Christopher Huggins

Lovely to have spent the week in Liverpool for #UACES2025. Great to catch up with colleagues and friends, and to learn what’s going in European Studies. Thanks to the amazing @uaces.bsky.social team for organising.

Had a great few days in Lille for the European Universities Continuing Education Network conference. Always helpful to be reminded of the value of sharing experiences and insights with colleagues elsewhere.

Third service - Good Friday Liturgy:

Victoria: St John Passion
Sanders: The Reproaches
Lotti: Crucifixus

Second service - Mass of the Last Supper:

Cæsar: Missa Brevis Capella Regalis
Duruflé: Ubi caritas and Tantum ergo
Smyth: Komm süsser Tod
And a whole lot of plainsong

Musical offerings from the first service of the Triduum:

Darke: Communion Service in F
Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord

That’s a wrap for #PSA25. Lovely to be invited to talk about supporting pedagogical research and colleagues on teaching and scholarship pathways. Interesting talks on EU politics, local politics, and community education. Wonderful to catch up with colleagues. Thanks @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Was wondering how long it would take for fish to come up!

Great to be part of this panel at #PSA25 on pedagogical research and the value of teaching and scholarship career pathways.

I much prefer a room with moveable (proper) tables and (proper) chairs that can be reconfigured to meet the needs of the class (of course returning the room to the layout depicted in the poster next to the door so not to upset the aforementioned Director of Estates).

These chairs are the worst. Around a third in any given space are in a perpetual state of disrepair. They’re uncomfortable and provide no meaningful writing space. Often too many crammed into a room due to the ‘space utilisation’ algorithm, the logic of which is known only to the Director of Estates

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A new British Academy report on Politics and International Relations provision in UK higher education has found that it remains a popular subject, with graduates out-earning national averages. Read the report in full:
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Just over two weeks to go to submit your #UACES2025 paper proposal. Fancy doing a paper on #cycling? Then don’t hesitate to write to @simonusherwood.bsky.social and me 🚵🏼‍♂️🇪🇺

@fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social

Many congratulations Gilly. Very well deserved!

At 7pm on 30 January, tune in for an online interview with me and Belsen survivor Peter Lantos to mark #Holocaust Memorial Day. Sign up for this ICE event at the University of Cambridge here:
www.ice.cam.ac.uk/event/my-chi...

Congratulations John!

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Great to see that our book with @christopherhuggins.bsky.social on #TeachingEuropeanUnionPolitics is currently 50% off!

A complete steal (less than £20 for paperback) and hopefully useful ideas to (re)think your teaching!

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Wish I was there!

This morning’s musical offerings:

Mozart: Spatzenmesse
Elgar: Ave Verum (Wilf’s favourite, apparently)

Hi Anand. My pleasure. I’m well thanks - hope you are too.

Yesterday afternoon’s musical offerings

Radcliffe responses
Charles Wood: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D
Edward Bairstow: Save us, O Lord

This evening’s musical offerings:

Smith responses
Wise: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F
Grieg: Ave maris stella (beautiful stuff - has it at my wedding)

Very sad to see this. @ukandeu.bsky.social has, and continues to, put out important work on UK-EU relations which is rigorous and accessible, and is a model of how social science research can inform public debate. Proud to have played a small part with the post-Brexit fisheries governance research

Watch & learn: Reflections on peer observation in teaching The Educationalist. By Alexandra Mihai

Peer observation is an important practice to learn how to teach, so I fully recommend reading this post by @anda19.bsky.social (1/2)
educationalist.substack.com/p/watch-and-...

This afternoon’s musical offerings:

Smith responses
Howells: Collegium Regale service (yours truly on tenor solo)
Brahms Geistliches Lied

This afternoon’s musical offerings:

Rose responses
Dyson: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D (an absolute banger)
Handel: Zadok the priest (of coronation fame)

This morning’s musical offerings:

Vierne: Messe Solonelle
Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence

September also means it’s the start of the choir year, so it’s back to singing under Suffolk’s best ceiling

Meanwhile #DuomoToCathedral

#UACES2024 journey complete, using the green travel option. Left Munich by train this morning and am home by sunset.

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