this is awful for many reasons, but IHE's framing suggests a frictionless market for academic labor where tenured faculty who dislike the terms of their job can leave for "bluer pastures" anytime. This recodes a functionally collapsed market for humanistic expertise in terms of free market fantasy
'Ties up with Gap'. Wut.
absolute queen right here (alt text: a census form filled out by Alice Knox, head of her own household, 48 years and 10 months old, female, marital status: single, with the parenthetic addendum "Thank God")
News | Five museums in England shortlisted for Art Fund’s #MuseumOfTheYear 🏆
The winner will be announced on 25 June – congratulations to the shortlisted museums:
• Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
• The Box, Plymouth
• The Fitzwilliam Museum
• The National Gallery
• V&A East Storehouse
Margot Martindale
Olympia Dukakis
Gary Oldman
Patrick Vaill
Marisha Wallace
Today in “weird things I never thought I’d be grateful for”: the grocery store in walking distance has no membership or loyalty cards. The listed price is the price. The sale price is for everyone, not just members. No typing in your phone number. No points. No deadnames. Just groceries.
'a YouGov survey of 1,004 primary and secondary school teachers in the UK found nearly three-quarters (74%) said there was too much emphasis on passing exams; while 73% said there was not enough focus on preparing pupils for employment or developing “soft skills”.' 1/2
The CFP for Dickens Day 2026 is live! We warmly invite proposals linked to this year’s theme of “Dickens and family” (both in his life and work). The deadline is 15 June, and the day itsef will be on Saturday 10 October at Senate House, London. All are welcome!
www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
You'd only know it if you consulted the public record, so here it is: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/office-for-s...
Murray and Pierre return to the lab after an evening out to find a blue glow emanating from the aparatus
On this day, 20th April 1902 Marie Skłodowska Curie and husband Pierre successfully isolated one tenth of a gram of Radium, the first sample of a radioactive element, from 8 tons of pitchblende.
Artist: Frank Hampson
‘Madam Curie’ (1970)
'Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said "freedom of speech is the foundation of every university's success" but there had been too many cases contributing to "an unacceptable culture of fear and stifling the pursuit of knowledge".
Presumably referring to impact of current mass HE redundancies.
> The controversy associated with the statement “Ada Lovelace was the first computer programmer” reveals more about modern attitudes towards women [than her] achievements. [Her 1843 algorithm] was so advanced, that it was still utilised in record-breaking computation of Bernoulli numbers in 2008.
it’s time to start thinking differently about citation metrics and promotion requirements, too.
but the neoliberal university isn’t ready for that conversation.
Stained glass of St Brendan arriving by boat to see the ‘unhappy Judas’ (who is consumed by fire)
‘A Meeting’ (1918) - a dancing mermaid and merman
Richard Mulcahy in IFS uniform in a blue and white stained glass surround - made for his family in 1925
The ‘unhappy Judas’ in stained glass about to make a grisly end thanks to an angel suspending a noose
Some stunning Harry Clarkes on display at the NMI
👍🚩
A graphic on a dark blue background with the shape of the State of West Virginia in lighter blue at the lower right, with the State Seal and a stylized ballot box. An “I Voted” sticker image is at the middle right. The text says “West Virginia voters abroad. Primary election May 12th. Request and return your ballot now! Go to Vote from Abroad dot org to find out how! Deadlines are coming, don’t delay!” The VFA logo is at the bottom.
West Virginia overseas voters! You have a primary election on May 12 to choose the Democrats to run in the General Election on Nov 3.
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‘Your brain isn’t fully formed until you’re 25’: A neuroscientist demolishes the greatest mind myth
www.sciencefocus.com...
Dr Dean Burnett tackles a stubborn, and increasingly harmful, brain myth. For Science Focus Magazine.
#Brains #Teens #Development #Autonomy
'She also documented how few women were in federally sponsored clinical trials for AIDS drugs...
That was significant, she told The San Francisco Chronicle, because “the clinical trials are the only way you can get treatment.”' Long helped save so many lives.
Ecclesiastes is the fine hammered steel of woe.
I can‘t believe that we‘re willingly handing over crucial parts of our workforce, data management and even education to a criminal version of Clippy
An exit stanchion in a building reads “Dramatic Exit.”
This rehearsal studio understands its customers.
fellow film profs, rejoice!
“among a totally random population, levels of creativity for the people watching the experimental films were immediately higher compared to those watching YouTube videos”
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
this morning, mamdani’s team got in touch with me to float a new tax proposal: if your net worth exceeds $5 million and you dress badly, you’ll be hit with a 10% annual levy for “visual pollution.” i would be in charge of deciding if the outfits are bad.
"It is not my job to compensate for a person’s erasure of me by making myself more present."
One of the guiding principles of the higher education as soft power and diplomacy argument is that you don't know in advance where you need your soft power to be rooted geographically. Funny, that. 2/2
Samuel Beckett waited outside Lidl to do the same but his supplier never turned up
This is a really odd argument because I think at the heart of it, there is a deep misunderstanding about what writing is for. I write to communicate my thoughts and ideas, and to bring people along with me, which AI cannot do for me because it isn't me.
Don't worry - you haven't missed it! There's still time to attend some fabulous Think Human Festival events. Come along to celebrate the Humanities with Oxford Brookes. Schedule below.
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Wow, that illustration is telling on itself!😱
