I could do with exchanging ideas and strategizing with colleagues who find themselves in a similar situation.

Most suitable for most of us would be UoA 28: History. But we have a very good History department, and while they are happy to take our outputs, they are less keen to include us in the census.

We are based in the School of Medical Sciences where the default is UoA 1: Clinical Medicine. Clearly not suitable for most of us.

I'm looking for colleagues in the UK, #HistSTM, #HistMed, or #STS who work in institutional settings where they find it is difficult to place them in the right Unit of Assessment for REF2029. DM if that's you?

Students are deeply concerned about the state of the world today and why wouldn't they be?

Is it possible to teach global health without dissecting current realities? And how do we offer them any hope?

Some reflections in @sciencepolitics.bsky.social essay:

sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/17/w...

We're hiring!

The Aristotelian Society is recruiting a new Managing Editor. This is a demanding part-time role suitable for a current graduate student to undertake alongside their studies.

Deadline: Monday 18th May 2026. Read more here:

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A giant 8kg Ferrero Rocher

This is the real ambassadorial scandal they are trying to hide!!

Well, at least the BBC is covering this.

Today’s Comic Book: “Emergency Ward” 10 Sept 2, 1958 “Calling Nurse Young!" tinyurl.com/srn7v6up Based on the British TV series 1957-67 #histmed #histnursing #medicalhistory #nursinghistory #medicalcomics #medicaltv

Nothing to see here, just Trump claiming credit for Apple's success.

Is he taking credit for Apple being a successful company?

A company run by a man who is apparently not well, based in a country that is run by a man who is apparently not well.

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears Alarm caused by posts of Alex Karp, tech firm’s CEO, championing US military dominance and of AI weapons

“Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain,” said Victoria Collins, a Liberal Democrat MP. “A company that has such naked ideological motivations and lack of respect for democratic rule of law should be nowhere near our public services.”

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

To be fair: that principle is well established in the UK for private equity owners of companies providing public services (e.g. water and sewage, children’s homes etc).

Good students should be able to hack and manipulate their AI tutor.

Shameful and depressing. I’m so sorry.

I mean it’s the obvious question and it’s unanswerable. US security guarantees obviously count for shit.

Phew (for now)

It’ll filter through to politicians and managers, but it’s going to take time.

Die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek in Weimar | musermeku Im thüringischen Weimar befindet sich eine der wohl schönsten historischen Bibliotheken Deutschlands, die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek.

[Kultur-Tipp] Von Goethe bis Cranach: Im thüringischen #Weimar befindet sich eine der wohl schönsten Bibliotheken Deutschlands, die Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek mit ihrem historischen Rokokosaal: musermeku.org/anna-amalia-...

#bibliothek #museum #ausstellung #kunst #kultur #geschichte

More than a decade teaching at the College of Europe, ended by email I have been teaching at the College of Europe in Bruges for more than 10 years, but this academic year will be my last. Today I was sacked by email. The College of Europe has a kind of "flying faculty...

After teaching at @collegeofeurope.bsky.social more than a decade, my course was summarily cancelled by email, ending my work, and without a word of thanks

Unlike other underlings in a passive-aggressive environment, I have a voice - my blog, and this blog post euroblog.jonworth.eu/more-than-a-...

Trump’s presidency is what evil looks like: absurd, frightening, cruel | Nesrine Malik Commentators have said that the US president’s clownishness and lack of ideology somehow make him less dangerous. They’re wrong, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Agree.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Martin Parr: Global Warning review – the great photographer in all his gluttonous, giddy glory The peerless chronicler of everyday absurdity did not live to see this show, but it is a dazzling final chapter, showing his irresistible good humour growing darker

Great photos.

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

To answer my own question – yes, of course there's a #histSTM event!

The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) at 200: Science, Society, and the Natural World, 1-3 July 2026
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Ah yes - that diagram.

That would be a good metaphor for identical sequences in different locations.

The 'pathway' is a metaphor, too, of course.

That means you are committing to the 'information' metaphor (which is fair), rather than thinking about it like any other biochemical pathway.

The Victorian sex abuse scandal that shocked Britain and changed the law – long before Epstein MPs were forced to respond, passing legislation which raised the age at which girls could consent to sexual intercourse from 13 to 16.

@carolinederry.bsky.social and I have written about our research for @theconversation.com
doi.org/10.64628/AB....

Also, if it was a dogma, it would have been broken by reverse transcriptase in 1970, right?