Scientist @elitsapenkova.bsky.social at Exeter University, is conducting research to determine the extent and spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria from rivers in the UK. You can help her tackle this huge threat to public health via the link below:
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UK HE shrinking a live page of all the redundancies and restructures happening across UK Higher Education. Page is updated regularly.

Now 99 universities officially making redundancies, and I've heard of a few more to take us over the 100 mark. If I were a student, I'd be 'shocked and offended' by that more than anything else. Still nothing is done. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

slate.com/technology/2...

Lecturer in Composition Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is seeking to appoint an outstanding Lecturer in Composition to join our dynamic and internationally respected department. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute ...

Job going in my old institution:

jobs.bcu.ac.uk/en/sites/CX_...

They say it can’t be done, but here we are, California is generated 106% of California’s entire state electricity demand from renewables.

California has a population bigger that 154 other countries around the world. It’s the 4th largest economy, in the world.

Let that sink in.
#energysky #greensky

It's utterly absurd that UK hospitals pig-headedly refuse to act to prevent airborne infections even when being overwhelmed by them, causing avoidable deaths & disability. Petition closes 11 May. It needs 10,000 signatures for a Government response. Currently around 7,000. If in the UK PLEASE sign🙏

Brexit led to 1,500 deaths a year as EU nurses left UK, study finds Quality of care dropped as staff were replaced with less experienced nurses, researchers at the University of Surrey say

Brexit's disastrous impact on the NHS led to 1,485 extra deaths per year, according to a new academic study.

Researchers say after the 2016 leave vote, EU nurses left & were replaced by less experienced or skilled staff, which had knock-on effect for patients
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

UK university redundancies: latest updates As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students

We are now approaching 4,000 formally announced university redundancies in the UK since January alone. The real situation is far worse than that, and will also accelerate going forwards. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...

Have you heard our big news? Throughout May, we're offerng an online webinar course that takes a deep dive into the discoveries made by Prof Colwyn Trevarthen about infant communication. You are invited to join us & our international panel, starting 6 May. connectedbaby.net/product/may-...

There’s thousands of job losses taking place across our world class higher education sector. Yet Labour don’t seem to care about these job losses.

I have a fully-funded, 4 yr AHRC collaborative PhD studentship 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870' supervised by myself and Matt Ingleby with colleagues at The Museum of the Home. Deadline 23 May See: www.qmul.ac.uk/geog/postgra...

Really looking forward to this!

Do come and join us, the full programme is now available and it’s going to be a wonderful two days!

Registration is open!

sempre.org.uk/conference/s...

In which case, a very merry unbirthday to you! 😆

Happy birthday, Anna! Hope you have a wonderful day!

Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music at King's College London Apply for the Lecturer in the Anthropology of Music role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

🚨 JOBS KLAXON

Thrilled to announce we're hiring @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social Music Dept:

Anthropologist/ethnographer of popular music in the Global South and/or diasporas.

Job details below. Deadline 16 Feb 25.

Please circulate! #anthropology #music #musicology

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO459/l...

This looks great! Will definitely incorporate it within some of my teaching!

A map of coastal West Africa's cocoa-growing regions, showing how many days over 90F they experienced in 2024.

💔 Climate change is putting chocolate at risk. 🍫

Cacao trees are highly sensitive to temperature. More heat stress can reduce growth, lower yields, and impact the quality of cocoa beans.

Read @climatecentral.org 's analysis here: www.climatecentral.org/report/analy...

Re-amplifying this job going in digital music cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college

The search is deep & wide

www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...

Only rapid near-term mitigation can effectively limit peak warming, which is required to hold warming *well below* 2 °C in case of exceedance or overshoot of 1.5 °C. www.nature.com/articles/s43...

A year above 1.5 °C is not the time for despair but a call to action.

Number crunching: Potential increase in GDP from new third runway at Heathrow v estimated fall in world GDP for every 1°C rise in global temperatures.

@kthamilton2000.bsky.social might know some...

Temperatures at north pole 20C above average and beyond ice melting point Scientists say unusually mild temperatures linked to low-pressure system over Iceland directing strong flow of warm air towards north pole

Labour: "Let's build more airports!" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Lovely to have a chance to work with @matskussner.bsky.social again! And many thanks to Sara and Julian for their editorial work!

Cover from The Economist from two years ago "Say goodbye to 1.5°C; why climate policy is off target". It has a graphic of the Earth with an apple on its head, and a arrow shot through the Earth.

A gentle reminder that if we miss the 1.5°C target (and we certainly will), the next target is 1.51°C and not 2°C. We need to keep fighting.

Every tonne of CO₂ emitted makes the job of future CO₂ removal harder, and every 0.01°C of temperature increase makes the world more chaotic and dangerous.

Parliamentlive.tv House of Commons

Parliamentary debate starting now on the most important Bill of our time. #CANBill
Watch live here: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...

***Please note, this deadline has now been extended to Friday 24th January 2025. All other details remain the same.***

Deadline tomorrow! Don't forget to submit! :-)

Please spread the word! :-)

The Aubrey Hickman Award is offered biennially to a postgraduate researcher or early career researcher (see www.sempre.org.uk/awardshickman for more information). Abstracts for this award (2000-3000 words) must be submitted to SEMPRE@hull.ac.uk by 17 January 2025.

The next SEMPRE spring conference will be held at the Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) in Manchester, UK, on 9 and 10 April 2025. Abstracts for this conference just be submitted by 31st January 2025. www.sempre.org.uk/conferences/...