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An aerial view of part of the Uni of Liverpool campus in the 1960s, showing demolitions and new buildings.

Do you know of someone who might be interested in doing a #PhD on the urban, architectural and environmental history of the University of Liverpool?

If so could you point them in my direction?

My institution's IT security team: Do not click on links in unsolicited emails. Especially not from external senders.

Every other unit at my institution: Here is an unsolicited email! Please click on this link! Also, we have commissioned an external org to send you more links, please click

Strong statement from UCU on principles for implementing AI in teaching, research and administration. This is much more reflective and comprehensive than the pervasive catch-all of 'responsible AI'.

www.ucu.org.uk/media/15656/...

A certificate for the book collecting prize

In wild news, I am so so pleased that my collection of books, pamphlets and zines on Glasgow’s radical history won the David Murray book collecting prize at the University of Glasgow library

PALESTINE 36 | Official UK Trailer - In Cinemas 31 October YouTube video by Curzon

Glasgow Anti-Empire Film Club Screening #1: Palestine 36. Glad Cafe, March 22, 7:30pm (screening promptly at 8pm)
Pay what you can, no one turned away for lack of funds. Donations to cover cost with any excess going to Kufr Aqab Storytelling Centre. youtu.be/wWtwnae_5UI?...

A friend recently published a biography of a historical figure. I have been telling her that she should create a virtual tour of key sites of importance to post on her website. I think that more historians should do this. Invite the public to engage with your book and work differently.

Clyde Reflections Clyde Reflections is a visual arts project by Chris Leslie, created in collaboration with Louise Welsh and Jude Barber of Empire Café and their...

We'll be screening & discussing @chrislesliephoto.bsky.social Clyde Reflections films at the GFT this Saturday at 3.30pm as part of @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social Short Film Festival where we will also be screening some rarely seen films of the Clyde. More info via gsff.filmchief.com/shop/tickets...

Minister rejects Rayner's claim Home Office plan to make migrants wait longer for settled status 'un-British' Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Cabinet Office minister, argued in interviews this morning that people in government agreed with Angela Rayner about wanting to deliver change quickly. (See 8.52am.) But he would not accept her criticisms of Shabana Mahmood’s plan to make most immigrants wait much longer until they can apply for indefinite leave to remain. Rayner said this was “un-British”, because the new rules will apply to people already in the UK, which she argued did not amount to fair play. Thomas-Symonds said he disagreed. He told Times Radio: No I don’t think that the changes Shabana Mahmood has announced are un-British. I think what they are doing is trying to strike fairness and a balance between, in the first instance, control of our borders, and also people who are here still having the opportunity then to gain a settled status, but also being fair to everybody.

A single journalist asking the follow-up question, ‘so how is it fair when the state unilaterally changes the rules, harming millions, and then introduces a complex, multi-tiered system that penalises migrants working in some sectors and not others?’, a single journalist is all I ask!

Traditional annual outing for this.

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Public History Prize Open We are delighted to announce that nominations have reopened for our annual Public History Prize. The prize is awarded to a postgraduate student or an early career researcher who can demonstrate exc…

📣Public history prize now open!

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Immense respect to the firefighters who kept this from reaching the station and who kept everyone safe; truly astonishing that no one was killed or injured. How bleak to see yet another bit of Glasgow history disappear

🚨 UPDATE: Our office is closed today due to the fire in Glasgow city centre last night. Please don’t attempt to visit the building. We are working remotely and our Helpline is open as usual

Solved that by deleting account.

Screenshot of two ungrammatical notifications. 'We have added 5 publications and are shown on the public profile page.' 'We have added 5 publications and will be shown once get verified on public profile.'

Web of Science, your trusted path to discovery, where you can discover (for example) that you've had a spurious institutional affiliation added to your profile and there's no way to correct it.

Parking Control Zones: 'Our area could lose its unique identity' Glasgow southside residents and businesses must wait until early summer for the council’s response to the parking plan backlash.

...and cars parked on the pavement, on double yellow lines, on street corners, and blocking kerb drops. Bring on the charges, tow the lot.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Danish model (in practice) is life in limbo. House of Commons library.

The Home Secretary's decision, without any attempt at consultation or oversight, to limit refugees to 30 months in the UK before having to have their claims re-confirmed is a cruel, inhumane, and ultimately unworkable policy. The Home Secretary has claimed it is necessary to tackle "legitimate grievances". There is nothing legitimate about denying those fleeing war and persecution the ability to rebuild their lives. There is nothing legitimate about leaving them in limbo, increasing the stress and trauma they are already going through, and reinforcing hostility and racism against them. People seeking asylum often already have to wait years for their claims to be heard. Increasing the number of cases which the Home Office deals with is obviously never going to be feasible. The Home Secretary knows this. That is why she has pushed this through via the backdoor without any consultation. Instead of trying to grab headlines to appear "tough", this government needs to be ensuring that those who come here seeking safety are able to receive it faster, and more effectively. This latest PR stunt from the Home Office runs counter to any practical measures which are needed.

We are disgusted by the latest cruel and inhumane anti-asylum policy announced by the Home Secretary. Limiting refugees to 30 months before needing to re-apply undermines their ability to rebuild their lives, to feel safe and secure, all while increasing Home Office bureaucracy and costs.

Refugee status to be temporary as Shabana Mahmood rips up rules on UK asylum Home secretary announces 30-month protection limit, with refugees required to leave if their home countries are later judged safe

Today is a dark day for anyone who believes in sanctuary in the UK.

People who've fled war and torture should be able to rebuild their lives in peace and security - not live under a constant threat of removal.

We must not stop fighting these appalling anti-refugee laws.

You shouldn't have to be a significant person in the history of disability arts in order to get ATW ... but it's pretty telling of what the DWP are up to when they slash such a notable person's ATW.

Genuinely, if you live in the UK you should so the consultation just to find out some of the unbelievable details of what's being proposed. Even with their spin and obfuscation it's shocking

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Landscape For A Good Infant How has the state shaped different generations’ experience of infancy?

this saturday! I haven't heard it yet, but there's not only interviews with Carolyn Steedman and Miriam Stoppard, but also live audio of me attempting to get my kids out the door for school in the mornings www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

There's always a lot of bad news on here, but as of yesterday the sun sets after 5pm each day in Glasgow until next autumn, and as of tomorrow the sun rises before 8am.

Radical Glasgow Tours Walking through the radical histories and present-day struggles of the city of Glasgow

Lots of new radical history tours open for booking over the next few months including Queer Glasgow, radical West End and Migrants Made Glasgow. Free tickets always available if cost is a barrier, just drop us a line. See you in the streets! radicalglasgowtours.com

I wrote about how all our politicians and media are incompetent.

I guess that means I’m officially back in the writing game

Happy 50th birthday, HWJ! Being a member of the History Workshop collective has shaped the kind of historian I am (& want to be). I'm so proud to have helped edit this 100th issue of History Workshop Journal, which includes reflections on History Workshop for these turbulent times; on HW's past;...

Front cover image of History Workshop Journal issue 100, with a hand-drawn illustration of a Wollemi pine.

The new issue of History Workshop Journal is out: issue 100, marking 50 years of the journal's existence. It's more necessary than ever.

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"Our AI has turned your thesis about oxygen evolution electrocatalysis into rage bait preloaded with one hundred racist and transphobic comments."
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The deadline for this funded PhD is this Fri 23 Jan, for anyone interested in housing, heritage, and climate change (especially if you're an enthusiast for Scottish tenements!) ⬇️

A good thread on chaotic mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh. Solidarity to my colleagues and friends there.