Dr Vicki Yorke-Edwards

It's a poorly written article: I just think it does a disservice to the issue. Which is a shame because a lot of people have put a lot of work into repatriation over the last few decades.

This was what didn't make sense to me... The numbers all through the article, and the accompanying explainer article look very wrong, and I was wondering whether in some cases it's individual bones.

I'm guessing you don't know how copyright law works then......

Ha, that would have been quite a day trip!

www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/surrey/v...
Says: "Penge was a wooded district, over which the tenants of Battersea Manor had common of pasture".

My understanding is that Penge was a detached hamlet in the Manor of Battersea.

Hope it goes well!

Our new exhibition The English Print Revolution: Caxton and Beyond is now open!

Co-curated by Karen Attar (SHL) and @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social (IES, SAS) the display celebrates the 550th anniversary of William Caxton’s first printing press!

Me too. I now have a massive soft spot for anyone who gets their degree from there. I don't particularly miss teaching in the evening but I do miss the students

I used to teach certificate courses for Birkbeck: lots of mature students, some of whom had left school with no qualifications at all, and they were amazing! Really wanted to be there, really engaged, thoughtful and hard working. And they produced great work.

To be fair the salary is given when you click the link to apply

Did you include the time you spent completing the form (and the time you'll probably have to spend chasing it)?

If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.

Governments got HE teaching on the cheap – and every loan reform proposal starts from there The commentary on Plan 2 student loan reform is all about fairness and broken promises.

'IFS’ education spending report, published in January, estimates that under current policy the taxpayer will bear just 3 per cent of the total cost of financing higher education for this cohort [Plan 2 loans] – down from 9 per cent before the budget freezes.' 1/5

When will the UK government wake up to the wholesale destruction of HE that's happening?
This affects towns and cites across the UK, our businesses, the NHS, schools, young people, our global standing, everything! Higher Education, Universities, contribute over £265 BILLION to the economy.

Love how all the tips in the replies for "improving" this situation are just things people could just do themselves without involving middle-machine at all and get better outcomes. Every single use-case, like this one, that I think begrudgingly *might* be plausible turns out not to be

Oh thank goodness

Public Domain Image Archive Explore our hand-picked collection of out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. This is a living database with new images added every week.

Question for #EarlyModern #Skystorians please! 🗃️

What are your favourite online places to search for public domain images?

(free to use, out of copyright, cleared by copyright owner for public use etc)?

Example: Public Domain Image Archive pdimagearchive.org

: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close.

That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education?

#Universities #HigherEducation

My general feeling is that every summary tool shortcuts the library shelf. In grad school there were few things I adored more than finding a book on the shelf bc I inevitably found six or seven other books on proximate shelves that I didn’t even know I needed! Process is the point!

La Reine Margot (during a-levels and we had just been studying the Massacre of St. Bartholomew's Eve, but it's quite punchy for a school viewing....!) Otherwise Schindler's List... Can't really remember anything else...

British Library boss: We’re still healing emotionally from 2023 hack After two and a half years recovering from a cyberattack likened to a ‘dirty bomb’, the new interim boss hopes it’s finally starting to turn a corner

"Clearly the levels of funding in these institutions is not what it is in other countries and it has not been keeping up with inflation. Over the last 20 years, it is down 40% in real terms."

Interview with the @britishlibrary.bsky.social interim CEO Jeremy Silver
www.thetimes.com/article/d6f2...

Graphic with striped background promoting a virtual Data Craft Circle on March 1 at 11am UTC to gather folks working on analog data experiences.

Join us on March 1 at 4pm UTC for our next Data Craft Circle, gathering folx working on analog data experiences! Our theme for March is "Memory," inspired by an attendee's question at our last event. RSVP for free on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/data-craft...

There are lots of women who aren't that into what's supposedly "girl coded" (I say supposedly because so much weird gendering of things has happened over the last 20 years or so). Just have to find the right friendship group! We're out there!

If the finder were an archaeologist this would be an unthinkable story, our training teaches us that artefacts represent a shared past. His training is in documents, he sees objects as something to be auctioned, a source of 'reward'
Is this an anomaly? Historian friends, how do you feel about this?

Opening page of new Transactions article; 'Show me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources', by Ruth Ahnert, Katherine McDonough and Daniel C. S. Wilson. Full abstract: 'This comment examines the rapidly evolving ecosystem of historical research data in the United Kingdom, where cultural heritage collections are increasingly digitised, commercialised and fragmented. Historians face growing challenges in discovering, accessing and reusing data as resources move behind paywalls, and repositories remain scattered, without a national infrastructure to ensure long-term preservation or discoverability. Drawing on examples from major digital initiatives, we analyse the life cycle of historical research data and highlight the complex interplay of commercial, institutional and scholarly interests that shape access. We distinguish three types of data that emerge from historians’ typical engagements with digitised collections: derived, enhanced and aggregated data. We argue that historians must actively participate in the practices relating to the creation, maintenance and reuse of such data. This will involve new forms of citation, favouring open datasets, improving digital skills and building communities around shared resources. The comment concludes with proposals to improve discoverability, sustainability and reuse, urging the discipline to establish common standards and infrastructures to secure an equitable data commons for future research.'

New in Transactions: 'Show Me the Data: New Practices for Historical Sources', by @ruthahnert.bsky.social, Katherine McDonough & @danielwilson.bsky.social: bit.ly/460nrkM

As the ecosystem of historical research data expands, how do we keep control of source materials, esp digital? #Skystorians 1/2

Poster for "Coding Codices Live: Medieval March." Four Events in March 2026.

The Digital Medievalist Postgraduate Committee invites you to Coding Codices Live: Medieval March - a series of beginner-friendly workshops to help you start using digital methods with medieval sources.

Open to MA students, PhDs & early-career researchers.

🗓️ Register by Feb 23
🔗 lnkd.in/dbJS2YhE

Join us for a keynote by Pamela H. Smith (Columbia) on “Tech Utopias Then and Now”!

📆 5.3. | 🕕 6pm GMT | 📍Pushkin House/Zoom

It is part of the workshop “Christianopolis: Re-Reading a Seventeenth Century German Utopia” organised by @mirjamhaehnle.bsky.social (GHIL) and Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge).

One of the more curious aspects of modern higher education is administrators hiring consultants to do the tasks their faculty are teaching students to do.

And then pay the consultants twice as much as they pay the faculty.

#academicsky

And me!