter peaks of demand 121
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Celebrating Ruth’s tree for Lammas #LivingwithSAD 030
Reposted by Hester ParrAndy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 30/07/2026The saddest news of all. A business there for just shy of 90 years. And a casualty of the closure of St David’s College. This is going to happen all over the country where and when universities and colleges start closing down due to the higher education funding crisis. 14016
Reposted by Hester ParrAndy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Conti's Cafe, Lampeter. 1933-2026. More or less as it was when I was there. This photo's from 2008 but before it was renovated, so it's pretty much as I remember it. Home to a jukebox with a ferociously warped copy of Taja Sevelle's Love Is Contagious & vendor of the best coffee in West Wales. - 1346
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukJoint Statement by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Kingdom of Spain on Wildfires and Action on Climate ChangeThe UK and Spain agreed that the climate crisis is an urgent policy priority and committed to co-leading the green transition, strengthening clean energy cooperation and advancing international climat... 000
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Very sad Oscar-winning songwriter Glen Hansard killed in crash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGlen Hansard: Oscar-winning songwriter killed in crashHansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once. 030
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Glasgow and the rain ☔️bbc.co.ukCommonwealth Games 2026: Soppy socks & a slathering of deep heat - rain causes chaos in GlasgowTorrential rain causes chaos at the athletics in the Commonwealth Games, but England's Amy Hunt produces one of a number of impressive performances. 010
Reposted by Hester ParrDave Borthwick @borthwickdave.bsky.social · 15/07/2026& a slant & eerie gloam breathe in heat & dust distance filtered through haze swallows chitter & zeep at home in a world of sticky tangle grasshopper warbler casts & reels an insect's song invisible deep in plantation & close at hand 1324
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Love the World Cup ⚽️. The only disappointment is watching people l know practice cultural racism. 010
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 14/07/2026www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comHumanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universitiesExclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year 010
Reposted by Hester ParrCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 579152853460
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...aljazeera.com99% of people on Earth will get sunlight at the same time this WednesdayOn July 8, at about 11:10 GMT, about 99 percent of the world experiences sunlight at the same time. 000
Reposted by Hester ParrMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026'The University of Cambridge has received $34.5m (£25.8m) for research to help improve the health and wellbeing of people with autism and their families.'bbc.co.ukUniversity of Cambridge gets £25.8m donation for autism researchIt says philanthropist K. Lisa Yang made the donation. 082
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...thebritishacademy.ac.ukBritish Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damageAs course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia... 051
Reposted by Hester ParrThe Global Climate And Health Alliance @gchalliance.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Often the full death toll of weather extremes isn’t revealed until weeks, months, even years after the event occurs. As temperatures rise & weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor & report climate-related illnesses and deaths will become increasingly urgent grist.org/health/why-t...grist.orgWhy the United States undercounts climate-driven deathsAs temperatures rise and weather extremes worsen, finding better ways to monitor climate-related deaths becomes increasingly urgent. 044
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is a national scandal. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukAnxiety drives child mental health referrals past one millionDemand is soaring beyond capacity, meaning children in England wait years for help with various conditions. 030
Hester Parr @hesterparr.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Chasing the sun with the ‘Wintering Well Collective’ In Edinburgh ☀️ 030