"My research is all about how we judge others based on how they speak, write or sign, and the TEDx talk felt like a good opportunity to encourage the audience to reflect on this."—Dr Emma Humphries @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social. 👉 Our latest staff blog: ow.ly/qX0k50ZPHqR #LoveQUBstaff #TEDxQUB

A point @annakornbluh.bsky.social has frequently made about labor intensification is that colleges cut support staff, offload essential work that support staff did onto faculty, then wonder why faculty aren’t being as “productive.” What once took our Asst. Dir. an hour, easily takes me twice that.

Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · last mo.

If people knew what it takes for me to book a trip somewhere they’d be thrilled if I ever showed up for anything. I have to pre-plan by writing all the travel details out longhand Take a coffee (or stronger) Schedule time to book the travel Sit down comfortably with all details and credit cards

🎉 Congratulations to our colleagues at Queen’s University Belfast on 100 Years of Spanish! AHGBI was delighted to join the celebration of a century of Hispanic Studies, including the inauguration of Gabriel Sánchez Espinosa as the first Cátedra Cervantes. 🇪🇸✨

Celebrating 100 years of Spanish at @QUBelfast To celebrate 100 years of teaching, research and international influence, we are hosting a major public programme featuring leading writers, poets and scholars from Spain, Argentina, the UK and the USA. Come along!

Mid-career researchers - check out this publication opportunity with the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social .

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're delighted to launch the first AHGBI/Liverpool University Press Mid-Career Publication Prize with @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social. The prize supports outstanding mid-career researchers in Hispanism whose research demonstrates rigour, innovation and scholarly impact. #HispanicStudies

Mid-career researchers - check out this publication opportunity with the @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social .

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We're delighted to launch the first AHGBI/Liverpool University Press Mid-Career Publication Prize with @hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social. The prize supports outstanding mid-career researchers in Hispanism whose research demonstrates rigour, innovation and scholarly impact. #HispanicStudies

El Instituto Cervantes abrirá una extensión en Belfast (Irlanda del Norte) | ℹ️ cervantes.org/es/sobre-nos... La institución contará con la Queen’s University como socio estratégico para la apertura de este espacio, dependiente del #InstitutoCervantesMánchester. @exterioresgob.bsky.social

Some info for those frustrating climate denial conversations on buses, trains, and coffee breaks at work www.theguardian.com/education/20...

‘Children were calling for their mummies’: UK pupils struggle in 40C-plus classrooms

Teachers call for schools to be urgently adapted for hot weather amid reports of nausea, fainting and heatstroke

theguardian.com

NI is failing its population by not requiring language learning throughout schooling: www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Learning another language appears to slow brain ageing, scientists say

Study finds those who speak two languages have brains that appear around six years younger than those who speak one

theguardian.com

Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Cutting language courses puts social mobility at risk, say UK experts

Exclusive: University moves and falling exam entries fuel concerns about opportunities for working-class pupils

theguardian.com

The state of the present

'We will not stand by as racist pogroms sweep our city. Not in our name' - Solidarity rally at Belfast City Hall, Sat 13 June at 1pm. #solidary #rally #belfast

If you feel a bit like me and massively helpless at the absolute fucking racist scumbaggery happening in NI right now, here’s something that feels like it’ll make a difference where it matters:

Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

chuffed.org

TUV + DUP politicians were on BBC radio blaming the horrific attack in Belfast on an "alien culture". When there are e.g. racist attacks on the Shankill, politicians from those same parties always make the point that only the individuals involved are to blame and not representative of a community

Excellent account of the struggle of universities in the UK www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Stefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the Universities

The problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and...

lrb.co.uk

US media keeps using the phrase “heightened tensions with Cuba” to describe what is in reality unilateral US aggression, with illegal sanctions and threats of illegal invasion, against innocent people who repeatedly say they just want to be left alone.

“every farm decision, planning permission, wastewater investment, industrial licence and abstraction licence can be measured against a single sentence: does this make our waterways more drinkable and swimmable, or less?”

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 6mo ago

Trump had not seen details of Iran offer despite insisting he was ‘not satisfied’ with it

‘ The report, 'Ireland in Focus 2025, Mind the Gap', shows that a relatively small number of far-right actors disproportionately influence public debate through online amplification, visible protests, and repeated narratives.‘ www.rte.ie/news/ireland...

Far-right narrative not the majority view - report

A report by the Hope and Courage Collective, which works to build resilience in communities against rising far-right hate and disinformation, has found a widening gap between public attitudes and poli...

rte.ie

What do singing nuns, pluriversal saints, and visionary painters have in common? They are all discussed in our new collection published today by @livunipress.bsky.social. Order for your library, today! liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

Women, Religion and Culture in Spain and Latin America, 1900-2000 | Home

Please be aware - the LUP website will be in 'Read Only' mode on Tuesday 28th April from 7am-7pm BST (2am-2pm EDT).During this time, you will not be able to register new accounts, activate access tokens, or buy books/ebooks/articles on the site.

liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

Very excited for this event about artistas visionarias in Barça today. The sobremesa last night alone was fascinating!

An interesting conference being organised by colleagues in the Centre for Documentary Research here at Queen's University Belfast in June 2026. Home Frames: Documentary and the Domestic Space www.qub.ac.uk/research-cen...

The court has spoken. Counter-terror powers must not be used to undermine democratic rights. Full statement from @drjogrady.bsky.social

Israeli air strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, health ministry says

Israeli air strikes kill 12 people in Gaza, health ministry says

Three children and two women killed in strike on apartment

irishtimes.com

A scene is made up of so many parts, some of which doń´t get the credit they deserve. The DIY-alt-punk community of Belfast has been supercharged over the years by the inimitable Gwendolin Patterson. Come help us celebrate her and her 60th birthday next Friday - www.facebook.com/events_invit...

GWENDOLINS 60th Birthday Party

Friday, January 16, 2026 at 8:00 PM

facebook.com

“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.” Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me. So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society

Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens

theguardian.com

The attacks on trans rights, which are basic human rights, are a terrible injustice and an attack on truth and fact as well. Everyone should be deeply alarmed and it should be disqualifying for a politician to support such discrimination.

Another significant Modern Languages department under threat. What does it say about current arrangements that learning about other cultures is being systematically devalued and disallowed?

The Association of Hispanists of Great Britain and Ireland@hispanists-ahgbi.bsky.social · 12mo ago

⛔ Second statement in one week #saveleicesterml #saveleicesterlanguages Following last week’s formal letter to the University of Nottingham, AHGBI has now issued a second statement—this time to the University of Leicester—regarding the proposed closure of its Department of Modern Languages.

As an affiliate of Irish Congress of Trade Unions, @ucuatqub.bsky.social encourages colleagues to gather in front of the Lanyon Building gates at 12.30 on Friday 28th November to show solidarity with Palestinian trades unionists, workers and the Palestinian people. Hot food & tea/coffee provided!

Excellent source of decolonial thinking and reporting - follow if that is your thing.

The Funambulist@thefunambulist.bsky.social · 12mo ago

WHAT? WE ARE SHADOWBANNED ON TWITTER AND HAVE ONLY A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND FOLLOWERS HERE! SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE!!! 😒

AHGBI, led by Professor Sarah Wright, opposes the University of Nottingham’s move to suspend—and effectively close—all Modern Languages degrees. SRUK/CERU, led by Dr Carlos Soler Montes, has also raised concerns. AHGBI urges immediate reconsideration. #SaveNottinghamLanguages