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Tuition fees are rising again and nobody is happy – it’s time to actually fix our broken university sector | Zoe Williams The figures simply don’t add up for higher education in England and Wales. Yet delusional politicians from all parties seem intent on avoiding the issue, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

'Put simply, we have a really strange system in higher education, where nobody admits how much things actually cost, nobody admits who’s paying for what, research is kept alive on the toil and goodwill of underpaid academics....'

Rather a narrow definition of 'enabling' here. Teaching/teaching & scholarship staff also play vital enabling roles at most universities, enabling teaching & research staff to have some time for research by managing disproportionate student numbers.

Call for Applications: Editorial Fellowships at History Workshop, 2025 History Workshop is advertising two part-time, paid Editorial Fellowships in 2025, open to early career historians.

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I would really appreciate if all of you will share my Bluesky profile 🫶🏼

I would really appreciate if all of you will share my Bluesky profile 🫶🏼

To save UK higher education, start talking about knowledge - Research Professional News Until debate on universities foregrounds their core purposes, their woes will deepen, says Margot Finn

If the marketing team is struggling to understand what universities do and are for, they can read this by a former Warwick professor, HoD, research centre founder/director and PVC. 3/3

Assistant Professor, High Medieval European History (tenure track) - HigherEdJobs Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

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Bowen is a seriously class act.

A betrayal of the victims of the Holocaust A view from Israel

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Thanks, Guy.

Yes, thought so. Surrey looked pretty tedious.

My word as an influencer guides millions so I don't do this often, but if you're fed up of fancy pants restaurants in Glasgow's West End, you could do worse than heading to Sam's in Hardgate. Really good authentic Italian food. It's BYOB, but corkage is a fiver and you can buy at Tesco's next door.

My word as an influencer guides millions so I don't do this often, but if you're fed up of fancy pants restaurants in Glasgow's West End, you could do worse than heading to Sam's in Hardgate. Really good authentic Italian food. It's BYOB, but corkage is a fiver and you can buy at Tesco's next door.

You were at Scarborough, huge envy. Is this the festival? Was down there last week for other reasons and watched a bit of an evening club game. It's such a lovely ground.

Photo of Senate House against a blue sky. There is a text box giving the details of the workshop for new research students in history. All the information is also in the post.

IHR Workshop for new history research students - 8 Oct 2025. Learn about the work of the IHR while meeting our friendly staff to learn how we can assist you as a research student in history and/or history-related fields. Free to attend, but booking is required
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Because their salaries are minuscule by international standards and they work unsocial hours. Security is also important and entertaining constituents is part of the job. Can we discuss something more important now?

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

NYT now reporting Tom Lehrer’s death. May his memory be for a blessing.

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Assistant/Associate Professor of Medieval History (1100-1500) - University of Tenn, Knoxville job with University of Tennessee Department of History | 37862790 The Department of History at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville invites applications for a tenure-track professor of medieval history (1100-1500).

Medieval History Job Alert! University of Tennessee, where I used to work. Unbelievably strong medieval studies. Unbelievable that they are hiring in this climate! Please share this post. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37862790...

Saw it in Hull, it's very good.

For #FindsFriday the unique and remarkable Khazar coin inscribed "Moses is God's messenger", from the huge Spillings hoard found on Gotland in 1999. The coin (dated c. 837) is the only physical proof that Khazars converted to Judaism. From the Gotlands Museum book "The Spillings Hoard"

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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Modern British History maternity leave cover (7 months in first instance) teaching position, predominantly 20th century, UCL History Dept. Starts 1 October 2025. Friendly department with excellent students and great library resources. PhD required. Deadline 24 July.

The embroidery was likely commissioned by Odo of Bayeux, the design developed at St Augustine's Abbey under Abbot Scolland and then stitched by a group of women. England was famed for its embroidery. #BayeuxTapestry 2/

It tells the story of the events leading up to the invasion of England by Duke William II of Normandy in 1066. We see all sorts of scenes and landscapes. Some like 'Ubi unus clericus et Aelfgyfa' are enigmatic. #BayeuxTapestry

'With a remaining £1.5m budget gap, the voluntary severance and enhanced retirement scheme has been extended until September.'

5 schools are in focus. 1) Business – excluding Business Management; 2) Geosciences – excluding Archaeology; 3) Language, Literature, Music & Visual Culture... 1/2

As has been often remarked “the Cold War was fought in the Midwest.” Bloomington used to teach 3 years of Romanian and 2 of Hungarian. One of three universities in the country to offer Serbo-Croatian. The biggest library collection of Tibetan materials, etc. Etc.

I will also have some @royalhistsoc.org flyers and badges to promote the society. There are different levels of membership, including for postgrads royalhistsoc.org/membership/ #IMC2025

Cover for 'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

Winner of the RHS First Book Prize (2025):

'Royal Justice and the Making of the Tudor Commonwealth, 1485-1547', by Laura Flannigan (Cambridge University Press, 2024)

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First page of Michaela Kalcher's article: ‘The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, History Workshop Journal

Winner of the RHS Early Career Article Prize (2025):

Michaela Kalcher for 'The Self in the Shadow of the Guillotine: Revolution, Terror and Trauma in a Parisian Diary‘, published in History Workshop Journal (2024).

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1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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