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Dr Laura Sangha
At Risk of Redundancy Associate Prof at Exeter Uni | English History | Objects in Wills | Reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brownish | 1st gen Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/ Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
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The sec of state who has seen at least 15000 academics lose their jobs just said this. Out loud. Mercy me. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘It hurts to lose a job you love’: Starmer loyalist Bridget Phillipson fights on despite cabinet demotionExclusive: The former education secretary on her new role as Labour chair and continuing as the minister for women and equalitieswww.theguardian.com
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Pairs well with this *excellent* @royalhistsoc.org briefing on the value of history: royalhistsoc.org/value-of-his... and very helpful leaflet:
Liesbeth CorensGraduation-ready! How many of these can I smuggle in the sleeves of my gown… Thanks SO much for the supply, @royalhistsoc.org! They’ll look splendid on our newly-minted historians!
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Instead of death by a thousand cuts, focused initially on Humanities but radiating out through Social Sciences to STEM and Medicine, we need a systematic conversation and assessment of what is at risk. From closed university museums and galleries to Jodrell Bank, what's at stake if we don't? 2/2
British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damageAs 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...www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk⟳ Репост от Dr Laura Sangha
And not just Exeter. At least 2 History Leicester FBAs have had to leave the University to stay in the profession due to risk of redundancy, and they won't be the only ones. The much broader issue affects thousands of excellent academics across a spectrum of disciplines (including STEM ones). 1/2
New British Academy fellows at risk in Exeter jobs cullBeing at the ‘top of your game’ no guarantee of job security, warns decorated historian now facing the chopwww.timeshighereducation.com
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A fun image processing distraction today -- how to clean up the noisy background of a photo of a microfilm of a medieval manuscript? Thread, in which I use Photoshop, but similar tools are available in GIMP and other image processing software.
Dr. Erika Graham-GoeringGot a bit of a range in quality, though much of the same type—the first picture is more or less usable, the second is tough going (especially because a lot of the words are abbreviated, so it's important to see details).
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So moving. Unbelievably saddened by the continuous acts of destruction of fine institutions, departments and academic careers - staff and students deserve so much better.
Dr Laura SanghaLast week, about a third of the History department were able to gather together on graduation day. Rather than lend our intellectual authority to the official procession and ceremony we invited our students to come and celebrate their achievements with us in a shady courtyard. They came. 1/
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This article estimated global APC spend in 2023 to be around $2.5 billion, which was THREE TIMES the amount just four years earlier in 2019, at around $910 million.
Estimating global article processing charges paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023This study presents estimates of the global expenditure on article processing charges (APCs) paid to six publishers for open access between 2019 and 2023. APCs are fees charged for publishing in some ...arxiv.orgCan't wait to read this novella on Scotland's only trading colony: 'a dream of prosperity [turned] to a nightmare that bankrupted an already impoverished nation and propelled it towards political union with England.' 🗃️ [HT @eicathomefinn.bsky.social]
Association for Scottish Literature‘McDermid recalls: “You said, ‘how do we do this?’ and I said, ‘we’ll make it an epistolary novel’, and I had to explain what that was.” (“That’s not true!” interjects Sharp.)’ Val McDermid & Jo Sharp on writing THE DOOR OF THE SEAS together #HistoricalFiction 💙📚 www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...