Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The human cost of all this - precarity, existential dread, exhaustion and anger. And new students’ first experience of HE will be disruption and unrest. Solidarity with colleagues and students. Sorry we are still having to fight so hard for basics✊ 030
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 29/09/2026‘This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern’ 000
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A victory of sorts. We may have lost around 100 colleagues, who left ‘voluntarily’, but no one was sacked, our ballot closes on Wednesday and not all our conditions have been met (eg workloads), and we are in a very different place as staff and Union. Time to #ReclaimExeterUni @ucu.org.uk 16627
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp 38 Degrees @38degrees.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Tomorrow we’re delivering our MASSIVE sewage pollution scandal petition with @sascampaigns.bsky.social to the Government. It’s been signed by 340,133 members of the public demanding Andy Burnham finally turns the tide on this scandal. 22021
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Friendlies, help us spread the word about the THIRD annual Tobin Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies, to be held by Rafi Balling Oct 22, in person and online. You can find out more about Rafi's exciting talk on German trans literatures of the self + RSVP info here: ces.ubc.ca/events/event... 11513
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Vaughan Stanger @vaughanstanger.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...you.38degrees.org.ukSave Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere! Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini... 05054
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Dear God what a tragedy 1081566162
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Signs and portents - eclipse projected onto my bin 000
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp History Lab Plus @historylabplus.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE | Online Workshop Aug 24, 17:30-19:00 Imogen Albiston Civil Service George Higgins Private sector grant writing Andy Holroyde Teaching / policy &nd research Joe Ryan-Hume Committee specialist - House of Commons. More: historylab.plus/events-2/historylab.pluseventsAbout | Events | Meet us | Contact | Join History Lab Plus Events Coming up . . . Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE | Online Workshop August 24, 17:30-19:00 Considering your career… 22315
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 08/08/2026‘Americans today … are faced with a choice, whether to resist and to incur the inevitable personal costs for themselves and their families that would be involved in doing that, or to submit, surrender, comply, and see their country being changed into a very different and very much worse place’bylinesupplement.comHot Type: 'It is Hard for Many Americans to Discern the Totality of What is Happening'Byline political columnist Heidi Siegmund Cuda interviews distinguished Russia watcher Keir Giles about the 'crash programme of state capture' outlined in his forthcoming book 'American Overthrow' 031
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 07/08/2026🚨NEW🚨: Ten unions call for Andy Burnham to oppose the war on Iran & stop British bases being used to launch US air strikes. The unions argue that the “devastating, illegal war” is a catastrophe for the Middle East & that it directly undermines Burnham’s cost of living agenda. 213943
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.gofundme.comDonate to Save 1 Million Black Books, organized by Black British Book FestivalSave 1 Million Black Books One of Britain's Largest Collections of Black Books… Black British Book Festival needs your support for Save 1 Million Black Books 3109115
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Are you interested in developing genuinely interdisciplinary piece of research? Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects, focused on the theme of ‘Mobilities’ are now open. Apply now: bit.ly/4y9wiwJ 0818
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Being made redundant in this climate is awful. Being ‘spared’ = left behind to do everything with reduced and demoralised colleagues is psychologically very tough. Especially as the threat of future redundancies is real. Solidarity 1112
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Segregated lunch counters at the National Gallery, reflecting the ethnicisation of outsourced, low-paid jobs. Disgusting behaviour. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...theguardian.comNational Gallery security staff segregated like ‘second-class citizens’, curator claimsExclusive: Outsourced guards, largely from ethnic minority backgrounds, barred from staff hub for mainly white employees 0215
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Jane Winters @jfwinters.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Royal Historical Society open meeting (online) for historians working in universities, 4 Aug 2026 - ‘The crisis in UK higher education: the future for history’ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis.... It’s a definite sign of the times that places are almost gone.eventbrite.co.ukThe Crisis in UK HE: the Future for HistoryAn open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline. 12741
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Fewer women (no Arete or Nausicaa) but more fighting (Laestrygonians) and no one is having any fun. However, some great moments and it was a good yarn. 010
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 30/07/2026We had a lovely day celebrating students and colleagues 020
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Are you starting a new research degree in history from Sept? If so, come along to our in-person IHR workshop & learn about our fantastic @ihrlibrary.bsky.social, our 60 IHR seminars & how you can join @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social, our national postgraduate network! www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...history.ac.ukIHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026IHR Research Training 11718
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Every overseas student benefits the UK - They pay money to the university - They spend money in the local economy - They return home with good feelings about the UK (soft power) - They help subsidise local students - They make the learning environment better It's a real 'win-win' 1222976
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026The excellent Drs Louise Earnshaw and Corinne Painter 020
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026It causes me physical pain when I think about it 030
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026 I’m glad the Good Law Project are challenging this unworkable and divisive legislation. goodlawproject.org/s/ce4d2agoodlawproject.orgHelp us appeal the High Court’s judgment on trans rights | Good Law Project 022
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 29/07/2026‘We are not shown that war or killing are bad, only that good men sometimes feel bad about it – a very different point. Any serious depiction of violence … must show the perspectives of the victims as well as the perpetrators. The Homeric poems easily clear the bar – but Nolan doesn’t’lrb.co.ukEmily Wilson · An Uncomplicated ManAs they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my... 000
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/07/2026CEO of Anglian Water, England's worst-polluting water company, handed extra £1.3m despite govt ban on bonuses for failing firms. Companies circumvent rules to reward execs for dumping sewage, fleecing customers, neglecting investment. Govt/Ofwat do nothing.lbc.co.ukEngland's most prolific polluters hand water boss extra £1.3m - despite ban on bonuses | LBCLast year, the government delivered new legislation to prevent underperforming water companies from offering bonus payments to their executives. 17332205
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 29/07/2026Rupert Lowe claims to detest far-right ethnonationalism and neo-Nazism. Yet a string of extremists have been out campaigning for Restore candidate Marlon West ahead of Thursday’s Greater Manchester mayoral election. 23318156
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/07/2026England water companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites since May. All water companies have criminal convictions, violated terms of their licence. All defended by govts, allowed to trade, inflict harms.morningstaronline.co.ukWater companies have breached official guidance on discharging sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since MayWATER firms discharged more than 100,000 of hours-worth of sewage at 65 popular swimming sites in England since May.Sewage overflow pipes released a total of 117,001 hours between mid-May and July 21,... 19403225
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Today - A protest against the genocide, settler violence and the starvation of Gaza took place in Tel Aviv, Israel The police used force and violence, and arrested the protesters 712166
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026'So, yes, you are historians and we will all continue to be historians after we leave Exeter. You will continue to be historians because we need you. Society, the world, needs you.' #HistoryForever Sign the petition against redundancies at Exeter: www.change.org/p/stop-redun... 412425
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 24/07/2026'As your studies have shown, being a historian is not merely learning 'what happened'. It is a way of thinking. It’s about critically assessing claims, and demanding to see evidence to support them. In this world of fake news, fake images, and outright lies, these are life-long critical skills'. 4/ 110415
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Today, along with 120 other millionaires our letter to the new Prime Minister asks for one thing: tax us, the super rich. As millionaires, we're proud to pay and we're here to stay. 👉 Swipe to see some of the well-known faces who have signed the letter. 10287139
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 22/07/2026A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.apnews.comWhite House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grantsFederal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV... 1632951213
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 18/07/2026As a researcher working on Germany 1918-45 I have stacks of both fascist and communist literature. I guess the first is ok though. 050
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Just sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first item on the new PM’s list. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...you.38degrees.org.ukDear future Prime Minister: It's time to tax the super-richJust sharing this now — because once you see #HowToGetFilthyRich on Channel 4, you’re going to want to sign it. It’s time to tax wealth, not work. Add your name and help make wealth taxes the first it... 010
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Britain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fears. UK electricity privatised in 1990. National Grid paid £28bn in dividends since 1990. Still poor transmission and storage infrastructure. Yet record high prices and profiteering. Does anyone call companies to account?theguardian.comBritain’s biggest community solar farm forced to shut over grid overload fearsTiming of Devon switchoff ‘could not be worse’, says board, as members face an estimated £2m in lost revenue 28579268
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 10/07/2026‘Without the arts and humanities, we are left without the tools to transform and think beyond the systems which entrap us. They are a vital lifeline out of the capitalist logic which suffocates imagination and empathy because, after all, the humanities recognise and nurture human connection.’timeshighereducation.comThe profound threat to Exeter’s humanities is a reality I cannot faceAs the child of working-class immigrants, I am so grateful for the doors of understanding and opportunity the arts opened for me, says Davina Quinlivan 011
Ingrid Sharp @profingrid.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I just signed Foxglove's petition to Andy Burnham: if you become our next PM, get Palantir out of our NHS. A secretive US spy tech firm with deep Trump ties has no business holding our health data. Add your name: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/an...foxglove.org.ukSign the petition to Andy Burnham: If you become our next Prime Minister, please get Palantir out of our NHS.ADD YOUR NAME NOW! 010
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Women+ in German Studies (W+IGS) @wigsblog.bsky.social · 01/07/2026📢 Call for Papers: 38th Annual W+iGS #Conference 📍Where: King's College London 📅6-7 November 2026 📝 Abstract deadline: 31 July 2026 Proposals from across the breadth of German Studies and from scholars at all career stages welcome! womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/w...womeningermanstudies.wordpress.comW+iGS 38th Annual Conference, King’s College London: Call for PapersThe annual Women+ in German Studies (W+iGS) members’ conference will take place at King’s College London from 6-7 November 2026. All events will be held in-person in King’s, with selected events be… 137
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Laurel Plapp @laurelplapp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026The Women+ in German Studies Book Prize sponsored by #PeterLangOxford is now open for submissions! Please read more here, deadline 14 September: womeningermanstudies.wordpress.com/2026/07/06/w... @wigsblog.bsky.social 156
Reposted by Ingrid Sharp Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/07/2026'The same cohort, numbering 685,565 students, will cost the public purse just £4.7 billion to host because of extra spending on things such as healthcare or public safety – resulting in a benefit-to-cost ratio of 9.7 to 1.' 2/3hepi.ac.ukThe benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy - HEPIA new report reveals how international students support jobs, growth and local economies across every UK constituency. 2184
