Dave O'Brien

Project Manager at University of Stirling Explore professional services job openings, including the Project Manager position, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and discover more about this role.

Come and work with us at the University of Stirling! We're recruiting a research Project Manager to work on our new international AHRC project 'Transforming Cultures of Language-Learning'. 0.4 FTE for 28 months. Details below; closing date 24 March www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS878/p...

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3-year job in history of political thought / visual culture / art history
Department of Politics & International Studies
University of Cambridge
@thecambridgeschool.bsky.social

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/54724/

Liberal Worlds: James Bryce and the Democratic Intellect by H. S. Jones

H. S. Jones

Head to @trinityoxford.bsky.social next week, 12 Mar at 5:00pm GMT to celebrate the launch of @stuartjones.bsky.social's new book, Liberal Worlds! Grab a drink and learn more about this incredible work—plus use code P327 to get 30% off your copy!

RSVP for this free, in-person event: buff.ly/KAVSCf2

Will you be in Bristol on 11 March? Could you be? Well if you are, do come along to @uwebristolofficial.bsky.social's Frenchay Campus at lunchtime to hear me talk all things New Labour. Should be fun!

Artificial Weather: Mining the Language and Visual Culture of Weather and Climate Modification (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - Artificial Weather: Mining the Language and Visual Culture of Weather and Climate Modification (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

We are advertising a fully-funded PhD studentship for the computational study of vernacular cultures of weather and climate modification at the University of Manchester.

More details here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

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Vice-chancellor calls for review into student loans for those without A-levels Adam Tickell, of University of Birmingham, says money is loaned to people who ‘are not really capable of graduating’

My dad (a sheet metal worker) was made redundant in his 50s & went on to pursue a degree in the history of fine & decorative arts. His life was transformed as a result. Restricting access to HE for those without A-levels would deny others of the same opportunities www.theguardian.com/education/20...

In this talk Professor Glen O'Hara discusses his new book New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country. The New Labour governments of the 1990's and 2000's seem a long… New Labour, New Britain? How the Blair governments reshaped the country

What could the current Labour government learn from the Blair years?

In this talk @gsoh31.bsky.social discusses his new book 'New Labour, New Britain?: How the Blair governments reshaped the country' at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social. Watch it on YouTube here:

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FULLY FUNDED PHDs IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

I'm looking for *two* PhD students to join my ERC project on refugee-led approaches to displacement justice. The positions are funded for four years, and you get to join our lovely community in Bristol. Please share widely!

philjobs.org/job/show/30997

“We Are Making A Film About Mark Fisher” is coming to @edincollegeofart.bsky.social.
Delighted to welcome co-director Simon Poulter for this screening on 20 March - all welcome. Book your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-are-mak...

PhD Funding!

University of Leeds

The School of History invites Black, Asian and other minoritised ethnic scholars who wish to pursue a PhD to apply for the Access to Research Scholarship.

Scholarship is open to those who are eligible to pay UK fees.

phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/387-...

You star, will do

We should do a @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast!

The book cover for The Umbrella Man and Other Stories

“I wanted to write a book that would provide an easy fancy dress option for introverted children on World Book Day. I think I’ve done that.” - Martin Fitzgerald

Physical Disability and Deformity in Nineteenth-Century Britain Offering historical primary sources that outline both medical and experiential perspectives of physical disability, this book provides frequently mentioned but rarely provided material and supports re...

I have an edited primary source collection coming out on disability and deformity in c19th Britain. My hope is that you find it useful for teaching (apologies for the abstract, I did not write it! and the cost) #histmed #dishist www.routledge.com/Physical-Dis...

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A black holding cover for the book 'Star Wars: Star Pilots' by Chris Kempshall

Wedge Antilles from the Star Wars franchise piloting a snowspeeder in The Empire Strikes Back

‘I have never wanted to suggest that my wartime experiences were any more important or heroic than any other pilot. But so many of them are gone now and I am still here. Their words deserve to be heard’ - Wedge Antilles

'Star Wars: Star Pilots' Oct 2026 (DK) geni.us/StarWarsStar...

YouTube video by UK Research and Innovation UKRI update from Professor Sir Ian Chapman

And here is the UKRI video explaining buckets. 2/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=osnq...

Ian Chapman maps the changes to UKRI’s budget between 2026 and 2030 Changes to how UKRI will deliver its investments have prompted questions and debate. UKRI’s CEO Ian Chapman discusses the rationale and mapping the old world onto the new

'Today, in a video published on the UKRI website, and in this piece, I want to describe what this means for individual researchers and innovators and, in particular, the place for curiosity-driven research within that.' 1/2

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One interesting point in the UKRI letter is the statement that before the buckets UKRI's investment was 'tracked largely by discipline'. Is it very difficult to map this assertion onto how 'disciplines' are normally defined in research and academic contexts, or am I missing something? 2/2

UKRI shares first detailed comparisons of past and future spending under new ‘bucket’ model - Committees - UK Parliament Professor Sir Ian Chapman, Chief Executive of UKRI, has written to the Committee Chair, Dame Chi Onwurah, to provide previously unavailable information about its new 'bucket'-led approach to funding r...

Back to buckets. Four of them. Or, three buckets and a trough. 1/2

Listen! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social spoke to @kennyailbhe.bsky.social about the hugely important "Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music" newbooksnetwork.com/music-refuge

The mapping shows that the curiosity-led research ('bucket one') is applicant-led research, QR, and a sprinkling of smaller items from across UKRI. Applicant-led funding and QR are increasing from financial years 2025-26 to 2026-27, but overall curiosity-led research is receiving a smaller share of the increase in 2026-27 than other 'buckets'. . From this mapping, it appears 'curiosity-led' research as UKRI are defining it, is being protected, and is over 50% of the total investment. However, as we said in our question to Sir lan, QR is not all curiosity-led, it is at best 'non-Government directed'. This eliding of definitions is part of the reason that there is confusion around the statement that curiosity research is protected. Further, the statement that curiosity-led research is over 50% of the total budget risks looking dis-ingenious when a big chunk of it is QR funding.

Response from @sciencecampaign.bsky.social says ‘the statement that curiosity-led research is over 50% of the total budget risks looking disingenuous when a big chunk of it is QR funding.’
www.sciencecampaign.org.uk/analysis-and...

A key para is this: ‘The budget for [responsive mode] in 2025/26 is
£737m. You will see above that, in 2026/27, this maps to the ‘applicant-led’ funding for
which the budget is £815m. This increases year-on-year to £821 million in FY27/28, £836
million in FY28/29, and £866 million in FY29/30.