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Lucy Grig

@lucygrig.bsky.social

Ancient historian and failed optimist, always looking for somewhere to procrastinate

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Dr Sam Leggett@samleggs22.bsky.social · last wk.

Come & do a fully funded AHRC Collaborative PhD with me, Sophie Newman & Jess Thompson (NMS) in Edinburgh! Full details on the project & how to apply via tinyurl.com/longafterlife ☠️🧪⛪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 please share widely! 🔁

Edinburgh Archaeology@edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · last wk.

🦴 Fully funded PhD: The Long Afterlife – charnelling practices & cadaveric agency in medieval Scotland ⛪ Whithorn, Auldhame, Isle of May 🌊 With @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social & National Museums Scotland. Starts Sept 2027, apply by 5 Jan 2027 👉 tinyurl.com/longafterlife #Archaeology #PhD #osteology

Poster advertising the fully funded PhD studentship 'The Long Afterlife', with a drawn ruined medieval church, scattered bones and a skull, a QR code, the link tinyurl.com/longafterlife and contact emails.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last wk.

"This hatred, it’s like a cancer. It spreads because people will always say, ‘Oh, it’s just the illegals.’ It’s not. “From what I experienced, it was anyone who was remotely different, different creed, different colour, different sexuality.” www.theargus.co.uk/news/2665180...

Actor describes 'abysmal racism and homophobia' he faced in Chichester

An assault on a cast member of a play in Chichester was "just the tip of the iceberg" of the "racism, xenophobia and homophobia" the cast faced in the town, an actor has claimed.

theargus.co.uk

Plashing Vole@plashingvole.bsky.social · last wk.

When I joined my own post-92 HEI we had degree courses in all the major European languages, specialised in Eaastern European languages (Russian, Czech, Bulgarian and more), had a centre for Cuban Studies. All long gone.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last wk.

'Analysis by the founder of the Widening Participation Languages Network, Becky Muradás-Taylor, shows that students can take a languages course at just 22 of the 73 universities (30 per cent) with entry requirements below AAB at A level after a spate of cuts in recent years.'

Sam Freedman@samfr.bsky.social · 2w ago

Astonishing cope here. PISA doesn't measure rote learning, it is not based on the English curriculum. It relies heavily on comprehension and applying knowledge to a new context.

Andy Gibson (@AndyGibsonTV) / InformingBritain.com@informingbritain.com · 2w ago

"GILRUTH: ENGLISH ROTE LEARNING A FACTOR IN LOWER SCOTS PISA SCORES" @AlistairKGrant.bsky.social for @Scotsman.com Jenny Gilruth suggested Scottish pupils trailed England in PISA scores due to Michael Gove's focus on rote learning in English schools. #TheScotsman #TomorrowsPapersToday

William Purkis@williampurkis.bsky.social · 2w ago

It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across @unibirmingham.bsky.social learned of the death last Friday of Prof. Chris Wickham. Chris’s colleagues and friends from around the world are invited to contribute to this online Book of Condolence: www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/pr...

Professor Chris Wickham - University of Birmingham

It is with overwhelming sadness that colleagues across the College of Arts and Law learned of the death last Friday of Professor Chris Wickham.

birmingham.ac.uk

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3w ago

'Phil Newton, a professor of neuroscience at the University of Swansea, said the rise of AI had reduced the need for Turnitin’s core plagiarism checking service, with its AI detector proving less useful for universities.'

More universities end Turnitin contracts as concerns mount

Newcastle and Westminster join Southampton in decision not to renew deal with plagiarism checker amid questions over how once-ubiquitous service is adapting to AI age

timeshighereducation.com

Neville Morley@nevillemorley.eurosky.social · last mo.

Choose made-for-Netflix movies and Spotify playlists. Choose matching towel sets and easy answers from the magic autocomplete machine. Choose letting your brain rot away in endless scrolling. I chose something else. Who needs reasons when you’ve got Thucydides? thesphinxblog.com/2026/09/29/t...

Take It Easy

An academic friend on Facebook posted a link to a news story this morning and commented, “I’m feeling extremely low, as if everything noble and good I’ve devoted my life to is meaningle…

thesphinxblog.com

Caroline Dodds Pennock@carolinepennock.bsky.social · last mo.

I so much want to love the BBC, but then they do this kind thing. The headline here should be ‘anti-migrant protestor attacks RNLI boat’, but they don’t even mention that, in a report. He merely “shared a livestream”. (And it was updated an hour ago, so this isn’t an issue of confirmation.)

Migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea

Protesters gathered in Gosport after initial reports the small boat would be brought further west.

bbc.co.uk

Neville Morley@nevillemorley.eurosky.social · last mo.

First they didn’t do anything because they thought it was a marginal problem. Then they didn’t do anything because they thought they might be able to use it for electoral advantage. Then they didn’t do anything for fear of suggesting that potential voters were racist.

Far-right activist Daniel Thomas slashes dinghy in Channel with blade while rescue worker onboard

Thomas called followers to protest against arrival of asylum seekers in Gosport, but Border Force instead transported them to Dover

theguardian.com

Rebecca Sear@rebeccasear.bsky.social · last mo.

The playing field is not level: “According to analysis by Newscord, 163 articles were published on Jason Arday in the week after he resigned – compared to 13 articles by the same media outlets on James Orr in the week after the broadcast of the undercover filming he was featured in”

The Two Professors and a ‘War On Ideas’

The different stories of the Cambridge academics Jason Arday and James Orr reveal the wider cultural and ideological forces around hierarchies and structural power – and who gets to belong

bylinesupplement.com

Charles West@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · last mo.

I'm sad about the end of the MSc in Medieval History at Edinburgh, but it's worth saying that the postgrad medieval history courses aren't affected, and will still be available to students on the History MSc programme.

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

'A “larger, fewer grants” model that concentrates research on established UK institutions would be a “huge mistake” and could risk hampering Andy Burnham’s ambition to drive prosperity across the nation, academics have warned.' Not to mention its impact of researchers who are female and/or black.

‘Larger, fewer grants’ could harm Burnham’s regional agenda

Changes to grant system suggested by Chris McDonald could ‘mistakenly’ further concentrate funding in the golden triangle, academics warn

timeshighereducation.com

Laurence Totelin@ltotelin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Chris McDonald studied chemical engineering, which is by no means safe in the current HE climate. Like many subjects that are expensive to teach, it was cross-funded by the Arts and Humanities, until the collapse that we are witnessing.

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

A cheery message from the new minister responsible for research funding for the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences (and the subjects that the majority of UK taught undergraduate and Masters students study).