The Elephant in the Study: Working Latin Literature for the Enslaved PhD Scholarship, Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship in Latin literature and/or Roman slavery. The scholarship is suppor...

Plans to close courses would have national impact, politicians write in letter urging university to reconsider

Students more positive about teaching and free speech but some institutions still perform poorly on course management

As 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...

YouTube video by Leah Lawford

I joined UKRI six years ago because I was deeply attracted to the ambition of unifying curiosity led research and strategic or mission led interventions with the power of science to drive a just ec…

What if every person who emailed you faced the reality of the UK’s segregation regime? Last year I created an internal auto-reply for my work email, in the wake of the 2025 Supreme Court judg…

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We call on the Government to launch a public inquiry into the impact of Section 28 of the Local Government Act (1988) which specified that Local Authorities could not intentionally promote, through ma...

The University of London

Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists

Full disclosure: I was one of those academics who, when Wikipedia first appeared, warned students against using it in no uncertain terms. To be fair, in those days most of its articles on ancient h…

Applications are invited from creative practitioners for this year's Arts and Culture Creative Fellowship, which will be hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Collective, and will focus on reimagining th...

Not in our name: Women in support of the trans+ community

YouTube video by QueerAF | Understand the LGBTQIA+ news

In light of the recent and incessant attacks on the trans community in the UK by the UK government and legal system, a group of UK-based historians have drafted the letter linked below. Our aim is to ...

So, Reform has won the Runcorn and Helsby by-election. Judging by what I am seeing in the news and on social media, this is a major defeat for Labour whose voters, we are told, are deserting the party en masse for Reform. The lesson for Labour is apparently clear: they need to double-down on their

Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court

Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics

We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.

A new history of the world...

Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree

This volume explores and elucidates critical ancient world studies (CAWS), a new model for the study of the ancient world operating critically, setting itself