Applications for summer internships increased 27% last year while the number offered dropped by 8%. But let's blame universities for graduate employment outcomes because clearly they're the problem here.

Tougher competition for internships strains UK graduate jobs market

Applications for summer internships rise 27% as students face ‘day zero’ fight to get ahead in increasingly automated recruitment process

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Call for Book Chapters on: Religion in Egodocuments: reforc.com/news/call-fo... Deadline for proposals is 30th October. Please share! #reformazing #earlymodern #religion #skystorians

Am 5. und 6. November 2026 findet in Zweibrücken eine Tagung zu Herzog Wolfgang von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1526–1569) statt. Die Tagung widmet sich Herzog Wolfgang und seinen vielfältigen Familien-, Bildungs- und Religionsbeziehungen. Registrierung ist offen! reforc.com/events/herzo...

A notification came up on my laptop to say "a breakpoint has been reached". I'm pondering if that refers to a programme or if the laptop is making an observation about me. #skystorians #startofterm

GET EXCITED! Our biennial conference is happening in THAT LONDON in 2027! It's our 💎 Diamond 💎 Jubilee, so get ready for a party. The #Renaissance Beyond Borders Warburg, 30 June-3 July 2027 Deadline for proposals: 25 September 2026 all info: rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie... #EarlyModern #SkyStorians

“If you write for yourself, you’ll reach all the people you want to write for.” — William Zinsser

I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.

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Tell me a fun fact.

🚨the Department of History at the University of Toronto (St George campus) is hiring an Assistant Professor in the history of early modern or modern South Asia jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

Hey #MedievalSky: I just got word that the panel I submitted for the @medievalacademy.bsky.social meeting next year in Toronto got turned down. This is not a gripe. It's evidence that even Fellows of the Academy have to continually compete. So use your rejections as fuel for something bigger/better.

NEW JOB! We are pleased to share news from our friends at VCH Hampshire who are advertising for a contributing editor to edit, research, and write work towards the county's first #BigRedBook for over a century. Applications close 1 October. #Skystorians #LocalHistory

Contributing Editor at Victoria County History Hampshire

Recruiting now: Contributing Editor on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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#CfA 📢 *Founders’ Prize*, Sixteenth Century Society @16csociety.bsky.social Supporting early-career scholars publishing their first book in early modern studies (1450–1750). ⏰ 15 September 2026 🔗 sixteenthcentury.org/prize/founde... #EarlyCareer #EarlyModern #FirstBook #BookPublication

#CfA 📢 Books in Progress Fellow, Folger Institute For early career scholars looking to publish in US academic markets without institutional support for book manuscript review. ⏰ 14 September 2026 🔗 www.folger.edu/research/the... #EarlyCareer #FirstBook #BookPublication

Books in Progress Fellowship | Folger Shakespeare Library

Folger Shakespeare Library is the world's largest Shakespeare collection, the ultimate resource for exploring Shakespeare and his world. Shakespeare belongs to you. His world is vast. Come explore. Jo...

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'History Day' is an excellent opportunity to meet with fellow historians and the many organisations that support research. Well worth attending, esp. if you're starting out on a project. @royalhistsoc.org is taking part and we look forward to seeing you on 18 November #Skystorians

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The @ihr.bsky.social, @senatehouselib.bsky.social and SAS are excited to announce that bookings are now open for History Day 2026! 🥳 Save the date for Wednesday 18 November and join us in Senate House for this celebration of all things history. Book your free place: https://bit.ly/4yw4zWt

Businesses are 'clear that universities should do "more to help students to gain workplace experience".' Are they clear that such workplace experience needs to be provided by, ahem, businesses?

UK universities pledge work experience to more than 1mn students

Initiative comes amid growing concern among employers about young people’s readiness for workplace

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Coming soon: latest title in the Society's 'New Historical Perspectives' book series for early career historians: 'Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence', by Gillian Jack bit.ly/4gY9IQ7 Available in print and Open Access from 15 October. #Skystorians 1/2

Prostitution, Repentance and Social Welfare in Renaissance Florence - University of London Press

From the fourteenth century, prostitutes in Florence were encouraged to leave their profession and spend their lives in repentance at the monastery of Sant’Elisabetta delle Convertite. Many did over i...

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Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an great opportunity to conduct research in the UK! 🇩🇪✈️🇬🇧 1/2

A very quick turn around because of paperwork, but we're hiring a one year post in Modern British History! Please have a look and share widely with anyone interested! Happy to take informal queries at the email in the job posting! www.winchester.ac.uk/About-Us/Wor...

Applications are open for our (free) early career researcher leadership programme. We will provide 62 ECRs from humanities and social sciences with coaching, mentoring and peer networking. We can contribute to childcare costs. Apply by 28th October www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/early-career...

In “Pelican Portrait” of 1574, Elizabeth I pulls out all the stops with unbelievably elaborate outfit. You can hardly stop looking at amazing detail of each piece & layer. Happy birthday to one who knew how to accessorize.

The #ERCCoG project PARISH is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to study #earlymodern parish politics in the Diocese of Vienna!

ERC PARISH@erc-parish.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We're recruiting a postdoctoral researcher for our ERC #ERCCoG project PARISH to study #earlymodern parish communities, confraternities and poor relief in the Archdiocese of Vienna & the Viennese Officialate of Passau. Please share with your colleagues! www.abtk.hu/images/allas...

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

When you miss an important class! #medieval #funny #history #skystorians #medievalhistory youtube.com/@fandango_je...

There are only 10 days left to apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📆 The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis on ▪️German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), 1/3

The boss of Hugging Face said it was "mind-blowing that all of this happened autonomously". Perhaps it is mind-blowing. But it's certainly not surprising. #news OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack

It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.

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Nearly 4,000 academic posts in social sciences, humanities and the arts have been axed in one year alone. In the 12 months to December 2024, just under 3,000 social sciences, 820 humanities and 240 arts jobs went. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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Yet more proof of the value of humanities. #savethehumanities #odyssey

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

What do English graduates do with their degrees? Christopher Nolan is an English graduate.

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History Open, online meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline in a time of crisis. 2-4pm BST, Tuesday 4 August 2026 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-crisis...

The Crisis in UK HE: the Future for History

An open meeting for historians in UK higher education on what is needed to best support and protect the profession and discipline.

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We are very pleased to welcome 223 historians who join the Society today - as Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members: bit.ly/3TEhyWM Our Fellows and Members teach, research, write and promote #history, within the UK and internationally, in and beyond education #Skystorians 1/2

Society elects 223 new Fellows, Associate Fellows, Members and Postgraduate Members - RHS

At its latest meeting on 1 July 2026, the RHS Council elected 82 Fellows, 44 Associate Fellows, 36 Members and 61 Postgraduate Members, a total of 223 people newly associated with the Society, from to...

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Happy dog. Lolloping joy 😊 #dogs #walkies

We have the following 3 calls for research funding for RHS Fellows & Members: bit.ly/4wwSMGu > 'Open Research Grants', for mid & later career historians > 'Early Career Fellowship Grants', for postdocs > Martin Lynn Scholarship', for PhD research in African history Closing 4 September #Skystorians

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: September 2026 deadlines - RHS

The Society invites applications for the following three schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates of 4 September 2026. Early Career Fellowship Grants, 2026-27* off...

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