Mary Leapor worked as a servant at Edgcote House and documented the goings on below stairs in her poetry.

A forgotten young poet gives us a rare glimpse below stairs at the 1995 Pride and Prejudice’s Netherfield Hall

Mary Leapor worked as a servant at Edgcote House and documented the goings on below stairs in her poetry.

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As always, live your life so that your death is not received as good news

"The Michigan Spectacle: A Tale of Early Niagara Falls Tourism" by Jessica Linzel The 1827 Michigan spectacle involved sending an animal-filled ship over Niagara Falls, initiating a lucrative era of commercialized tourist attractions. niche-canada.org/2026/07/07/t... #envhist #animalhistory

The Michigan Spectacle: A Tale of Early Niagara Falls Tourism

The 1827 Michigan spectacle involved sending an animal-filled ship over Niagara Falls, initiating a lucrative era of commercialized tourist attractions.

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A new project renewed traditional net-making practices on Widjabal Wia-bal Country in northern New South Wales.

‘We learn off one another and we follow through’: weaving fishing nets with the Aunties

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VIDA Commissioning Editor and PhD candidate Michael Stockwell launches a new blog series that reflects on topics seen as vulnerable to a systematic reversal of social justice gains amid today’s global political climate. See it here: www.auswhn.com.au/blog/precari...

Precarious Gains: The Fragility of Progress | Australian Women's History Network

Our new blog series explores topics seen as vulnerable to a systematic reversal of social justice gains in today’s global political climate.

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First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵

University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review

The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.

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Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2028 as measures to lower Australian university fees put on hold

Arts degrees to cost $50,000 until at least 2028 as measures to lower Australian university fees put on hold

Barney Glover, head of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission, says he will provide advice about degree funding to the government next year * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The man tasked with reforming the controversial Job-ready Graduates (JRG) program says he will not recommend any interim measures to reduce the $50,000 cost of arts degrees, despite calling the scheme a failure. Under the scheme introduced by the Morrison government, costs for science and maths courses were slashed to encourage students to take up Stem subjects, while arts and humanities fees rose sharply. The change led to university enrolments of students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds falling in some arts subjects, with critics warning of a “segregated” higher education system. Continue reading...

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A new study shows that workplace priorities for Australian historians make it harder for their work to reach Australian readers – despite strong public interest.

Australians are hungry for new history books – but historians are pressured not to publish locally

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Say it like it is: current conditions of un- and under-employment are specifically hitting the managerial middle class, and especially those of us who work for the public good.

Very pleased to see my book review in the latest edition of @jas-jozstudies.bsky.social! ✍️ Anthea Taylor's excellent Germaine Greer, Celebrity Feminism and the Archive makes abundant use of the Germaine Greer Archive, with a particular focus on curatorial labour and audience letter writing 💌

Journal of Australian Studies@jas-jozstudies.bsky.social · last mo.

@dranastevenson.bsky.social reviews Anthea Taylor's Germaine Greer, Celebrity Feminism and the Archive www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Being at Chalke History Festival reminds me yet again how interconnected university-based history and other forms of history-making are. The thing we do in one place explicitly supports the thing we do in another. University cuts, closures and job losses harm the entire history eco-system.

Advocating for History by Doing History - On History

This blog was written by Claire Langhamer, Director of the IHR Historians are very good at crafting arguments and in recent times very many people have advanced very many arguments about why history m...

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The American research university has been in serial crisis for 60 years. AI is now upending the whole applecart — but rightly seen, this is an opportunity as much as it is a threat. My latest: open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

The University As We Know It Is Finished

That’s a good thing.

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New in @ausjpolsci.bsky.social: JRG didn’t reshape student choices - it deepened a curriculum crisis already underway. Thompson & Gerard find HASS course offerings at four universities fell by over 60% since 2017, driven by chronic underfunding, not the price signal. doi.org/10.1080/1036...

In July 2026, we'll celebrate 10 years of VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women's History Network! Join to hear the managing editors and editorial team, as well as authors and students, reflect on the blog's origins and transformation over the past decade. Register here ⬇️ events.humanitix.com/vida-10

VIDA @ 10: Celebrating a decade of the Australian Women’s History Network’s blog

Come together to celebrate VIDA: Blog of the Australian Women’s History Network @ 10!

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“We are in a post-fact world and Hanson is revelling in it" writes Amy Remeikis (@amyremeikis.bsky.social) chief political analyst at the Australia Institute. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

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.

OTD in 1991, the repeal of South Africa's Population Registration Act dismantled the legal basis for Apartheid. In this post from the archives, Kasonde Mukonde examines how theatre created opportunities for resistance in an age of segregation.

Theatres of Resistance in South Africa

How did the Black Consciousness movement spur a remarkable transformation in South African theatre during the Apartheid era? Kasonde Mukonde explores.

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In the face of widespread anger and uncertainty across the tertiary sector, an anon APH author shares a vision of a different kind of university: Utopia University. They consider how we could remake our workplaces for the better. aph.org.au/2026/06/utop... What would your utopia uni look like?

Have you read the latest Evidence & Policy blog? 'The crematorium of knowledge: reimagining how we change' evidenceandpolicy.home.blog/2026/05/13/t... @bupjournals.bsky.social @djmallinson.bsky.social @mariahkornbluh.bsky.social #policy #policymaking

NEW from me: today I've written another piece in our @isrfoundation.bsky.social series on the destruction of British Higher Education. What's it like to live under the threat of redundancy? Read all about it here: isrf.org/blog/what-do...

What Does It Feel Like to Live Under the Threat of Redundancy?

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With the passing of Raul Pacheco-Vega, I want to appreciate those academics who have been blogging, who keep blogging despite it all, and generate public resources. Today, I am reading through Alana Lentin's site, which is an incredible gift: www.alanalentin.net Send me your blogs.

It’s a very dangerous thing for one human being to consider we are superior to another human being Dangerous because it blinds us to who we truly are We differ superficially but fundamentally each reflects every other human being Except some choose the light some prefer dark some do not choose

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit

Flood of AI 'garbage' is pushing open-source developers to the limit

The modern world depends on open-source software maintained by volunteers, but the added demands of checking and fixing AI-written submissions are causing some to burn out and quit

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Class has always mattered. Now labour parties around the world are finding out why.

Politicians have long misunderstood the ‘working class’. The rise of the far right shows how mistaken they have been

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Throwback to when a TV station in Iceland accidentally aired an episode of Teletubbies with subtitles from the Sopranos 👌🏼

A new #VIDAblog commemorates the life and career of esteemed Australian historian Kay Saunders. We share some beautiful reflections from @shirleene.bsky.social, @amcgrath.bsky.social, Jackie Huggins, @zorasimic.bsky.social, and @megancw.bsky.social. Read here ⬇️ www.auswhn.com.au/blog/remembe...

Remembering Kay Saunders (1947-2026) | Australian Women's History Network

In this blog, Shirleene Robinson and the Australian Women's History Network remember Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders, AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026).

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At this year's music Pedagogy into Practice conference at UBC, I attended a keynote address on the subject of integrating AI into music education, from José Antonio Bowen. It was the most disappointed I have ever been during a keynote talk. At times, it was stomach-churning. Thread:

Vale Professor Kay Saunders AO - an extraordinary groundbreaking Australian historian. Thank you to Dr Ana Stevenson & all at @auswhn.bsky.social for the opportunity to remember her & to the other historians who share such beautiful memories too #aushist www.auswhn.com.au/blog/remembe...

Remembering Kay Saunders (1947-2026) | Australian Women's History Network

In this blog, Shirleene Robinson and the Australian Women's History Network remember Emeritus Professor Kay Saunders, AO, FASSA, FRHistS (1947–2026).

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The Society's President and Council have released the following statement on the proposed closure of undergraduate degrees at the University of Hertfordshire, in #History and the wider humanities bit.ly/4dmV5oO This comes at a time of further bad news from Essex and Nottingham #Skystorians

History and the humanities at the University of Hertfordshire – a statement from the Royal Historical Society - RHS

Even for those familiar with bleak times, this has been a particularly bad few weeks in UK higher education. Confirmed job losses at the University of Essex were followed by further bad news from Hert...

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Delighted to share the latest blog in @rubyekkel.bsky.social's "Environment and Gender" series for VIDA Blog: Susan Broomhall writing about Indigenous women and botanical knowledge futures in Australia 🌾 www.auswhn.com.au/blog/indigen...

Indigenous Women Producing Australian Botanical Knowledge Futures | Australian Women's History Network

In this blog for the Environment and Gender series, Susan Broomhall discusses the history of Indigenous women's knowledges and botanical collecting.

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