Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026So apparently it’s #BlackCatAppreciationDay? Nearly missed it. Mr Marple would not approve, I am sure! He is very much appreciated every day though. 040
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Not quite awake yet #Caturday #cats #catsky 0102
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 07/08/2026WE HAD A DEAL! Watt happened? HWUCU back on strike today because our employer has signalled they won't keep their side of a deal made in June to protect jobs. No Compulsory Redundancy. @ucu.org.uk @joshpizpom.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social @theferret.scot @ucuscotland.bsky.social 22219
Reposted by Kerstin Pfeiffer👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 01/07/2026great year for medievalists; first you’ve got a tyrant starting shit with the Pope and now we have a full blown schism 26877170
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 08/06/2026General mood today… Image source: Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1066, fol. 63r #medieval #medievalart #arthistory 031
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferCreative Ethnology @creativeethnology.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Coming soon: Creative Perspectives on Sustainable Nature-Culture Relationships www.routledge.com/Creative-Per...routledge.comCreative Perspectives on Sustainable Nature-Culture Relationships: Beyond the AnthropoceneDeveloping a new understanding of the cultural relationships of humans with nature through heritage and tradition, this book examines ways of transforming these relationships sustainably and assesses ... 011
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026And there was me thinking that I was being a bit gloomy about the state of HE in the UK… 000
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 03/05/2026‘Ey, you! What time do you call this? Breakfast was 2 hours ago!’ #urbanwildlife #squirrel #nature 020
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 01/05/2026This week has been challenging. But being able to take a lunchtime walk on campus that feels like being in the countryside made it just a little bit easier. #nature #photography 050
Reposted by Kerstin Pfeiffer👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 08/04/2026all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant 84138983541
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/04/2026This was the most time-consuming project in a long time but I am happy with how it turned out and hope it will cheer up the recipient 😊 #knitting 171
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Easter Monday stroll at Loch Leven. Not the best picture as my camera battery gave up halfway through the walk ( 🙄 lack of prep…) but you get the idea #nature #photography 050
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 07/04/2026„Gimme all the nuts and no one gets hurt!“ The squirrels in the Botanics see visitors mainly as ambulatory nut dispensers…. 010
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026One of our fabulous LINCS students, Christie, speaking elegantly & fluently about language education at the rally today at Bristo Square. #loveLanguages #loveLINCS 🦩🐸 053
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Don't Pillage Our Programs #Heriot-Watt #loveLINCS #saveScholarStaff 071
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Universities spend £££ to attract & retain what they allege are the best senior managers who then spend more on paying consultants. Those consultants sell the same solutions to multiple institutions. = cuts to staff who make universities work Spend the money on staff www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...abc.net.auAs universities cut courses, spending on consultants and contractors nears $2bConsultancies have been accused of infiltrating universities and wasting scarce public funds on questionable advice about cutting courses and jobs. 02616
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Our Fair deal Flamingo, Worker BEE, and Complusory Chicken might be full of hot air but they are not as inflated as the SSR figures HWU put out this week to justify keeping CR to get rid of a tiny number of staff. No compulsory redundancy No need for compulsory redundancy #Heriot-Watt #ucu 083
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Day 5 on the Pickets. Our employer has nothing new to say & so is not talking. So there is nowhere else we would rather BEE than with our colleagues in the sun. We are indefatigable and INFLATABLE, unlike Heriot-Watt University who have let themselves down. #saveScholar #LoveLincs No CR 094
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Another EGG-cellent day on the Pickets. Student sign makers out in force. We could not BEE anymore pleased with our RAWRsome inflatables who have done more for staff morale in a few hours than Heriot-Watt has all year. #ucu #loveLINCS #savescholar Protect jobs 11011
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026So, a dinosaur, a chicken, and a bee walked into a picket line.... Don't actually have a punchline but they were Bee-ing a good colleague Saving jobs from extinction Calling out foul play 1169
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Day 2 of strike action and I am not good for much this afternoon except for assembling a small menagerie of rodents against redundancies #UCU 1106
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 18/03/2026You got a friend in me You got troubles, I got 'em too. Toy Story understands Solidarity. Join a union and you will always have friends who will go to Solidarity and Beyond #toyStory #solidarity #ucu #Heriot-Watt #Edinburgh #ScotlandStrikes 083
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Staff in Scholar and LINCS at threat of redundancy. Receiving solidarity from from @ucu.org.uk 's most northerly picket line in #Orkney And in #Edinburgh from @katenevens.bsky.social #ScottishGreens Thank you for you support #saveScholarStaff #loveLanguages protect LINCS at Heriot-Watt 055
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferHWUCU @hwucu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026HW UCU out in numbers to tell our employer @heriotwattuni.bsky.social that we will not accept being put under threat of compulsory redundancy We stand together, alongside @ducuuo.bsky.social Dundee UCU, UCU at @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and UCU at @unistrathclyde.bsky.social NO CR #SOLIDARITY 044
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 29/01/2026Edinburgh. Aberdeen. Dundee. Strathclyde. Different campuses same reality. Staff are stretched, students lose out. #SaveOurUniversities #UCU #Scotland #HigherEducation 01915
Reposted by Kerstin PfeifferChris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · 02/05/20252025: setting all the worst records 🔥 26734295
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025And something against the general grimness of things at the moment: beautiful cherry blossom in the Botanic Garden in Edinburgh 😊 010
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Reading this over breakfast didn’t make for a great start into the day 😡 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...theguardian.comLibrarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreadsAnecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles 000
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Grim reading on a Friday afternoon : www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comThe Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisisWith degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture 020
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I get the distinct impression he wants me to turn the heating on #cats #catsofbluesky 0131
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024There is a bit of a theme emerging here today. Different desk, same attitude to (my) work by Marple #cats 051
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Mr Marple making a contribution to my early morning Teams call…#cats 010
Kerstin Pfeiffer @kerstinpfeiffer.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Let’s see how blue the sky is over here. 130