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‘It’s celebration time in the blue camp as Azathoth brings back the bonus dinner ingredients after the bush tucker challenge. Remember he chose the Oreo cookies and the sugar puffs, and that’s gone down well’ (rare pilot footage from ‘Aleister Crowley’s ‘’I’m a Celebrity’’, Anglia TV, 1961)

‘Stay with me, Sheila. It’s Prof Godfrey. You’ve lost a lot of blood, but the ambulance is on its way. Before it gets here, though, we need you to just come and change the toner cartridge in the photocopier for us. Sheila? Oh ffs...Has anyone got smelling salts?

Worth every penny. He wrote vicious poems about his parishioners…

I think Skelton got £30 for being vicar of Diss in the 1510s, so maybe not?

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Be ready to be shocked and offended at university, students told Guidance has been published by the Office for Students on new free speech rules coming into force this year.

*first year lecture, academic strides in*

“right you sickos, im here to tell you once and for all THE FOOTNOTE GOES AFTER THE PUNCTUATION”

*students wail, gnash teeth, vomit*

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‘Wait, Graham, I need to be fully in the moment to find the right mood….’
‘Ffs Sophie, it’s ‘Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep’ not bloody Wagner...’

'UKRI published this month its investment and outputs data from 2015 to 2025, with one education research expert saying it shows “evidence that the current system is over-stretched or broken”.' (David James) 1/3

Collapse of languages has ‘knock-on effects’ for research

University-wide language provision increasingly important for international research capabilities, says Hepi report author. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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OTD in 1924: Scholars are forced to reconsider the early career of DH Lawrence as lost footage emerges of his appearance in Mack Sennett’s ill-fated Addams Family movie project.
Sennett finally pulled the plug when Lawrence insisted his character be renamed John Thomas Cox.

And HH

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Ffs… 😬

Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley at University of Sheffield Apply for the Research Associate - Percy Bysshe Shelley role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

This looks like:

1) a genuinely nice role for someone
2) Sheffield has resurrected Shelley and is using him as a Research Associate - taking Gothic Studies to the next level!

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Actually, Rupert, what the cards say is, ‘unless you put down that guitar and bring me a martini you’ll suddenly be eaten by a walrus’... or possibly some other large marine carnivore, it’s not an exact science.

Number three in our occasional series, 'Guinea Pigs That Look Like Timothy Spall'.

Blimey, it’s a stuffed woodwose!

That sounds a great book Dr R! When can I buy one??

Increasingly excited abt publication of my and @gregmw4.bsky.social's book 'Predramatic Theatre'! It offers a fresh, innovative account of the drama of the period prior to the building of the professional playhouses read in the light of modern theories of the dramatic and postdramatic theatres.

‘Aye, without the mask I can pretty much go anywhere without any fuss. But I mostly come here for a quiet pint of mild and a go at the crossword. Linda does a lovely cheese cob.’ (Dr Victor von Doom interviewed for Hello Magazine’s ‘My favourite Places’, The Dog and Duck, Ripley, June 2018)

But all good in the end!

Well that’s more like it!

Yup

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So, today's REF2029 Town Hall was on CKU (Contributions to Knowledge & Understanding, including Outputs and Disciplinary Level Statements or DLSs). The recording with slides will be posted on Resources (link below) soon.

Here are some preliminary thoughts, starting with the good news. 1/10

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

Pulling no punches, outgoing president of the British Academy slates 'confused, if not incoherent' ministerial (DfE) approach to universities and urges action to remove higher education from the 'too difficult box'. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. 1/2 on.ft.com/4kHmNwJ

‘Christ, it’s the cops; everybody just look normal. ... FFS Gary, have you never seen a guitar being played?’