Katie da Cunha Lewin

Cheers Gabriel

Thank you! We have achieved fika most days, as per your recommendation!

(The bunny was a key part of my son's experience)

About to have a job interview, and whilst on holiday no less. But at least I have the beautiful Swedish archipelago still fresh in my mind

Sign the Petition Stop Mass Redundancies at Lancaster University – Hold Senior Management Accountable

- 400 jobs to go at Lancaster University

- 1 in 4 people will be made redundant

But where's the financial evidence for this extreme action?

Please read 👇

Sign the petition 👇

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Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

When I had an autoimmune disease as a child and was having chemotherapy, I couldn't be vaccinated. I relied on herd immunity. I often think about this when I read these stories and wonder what people making these 'choices' would say

Thrilled to receive my copy of @badaude.bsky.social's new book from @versobooks.bsky.social. Really looking forward to reading

Oh brilliant!

A brilliant combo. I've been trying to buy the Organix brand stuff for the no salt/no sugar element but fear I'm going to bankrupt myself in the process...actually there's another piece for Vittles there! The sheer cost of those brands 😑

My son recently discovered both cake and tortilla chips and is now obsessed with both, whilst I continue the ineffectual dance of green vegetables round his carb-obsessed head

Looking forward to reading this and continuing to think about the really strange/marvellous/worrying topic of children and food

Do you think one of the likely candidates is Coventry?

Congrats! Looking forward to finally having a chance to get into my copy soon

The business secretary Jonathan Reynolds says the racist protesters intimidating asylum seekers in Epping are "upset for legitimate reasons.”
I don't remember any Labour frontbencher saying the same about people protesting the genocide in Gaza. On the contrary, they've criminalised peaceful dissent.

How many more versions of this will we read?! Sarah Brouillette's work on publishing as feminised labour is crucial here; as we have always known, in any area, 'more women' always equals 'too many'

Universities aren’t often spoken of as ‘brands,’ but Warwick leans into that idea. What does thinking of a university as a brand unlock—and what can it achieve when done well? Seeing a university as a brand unlocks coherence and confidence. A brand is about more than design, it’s about identity and consistency. When you align your values, your story and your impact, you become more than a place, you become a movement. At Warwick, brand isn’t just a communications tool, it’s a strategic asset. It helps us attract brilliant minds, forge global partnerships and create a distinctive space in a competitive world. When done well, a brand doesn’t limit, it liberates.

What drew you to the world of higher education, and how do you see its role evolving in society today? My journey from the world of luxury into higher education has been one of purpose and transformation. After years of working with global brands, I was drawn to higher education as the next frontier of influence, a space where knowledge, identity, and opportunity intersect. Universities aren’t just places of learning, they are platforms for societal impact. Their role today is to be both anchor and catalyst: rooted in rigorous teaching and research, yet agile enough to respond to global challenges and cultural shifts. How has your background in the luxury sector shaped the way you approach storytelling and brand building at the University of Warwick? Working across premium and luxury sectors—fashion, real estate, travel and beyond—taught me the value of emotion, detail, and differentiation. In those worlds, a brand isn’t just a badge, it’s an experience, a feeling, a story that lives in people’s hearts. At the University of Warwick, I’ve brought that same mindset to higher education: crafting narratives that are both strategic and human.

I can't quite believe it, but, it appears that the person responsible for this at the University of Warwick has had a Vogue photoshoot about the rebrand, explaining his 'journey from the world of luxury [goods marketing] into higher education' vogue.sg/university-o...

How many more versions of this will we read?! Sarah Brouillette's work on publishing as feminised labour is crucial here; as we have always known, in any area, 'more women' always equals 'too many'

'Beyond'??

I've just been scrolling through the website and shouting at my husband increasingly loudly

Front page of Warwick.ac.uk

Self-inflicted embarrassment for the University of Warwick — first it rebrands hyper-generically, then someone totally unhinged decides the *front page of the uni website* should say ‘Learn more about our Brand’.

Love that bit! I always get my students to do it too

UK university job cuts put at 20,000 after full impact ‘hidden’ Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers

'Rebecca Harrison, a former lecturer at The Open University, said that the extent of the deterioration of job security in universities was “alarming”, adding that institutions had not been transparent about the extent of the cuts occurring in the sector.' 1/3

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I should be at Cambridge, but I’m trapped in Gaza Home Office red tape strands dozens of Palestinian scholarship winners in war zone

Shaimaa has a scholarship to do a PhD on Palestinian literature with me at @uoe-llc.bsky.social, but she's stuck in Gaza because the foreign office won't help. Please share. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

We'd love to have your submissions for essays on all things contemporary lit! But also looking for work that troubles that boundary too, including creative writing, publishing studies etc...

Thrilled that I'll be at the helm of @c21literature.bsky.social as co-editor for the next three years alongside my buddy/literary co-conspirator @kironward.bsky.social: c21.openlibhums.org/news/843/

I've posted about this before and I sound 100 years old but my god cowboys boots can't be fashionable, they just can't. I know Beyonce is doing some of the heavy lifting here but plz. You aren't going to a barn dance, you are a copywriter for an energy company sitting on the Victoria line

Newsweek’s infamous 17 July 1995 cover: “Bisexuality: Not Gay. Not Straight. A New Sexual Identity Emerges.”

A very happy 30th birthday to bisexuality, born this day in 1995 🎂

we would be in a much better state in this country if we stopped focusing on anointing a chosen few working class students into Oxbridge, and instead properly funded all the different sorts of universities that attract students from a wide range of backgrounds already