walk in the hills

New episode with Kieran Yates talking about her book All the Houses I’ve Ever Lived In 💙@simonschusteruk.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Creative & performing arts subjects received £16.8 million SPG 2024-25; £12.9 million in 2025-26; £ O million in 2026-27. The University of Creative Arts will thus lose half of its government funding this year; Art University Bournmouth 40.7%, Norwich U of Arts 40.4% and Leeds Arts U 30.3%. 1/2

Arts institutions hit hard as OfS details teaching grant cuts

University for the Creative Arts loses more than half of its funding after support for creative subjects reduced to zero

timeshighereducation.com

“Be a good boy for Jesus” is not what I expected to hear on Market st this weekend

Very disappointing from the new Prime Minister, very much sounding like the previous PM. These are among the world’s most vulnerable and desparate people. They need safe routes and humanity from responsible politicians, not grandstanding. This isn’t doing politics differently.

if you think using an LLM is better than a standard search engine or a trip to the library I genuinely think you're too stupid to know you're stupid also you're proofreading something that's causing climate collapse. are the data centers stealing water and making noise torture really worth it?

Ophie Dokie 🌻@ophiedokie.bsky.social · 5d ago

So, ok, a thing about telling yr audience "i use AI for my info gathering/research but then I look over it and fix any errors" is that you unfortunately told me youve outsourced your knowledge base on this subject to the machine, and therefore I have no reason to believe you CAN catch those errors

Needed canal walk

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

It is remarkable how quickly we’ve moved from a position where “GC” beliefs were seen as fringe beliefs which were debatable if they were “worthy of respect in a democratic society” to a place where you are publicly censured if you don’t share them, and the press is absolutely complicit.

Tristan Stewart-Robertson@srtristan.bsky.social · 3w ago

The Times, first with the news, has discovered a report from May, though they leave out how it showed the Times itself is leading in its war on trans people.

This

Amber@risettemd.bsky.social · 3w ago

I think it's kinda crazy that, in the UK, it's legally less risky to literally be a hate group than it is to call a hate group a hate group.

New episode of Books Up Close out with THEE @garthgreenwell.bsky.social! 💙https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-37-garth-greenwell-small-rain/id1792209740?i=1000776247022

Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

DfE slashes creative and performing arts teaching grants for universities - Arts Professional

Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of "difficult decisions" about

artsprofessional.co.uk

This conversation was a joy. Chris is a wonderful interviewer.

Chris Lloyd@cilloyd.bsky.social · last mo.

New episode with @annmorgan.bsky.social! Listen to Books Up Close wherever you get your podcasts - subscribe now. Find out more via the Linktree in bio. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

We're Hiring! BAAS is pleased to share three job opportunities which are open for applications with a closing date of 20th July 2026. We're hiring the following roles (1 x Co-Editor, 1 x Associate Editor (Features), 1 x Associate Editor (Book Reviews)) for the Journal of American Studies.

Job Adverts: Journal of American Studies - British Association for American Studies

The British Association for American Studies invites applications for the following positions at the Journal of American Studies:  All appointments will commence on 2 January 2027, and are for four…

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New episode with @annmorgan.bsky.social! Listen to Books Up Close wherever you get your podcasts - subscribe now. Find out more via the Linktree in bio. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

Head of the EHRC really did just say Phrenology will help solve the issue of transgenders in society

Rose Schmits@roseschmits.bsky.social · last mo.

And even if we take this “correctly sexing people on sight“ seriously, which we should not, a 2-4% false positive rate over millions of people is a Huge number innit, we’re talking hundreds of thousands the EHRC head here is setting up to be judged trespassers for going to the “correct“ loo

We shouldn't start caring only, and suddenly, when it's an 'elite' research-intensive university. Like climate change we needed to start caring a long time ago and there's no better time to start than now.

Employer contributions to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme are set to fall by 11 percentage points next year, in a move that is expected to save universities millions of pounds #TPS #pensions https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/tps-employer-contribution-rate-drop-below-20-cent

New episode of Books Up Close is out now with @ashtonpolitanoff.bsky.social! We talk about Dad Had a Bad Day @dauntbookspub.bsky.social Was a really fun conversation. Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

First it was just humanities courses being cut (and 40 of us at risk), and now this news… My university, everyone:

Times Higher Education (THE)@timeshighered.bsky.social · last mo.

The University of Hertfordshire is looking to cut £20 million from its budget, impacting 200 jobs, saying it has to go further because of the “scale of the challenge” it faces

Just heard about the 200 redundancies announced by my previous employer, the University of Exeter. 170 of those are in Humanities and Social Sciences. This is what happens in a country with the collapsing HE funding system with VCs-cum-CEOs on £300k salaries+bonuses and corporate governing bodies.

💢BREAKING | Israel has carried out a double-tap strike in Gaza, killing Raghad Ashour, an 18-year-old student from Beit Hanoun who was on her way to take her general secondary education examination per Mosab Abu Toha (X: @MosabAbuToha). At least 5 others were wounded, according to initial reports...

Saw this shared on FB. Murphy is a deluded clown if she has to tell anyone who supports trans rights, to stay away from her concerts. The next one is due to be held in 'who gives a fuck where'.

Linktree now live, so you can see all my projects: linktr.ee/chrislloyd

New episode of Books Up Close with THEE Carys Davies. We talk about her @grantamag.bsky.social novel Clear. Listen wherever you get your shows. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...

UCU - Staff at Northumbria University to be balloted for strike action in job cuts row www.ucu.org.uk/article/14548

When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.

Unhinged things the UK gender critical movement said that altered my brain chemistry part 1: When Maya Forstater tried to apply the principle of sexual dimorphism to a cartoon alien library mascot

Went so hard at leg day I almost threw up ✌️

Don’t ban kids using YouTube. Make YouTube behave like a broadcaster. Pay creators. Reinvest in the creative industries. Pay fair tax back into creators’ economies. Follow guidelines on fair usage and copyright. Play fair. It’s bigger than TV now. Make it behave like TV.