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Grodaeu @groda.eu · 02/08/2026

Why are the Brits shutting down history departments? Those are important departments.

Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

I was mildly incensed at the latest use of 'Mickey Mouse degree' as a derogatory term for any course that's not directly industry-tied and/or actually helps develop critical thinking skills, to the point where I wanted to write something about it. drsamuelsaunders.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/w...

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What’s wrong with a ‘Mickey Mouse’ degree? As it turns out, absolutely nothing.

A few readers might have seen a comment I recently put on a LinkedIn post from Times Higher Ed COO Phil Baty, who was playing anti-university bingo with Suella Braverman’s, Reform UK’s …

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Five classes I took at university: Apocalypse Then: The Disastrous History of the Fourteenth Century (still the best module title I've ever seen). Atlantic Archaeology (Vikings!) Detective Fiction (Naturally) Medieval Lit 1&2 (Heroes! Chivalry!) Early 20th C Literature (Woolf and Other Modernists)

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

I think this might be one of my favourite pictures I've ever taken.

A picture of the back of a dining chair with two cat paws poking out from the top and left side simultaneously. I think it's hilarious.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions or queries.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

This mouse has buried five husbands under mysterious circumstances.

A decoration of a felt mouse. She is wearing a red dress, a red fur boa, and a gold necklace. She is fabulous.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Very excited for BAVS to come to Liverpool next year, and very pleased to see our CfP out! No specific theme, we are open to any exploration of the multifaceted nature of 'the Victorian' - have a look at the call here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...

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CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool

BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Technologically advance a band iParamore

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

An anonymous friend left me a Cacodemon pin badge on my desk and I love him.

A small red enamel pin badge of a Cacodemon from the Doom series. Best described as a 'bitey meatball', he is round, red, horned, and with a single green eye in the middle above a very wide, toothy mouth used to eating people, that he looks very proud of.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Slightly diminish a book Mild Expectations

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Alex Nurse @alexnurse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Interested in coming and studying for a PhD with us? We have an opportunity in the Social and Solidarity Economy strand of the @justcentre.bsky.social We also have TWO post-doc positions which will be advertised in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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The contribution of Social and Solidarity Economies to Just Sustainability Transformations in the North of England. at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com

PhD Project - The contribution of Social and Solidarity Economies to Just Sustainability Transformations in the North of England. at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Have I reached some kind of academic milestone by genuinely spending a few hours panicking over a deadline for a thing I'd already submitted and had forgotten I'd finished?

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Lucie Matthews-Jones @luciejones83.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

#skyhistorians My uni, LJMU, have announced their VC PhD scholarships. Reach out to me if you are interested in doing something on homes; philanthropy/ charity; material culture and lived religion in the long c19th. These are competitive. You do need strong marks www.ljmu.ac.uk/research/phd...

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Vice-Chancellor PhD Scholarship 2026 application form

Apply for one of the studentships available to PhD students at Liverpool John Moores University, and join a fantastic, vibrant community of researchers.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Latest rose to open, I utterly adore this one. It's called 'Gorgeous', and I think it definitely lives up to its name.

A frankly magnificent rose flower, with bright pink edges, fading to white in the middle of the petals, and then a deep orange at the centre of the flower. It's surrounded by deep green foliage.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Had a blast at day 1 of #aheconference25, spoke about GenAI podcasts as formative feedback on draft assessments and as opportunity for dialogue, seemed to go down well. A sold out room, in any case!

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Thoroughly enjoyed this session today!

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I've missed quite a few #RoseWednesday pictures so here's 'Churchill' to make up for it.

An absolutely enormous, fluffy cream-pink coloured rose with a slightly yellowed centre. There's not really anything else in the picture because it's so huge.

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Pesky Professor @peskyprofessor.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

True story ⤵️

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

This is utterly hilarious, but it's also a brilliant example of how *everything* is now tacitly an advertisement, even if you already own the thing they're trying to sell. Your 'brushing experience' - it's like they can't help themselves.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

I think my cat instinctively knows that I am going out all day today, and is acting up by throwing up in SEVEN (7) different places, and then staring at me insolently as if to say 'are you sure you got them all? Because I'm not.'

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

For this week's #RoseWednesday, here's our first flower of 2025 on 'Emma Bridgewater'.

A bright pink open rose flower surrounded by green foliage. The middle has a slight yellowness in it.

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Centre for Innovation in Education @livunicie.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you use Canvas in your Institution, make sure to check out our latest blog post on creating interactive learning resources and other course materials using H5P. - www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...

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Level Up Your Learning: Make your Canvas content interactive with H5P! - Centre for Innovation in Education - University of Liverpool

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

It's #RoseWednesday and, in a very happy coincidence, my first rose of the year has opened up today - Desdemona. It smells beautiful!

A pale cream/pink rose flower in full bloom, surrounded by lush green foliage.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

I have spent the last three days building this and I am Pleased With It, and it therefore needs to be shared.

A wooden pergola in a garden, with a gravel floor underneath and green plants in a raised bed behind it. It has two wooden chairs and a metal bench underneath, and there is a small half-moon flowerbed in front of it with green plants in it.

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Tundeva @tundeva.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Tune in to our Episode #39 TreasureIslandPedagogies - the one with the Twix - now also live with blog and links, with guests with guests: Paul Astles @samfordsaunders.bsky.social Yigit Ozecelik - produced by @livunicie.bsky.social www.liverpool.ac.uk/centre-for-i...

Clockwise from top left: Paul Astles, Yigit Oezcelik, Sam Saunders and Tunde Varga-Atkins on a Teams call [having a fun podcast discussion]

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Had an absolute blast co-presenting the keynote at the #AULC conference last week, thank you for the invitation and to fabulous co-presenters @tundeva.bsky.social and Rob Lindsay (not on here yet, I think).

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Sally Brown @profsallybrown.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Out today for general purchase sue!

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Petra Boynton @petraboynton.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

I've been running informal Redundancy Buddy groups over the last 6 months with UK uni staff at risk of dismissal. There are several key things people are shocked by which I'm sharing here so others who're precarious feel less alone and recognise what to prepare for. Please add your ideas. A thread 🧵

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

It's time to start reminding people: LILIES ARE DEADLY FOR CATS. The leaves, the petals, the stem, even drinking a bit of vase water or licking a few grains of pollen from their fur can cause fatal kidney failure. ⚠️ www.fda.gov/animal-veter...

Color photo of a white lily blossom, overlaid with a black skull and cross bones and text that reads “no lilies for kitties”.

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Bookings open for the Spring SEDA Conference www.seda.ac.uk/seda-events/...

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SEDA Spring Conference 2025 - Seda

Seda, Staff and Educational Development Association

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Prof. Pam Birtill @diervilla.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Anyone want to help my lovely better half with his MSc research?

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Anyone got any tips on increasing questionnaire response rates from an already-small potential pool of responders (other than, you know, actual bribery)? Having a low-level panic that results for a project I'm doing are low and I'm down to present them this summer..

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

I've been running some focus groups over the last few weeks, and something one of the participants said has got me thinking: what do we do to help students not panic when they don't understand something? How do we help students accept that it's OK, and sometimes *great*, that they 'don't get it'?

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Meta Resistance @metaresistance.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

It's very interesting how MSM never talks about his age... #Resist

"Sleepy Joe" oversaw the biggest stock gains in US history, 9 straight quarters of GDP growth, 12 straight months of inflation decline... and "the greatest businessman ever" crashed it all in 45 days.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

My lovely dept, The School of English at Trinity College Dublin, is hiring! We are looking for a postcolonial scholar who can also teach American literature. We’re a lovely bunch, I promise. Please spread the word!

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@suebecks @suebecks.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Resharing my growing list of international HE educators for those looking to extend their network. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

If you support this, you’re an awful human being

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Elon Musk's pinned tweet right now.

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Dr Samuel Saunders @samfordsaunders.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Nothing like a conference acceptance to brighten up your morning - very pleased to have been accepted to the annual Assessment in Higher Education conference in June to talk about #GenAI, podcasting and dialogic feedback.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Here's the executive order just signed by Trump. One of the defining features of fascism is that the discretionary power of the leader always prevails over the rule of law.

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QM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

May we have a little Royal Commission into the Absolute State Of UK Higher Education? As a treat? (finances AND governance...)

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