If it's an interesting piece of local news, yes. If not, no.

Ooh, quite wet then.... 😉

An imaginative and informative exhibition, which is on at the Ashmolean Museum throughout the spring and summer. I found a lot to enjoy, despite not being a gardener...

Depends where. I read the other day that the Vale of York (where I am from) is one of the driest parts of the country. Different story in the Lake District, obviously.

Having been through exactly this it makes my mind boggle that some people think being in the redundancy group is to be envied. Yes, it's nice to be free of the bad things about contemporary academic life but no longer having a salary is a major problem.

I've been through exactly this. Happy to share my experiences if of any help, though they are much as you say here. :/

OK found that now. It's still bringing up miscellaneous stuff but at least I may find some. Thanks.

Thanks. Being very dumb here but where is "project category" on that page? I can't see it. And if I type AHRC standard research into the search bar it brings up random results which are not that.

We make grants to composers and towards work furthering the knowledge and understanding of the life and work of Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams, including recordings and films, performances, research and educational resources.

⏲️ Just under a month until our next deadline!

Does anyone know where I can find a list of "standard research grants" awarded by the AHRC? I want to find a list of the topics that succeeded and this seems bafflingly impossible to find. (Everything on the AHRC website is overly complicated.)

Portrait of a woman with dark hair styled in a low bun, wearing a blue garment with a white collar, facing away from the viewer.

Two fern leaves, one yellowish and one green, displayed on a textured light gray background.

A winding dirt path lined with tall, leafy trees under a partly cloudy sky with a person walking along it.

Read about Joséphine Bowes, a French actress who built a world-class art collection for the north of England.

👉 artuk.org/discover/stories/josephi...

🧑‍🎨 Joséphine Bowes (1825–1874) 📷 The Bowes Museum

Victor Glover and Christina Koch in orange spacesuits sit in the doorway of the rescue helicopter

Commander Reid Wiseman and Jeremy Hansen sit in the doorway of the rescue chopper

Going to get some great images from NASA in the coming days. Here’s a couple of post-splashdown snaps of actual heroes.

From tulip mania to opium, the global trade in plants has shaped wealth, power and everyday life for centuries.

The plants that made the modern world | @amwilson.bsky.social

engelsbergideas.com/reviews/the-...

‘Terrific’ (FT)

‘Splendid’ (Spectator)

‘Brilliant’ (Guardian)

‘Illuminating’ (New Statesman)

‘Timely and provocative’ (Opera)

And currently only £15.31 on Amazon. Get your copy of Someone Else's Music while it's 33% off!

www.amazon.co.uk/Someone-Else...

It's a strange question because there isn't only one style of such writing... The one in the example is very clear and everyone could read it. But historic handwriting is often very challenging.

Management consultants are ruining UK universities Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education

ICYMI earlier, I've written for the @financialtimes.com today about the boring, empty and unsuccessful 'strategies' being imposed on all our universities. If we go on like this, sooner or later we'll have 'reorganised' them all out of existence.
www.ft.com/content/5032...

Really good article, which I have been sharing. Intrigued to know what you think academics can do to resist all this though?

A ceiling with an oval window. Around the window opening and going around the oval shape are some lights in the form of lines. In the celing around the window we also have some golden lights scattered around, which create a nice effect.

I think once can find beauty in many unexpected places; here for example the ceiling of the Manchester Arndale shopping centre.

I keep seeing "all authors use AI, the real issue is they're being forced to be sneaky about it" headlines.

Full stop No. This is a lie peddled for normalization. It's schoolyard-level pressure tactics "C'mon, all the cool kids are already doing it. We won't tell. It's fine. We're on your side."

'Punting on the Cam.' The granddaughter of Darwin, at the start of the 20thC Gwen Raverat was at the centre of Cambridge intellectual aristocracy. A friend & patron of Stanley Spencer, a close friend of Virginia Woolf and Rupert Brooke, as well as a fine actress and painter.

I'm not sure how long this discount will be on offer for - maybe only until the end of March. If you know someone who is interested in opera, or the cultural history of opera, please consider buying them a copy!

#Photography #Monochrome #ManuelAlvarezBravo

A case for Classics | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine There is a photograph of me as an eight-year-old standing on top of the Pont du Gard, the Roman aqueduct not far from Nîmes. I remember feeling both petrified — there were no railings — and awe-struck...

Me on diminishing opportunities to learn about the classical world and why that's a shame. Also, on why "edgy" initiatives aren't the answer.

thecritic.co.uk/a-case-for-c...

Did you get to the wonderful exhibition of Cosprop costumes at the Fashion Museum earlier this year? This was among them.

An undergraduate degree whistles by in the blink of an eye as it is.

Why are most university degrees still three years long? If we want to fix student finances, the academic calendar needs a rethink | LBC As MPs launch an inquiry into student loans in England, it’s clear that the debate around how undergraduate degrees are funded shows no sign of slowing down.

Many reasons. Because students need to work in the holidays. Because they need time to learn and mature, not just cram. Because academics aren't just schoolteachers and need time for research. Also,campuses don't sit unused: they get summer schools and conferences in.

www.lbc.co.uk/article/univ...

Arts Council England and the government have now responded to the Hodge Review. In our latest blog, we break down what has been promised, what still feels uncertain, and what we'll be watching for next.

Read more: freelancersmaketheatrework.com/what-arts-co...

#FreelancersMakeTheatreWork

I can never access THE articles - can't work out how the institutional login works. But anyway... Several academics the generation above me - 60s now - chose career over motherhood (sad). I felt I could sustain my career with one child, but not with more.

Sainte-Chapelle charges non-EU members (i.e. now Brits) apparently.

I don't understand this. People who live IN Oxford can walk or cycle for the most part. It's the people who live out of town and commute in who have a greater need to drive. (I take the train or bus but it takes a lot of determination when the timetables are all over the place.)