Searching for a new place to live is probably in the top 2 most bleak finance related experiences you can have at the min

Anyone know someone / specialise in Early Modern tapestry who can answer some Q's for a friend working in a historic house or help provide some context?

Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE Online Workshop August 24, 17:30-19:00 Imogen Albiston, George Higgins, Andy Holroyde and Joe Ryan-Hume will discuss careers outside the academy for ECRs… Registration open: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

The Institute of Historical Research, London has released its 2026-27 Research Training & Short Courses menu. Workshops and training sessions from 24th August onwards, for PhD students and early career researchers, GLAM professionals, community-based historians and more. #Skystorians

Research Training and Short Courses

We deliver high-quality training programmes and unique learning opportunities to a wide community of historians of all career stages and historical interests.

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obviously Kathleen Stock is making an odious argument here but it’s also very funny to call to the eradication of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia from Academia, the Neurodivergence Factory

Nate O@nateo.bsky.social · 3d ago

Missed Stock saying autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia are ‘intellectual disabilities’ (???) making people ‘unsuited’ for academia. Okay, what. But did she ever talk to any of her colleagues, or did she sprint to her car after her lectures on how we know what a text means by asking the author?

3 hours trying to recover a lost file when I could have redone the work in that time isn't the most norale boosting way to spend your monday morning, I'll tell you that

'A "leaked" report has revealed that members of the governing body of London's Square Mile were "instrumental" in England's involvement in the transatlantic slave trade.' #Skystorians 1/3

City of London 'leaked' report shows links to African slave trade

City of London Corporation research revealed some of its members were involved in the slave trade.

bbc.co.uk

Thinking a lot about graduate jobs and post PhD careers and honestly how research/recommendations/reports need to be targeted at employers rather than postgraduates

Keep an eye out for these August bumblebees! 🐝 #bees #bumblebees #gwenyn #GadaelLlelNatur #LeaveRoomForNature

Had a lovely weekend. Ruined it by coming home to scour job boards 😂

And what are Andy Burnham's priorities? Drilling more fossil fuel in the North Sea and watering down EV targets Burnham's Labour government have the gall to send out emergency alerts on the fire situation whilst actively pursuing policies that fan the fires.

Will Hayward - Wales Journo@willhaycardiff.bsky.social · 5d ago

They knew.

Please can someone give up 2 Tooting Bec lido spots tommorow afternoon so I don't have to trek to Hillingdon? 🙏 you'll only burn, stay inside, etc

wonkhe.com/blogs/a-grad... Good article on the hard hat vs graduation cap commentary

A graduate earnings premium, or parity of esteem for non-graduates?

Omar Khan traces the contours of two contradictory national discussions on higher education

wonkhe.com

What baffles me most is that it does impact older generations now (state pension less sustainable) as well as the country's future (as in, when that younger gen need to retire) but nobody can seem to see past the current pensioner fortunes and votes www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Students face ‘ticking timebomb’ of debt and higher taxes

Exclusive: Analysis finds cost of higher education ‘falls overwhelmingly on the individual’

theguardian.com

Are you considering career options after a PhD in History or a related subject? Join @historylabplus.bsky.social colleagues for this session with a fantastic panel of History PhD graduates who have all taken their skills into a variety of areas beyond HE. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE

History Lab+ Training

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I was showing off how tall my sunflowers are to family and got sent pic two in return 🌻

Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE | Online Workshop Aug 24, 17:30-19:00 Imogen Albiston Civil Service George Higgins Private sector grant writing Andy Holroyde Teaching / policy &nd research Joe Ryan-Hume Committee specialist - House of Commons. More: historylab.plus/events-2/

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About | Events | Meet us | Contact | Join History Lab Plus Events Coming up . . . Finding a Role: Using History PhD Skills Beyond HE | Online Workshop August 24, 17:30-19:00 Considering your career…

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The EPQ and other project based qualifications have been shown to benefit student success when students go on to UG, and consists of continuous logging of progess and a presentation on their write-up. Sadly it's delivered as an add-on or an extra curricular for high achievers & under resourced

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Danish teenagers will have to make an oral defence of their written essays to combat AI cheating, the government has announced.' Piloting this for 2nd year undergraduate research essays this year, though NB it's not just policing: also develops key oral skills. 1/2

metro.co.uk/2026/08/02/j... Only if boomers write me letters to thank me for paying their state pension *and* pension in the form of 1000's in rent

Jeremy Clarkson wants ‘full thank you letter’ from people claiming benefits

Clarkson compared it to the oodles of gratitude his dogs lavish on him.

metro.co.uk

Didn't get the job I interviewed for mid hol, luckily there's cheap italian wine nearby

A great day

Big Dave, as he is often called

I'm looking for grants and funding open for researchers keen to work on public engagement projects with a charity - does anyone have suggestions? The work is both for schools and young people, and broader public engagement

Please share: I am working on the History Lab + & History UK ECR Survey with @kerrymlove.bsky.social . We collating contacts to disseminate the survey to later this year. The survey examines support received by ECRs post-PhD in history or related subjects (such as archaeology and art history). (1/3)

What a bleak week. Can't wait for some sun and to eat my bodyweight in gelato after tommorow

If you're involved with a society or group (not listed on the @royalhistsoc.org's list) with members who may be ECRs who've completed a PhD in a History related subject, or a GLAM org who support / connect with ECRs regularly - could you email Kerry. Love@northampton.ac.uk saying hello?

So glad I will get to experience watching The Odyssey as someone who doesn’t care that it’s a poem or whatever, you won’t catch me caring about its faithfulness, I will simply be whispering to the person next to me “that’s the horse” when the Big Wooden Horse appears

This is what Uniconnect funding (money spent on widening participation at universities) is being diverted to. In my area / for the students I meet, this would be 'logistics.'

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

Burnham to tell schools in England to adapt teaching to local business needs

There is leaf themed home decor in shops. It'll be 35c this week. Autumn people need to be stopped

Call for Participants for IHR Women's History Seminar Lightning Talks to be held Friday, 20th of November 2026.