This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3

The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’

The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...

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Early career researchers are the lifeblood of any discipline. Their entrance into academia is at the heart of its renewal. What happens when those arteries are blocked? That's one of the questions the British Academy's SHAPE Observatory is asking. 1/3

Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy

A new data map released today shows a sharp and widespread decline in opportunities for university staff in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects in 2024-25. The data shows a precarious la...

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We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

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Fabulous fully-funded PhD opportunity working with a stellar team of supervisors at Warwick/BFI on British South Asian Culture in Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s. @drjlw.bsky.social @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social

PhD Studentship: Interrogating British South Asian Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s at University of Warwick

Discover a PhD Studentship: Interrogating British South Asian Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

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For anyone interested in finding out more, I also have a book coming out later this year that explores some of these themes - as well as the issue of AI and virtuality - in more detail www.bloomsbury.com/uk/screening...

Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism

Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism examines how different embodiments of technological life come to be inscribed with qualities of humanness across m…

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Happy to share that my latest article, exploring posthumanism through the lens of race and robotics onscreen, is now out in Science Fiction Film and Television journal: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/19/1 Thanks to editors and contributors for producing a really interesting issue!

Happy to share that my latest article, exploring posthumanism through the lens of race and robotics onscreen, is now out in Science Fiction Film and Television journal: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/19/1 Thanks to editors and contributors for producing a really interesting issue!

'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.' Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3

Sheffield Hallam restricts TPS access to REF academics only

Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

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UK could ‘lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities

UK could ‘lose generation of scientists’ with cuts to projects and research facilities

UK’s research funding body warned best scientists taking posts oversees due to lack of job stability at home Hundreds of early career researchers have warned that the UK will lose a generation of scientists after the announcement of significant cuts to physics projects and cutting edge research facilities. Scientists working in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics have been told their grants will be cut by nearly a third, with project leaders asked to report back on how their research would fare with cuts up to 60%. Continue reading...

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"Universities can give the UK film industry the sustainability and freedom to take risks on new talent. In return, higher education institutions can become producers on commercially viable projects" + a shoutout for Mark Jenkin's incredible Bait (2019) www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...

Universities are becoming the future of British independent film

Universities can produce commercially viable projects while giving the industry the sustainability and freedom to take risks on new talent, says Chris Nunn

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'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.' Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3

Use of fixed-term posts ‘stifling more critical research’

Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines

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'At the centre of this shift sits the idea of R&D “buckets”: a four-part categorisation of public R&D funding into curiosity-driven research, government priorities, innovation support and cross-cutting infrastructure.' 1/3

The R&D buckets are here to stay – what matters now is how they’re used

Whitehall has a new way of conceptualising where research funding goes. Stephanie Smith stresses the importance of participating in the conversation Whitehall has a new way of conceptualising where re...

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Hot off the press, the British Academy's Cold Spots: Mapping Inequality in SHAPE Provision in UK Higher Education report. Read it if you care about universities or access to the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences for the rising generation. 1/5

Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education

This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...

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Has been fantastic to be involved in this important programme exploring the impact of social and economic factors on the emotional support that young people receive. Our briefing, published today, shares findings from the programme and identifies policy changes to support young people and families⬇️

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NEW: Good emotional support is vital to young people's mental health but is impacted by factors including poverty and parental employment patterns. Our briefing explores findings from our 3-year research programme about how social and economic factors shape emotional support ⬇️

Long read: Many fear algorithms will displace academics but artificial intelligence is already eating itself and its long-term business model remains unclear, says Martin A. Mills. He explains why we must resist bots’ damaging features for the good of students, society and AI itself #academicsky #AI

Replaced by bots? No, AI needs academics more than we need it

Many fear algorithms will displace academics but the technology is already eating itself and its long-term business model remains unclear, says Martin A. Mills. Here he explains why bots will not wipe...

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📺 An OPEN LETTER responding to the recent access restrictions at the BBC Written Archives Centre – changes that effectively mean an end to sustained research into histories of the BBC, and those of television more broadly. Read the letter, spread the word, and join the campaign here:

Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025

Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...

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Pleased to share that my latest article, 'The Black Android, Janelle Monáe and Crossover Stardom: Race and Technology On-screen', is now available to read from Film-Philosophy via open access! www.euppublishing.com/doi/epdf/10....

The ability to attract and retain global talent and international students is fundamental to the UK’s research and innovation excellence. We have today published our response to the Government’s Immigration White Paper. Read it here: buff.ly/0TEPdtz

British Academy postdoctoral fellowships scheme is now open. The deadline is 1 October. Time to get talking with potential host institutions and mentors about planning an application for this year or instead waiting for a future round. (The scheme is annual).

Postdoctoral Fellowships

The British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences.

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The British Academy and @sciencecampaign.bsky.social commissioned Cambridge Econometrics to conduct a systems-based analysis of the strengths and weaknesses within the UK’s innovation system. Read the full report: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

Research Professional News@resprofnews.bsky.social · last yr.

The UK needs many industrial strategies. Smarter growth begins with understanding value chains in innovation, say Daniel Rathbone and Eleanor Hopkins. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

UK seems to have won around 30% of the ERC Advanced Grants in humanities and social sciences - great result. Good to be in Horizon again erc.europa.eu/news-events/...

ERC backs cutting-edge research with €721 million in funding

The European Research Council (ERC) today announced the winners of its latest Advanced Grant competition. The funding, worth in total €721 million, will go to 281 leading researchers across Europe. Th...

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NEW on Wonkhe: The British Academy has released analysis of what social sciences, humanities, and arts graduates do after graduation. Pablo Roblero and Alfie Denness introduce the findings buff.ly/pB45bCX

Pleased to share that my latest article, 'The Black Android, Janelle Monáe and Crossover Stardom: Race and Technology On-screen', is now available to read from Film-Philosophy via open access! www.euppublishing.com/doi/epdf/10....

Pleased to announce that my first book, 'Screening Technology, Theorising Posthumanism', will be published by Bloomsbury as part of @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social's 'Thinking Cinema' series (expected late 2026/early 2027)