Deadline is approaching (13 April) for submitting proposals for the AUAC hybrid conference on Archives and Ethics. Check out the CfP on AUAC’s brand-new website! www.aston.ac.uk/research/bss...

Do not hesitate to contact us if you have questions re: this hybrid interdisciplinary conference on Archives and Ethics! AUACConference2026@aston.ac.uk or DM will do!

Do you want something from the @astonuniversity.bsky.social archives this Friday afternoon? Of course you do!

Here's a map of the campus from 1980/81.

Did anyone out there ever have to navigate using this map?

Aston University Archives Centre (AUAC) A space for work on the history of Aston University, its predecessor institutions, and the people and communities that made them.

Call for Papers: Archives and Ethics Conference - deadline 13 April. Experts from all fields welcome!
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Call for Papers: hybrid conference on Archives and Ethics (online and at @astonuniversity.bsky.social ! Experts from all fields welcome! padlet.com/dturner2_23/...
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2026 AUAC Conference: Who is Responsible for the Archives? Who is Responsible for the Archives? An Interdisciplinary Approach to Ethics in a Digital Age When: Friday 26 June 2026, 9:00–5:00 pm Where: Aston University campus in Birmingham, UK, and online (hybr...

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A green background; there is a computer. An outline of a man sitting at a computer with graphs on it. The computer has a blue outline.

Something from the university's archive: the cover of @astonuniversity.bsky.social's 1986 undergraduate prospectus. Are you ready for the computer age?

An image from a newspaper. The header says "Shall we ever see it finished". The image is of a very large building under construction. There is scaffolding around it. Next to it is a completed building.

Did you know that we hold the records for Aston's predecessor organisations and student's organisations, including their publications?

In Dec 1956 the Journal of the Guild of Students of the College of Technology, asked whether our main building -at that point half complete- would ever be finished.

We are hiring! We are looking for someone to join us as @astonuniversity.bsky.social new archivist!

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What an honour it was to review this splendid volume on Photo Archives and the Place of Photography for @jofhistgeog.bsky.social Truly a must read. doi.org/10.1016/j.jh...

Loved representing @astonunarchives.bsky.social at the @blackcountrysoc.bsky.social Black Country History Day; loved also the Rubery Owen glass slides featuring @astonuniversity.bsky.social Main Building!

Wonderful official launch of the Aston University Archives Centre last night! Here is to many good things to come!

With a title like: Birmingham: A Drone's Eye View you have to take the selfie with a drone that took the photos. You can order the book now from bookshops and internet suppliers worldwide. Publishes 22 November. @birminghamschool.bsky.social @astonunarchives.bsky.social @unibirmingham.bsky.social

Enjoyable day at Aston University for the launch Aston University Archives Centre @astonunarchives.bsky.social and the 70th anniversary of the Main Building with keynote from Prof. Carl Chinn

Truly looking forward to this event! Will be showcasing @astonunarchives.bsky.social while connecting with many interested in Black Country and much beyond!

Yes!! Looking forward!

Yes!!

Have a look at our spiffed up webpage, complete with (rudimentary) inventory and intriguing "stories from the archives" by History students ‪@astonuniversity.bsky.social‬! www.aston.ac.uk/about/histor...

First was the fragment of a spine found somewhere... next thing you know, turns out we have the whole series of this journal in great condition!

Love it when people realise these are their archives too.

Shedding light on one of our external researcher's family history: looking for her father who studied maths and physics at the Birmingham Municipal and Technical School in 1919. Cannot wait for her to see we found him indeed! Yet one more reason why archives hold a bit of magic.

Loved opening an exhibition on the history of Aston University and its predecessor institutions! @astonuniversity.bsky.social Open for a month on the Aston campus. Email archives@aston.ac.uk for guided tours!

Call to all, esp. #Birmingham area: we have old SONY U-matic S SP video cassettes, which we believe may contain valuable material relating to the history of the university. Do you have, or do you know who might have, a machine that can play them?

Thank you National Archives!

Chuffed to report that @astonunarchives.bsky.social now have an ARCHON number and appear on Discovery! If you know nothing about #archives, this post might not move you right away; but if you do, especially in the UK, you know this is a wonderful milestone! People can now find us! Bottoms up!

Don't miss this opportunity! Previous participants, including myself, found it a game-changer!