Hilary Potter

Hitler-Attentat vor 75 Jahren - Das Erbe der Enkel Am 20. Juli 1944 scheiterte das Attentat von Graf von Stauffenberg auf Adolf Hitler. Die mutigen Männer und Frauen rund um den Offizier wurden hingerichtet. Die Enkel der Attentäter setzen sich heute ...

'Das Erbe der Enkel': the grandchildren of the Stauffenberg conspirators discuss the legacy of 20 July 1944 www.deutschlandfunk.de/hitler-atten...

Bluster, bullying, suspensions – this is no way to run the Labour party | Polly Toynbee Keir Starmer has made a mess of dealing with this rebellion. Perhaps Tony Blair could give him some tips, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

Bluster, bullying, suspensions – this is no way to run the Labour party | Polly Toynbee

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

'She rejected the view that humanities and social sciences were less useful...than some other subjects, such as maths and science, describing them as “absolutely essential . . . both to living a full and prosperous life but also to addressing many of the challenges we face”.'

Response to the Interim Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR). In the interim report of the Curriculum and Assessment Review of March 2025 , the subject ‘Languages’ was classified as requiring Category 1 intervention, i.e., a subject currently deem…

A great afternoon in Westminster thanks to the APPG ML. We presented our collective response to the Curriculum & Assessment Review: university-council-for-languages.org/2025/06/23/c... Was pleased to be there to represent @ucflangs.bsky.social with @wendya-b.bsky.social & @marcecazzoli.bsky.social

WeTransfer TOS says they can use all your uploaded content for genAI

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

International students benefit local economies, and this extends to those living and working there New research from Public First shows that every UK resident is better off due to international students. Charlie Jeffery explains why it’s vital this message cuts through New research from Public First...

This week on Wonkhe: New research from Public First shows that every UK resident is better off due to international students. Charlie Jeffery explains why it’s vital this message cuts through

Bruce Springsteen mit »Tracks II«: Und wenn »Born in the U.S.A.« nie erschienen wäre? Und wenn »Born in the U.S.A.« nie erschienen wäre? Auf den sieben bisher unveröffentlichten Alben des Boxsets »Tracks II« zeigt US-Rocker Bruce Springsteen, welche Abzweigungen er in seiner Karriere f...

‚Tracks II ist ein faszinierender Deep Dive in die Kreativität Springsteens, ein Einblick in die unterschiedlichen Spielarten uramerikanischer Musik‘
www.spiegel.de/kultur/musik...
‚Zwei der Alben gehören vielleicht zu dem Besten, was der heute 75-Jährige je produzierte.‘
www.br.de/nachrichten/...

Rules that protect UK homeowners from repossessions may be scrapped FCA boss says mortgage charter up for review amid pressure from the chancellor to remove red tape for firms

Good grief, Rachel Reeves...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Sign the Petition Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University

Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9vtymFBVFh

Keir Starmer's EU Reset Deal Is the First Crack in the Brexit Wall Holding Britain Back This agreement marks the beginning of the end of the suffocating Brexit consensus that has gripped British politics for a decade, argues Adam Bienkov

“Starmer's EU deal is a big break in the suffocating Brexit consensus that has held Britain back for a decade. For the first time a UK government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed” 👏
bylinetimes.com/2025/05/19/k...

Free online course from the University of Leeds, please re-post: www.futurelearn.com/courses/clim...

Immigration is a beautiful thing and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise ❤️

Super day, thanks so much! Great to be part of this inaugural event & here's looking forward to what follows as a result.

I'm going on Wednesday

Germany's far-right AfD party officially classified as 'extremist' organisation A 1,000-page report by Germany's domestic intelligence agency says views around ethnicity held by the AfD aim to exclude certain groups from equal participation in society.

Germany's far-right AfD party officially classified as
'extremist' organisation

news.sky.com/story/german...

Let’s embrace the REF’s radical redefinition of academic excellence We finally have a mechanism to overthrow the UK’s neo-feudal system of academic gatekeeping, say Krzysztof Nawratek and Lakshmi Priya Rajendran

REF2029: 'shatters the artificial barrier between “prestigious” research and real-world impact.'. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/lets...

Wishing you a speedy recovery!

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Rightwing populists will keep winning until we grasp this truth about human nature | George Monbiot Economic inequality breeds resentment and a desire to get even. That’s what fuels support for even incompetent regimes, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

It's a straightforward relationship: high #inequality leads to the triumph of the far right. It will keep winning until governments deliberately seek to make societies more equal. I'm looking at you, Keir Starmer.
This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

World-leading Byzantinist delivers British Academy Lecture at the University of Leeds Running since 1908, the British Academy Lecture series showcases the best new research in the humanities and social sciences

It was an honour and a pleasure to host Claudia Rapp last month for her invigorating and scholarly British Academy Lecture on Christianity as a framework for social connection in Byzantine society. Do find out more in our latest news piece ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

For the latest updates on @rob-eagle.bsky.social Sapling funded project 'A Teaspoon of Shampoo' take a look at our webpage. This project is going from strength to strength and we're excited to see how it develops going forwards. lahri.leeds.ac.uk/the-sapling-...

We're delighted to announce that the LUCAS-LAHRI Virtual Visiting Research Fellowships are open for application. Our theme is 'Africa's Entanglements in a Global World'. Full details can be found on our webpage. Deadline for applications is 20 May at 12 noon UK time
lahri.leeds.ac.uk/lucas-lahri-...

You have to love Led By Donkeys

Here they projected onto the giant screen at the far-right Reform UK conference yesterday

Quakers condemn police raid on Westminster Meeting House Police broke into a Quaker Meeting House last night (27 March) and arrested six young people holding a meeting over concerns for the climate and Gaza.

You think the arbitrary arrest of political dissenters cannot happen in the UK? It already does. www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The car tariffs have holed the Reeves budget on the waterline. Trump will expect massive concessions by the UK to avoid them. This is Brexit making the UK vulnerable to attack by larger forces. Time to pivot to the EU while we still can.

NEW: Drivers on the M8 in Glasgow gave their opinion of Elon Musk as a global day of action targeted the company's showrooms

#elonmusk #tesla #teslatakedown

The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...

Don't mess with archivists. We keep receipts.
"The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document (...) With a single stroke of a pen, the USA accepted that the whole of Greenland was Danish territory".

jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...

Universität Yale: Historiker und Faschismusforscher verlassen die USA Timothy Snyder und zwei weitere renommierte Wissenschaftler verlassen die USA und forschen künftig in Kanada. Grund sei, dass die Trump-Regierung die Freiheit bedrohe.

Weltweit renommierte Faschismus-Forscher verlassen die USA mit den Worten "Meine Vorfahren sind auch 1939 aus Deutschland geflohen" und hier wird noch über das F-Wort diskutiert.

Ask your MP to attend my Water Bill debate After years of bill hikes, shareholder pay-outs, and pollution, it couldn't be clearer that privatisation has created a crisis in our water system. We can't leave the future of this critical natio...

Privatisation has failed.

My Private Members Water Bill is an unmissable chance to put public ownership of our water back on the table as a solution.

In less than 2 minutes, you can make sure your MP attends my Bill’s crucial debate on 28th March: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...