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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 6h

Math is a liberal art

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The DfE line is particularly and bleakly consistent

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10h

'The Institute of Student Employers’ Student Recruitment Survey offers cautious optimism. The headline finding of this annual survey of 155 large employers (covering 31,577 hires and an astonishing 1.7m applications) is that graduate hiring has increased by four per cent in 2025-26.'

wonkhe.com

A slightly better outlook for graduate jobs

ISE’s 2026 student recruitment survey paints a picture of a graduate job market in flux

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Gabrielle A. Perry, MPH @geauxgabrielle.blacksky.app · 11/10/2026

People also cant believe there is such a thing as “cell rent.” 41 states have it & even if you leave early states like FL make you pay the TOTALITY of your original stay. One Black woman was billed $127,000 ($50 a day for 2,555 days) for the full 7 years of her sentence despite only staying 10 mos

She Only Served 10 Months Behind Bars. Florida Still Slapped Her With A $127,000 Bill.
Under Florida's "pay-to-stay" law, inmates are charged $50 for every day of their sentence—including time they never spent incarcerated.

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 13/10/2026

#OtD 13 Oct 1970 famous Black activist Angela Davis was arrested by the FBI in NYC. She had fled California after a warrant for her arrest was issued in connection with an attempted jailbreak. Davis was later acquitted. Learn more in this book: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A new thing that I hate: I’m reading a book right now that uses endnote citations, and directs the reader to SCAN A QR CODE to access the endnotes.

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Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment

Alt: Dan Levy's Iconic 'Absolutely Not' Moment

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

'UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) is launching an organisation-wide voluntary exit scheme after announcing that it needs to lose hundreds of roles within its Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC).'

timeshighereducation.com

UKRI opens voluntary exit scheme as part of staff reorganisation

Ian Chapman outlines plans to add more commercialisation and technology-focused roles to the agency to address ‘skills deficit’

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 13/10/2026

Green Party deputy leader Mothin Ali is backing our fight for the future of education. Across the UK, staff and students are standing up against cuts to jobs, courses and funding. Find out what’s happening, show solidarity and get involved. Visit educationitsours.org.uk

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Reading Rainbow is back! 📚🌈 ☺️ We are happy to announce that Reading Rainbow is back on October 16th and will be premiering on the official Reading Rainbow YouTube channel! Get ready for a new season of learning, stories, and fun!

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

'The financial crisis facing British higher education is usually explained through external pressures....But the sector’s vulnerability also reflects a less discussed problem: a model of university governance that has often rewarded expansion more readily than stewardship.'

scotsman.com

Universities need more Marcus Aurelius and less Alexander the Great

The present crisis in higher education suggests the sector has “spent too long rewarding conquerors and too little time valuing custodians”, writes

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Here’s why I’m backing @ucu.org.uk Education, it’s Ours campaign. Because we need a sustainable funding model for HE in this country. Because students, staff and local communities deserve better. Because we need to defend every job, every course, every campus.

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 12/10/2026

Michael Gove splits with his 26 yr younger partner, just as the news of her charges for possessing indecent images of children become public, and most of the British media remain quiet 🤔 www.aol.com/articles/oxf...

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Oxford University lecturer charged with possessing indecent images of children - AOL

A University of Oxford lecturer is to be tried on charges of possessing indecent images of children.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The EHRC chair either does not understand the principle of rights, or has decided to gaslight trans individuals while stripping those rights. The EHCR code undermines, and, arguably in several ways, outright violates rights for trans individuals, including Articles 8, 11, and 14 of the ECHR. 1/

EHRC chair: Trans activists wrong to claim single-sex code limits rights

Guidance on single-sex spaces based on the Supreme Court judgment still protects transgender people, Mary-Ann Stephenson has said

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

'about 50,000 of the [Sunday Times'] article’s 113,523 “non-takers” are full-time postgraduates. Undergraduate maintenance loans don’t apply to them, apart from a few thousand PGCE trainees. Around 21,000 of them took a master’s or doctoral loan from SLC instead'.

wonkhe.com

The Sunday Times has counted postgrads as rich kids turning down maintenance loans

One of the impacts of holding down home undergraduate tuition fees for so long is how cheap a year’s tuition fees are now in comparison to the private school you pay for to get a child into the Russel...

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 12/10/2026

Nottingham is cutting paediatric nursing. These are the nurses who care for sick children. The university trains them. The region relies on them. Labour MP Amanda Hack says these cuts will bite across the East Midlands. She's right. Staff are on strike to stop it. Stand with them.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 12/10/2026

Over 30,000 jobs and 4,000 courses cut in three years. Higher education is in crisis. UCU general secretary Jo Grady sets out why we’re fighting for a properly funded sector that puts people before profit. Education. It’s ours. tribunemag.co.uk/2026/10/educ...

tribunemag.co.uk

Education. It’s Ours

Higher education has long been treated as a marketplace rather than a public service. My union is launching a campaign to reclaim it.

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Happy first birthday to my book! 🥳 I wanted these incredible women to come out of the shadows of history and it has been wonderful to see that start to happen. Here’s to the women whose voices have been silenced in the history books - there are so many stories still to emerge #earlymodern

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

'De Montfort University has become the latest institution to plan to hire a portion of its staff through a subsidiary firm.' Voluntary severance scheme until 21 October with decision in December (that's very fast). Shortfall in student numbers blamed.

timeshighereducation.com

De Montfort to open subsidiary firm and revise academic structure

Leicester-based university starts severance scheme, saying student recruitment shortfall means it has to make savings

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

In 2012-13, there were 51 UK universities offering Russian and East European Studies. In 2024-25, there were 32, and provision is shrinking further. Perhaps that's a serious security risk? www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/10/2026

1/ ProPublica’s editor-in-chief @sengelberg.bsky.social recently accepted the Loeb Lifetime Achievement Award — recognizing journalists whose careers exemplify the consistent insight and skills necessary to further the understanding of business, financial and economic issues.

ProPublica editor-in-chief Stephen Engelberg speaks on stage at a podium for the Gerald Loeb Awards. He wears glasses as well as a black suit and dark tie.

ProPublica editor-in-chief Stephen Engelberg stands at a podium on a large stage. He wears glasses and a dark suit. Behind him is a large screen that reads: Lifetime Achievement: Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 09/10/2026

Despite disruption, students overwhelmingly back striking staff at Nottingham. UCU members are fighting job cuts, course closures and the future of higher education. Stand with them: educationitsours.org.uk/map/ Video: Al Jazeera

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 10/10/2026

Show your solidarity by changing your profile picture and help spread the word. Head to our campaign website to access campaign resources, download materials and find out how you can take action to defend education. Education. It’s ours. Let’s fight for it. educationitsours.org.uk

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Dr_Aust_PhD @draustphd.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yup. Many lists around of which UK Univs are facing the biggest financial problems, but where they are is clearly a significant factor re likely outcomes/consequences. This article from earlier this year (late Feb) mentions e.g, Aberystwyth, Dundee & Lancaster. www.academicjobs.com/en-uk/higher...

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50 UK Unis Closure Risk 2026 | UCU 105 Redundancies

Nearly 50 UK universities face closure in 2026 amid UCU tracker showing 105 with major redundancies. Dive into financial crisis causes, job cuts, union actions…

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Jen Harland @jenharland.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Please consider signing this petition to reinstate Prof David Anderson at Aberdeen. He's been fired for standing up against departmental cuts. David and I have been working together on subsistence whaling archaeology and anthro. He's a lovely guy and a generous scholar and he doesn't deserve this!!

speakout.web.ucu.org.uk

Stand up for trade unions: Reinstate Professor David Anderson

Professor David Anderson, a senior elected representative of Aberdeen UCU, has been dismissed after 27 years’ service for sharing a document with staff in the constituency he was elected to represent,...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/10/2026

#OtD 10 Oct 1903 the Women's Social & Political Union was founded at the Pankhurst family home in Manchester by six women. A split from the non-militant NUWSS, they chose the slogan "Deeds, not words" and a direct action approach to win votes for women stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1262...

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

This is a very disturbing read by Philip Moriarty about the corporate consultants at University of Nottingham, whose "bloodless prime-LLM-grade corporate boilerplate" called Future Nottingham 2 is guiding decision-making - cuts, cuts and more cuts. muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/10/07/j...

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Just how much of Future Nottingham 2 was written by vastly overpaid consultants?

PA Consulting misled a government department, threatened the press, and over-charged the NHS up to £2,500 a day. So why is a PA consultant listed as the author of the Future Nottingham 2 business c…

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Essential reading from LSE Politics.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Planning to apply for an ERC grant in Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences? Don't miss out on the free expert support available at British Academy reading days. Especially handy if your university is shrinking its research office or making scads of academics with grant expertise redundant. Ahem.

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Have not yet tried this one with my kiddos but I’ll report back.

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Jack Lynch @jacklynch000.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Just letting Rutgers know I’m prepared to be paid for not teaching a vast array of classes.

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

McGill are bigging her up after closing her department. Clownshow all round.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Death by a thousand cuts as universities revoke international offers "en masse" of prospective students from Bangladesh, Nigeria and Pakistan to avoid losing ability to recruit international students. More job losses and course closures predicted in consequence. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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UK universities withdraw offers from international students to avoid blanket ban

Pullback comes in response to doubling in number of study visas being refused by the Home Office in the first six months of 2026

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/10/2026

#OtD 10 Oct 1901 Laurent Tailhade, satirical poet and editor of the French anarchist newspaper Libertaire, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment and fined 1000 francs for making "incendiary" comments during the Russian Tsar's visit to France

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'Phil Newton, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Swansea, said the rise of AI had reduced the need for Turnitin’s core plagiarism checking service, with its AI detector proving less useful for universities.'

timeshighereducation.com

More universities end Turnitin contracts as concerns mount

Newcastle and Westminster join Southampton in decision not to renew deal with plagiarism checker amid questions over how once-ubiquitous service is adapting to AI age

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

"It's not the degree per se that is needed, it is the analytical mindset and rigour to approach new problems and the critical mindset to assess solutions and common assumptions that are key". (Dion Bongaerts).

ft.com

Degrees remain essential for best-paid positions in finance

Recruiters are seeking signs of competence, which a degree can help demonstrate

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

'“We will build on our existing industrial strategy at a national level by identifying the clusters around the UK with the potential to become truly world-leading, and with UKRI, commit £1bn pounds over the next four years to back these clusters and these places,” Burnham said.'

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Absolutely. The sector crisis is not serving students (and staff) well, wherever they fall along that trajectory.

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you're casting about for amusement in London on the evening of Friday 20 November, I'm giving a talk at KCL on mushrooms and social reproduction. They've got a bit of security at the building, so if you're not at KCL but would like to go, contact aaron.rosenberg at kcl dot ac dot uk

Teal green event poster with a close-up image of pink oyster mushrooms. Text reads:

Natalia Cecire, University of Sussex. Plasticities. Friday Nov 20 2026, Bush House SE 4.16, 5-6:30 pm. King's College London Department of English Environmental Humanities.

"Plasticities," the title of the talk, is in the Barbie typeface.

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J. Michelle Coghlan @jmcoghlan.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

From her mouth to Burnham’s ears. Cash is not alone: Labour MP Helen Hayes & the cross-party Commons Education Select Committee warned of precisely this in May, calling for an HE insolvency regime to protect students. Starmer’s govt rejected that plan. But also: no closures, no stranded students.

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The UG students where I work have no 'choice' over the modules they study, Jo. Back in my day I had a wealth of options. These students – who are lucky to study there at all since we don't recruit in history anymore – do the modules they're given.

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profchander @profchander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Patricia Akhimie, the show’s curator, spent two years developing the library’s most expansive temporary exhibition since its 2024 gallery renovation, with the help of six research fellows and a team of assistants.”

washingtonian.com

An Intriguing Exhibit on Shakespeare and Black Women

The Folger looks into some under-explored history.

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