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Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ Celebratory Final Showcase

Join us to celebrate the creative and innovative research that has come out of the Ecological Citizen(s) Network+ project!

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To an early resident, Birmingham's Castle Vale estate was 'utopia'. A few years later, the local MP labelled it a 'civic pigsty'. My new Substack post takes a look at what went wrong: municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-castle...

Royal College of Art announces newly funded research projects, spotlighting design-led innovation www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Royal College of Art announces newly funded research projects, spotlighting design-led innovation

The RCA has announced five new interdisciplinary research projects

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Shout out for #impactweek @rcadesres.bsky.social @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social coming up over the next few weeks. Amazing work catalysed by our impact team

There are a lot of details in here about Zuck releasing a half-baked product, but one thing that really stands out is just how weird these folks are. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

The Courtauld Institute has been awarded a significant grant by the Denise Coates Foundation that will enable researchers to pursue innovative projects at the intersection of AI and art history. courtauld.ac.uk/news-blogs/2...

Courtauld Institute awarded major grant to support innovative research in art history and AI

The Courtauld Institute has been awarded a grant by the Denise Coates Foundation that will enable researchers to pursue innovative projects at the intersection of AI and art history.

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🗓️20/10 🕐13:00 in @oxfordgeography.bsky.social. Helene Muller-Landau will be discussing how tropical forests change in a changing world. Exploring variation in forest biomass, productivity & turnover, & how species composition shapes these patterns, using satellites, drones & machine learning.

There is still time left to apply for the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. The scheme supports UK-based postdoctoral – or equivalent – researchers in pursuing primary research in the humanities and social sciences. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4iwQQtI

The Royal College of Art today announces the awarding of full planning permission for the renewal of the College’s iconic Kensington campus www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Green light for transformation of Royal College of Art’s iconic Kensington campus

Planning approval has been granted for the transformation of RCA’s historic Kensington campus.

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The RCA has achieved an exceptional set of results in the sixth iteration of Research England’s Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF6) www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

Excellent results for the RCA in the sixth Knowledge Exchange Framework

Excellent results for the RCA in the sixth Knowledge Exchange Framework

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"In 2022, Wiley removed over 1,300 ebooks from academic library collections; [they said] perpetual access is not an option for subscribed content. In 2025, Clarivate,... announced they would stop offering libraries perpetual access licenses for ebooks and primary-source digital collections."

Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries

Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console game...

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Huddersfield was the second town in the country to build council housing. My new post explores its early civic and housing history when it was described 'as advanced a town as any in the kingdom’: municipaldreams.wordpress.com/2026/09/08/h...

An "update" to JSTOR’s free reading program: they're downgrading access from 100 free articles/month to just 10. Access to academic writing is being whittled down, bit by bit. about.jstor.org/blog/an-upda...

An update to JSTOR’s free reading program

Beginning September 1, 2026, JSTOR’s free reading program will provide registered readers with access to 10 articles every 30 days.

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Only three weeks remain to apply for the Postdoctoral Fellowships. The scheme supports early-career researchers in developing their curriculum vitae and boosting their prospects of obtaining a permanent academic post. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4xWduAS

NEW: London has among the lowest violent crime rates in England & Wales, tops a ranking of best cities, and pays more in tax than it gets back – but the public overestimate crime risk, underestimate its standing, and don't know it's a net fiscal contributor. Our latest Mistaken Britain study ⬇️

London misperceptions: public often wrong on capital's crime, quality of life, contribution to public finances and Muslim population | King's College London

A third believe there are "no-go" areas ruled by Sharia law

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Students need to learn how to question and investigate, not 'simply' to provide answers. (Art, Design, Architecture and Humanities education at the RCA has increasingly focused on this in recent years).

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"Universities need to prepare students for uncertainty rather than stability, and help normalise reinvention." Writing for ET Education, Dr Michael Spence explores how universities can help students thrive in an AI-enabled global jobs market: education.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/industr...

The Royal College of Art is delighted to announce new Professorships and Readerships... www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

RCA announces new Professorships and Readerships

RCA announces new Professorships and Readerships

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How do societies imagine a better future? How do the arts and humanities help make that future possible? Join the conversation! Register 👉️ luma.com/0qco7ph2 @christophersmith.bsky.social @henriettalmoore.bsky.social @annavignoles.bsky.social @uclnews.bsky.social @ukri.org @expeditions.bsky.social

Britain's design industry has grown by 40 per cent and is now responsible for £1 in every £20 generated across the country, according to a report from the Design Council. www.designcouncil.org.uk/our-work/des...

Design Economy - Design Council

From the Design Council, Design Economy is the UK’s most comprehensive exploration of the value of design: economic, social, and environmental.

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"The goal of academic training is not to solve problems as efficiently and quickly as possible, but to develop skills for identifying and dealing with novel problems, which have never been solved before." openletter.earth/open-letter-... @olivia.science

Royal College of Art announces new School of Communication & Design www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

In late 2023, the Society spent a day with Hertfordshire’s historians. We saw the quality, creativity and distinctiveness of teaching, research and engagement. We were told by a (now departed) senior manager that History was ‘a portfolio the university will guard very carefully’. bit.ly/4hLediN

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 3mo ago

So 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)

Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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The RCA is pleased to announce a historic agreement with Norwich University of the Arts to establish jointly awarded undergraduate degrees, creating a new model of creative higher education collaboration in the UK. Read more: https://bit.ly/4hk6Vmb

“London is the higher education capital of the world, offering a scale, diversity, research strength and global influence unmatched by other major global cities.” londonhigher.ac.uk/resource/lon...

Whoops! Most arXiv papers contain information never meant to be shared www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Whoops! Most arXiv papers contain information never meant to be shared

Passwords, GPS coordinates and private conversations have all been found in the metadata and source files of millions of preprint submissions.

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Sobering to see in one chart how June temperature records have been broken this year in so many European countries www.ft.com/content/5f06...

Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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The fastest way to lose someone in a climate conversation? Start with the facts. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains why people are more likely to engage when we begin with shared values instead. buff.ly/xbBOjXq Exactly! And it shows in our new tagline: Protect what matters most.

The fastest way to lose someone in a climate conversation? Start with the facts. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains why people are more likely to engage when we begin with shared values… | TED Countdown

The fastest way to lose someone in a climate conversation? Start with the facts. Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe explains why people are more likely to engage when we begin with shared values instead....

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The IFF (International Flavours & Fragrances) Prize has been inspiring students to imagine the future of fragrance with conceptual project briefs since 1993. This is the longest-running industry project at the RCA. www.rca.ac.uk/business/cas...

IFF (International Flavours and Fragrances) Prize

International Flavours & Fragrances (IFF) has a long-standing relationship with the Royal College of Art, inspiring students with conceptual project briefs to imagine the future of fragrance. It was l...

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