Very proud to see both a former and current doctoral researchers I have worked with as co-authors of this open access paper "The Cass Review and Gender Ahistoricism" bulletin.appliedtransstudies.org/article/5/1-... #cass #trans #lgbt #history #skystorians #livuni

What can we learn from data about the current trends in university staffing in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects? 🧵 Read on for key insights or see the full analysis: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...

Some context on the below: www.universityrankandfile.org.uk/campaigns/di...

University Rank-and-File - Dispute explainer

The context At least 20,000 jobs cut across the sector, a number that does not even include non-renewal of fixed-term contracts At least 100 UK universities have live restructuring and redundancy prog...

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Alex Coupe@accoupe.bsky.social · 2mo ago

But how do we expand what seems possible when the public debate about funding is so poor? With a government that doesn’t care? When frontline academics are largely excluded from discussions? IMO the only way is via industrial action against Labour and the Secretary of State.

“Soon enough, there will be no memory of the university as it was – just as there is already no memory of free higher education among today’s students, who find the idea scarcely imaginable.” newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Lorna Finlayson, Irreversible — Sidecar

On Britain’s universities.

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Never not at it www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

UK security services helped devise act that gave amnesty over Troubles killings

Revelation that policing and state agency figures were in secret policymaking group angers victims’ groups

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Lecturer in English Literature The Open University – English & Creative Writing Full time Permanent www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRQ222/l...

Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Join our friends @sotauol.bsky.social for a book launch + roundtable on "Feminist theatre in a time of crisis", incl "The Gender Politics of Contemporary Performance in N. Ireland" by @accoupe.bsky.social 🗓️3pm, 6 May 2026 🧭SOTA Library + online www.liverpool.ac.uk/new-and-inte... #IrishStudies

Job Alert: Lecturer in Archaeology, University of Highlands & Islands, Orkney. WOW! myjobscotland.gov.uk/councils/ork...

Lecturer, Archaeology - ORK10266 | Orkney Islands Council | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this lecturing role in with Orkney Islands Council on myjobscotland

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R (Sussex) v OfS and FDU (2026) 1. The judgement: www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...

Dr Sophie Oliver is curating an exhibition on modernist Gertrude Stein, opening this summer at the Harry Ransom Centre: www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/... In the meantime, the Times discusses Deborah Levy's new novel on Stein, alongside Oliver's upcoming exhibition. www.the-tls.com/literature/f...

Out of sheer intention

In Paris, in the grey, rainy November of 2024, an author is struggling to write an essay on Gertrude Stein. Neither the time nor the weather is

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The problem is with funding and a govmnt that favours the managed decline of HE & squeezing students over alternative models. This is exactly why exhausted rank and file members of @ucu.org.uk passed a motion in 2025 to open a dispute directly with Labour’s Secretary of State.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 4mo ago

News I'm hearing from across universities is disastrous. The sector has been falling apart for months, but the process is now continuously speeding up. Outside a small handful of institutions, HE as we've known it has basically zero future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dr Hannah Greenstreet's new play, Four Letter Words, premieres this week at the @liveveryplay.bsky.social 16th-18th April. A coming-of-age story set in the world of queer online kink, it explores finding connection and belonging during lockdown. Book now! everymanplayhouse.com/event/four-l...

Four Letter Words - Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres

A coming-of-age story set in the world of queer online kink, Four Letter Words explores the thrill and vulnerability of finding connection in a time of isolation.

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I’ll be discussing feminist theatre with the stellar playwright Abbie Spallen, theatre writer Holly Williams, and my esteemed colleague Hannah Greenstreet. Attend in the flesh or in cyberspace.

Department of English at the University of Liverpool@livunienglish.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Dr Hannah Greenstreet and Dr Alex Coupe are celebrating their book launch with a roundtable on 6th May, 3-4:30pm, in the SoTA library/online. They bring together leading scholars and practitioners to explore what feminist performance can offer at a time of political, social, and cultural upheaval.

Dr Alex Coupe is leading a roundtable discussion on the Everyman's adaptation of Hilary Mantel's The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. It's free and no booking required! Join him on 14th May, 5:30-7pm @ the Everyman Playhouse. More info here: everymanplayhouse.com/event/the-as...

The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher - Liverpool Everyman & Playhouse Theatres

Two people. One window. One gun.

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I’m thrilled to announce our new book series Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies, published in collaboration with @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social and edited by @brandonhamber.bsky.social. Please spread the word! www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/topic/book-s...

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New series announcement | LUP is delighted to announce a new series: Pioneering Peace: New Paradigms in Peace and Conflict Studies. Read more here:

A talented bunch, our PhDs.

Department of English at the University of Liverpool@livunienglish.bsky.social · 5mo ago

3 @livunienglish.bsky.social PhD students have published new creative work this month: Jennifer Lee Tsai, 'Melete' Rebecca Philipson, 'How To Get Away With Murder' Saul Leslie, 'A Working Title I Want to Change' All are out now! More info here: www.liverpool.ac.uk/new-and-inte...

Yesterday I was at a great talk by Sita Balani. She and many others (e.g. @quinnslobodian.com) are doing great work on the "zones" of contemporary capital, in which universities are now eagerly taking part. It's explicit UKHE strategy, for example. read.dukeupress.edu/south-atlant...

Sonja Drimmer@sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Note there is nothing in this piece about the benefit to students. "Success" is defined in this piece as capacity to further the program of commercial capture of education & revenue-generation through distance-learning. An example here and then a laughable follow-up in my next post.

Don’t miss National Theatre Live’s 2025 production of The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, starring Ncuti Gatwa and Sharon D. Clarke — free to stream worldwide on YouTube from March 12–18, 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=obX-...

The Importance Of Being Earnest (Full Show) | Take Your Seats | National Theatre at Home

YouTube video by National Theatre

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JOB ALERT Lecturer in Scottish Literature @standrewsenglish.bsky.social seeks a scholar with a growing international research reputation within Scottish Literature ca. 1760–present. Deadline for application: 16 April www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

A very good day for Napoleon’s nose

9,600 redundancies at just 24 universities. Imagine what the picture is for the sector as a whole. This is the other half of the student loan scandal picture, which has been national news lately. Nothing at all from the government on a key sector effectively in freefall…

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Job losses at UK research-intensive universities double in two years. Exclusive: Scale of redundancies branded a “disaster”. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

The first ISTR webinar of the year is this Sunday 1st March at 6pm, discussing the topic 'Is it time to bring back the Irish Theatre Awards?' Our panel – Esosa Ighodaro, Anne Clarke and Luke Casserly – will be in conversation with Dr Miriam Haughton. Free registration: tinyurl.com/ynnpc6he

Select tickets – ISTR Webinar - 'Is It Time to Bring Back the Irish Theatre Awards?' – Zoom

ISTR Webinar - 'Is It Time to Bring Back the Irish Theatre Awards?' – Zoom, Sun 1 Mar 2026 - Webinar hosted by the Irish Society For Theatre Research

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After a trial over the last few years, Ireland has launched a permanent scheme giving a basic income of €325 a week for artists. 2,000 will be eligible, and successful recipients will be chosen at random from applicants, who must be "professional artists" (definition tbc).

Ireland announces scheme to provide basic income for artists

The Basic Income for Artists (BIA) project is believed to be the first permanent one of its kind in the world.

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"we cannot begin to talk about freedom and justice in any culture if we are not talking about mass based literacy movements." bell hooks 1997 we cannot begin to talk about freedom+justice in any culture now if we are not talking about mass de-literacy cognitive-incapacitating industries.

Union workers solved the trolley problem, you're welcome

I'm excited to be presenting on the late, great Edna O'Brien in her adopted home city later this month. Also looking forward to hearing from @mikelyn.bsky.social on Pádraic Ó Conaire

Irish Studies@LivUni@irishinstitute.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Near London on 19 February? The @ies-sas.bsky.social #IrishStudies Seminar ECR double header will feature our PhD Paddy Brennan on "Food Consumption and Self-Starvation in the Works of Edna O'Brien" as well as Mikelyn Rochford @york.ac.uk. FREE registration required: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

🎧 weekend listening 🎧 Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage - listen to an exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book 'The Godot Diaries' via the WhatsOnStage podcast ⬇️ https://bit.ly/4r5dGdw

Waiting for Godot, Slow Horses and why all TV actors should work on stage

An exclusive interview with Lucian Msamati about his new book

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