Reposted by Rebecca JStuart @unitygain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Informa want to sell Taylor & Francis because there is even more money to be made supporting the arms industry instead www.theguardian.com/business/202... 011
Reposted by Rebecca JMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.timeshighereducation.comNottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affectedLanguages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans 8259196
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Shout out to everyone up early trying to get Glastonbury tickets but got thrown off the website because of the zscaler on their work computer 200
Reposted by Rebecca Jflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Just a whole load of horrifying crimes here where we can’t now say “if only the world knew, if only everyone could see”. The world knows very well and anyone who wants to see, can see just fine. 8335166
Reposted by Rebecca JUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026Strikes start today at Nottingham. “These are not cash-strapped universities.” Dr Jo Grady on R4 this morning. 700 jobs. 48 courses. All to drive a surplus. Show your support. ✊ 02727
Reposted by Rebecca JNick Walker @nickwalker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The magazine is on Press Reader, so many people can already get it free with just a library card. 2123
Reposted by Rebecca JIan Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 25/09/2026"Systematic reviews are only as credible as the studies they include" INSPECT-SR was published yesterday, giving concrete guidance on how to exclude untrustworthy studies. Cochrane's statement: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Article: www.cochrane.org/about-us/new... Guidance: inspect-sr.comcochrane.orgNew tool helps researchers spot problematic trials before they distort evidence | Cochrane 26031
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The head teacher of my junior school would have preferred to be an auctioneer. So, we spent assemblies finding out about antiques he'd bought over the weekend. I was able to impress him by telling him my neighbour had a similar commode to the one he'd shown the assemby. I now own that commode. 040
Reposted by Rebecca JGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukPeter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHSA decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds... 18433321810
Reposted by Rebecca JAbby Barker @abbybarker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Now *that's* collection management. 13913
Reposted by Rebecca JDoctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) @msf.ca · 16/09/2026Israeli airstrikes continue to hit #Gaza every day, killing and injuring people across the Strip. In the last 24 hours, our teams have treated 11 people, including five children, wounded by airstrikes. 114494
Reposted by Rebecca JJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out. 351441412
Reposted by Rebecca JCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026the things that Brighton university management has decided it simply… no longer recognises? it also no longer recognises UCU or Unison? again: how is this legal!!!! 416271
Reposted by Rebecca JDaniel 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: 13598709
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’m on a newly refurbished central line tube. Very posh. But, for some reason, although you can do the usual thing where you see your reflection curve& distort in the mirror, for some reason it won’t photograph. What is this new technology and why does it exist?! But enjoy this photo of me trying. 051
Reposted by Rebecca JMartonnax at 99.8% Restoration @rakshasa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"Protesters wrongly believed" when they should be saying "racist mob attacked" 13710
Reposted by Rebecca JHeather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 09/09/2026Update: This is now the most signed petition on Senedd site petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24... Keep signing & sharing - I know petitions don't fix everything but we need to use all the tools we have to address this If they can remove healthcare for one group, they could remove it for anyonepetitions.senedd.walesPetition: Immediately unfreeze gender-affirming surgeries and protect NHS Welsh Gender Service patients.We call on the Senedd and Welsh Government to direct the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee (NWJCC) to: Immediately unfreeze scheduled and approved gender-affirming surgeries for patients who ha... 213888
Reposted by Rebecca JSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/09/2026If you would like to add your voice to tens of thousands of people thanking RNLI volunteers for their work, 38 Degrees have organised this open letter to express public support (at a time when a hateful fringe have been intimidating & abusing RNLI volunteers) act.38degrees.org.uk/act/rnli-tha...act.38degrees.org.ukAn open letter in support of the volunteers and staff at the RNLIThis is a disgrace. Brave RNLI volunteers being called scum for risking their lives to save others at sea is just plain wrong. So I've signed an open letter of thanks for the RNLI letting them know th... 17657417
Reposted by Rebecca JMunicipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 08/09/2026🚨 Brand new post: A Housing (and Civic) History of Huddersfield: the first post takes the story up to 1918, when Huddersfield - the second town to build council housing - was ‘as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h... 01910
Reposted by Rebecca JM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Section 28 is back then. 17685298
Reposted by Rebecca JClaire Vaughan @pixieglas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026My friend was in his gown in the hospital when his surgeon came in. He'd been saving and fundraising for years. It's been postponed indefinitely. His mental health is in the toilet, he's freelance, he and his partner paid for a hotel and time off. This is inhumane treatment. 05828
Reposted by Rebecca JAbigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 28/08/2026NHS cancelling surgeries for adults even after they’ve already paid for travel + accommodation and waited years to get there. Some were about to be wheeled into theatre! Every manager responsible for this decision must be sacked and every patient paid compensation. 4541331751
Reposted by Rebecca JRebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Nature has published a tribute to Dolly Parton 💔 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comDolly Parton dies aged 80 – researchers celebrate her contributions to scienceThe country singer was an advocate for vaccines, public health, literacy and marginalized communities. 117877
Reposted by Rebecca JAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135038677
Reposted by Rebecca JRetraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · 21/08/2026"We estimate that $15.08 billion (in 2025 USD) was spent globally on APCs between 2019 and 2025. Adjusted for inflation, annual spending quadrupled from $0.9 billion in 2019 to $3.7 billion in 2025, with >85% concentrated among a few large publishers."arxiv.orgEstimating global article processing charges paid to 14 publishers for open access between 2019 and 2025This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to 14 publishers for open access (OA) between 2019 and 2025. APCs are charged for publishing in fully ... 11923
Reposted by Rebecca JEdith S @wiilassie.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I have once again failed to make any Open House London plans for pre-booked places. Booking opens at 12 and sold out in 20 min last year - if you're free this morning to plan, Ian has done sterling work listing options. 011
Reposted by Rebecca JDavid Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Most Universities are being just ghastly with their cuts, but Exeter seem to be particularly despicable at the moment. For executives who only care about the ‘product’, they seem to be weirdly immune to worrying about reputational damage. 33913
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Taking my colander and a piece of white paper for a walk in the park. What a time to be alive! 280
Reposted by Rebecca JDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I can only, personally, assume that Jon King and the Express editors are now actively supporting far right violence when they consider pillows, bedding and toilet rolls as "jaw dropping" to provide to people seeking safety after fleeing war and persecution. 1626677
Reposted by Rebecca JCaroline Ball @heroicendeavour.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026Reading articles on the amounts HE has spent in APCs over the last 5-10 years, and slowly watching my blood pressure rise. Millions upon millions, on something WE CAN ABSOLUTELY DO OURSELVES FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST - what universities couldn't do with that kind of money now... 😠 And breathe... 45422
Reposted by Rebecca JHuddersfield Exposed @huddersfield.exposed · 28/07/2026I'm not sure how you'd even begin to explain what "Merrie England" was to someone who'd never heard of them before. Imagine a handful of people eating roast beef sandwiches whilst sat underneath a cartwheel festooned with fake candle lightbulbs whilst entirely surrounded by very very VERY dark wood. 283
Reposted by Rebecca JSamantha (Samanthahalf) @samanthalf.bsky.social · 28/07/2026UKRI have cut the surprisingly small amount of money needed to keep Jodrell Bank, third largest moving radio telescope in the world, running. c.org/q2XVpHW6vmc.orgSign the PetitionSAVE JODRELL BANK – Protect a national treasure of science, heritage and inspiration 025
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 27/07/2026On my way home from a weekend in Darlington. A belter of a town with loads of independent shops, cafes and bars. A depressing number of flags on lampposts but, otherwise, nothing to fault it. Here’s a photo of the public library as that probably gives a more positive image than our drinking photos! 110
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 25/07/2026I hope everyone out to celebrate TransPride in London has a fabulous and joyful day. 0102
Reposted by Rebecca JSuw @suw.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Fancy a nice, free text game to play this Friday lunchtime? Available now in Welsh or English: Mae Rhiannon yn Mynd i Ynys y Barri/Rhiannon Goes To Barry Island. Rhiannon just wants to go to Barry for ice-cream with her aunt Fflur. Can you get here there safely? ymestyn.cymru/interactive-... 054
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Waiting to watch Ellis James do a gig in Welsh. A language that I’ve been learning for 10 years but am still rubbish at. Partly because I never do my homework. Partly because everyone in the class speaks fluent English. Wish me luck! (Rhaid I fi wneud fy ngwaith cartre fi flwyddyn nesa!) #cymraeg 240
Reposted by Rebecca JRichy Craven @richycraven.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Society of Authors: Did you join the legal fight against AI? Rowling: Sure did. Sponsoring legal actions against Amnesty International, just like you said. Society of Authors: Wait, what? 022974
Reposted by Rebecca JLee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 13/07/2026JK Rowling offers to fund lawsuits against Amnesty is a headline that will cut through. 281598515
Rebecca J @hipporebecca.bsky.social · 11/07/2026I arrived back in York at 20.50 yesterday & had excellent audio of the Self Esteem gig. If you’ve got so money then I’d recommend booking outdoor table at Pizza Express at 8.25 to hear tonight’s Super Furry Animals gig. If you’ve got a bit more money there’s still tickets left for the 5 bands’ gig 150
Reposted by Rebecca JAmnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 10/07/2026There is now an imminent threat to the life of Dr Abu Safiya. He has been arbitrarily detained by Israeli authorities since Dec 2024, subjected to torture, severe physical & psychological abuse, & prolonged solitary confinement. Join us and demand his release: amn.st/63322BEMbho 44737
Reposted by Rebecca JLauren Fraser @walkyouhome.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Signed up to Claude, because sometimes I do worry I'm being overly critical and maybe when people say "I use Claude for research; it's great!" that I've missed something and should test it out. It is - I cannot emphasise this enough - shit at summarising literature. Because of course it is. 910126
Reposted by Rebecca JBritish Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Exciting news - our online platform of over 650,000 metadata records of UK doctoral theses (EThOS) is now available again Find out more about EThOS and how to use it on our website link.bl.uk/kxk 08551
Reposted by Rebecca JLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 09/07/2026NEW 🚨 Liberty Investigates and @aljazeera.com have uncovered at least 26 students at King's College London have faced disciplinary investigations after engaging in pro-Palestine protest activity since October 2023 - the highest number among most British universities. Read the full story 👇aljazeera.comInside a UK university’s ‘disturbing’ crackdown on pro-Palestine studentsKing's College London, which has ties to the defence industry, has disciplined at least 26 students in two years. 01316
Reposted by Rebecca JPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 07/07/2026The new academic year starts in 2 months. The modules to run are set in stone even if the all-new first year ones haven’t yet been designed. All that remains is to decide which 3 of the 23 of us will still be here to teach them. The redundancy selection criteria has not yet been announced… 1313259
Reposted by Rebecca JLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Dangerous artificial Intelligence tools are being rolled out throughout police work without oversight, testing, and transparency. Add your name to our campaign to call for proper safeguards on police use of AI. action.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/pa… 01712
Reposted by Rebecca JJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 02/07/2026Given trans people are less than 1% of the population, getting it wrong 4% of the time means you are 4x as likely to misgender a cis woman than spot someone is trans. This is without accounting for the effects of hormones, surgery etc. Absolute madness from the EHRC chair. A "human rights" body. 20583161
Reposted by Rebecca JTits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Did not know that the full Blackbird film is just sat on YouTube Fill your boots 134312
Reposted by Rebecca Jpork, cheese, broccoli rabe @garlicbuffalo.gobirds.biz · 28/06/2026this is actually a good reminder that you should delete the tracking nonsense off of any url that you share online. just delete everything after the ? (including the question mark) and share like you usually would 472664991
Reposted by Rebecca JHuman Rights Watch @hrw.org · 25/06/2026In a new report, a UN commission of inquiry credibly sets out Israel’s responsibility for atrocities against Palestinian children and even identifies military units apparently responsible. The US and other governments should immediately suspend weapons transfers to Israel. 211160