New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Burnham to Back North Sea Oil and Take Control of Thames Water

Within days of taking office incoming prime minister Andy Burnham is preparing to announce new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as well as taking public control of Thames Water.

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I struggle to imagine, at this particular moment in time, how anybody would want to make our climate issues worse than they are. How many preventable deaths will it take for our politicians to carry out their primary purpose, the safety and security of the people. A fundamentally illogical failure.

Zack Polanski@zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3w ago

New drilling isn't just a catastrophic signal of us stepping back from our climate commitments, it also runs against the geological reality of an almost depleted resource. Our focus should be on cheap, clean fuel for the future - not propping up oil and gas. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Probably will annoy people for this but so disappointed by this in combination with multiple players’ featuring on the Google Gemini add. Wish other players would follow Rashford’s example & think more about ethics & advocacy with their platforms…

Max Berger@maxberger.bsky.social · 3w ago

Trump curse is undefeated.

Our Chief Executive, Hetan Shah, argues in the Financial Times that now is the moment to embrace the humanities, not retreat from them. Read more: https://bit.ly/4vxfGMQ

We need humanities more than ever in the age of AI

Subjects like literature, languages and history are vital to a thoughtful and prosperous society

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📢 Good news! The deadline to #apply for our Research Studentship has been extended until Friday, 24 July 2026, at 3pm. The NLI, in association with the Irish Committee of Historical Sciences, are currently inviting applications for the Research Studentship: ow.ly/lwfe50ZnFu0

National Library of Ireland@nlireland.bsky.social · last mo.

📢 Applications are open for the National Library of Ireland’s 2026–2027 Studentships! ⭐ Library ⭐ Archival ⭐ Research A great opportunity to gain hands-on experience and develop your career. Learn more, and apply by 3pm, 17 July 2026: https://www.nli.ie/about-us/working-national-library-ireland

The Society will write up a summary for History for next week. Key points at this stage include: > 11% decline (-440 FPE) across all History staff between 2018/19 and 2024/25, compared with a 7% decline across all humanities > loss of 140 FPE History roles 2022/23 to 2024/25 #Skystorians 1/3

VICE-CHANCELLOR ARRESTED. 🤩 Do we think *the regulator of the sector* is going to get some serious questioning why they didn't catch any of this? And why they allowed the name change -- which triggered alarm bells with journalists, but not with them? The uselessness of the OfS on full display.

The Mill@manchestermill.bsky.social · 4w ago

Exclusive: Vice-chancellor George Holmes among those arrested on suspicion of fraud. It marks an unprecedented moment in British higher education - the first time a university vice-chancellor has ever been arrested in the UK as part of a criminal investigation. manchestermill.co.uk/exclusive-vi...

*PSA Book Prize* 📚 Nominations for the PSA Mackenzie Book Prize are open. Now entering its 40th year, this prestigious prize is awarded annually to the best book in political science. Open for books published in the UK in 2025. 📆 Deadline: 4 September 2026 ➡️ Full details online

W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize - Political Studies Association

Mackenzie Book Prize 2026-27 Nominations We are pleased to invite submissions for the W.J.M. Mackenzie Book Prize Now entering its 40th year, this prestigious prize is awarded annually to the best…

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Missed the OIPA Symposium 2026? Recordings and transcripts from all sessions are now available online. 📰 Learn more about OIPA'S 2026 Symposium: oipauk.org/news-events-... 🎥 Watch the recordings:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESOzUh17BWE&feature=youtu.be #OIPA2026 #OpenAccess

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/ethos-records-restored

EThOS records restored

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

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Our community manager, @jmmchugh.bsky.social, has been listening in to all the excellent discussions at @ukrepro.bsky.social. What a rich & interesting community. It's great to see how much the work that @morphss.bsky.social are doing is influencing discussions in the #openresearch space!

📢 Applications are open for the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association's Advocacy & Engagement Fellowship. Theme: Openness & Transparency 💰 £4,000 stipend + £1,000 project fund 📅 Deadline: 17 August 2026 Link: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2... #DigitalHumanities #OpenResearch #DH

A reminder: this Friday (10 July) is the closing date for applications for the Society's Funded Book Workshop Grants, 2026-27 bit.ly/4vfL6av Grants fund a day workshop for historians writing a 2nd or 3rd monograph, to discuss their project and manuscript with up to 6 specialist readers #Skystorians

Searching for: Lecturer in Medieval Literature Location: Newcastle, GB DL: 9 July 2026 Fixed Term, 10 months Sept 2026 - June 2027 Salary: £36,636 to £38,784 jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl...

No one who actually lives in the real world can believe in the fairy stories he apparently believes in. He's always so frightened of everything. Like the Telegraph hired the Cowardly Lion as a columnist.

Robert Saunders@robertsaunders.bsky.social · last mo.

Another totally normal day at the Telegraph.

The LSMS is recruiting new committee members for the 2026/2027 term! Apply now here: forms.gle/xnU6dtn6fSky...

📣📣 New book announcement! 📚📚 In 2027, the YHT will publish "Dynasty, Politics and Ceremonial in Late Medieval England and Europe: Essays in Honour of Livia Visser-Fuchs", eds Rowena E. Archer and Margaret M. Condon. More info here: yorkisthistorytrust.org/2026/07/01/d... #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Dynasty, Politics and Ceremonial in Late Medieval England and Europe: Essays in Honour of Livia Visser-Fuchs

The Trust On…Dynasty, Politics and Ceremonial in Late Medieval England and Europe: Essays in Honour of Livia Visser-Fuchs Dr Livia Visser-Fuchs with the volume’s table of contents The Y…

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Ben Cullen, organiser of flag-raising group Raise The Colours Oxfordshire, has appeared in Reading Crown Court today in connection with three counts of making indecent photos of children. The case is expected to continue tomorrow.

There’s a permanent modern British history post going at Manchester 🎉Come and join a great department and please share with anyone who might be interested. (Don’t let the short deadline put you off). #skystorians 🗃️

Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) at The University of Manchester

Apply now for the Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800) role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.

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Gawd look at this delicious coverrrr 🤩

Internet Archive@archive.org · last mo.

🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, COMPOSITION OF CIRCLES AND OVERLAPPING ANGLES (1930) 🎨 🖼️ Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s vibrant geometric abstraction uses circles, diagonals, and bold color to create a dynamic balance of rhythm, movement, and precision. See it ➡️ archive.org/details/soph... #PublicDomain

If you would like to know more about the project, our website is packed with information: sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

The MAMO conference is back! CFP below

MAMO Conference 2027@themamoconf.bsky.social · last mo.

❗It's here! The Call For Papers for MAMO 2027❗ - Seeking a broad range of proposals for papers and events, focusing on aspects of medievalism in the modern world. - Featuring some very special events and keynotes... - You can find a plaintext version of this CFP at shorturl.at/0FJjY.

My new heat hack - freeze a 1l bottle of water over night and then as you work, put that in front of an electric fan as you work. You’ll get a nice cool breeze and also icy water as you drink. Hope you’re all surviving out there!

This is a little nudge to remind you that Monday (29th) is the deadline for applications to become a new Community Interest Group (CIG). CIGs come with a lot of benefits, incl. access to our expanded CIG funding scheme (thank you @ukri.org) More info: digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/05/14/c...

I’ve finally got through the post-Annual Event backlog to start my emails from this week and Outlook has crashed. Does this mean I can start my weekend early…? 👀

It’s the 6-month “anniversary” of my most recent article ‘The First Anointing of a Scottish King: the Inauguration & Consecration of David II in 1331’ in the @scottishhistreview.bsky.social! You can read it here: www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3... #medievalhistory #scottishhistory

The First Anointing of a Scottish King: The Inauguration and Consecration of David II in 1331 | The Scottish Historical Review

In November 1331, David II became the first Scottish king to be anointed during his inauguration at Scone abbey, marking a pivotal moment in the history of Scottish kingship. This article offers the f...

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I'm biased but there's an incredible Digital Humanities Research Software Engineer (DH RSE) job going at the British Library, working with the Digital Research team, curators and more ce0752li.webitrent.com/ce0752li_web... #JobFairy #RSEs #JobKlaxon

‘Investing in libraries is investing in researchers’. Association of European Research Libraries leader wants librarians’ expertise involved in the decisions shaping research. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

‘Investing in libraries is investing in researchers’ - Research Professional News

Association of European Research Libraries leader wants librarians’ expertise involved in the decisions shaping research

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When your friend’s hard work gets mentioned in a paper and you feel all proud, despite having nothing to do with it. #SusDH (Guillaume Candela is currently giving an interesting talk on using HTR on Paraguayan archival docs, using models from the “New Spanish Fleets” project based at Lancaster!)

Proud Of You

ALT: Proud Of You

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Very enjoyable and interesting plenary panel today @ukiedh.bsky.social’s #SusDH conference. Judith Musker Turner made a great point ab. the need to assign value to culture beyond economic metrics & how this is how we reach for cultural sustainability!