Reposted by Tim CauserNome @nome.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Don't bring your union rep" means, incidentally, you should DEFINITELY bring your union rep. It's one of those sentences like "Don't discuss your salary with your coworkers" that means you absolutely need to do the opposite, immediately. 119763
Reposted by Tim CauserGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 02/08/2026So it's farewell to the History subject area at the University of Hertfordshire, not the first nor the last to go. One of the best departments in the country, just extinguished like a snap of the fingers. Think of the waste. (1/2) 11557268
Reposted by Tim CauserEli Valley @elivalley.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Dystopia www.news.com.au/technology/o...news.com.auAI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare booksIf you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines. 601494519
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 19/07/2026After nearly six wonderful years together, last week Samson fell asleep in my arms. He was the greatest, most handsome little mate I could have wished for. I was so lucky I got to rescue him. 4100
Reposted by Tim CauserUCL @ucl.ac.uk · 24/06/2026We are really sorry to let you know that UCL Open Days on Friday 26 and Saturday 27 June 2026 have been cancelled. Please do not travel to campus for these events. For the latest updates, please visit: www.ucl.ac.uk/study/prospective-stu… 01414
Reposted by Tim CauserAlice Marples @alicemarples.bsky.social · 09/06/2026We have two new 12-month postdoctoral fellowship opportunities at the British Library! Applications open soon to co-design projects in the following areas: - Colonial Deposit and our Newspaper Collection - Local Large Language Models and Personal Born-Digital Archives www.bl.uk/services/res...bl.ukThe Joanna and Graham Barker Fellowship SchemeTwo funded-fellowship opportunities for early career, postdoctoral researchers. 13141
Reposted by Tim CauserAnthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 16/07/2025you say "i asked chatgpt" i hear "i asked [an improv comedy group]" an improv group wrote this report instead of a therapist i use an improv comedy group 472836908
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026'Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance.' #Skystorianstheguardian.comJoin the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | LetterLetter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham 29474
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Help us turn Transcribe Bentham into Transcribed Bentham www.theguardian.com/science/2026...theguardian.comJoin the crowd digitising Jeremy Bentham | LetterLetter: Dr Tim Causer invites readers to help complete a transcription project and to explore the writings and correspondence of the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham 21614
Reposted by Tim CauserLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 04/06/2026MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK. This is not a drill. MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK!!! www.tallandier.com/livre/marc-b... #MedievalSky #Skystorians 17305117
Reposted by Tim Causermichael veale @michae.lv · 01/06/2026Peter Mandelson was asked for his Whatsapp messages on his phone but refused to hand them over. A legal minefield: @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have written about it here in 'Bring Your Own Device — Now Hand It Over!' digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol45/... 086
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026In light of closures of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences courses and departments across the UK in the past 2 years, what does that commitment mean? The University of Hertfordshire's announced closures of Humanities offer a case study for hard-edged reflection. 2/9 @victoria-collins.bsky.social 12611
Reposted by Tim CauserTranscribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Publication Day 📖🍾🪩🎉: 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', ed. P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley, is now available in open access from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social). Available in hard/paperback, or free .pdf: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...uclpress.co.ukThe Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14This volume, which supplements the main chronological series of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, contains 252 letters written to and from Jeremy Bentham, 19 letters written to and from individual... 155
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Published today in open access: The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters, edited by. P. Schofield, T. Causer (who he?), and C. Riley Featuring tales of JB's uni days and dozens of letters from Samuel Bentham during his Russian sojourn uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...uclpress.co.ukThe Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14This volume, which supplements the main chronological series of The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, contains 252 letters written to and from Jeremy Bentham, 19 letters written to and from individual... 2116
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026'It was a glittering event and an impressive achievement – but unfortunately, detectives claim, the award itself was entirely fake and part of a complex international hoax worthy of a film script.' 1/3theguardian.comFrench professor accused of ‘gigantic hoax’ after inventing Nobel-style prizeAuthorities investigate Florent Montaclair over award given to himself and others including Noam Chomsky 96717
Reposted by Tim CauserRoyal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 05/05/2026One aim of the Society on BlueSky is to highlight organisations and opportunities that support historians and the humanities. One to promote is @britishacademy.bsky.social's UK-wide Early Career Researcher Network bit.ly/4f2H3tF which offers training, funding, peer support and events #Skystoriansbit.lyEarly Career Researcher NetworkAn inclusive, researcher-led network for UK-based early career researchers working in the humanities and social sciences 05031
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 05/05/2026University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us. 19389202
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/04/2026'Universities across the UK have reported more than 1,000 job losses in the first four months of this year, with the actual number likely to be far higher as institutions continue to roll out cost-saving initiatives.' 1/4 27974
Reposted by Tim CauserJulia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 12/04/2026no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend 6199081852
Reposted by Tim CauserMina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect. 886275456167
Reposted by Tim CauserGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...ft.comManagement consultants are ruining UK universitiesRelentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education 14319129
Reposted by Tim CauserPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This week’s horror is our introductory module, which examines the literature, art, music, dialect, film and TV from the region 1500-2025 being forcibly replaced by an entire ‘success in HE’ module featuring two weeks on how to use AI. I designed my module to incorporate proper study skills… 2723074
Reposted by Tim CauserDaphne Jackson Trust @daphnejacksontr.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The Government will more than double support for the Daphne Jackson Trust from £1.7m to £4m per year, which will help to unlock the talent of many more researchers whose careers have been paused. Find out more in our joint-statement with @ukri.org daphnejackson.org/2026/03/ukri... #ResearchReturnersdaphnejackson.orgJoint Statement : UKRI & The Daphne Jackson Trust - Daphne Jackson TrustThe UKRI more than doubles funding to Daphne Jackson Trust to support a more inclusive and representative research community. 0195
Reposted by Tim CauserUCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 12/03/2026Congratulations to Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws), elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his contributions at the intersection of law, economics and the social sciences.👏 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma... #UCLLaws @acadsocsciences.bsky.socialbuff.lyUCL academics made Fellows at The Academy of Social SciencesResearch into sociology, global competition law, education and urban planning has earned UCL academics election to The Academy of Social Sciences. 021
Reposted by Tim CauserUCL Faculty of Laws @laws.ucl.ac.uk · 27/02/2026Our #UCL200 celebrations began in spectacular style last week with the 75th Bentham Association Presidential Address and Dinner. 🎤 🥳 Prof Sir John Baker KC delivered an inspiring Address on ‘Sovereignty of Parliament and Legal History’. 🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20... 022
Reposted by Tim CauserCaroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 27/02/2026In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy. 1544784
Reposted by Tim CauserJeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Well, the plumber fixed the drip 35815
Reposted by Tim CauserTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 20/02/2026Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.ft.com‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong questionThe graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think 15548201
Reposted by Tim CauserMalcolm Quinn @malrog.bsky.social · 15/02/2026‘Although I am no longer in a position to carry out much work myself, my legacy is still very much alive and well. UCL's Faculty of Laws is home to the Bentham Project … in existence since 1959, with the aim of publishing a definitive scholarly edition of my writings and correspondence.’ucl.ac.ukSpotlight on... Jeremy BenthamOn UCL's 200th birthday, and ahead of Jeremy Bentham's 278th birthday on 15 February, we chat to legendary philosopher Jeremy Bentham himself * about UCL's Bicentenary, a trip to New York, and a remar... 196
Reposted by Tim CauserVirginia Mantouvalou @vmantouvalou.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Just found out about Tap Social and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks @timcauser.bsky.social! Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.comtapsocialmovement.comTap Social | Criminally Good Beer | OxfordChange is Brewing! Shop now for Criminally Good Beer. We’re passionate about great craft beer and social justice. Free local delivery & nation-wide shipping. 051
Reposted by Tim Causer(Dr) Debbie Challis @poisonchallis.bsky.social · 11/02/2026There is now author access to my co-written article on curating programmes around historic eugenics @royalsociety.org I did this work 10+ years ago. It is tragic that eugenic ideas moved to the mainstream, in part due to a fellow of my publisher - the RS 🤷🏻♀️ royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...royalsocietypublishing.orgPublic Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education InstitutionsAbstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education 061
Reposted by Tim CauserUCL @ucl.ac.uk · 11/02/2026Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL 313881
Reposted by Tim CauserResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC. Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...researchprofessionalnews.comScrapping REF should be ‘serious’ option, says Manchester VC - Research Professional NewsDuncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise 13731
Reposted by Tim CauserC20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 10/02/2026BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba... 19495112
Reposted by Tim CauserTranscribe Bentham @transcribe-bentham.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Coming soon from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social), 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', edited by P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley. ✉️📖 ft. 252 letters written to/from Bentham, and 19 others of biographical interest: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor... 063
Reposted by Tim CauserUCL Press Journals @uclpressjournals.bsky.social · 12/01/2026On the journal blog, author Steven Sverdlik discusses his two articles: Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/146/ 032
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 04/02/2026First in a series, I fear www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr... 010
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/12/2025Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.standard.co.ukThe worst of times: Trouble at the British LibraryCyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning 210850
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly. His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2uclpress.co.ukThomas Cranmer’s RegisterDiscover Thomas Cranmer’s Register (1533–1553), a pivotal Reformation document revealing England’s break from Rome and the rise of Protestantism. This open access book offers unprecedented access with... 32617
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/12/2025'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2timeshighereducation.comBirmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stressInvestigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff 12627
Reposted by Tim CauserDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent. FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...timeshighereducation.comBirmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stressInvestigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff 02611
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 18/12/202525 years gone and still no justice youtu.be/FD-CJnDMcv4?...youtu.beAutumngirlsoupYouTube video by Kirsty MacColl - Topic 000
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Had reason to look up info about early submarining, and discovered that the newsletter of the Submariners' Association is called 'In Depth'. Excellent work, everyone 062
Tim Causer @timcauser.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Excellent news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...theguardian.comUK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programmeExclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say 010
Reposted by Tim CauserMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/12/2025British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA. 'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2bbc.co.ukUniversity students facing course 'cold spots' as enrolments fallNew data analysis suggests courses like artificial intelligence are surging in popularity as languages fall. 12021