Reposted by Jennifer CookeDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them! 895442937
Reposted by Jennifer CookeJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am thrilled to announce that the American Studies Program at Boston University will be accepting new PhD Students for the 27/28 academic year. These are fully funded, unionized, 5-year positions, with 4 semesters of guaranteed dissertation fellowship in years 4 & 5. 527584
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHeather Ray Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026delighted to share my latest article is published (open access) in Modern Fiction Studies! @hopkinspress.bsky.social I give Hanya Yanagihara's first novel, The People in the Trees, the petroculture studies treatment and conclude that the times, they are exhausted doi.org/10.1353/mfs.... 0145
Reposted by Jennifer CookeMichael H Whitworth @profmhwhitworth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Excellent introductory essay on J. H. Prynne by David Grundy, which pinpoints better than anything else I’ve read the centrality of contradiction to his poetry. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/182...poetryfoundation.orgTo Darker Fields We GoPoems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine. 043
Reposted by Jennifer CookeSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Higher Education risks irreversible damage, says British Academy president Prof Susan Smith, with humanities and social sciences disciplines disappearing in many cold spots. BA is tracking subject provision & calling for a comprehensive review www.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... 3146103
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 17/09/2026AI is screwing up journal papers: Journal editor asks authors of 10 submitted papers to meet and discuss their paper. Of the 7 that showed up, 3 were unable to answer basic questions about the paper and 3 had difficulty when asked further questions on technical details… medium.com/@TmlrOrg/ask...medium.comAsking Authors About Their Own PapersBy Nihar B. Shah 1315684
Reposted by Jennifer CookePregnancy Loss Research Group @pregnancylossie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Examining the mental health support needs of NHS staff exposed to patient pregnancy and neonatal loss: A qualitative study Debbie Johnson, Sarah Newell, Hannah Family, Madeleine Holland, Maggie Westby, Eleanor Franks, Laura Turner, China Harrison journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgExamining the mental health support needs of NHS staff exposed to patient pregnancy and neonatal loss: A qualitative studyBackground Pregnancy and neonatal loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for fetal abnormality, and neonatal death, affects a substantial proportion of pregnancies in the UK. Although th... 011
Reposted by Jennifer CookeThe Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk · 17/09/2026Congratulations to all the poets Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Best Single Poem - Written! We're especially proud of Nicky Kippax and Matt Barnard, whose commended poems were originally published by The Poetry Society 🥳 042
Reposted by Jennifer CookeThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Applications are now open for the Elevate Programme, a professional development programme supporting early career researchers across the UK. Activities are delivered through a mix of online and in-person sessions. Applications open until 28 October. Find out more: bit.ly/4wOVF5V 063
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 17/09/2026The Maritime Museum in Greenwich are holding a series of fascinating events about migration to accompany their small but powerful exhibition 'Crossings' in the Queen's House. www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...rmg.co.ukA Perilous Journey: live in conversationLearn about refugee crossings at sea from those who have experienced it, who are representing it, and who are involved in rescue missions today 010
Reposted by Jennifer CookeWomen's Prize @womensprize.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Do you have a story that needs to be told? It's time to get writing! We're thrilled to announce that submissions for our transformative writer development programme Discoveries have opened for 2027. Learn more: womensprize.com/discoveries-... @cbcreative.bsky.social @katemossewriter.bsky.social 0127
Reposted by Jennifer CookeAnna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This is utterly horrendous for everyone working and studying at University of Brighton, & the community more widely. It also feels like Brighton is the canary in the mine – their unjustifiable 2023 cuts have since been emulated across the sector. Will this removal of workers' rights come for us all? 01511
Reposted by Jennifer CookeRos Ballaster @ballasterros.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX678/t... We are looking for a special scholar to lead our remarkable team in 18th century literature @engfac.bsky.socialjobs.ac.ukThomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at University of OxfordDiscover an exciting academic career path as a Thomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today! 03642
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026This thread is about the weirdness of contemporary (digital) life. 000
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I found this useful reading in among the noise of the last few weeks over AI. aiguide.substack.com/p/misleading...aiguide.substack.comMisleading Metaphors, Real RisksWhat To Fear from AI Agents and How to Reclaim Our Human Agency 000
Reposted by Jennifer CookeC21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings @c21literature.bsky.social · 09/09/2026🗣️ New article! Konstantin Helm & Mark Schmitt on Social Mobility in Naomi Booth’s Exit Management and Natasha Brown’s Assembly doi.org/10.16995/c21...doi.org‘It’s Not My Life’: Social Mobility and the Melancholia of Class in Naomi Booth’s <em>Exit Management</em> and Natasha Brown’s <em>Assembly</em>This article analyses narratives of upward social mobility in two recent English novels, Exit Management (2020) by Naomi Booth and Assembly (2021) by Natasha Brown. It identifies various trajectories ... 074
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Rishi Sunak, who set up the AI Security Institute, is an adviser to Anthropic. UK soft power not coming to much when it counts? www.ft.com/content/560e...ft.comAnthropic withheld latest AI model from UK testing agencyDecision to exclude Aisi has prompted fears inside British government of protectionist shift among tech groups 0349
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Reading Lukács again today & marvelling at the bracing opinions. I don’t agree with a lot of his analysis of description, but I love how trenchant he is. 100
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I’m dreading yet another temperature rise. The trees are parched. London is too hot & ill adapted for it. & I don’t understand why the 1st question anyone asks a politician right now is about the unfolding climate disaster. 161
Reposted by Jennifer CookeBritish Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We're Hiring! BAAS is pleased to share three job opportunities which are open for applications with a closing date of 20th July 2026. We're hiring the following roles (1 x Co-Editor, 1 x Associate Editor (Features), 1 x Associate Editor (Book Reviews)) for the Journal of American Studies.baas.ac.ukJob Adverts: Journal of American Studies - British Association for American StudiesThe British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies: All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four… 144
Reposted by Jennifer CookeMasja_@_Brill @masjah.bsky.social · 02/07/2026All MSA/BAMS participants – Brill is present at the conference! Check out the newest on Joyce, Proust, de Beauvoir and stop by for a chat in the publisher’s area www.brill.com/EJS www.brill.com/LIMO @moderniststudies.bsky.social @modernistudies.bsky.social #MSA2026 @dgb-langlitcult.bsky.socialbrill.comEuropean Joyce Studies"European Joyce Studies" published on 01 Jan 1989 by Brill. 0106
Reposted by Jennifer CookeSam Kinsley @samkinsley.uk · 23/06/2026153 academic jobs are proposed to be cut at Exeter. Just had the news. Process is going to be quick too. We will be told if we are part of those considered later today 13109
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 19/06/2026The @miscarriageproject.bsky.social conference over the last 2 days has been incredible. Such a rich mix of clinicians, activists, artists, and academics from such a range of disciplines. Hugely interesting & moving too. 071
Reposted by Jennifer CookeDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Teaching Fellow in English Literature. Department of English. Royal Holloway, University of London Salary: £41,374 per annum - including London Allowance #HigherEd #EduSky www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRX684/t... 11215
Reposted by Jennifer CookeKirsty Grainger @kirstygrainger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Having been someone calling for UKRI to give the community greater notice on call deadlines, I welcome this. Drawing on the kids primary school feedback mechanism, here some feedback on today's announcement: 🧵 3107
Reposted by Jennifer CookeModernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Room available at the BAMS/ MSA conference! These rooms are sold out so this is a great opportunity if you didn't get a chance to book one. 043
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Free to download for 10 more days and succour to those of us in HE's trenches right now. This is an amazing short book. www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Disinterested TeacherCambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Disinterested Teacher 044
Reposted by Jennifer CookeFox and Star Books @foxandstarbooks.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Hello, hello! Are there any poetry reviewers here who'd be interested in reviewing our first title, June Wentland's debut chapbook, Factory of Light? If so, please get in touch! 015
Reposted by Jennifer CookeJim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 03/06/2026"Student loans inquiry into 'mountain' of degree debts begins"thecanary.co 001
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Has anyone ever needed more than time-length number 2 on a toaster? Mysteries of modernity. 000
Reposted by Jennifer CookeLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 29/05/2026‘Another effect of the funding system introduced in 2012 has been to provide rich pickings for private institutions. Arden University, which obtained degree-granting powers in 2014, may be the biggest UK university you’ve never heard of.’ Stefan Collini www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 087
Reposted by Jennifer CookeCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Essay on reading Ali Smith’s "How to Be Both" and Percival Everett’s "Telephone" in the age of cruel optimism (Lauren Berlant) … both of which employ multiple published versions to unsettle narrative unity and readerly expectations. Such strategies are in response to accelerated instability #Litc21.openlibhums.org"Unstable, in Chaos": Reading Ali Smith’s <em>How to Be Both</em> and Percival Everett’s <em>Telephone</em> in the Age of Cruel OptimismMany of the formal innovations of contemporary fiction arise from a collective sense of ceaseless crisis—a recognition that traditional modes of storytelling, forged in earlier cultural climates, may ... 2118
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/05/2026UKRI are recruiting for a new Exec Chair for Research England (£160k-£170k). It is a crucial role including QR funding and the REF. I hope they get a great field. But I worry a bit. It's hard to find on their website (see link below) fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...fa-evzn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comUKRI Careers 52957
Reposted by Jennifer CookeDeirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing University of Sussex 12 months www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRO639/a...jobs.ac.ukAssistant Professor in English and Creative Writing at University of SussexLooking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Assistant Professor in English and Creative Writing on jobs.ac.uk! 067
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Went to my first meeting yesterday where an AI attended (on Teams, as a scribe) rather than a human. 000
Reposted by Jennifer CookeBarbara Bleiman @barbarableiman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I'm delighted that @AndrewEMC & I will be working closely with Thomas Karshan (UEA) & Kate Bomford (IoE) on a major new project, 'Beyond the Essay', on creative-critical practices, spanning school & university English Studies. Do take a look at the website. beyondtheessay.netbeyondtheessay.netBeyond the Essay - Reimagining the teaching of literatureBeyond the Essay is an international project, aiming to reintegrate the creative and critical sides of literary studies into modern teaching. 175
Reposted by Jennifer CookeNatalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 04/05/2026! www.pulitzer.org/winners/juli...pulitzer.orgJuliana SpahrA collection in which the poet takes stock of her personal disillusionment, which she uses to interrogate her relationship to her art form, community and politics. 182
Reposted by Jennifer CookeThe British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Are you interested in applying for European Research Council grants? Join us on 1 June at the British Academy for the ERC Reading Day – a fantastic opportunity to read past proposals and understand what made them successful. Find out more and register: bit.ly/42DFsD5 11310
Reposted by Jennifer CookeMartin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 30/04/2026“It is a devastating indictment of the impartiality and competence of the OfS, implicating its operations, leadership, governance and strategy. It raises important and urgent questions for the government" - VC of Sussex, quoted in Research Professional Playbook on the legal judgement against OfS 051
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026If you are nearby, apparently a new Banksy has just popped up outside my building www.timeout.com/london/news/...timeout.comHas a new Banksy artwork appeared in central London?The statue is seemingly signed by the legendary artist. 23911
Reposted by Jennifer CookeSmita Jamdar 🇺🇦 @smitajamdar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026I wrote for @timeshighered.bsky.social about Sussex -v- OfS. In short I think the regulator needs to urgently review its current approach. The sector needs to be confident that its regulator is acting lawfully, fairly and proportionately www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/suss...timeshighereducation.comThe Sussex case raises urgent doubts about the OfS’ free speech approachThe OfS’ approach was opaque, highly discretionary and appeared to lack basic procedural safeguards, says Smita Jamdar 1158
Reposted by Jennifer CookeHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We are offering two great initiatives for humanities and social sciences researchers interested in applying to Horizon Europe. On 1st June we are holding an ERC Reading Day where you can read previously successful ERC grant proposals from a selection of 50 www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/eur...thebritishacademy.ac.ukERC Reading Day 2026 43849
Reposted by Jennifer CookeJim Dickinson @jimdickinson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026A finding that says a) you acted beyond your powers b) your understanding of free speech within the law was wrong is about as devastating as it gets for OfS. A head should roll, surely? 52310
Reposted by Jennifer CookeDr Anna Clark @drannaclark.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Death by Shakespeare Causes of 74 deaths in Shakespeare's plays #ShakespeareDay 40690237
Reposted by Jennifer CookeIan Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Very sad to hear this. English poetry when I became more involved in it was dominated by Prynne and Hill -- I was thinking only today about what etymology meant to both of them after seeing a picture of Prynne's dictionary full of notes. Glad such good work as this marks the passing of a major poet. 0303
Jennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Insufferable Tools is such a fabulous title for a book about feminism & big tech. Hats off. www.dukeupress.edu/insufferable...dukeupress.eduInsufferable Tools: Feminism Against Big Tech 000