We're Hiring Policy and Campaigns Officer Hybrid 35 hours per week £32,749 - £36,749 per annum Deadline: Wednesday May 6th For more information: careers.disabilityrightsuk.org Image of a megaphone announcing we're hiring and Disability Rights UK logo in the top right corner

💼We're hiring! Policy and Campaigns Officer at DR UK

We're looking for someone to join our Disabled-led campaigns team to work for change at a national policy level.

Deadline: May 6th

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Spotted a heron on today's canal walk in sunshine and showers

NASA's Daily Moon Guide Your interactive map for observing the Moon each day of the year, featuring detailed views from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, plus special Moon events.

I was on CBC-KW this morning to chat about #Artemis II and got a lovely view of the waning gibbous Moon on my way in to work afterward. We have such a pretty satellite 😍

BTW, did you know NASA has a Daily Moon Guide with Moon-viewing tips & info? science.nasa.gov/moon/daily-m...

Event recap and full recording:

📽️leedsunilibrary.wordpress.com/2026/04/03/bridging-know...

Quote reads 'it is a crucial step to have real examples of how colleagues are crediting colleagues who are contributing to data curation, research experiments, project administration, acquiring funding and more'

A project at @sheffielduni.bsky.social is using the Contributor Role Taxonomy (CRediT) to ensure that all significant contributors to research – including research technical professionals – are recognised in a consistent and transparent way.
Get the insights here: whiterose.ac.uk/news/naming-...

An infographic titled "The Types of Open Access: A Field Guide," styled with Stardew Valley pixel art icons representing different materials. Ten types are listed: Gold Open Access (gold ingot icon): The journal has no paywall, generally paid for by authors through APCs (article processing charges). Diamond Open Access (blue diamond icon): Gold but no APC. Funded by an institution, scholarly society or collective. Hybrid Open Access (brown lump icon): This journal lets you pay a ransom to open individual articles but still charges subscription fees to the community. What a bargain! Green Open Access (grass icon): Author self-archives their own copy on a preprint server or research repository. Can usually be done with paywalled articles under certain conditions. Bronze Open Access (bronze ingot icon): It's freely available on the publisher's website but has no CC license. Is this a mistake? What is this? Silver Open Access (silver ingot icon): I'm giving a runner up prize. Could have been gold but for some reason the author chose a CC BY-NC-ND license. Pyrite "Fool's Gold" Open Access (pyrite nuggets icon): Oops! Predatory publishers will take your APC money, but their services are fake. Beware! Geode Open Access (geode icon): A librarian can break this open for you using the power of interlibrary loan. Black Open Access (skull and crossbones icon): I don't know who started calling it this, but it just means piracy. They'll steal anything, including OA valor. Slime Open Access (grey slime icon): Just slide into the author's DMs and ask for a PDF. You'd be surprised how often this works.

100% accurate guide to the types of Open Access #academicsky 📚

A painting of a bird next to the words "what the fuck was I supposed to be doing?"

This guy even looks like a robber baron. Slap a monocle on him, top hat on his head, job done.

Please share this event - online SEN roundtable on Mon 23 March. It will be very friendly and discussion based, and aims to help parents trying to navigate support systems and get their heads around the SEN reform. You can join on the day or pre-register: www.noasplace.org.uk/roundtablelive

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Leonora Carrington, Green Tea, 1942
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1137847

Why isn’t the Greens’ growing success reflected in media coverage? Greens have not received more airtime in recognition of their growing popularity.

Greens have not received more airtime in recognition of their growing popularity.

Print with abstract theme, oval and circular forms, resembling simplified eye shapes, in colours of orange and white

Genesis, 1969
Lithograph by UK artist Barbara Hepworth, born on this day in 1903 #WomensArt

People are saying that this is a problem for all library catalogues but that's not true: this is a problem for, in this case, Ex Libris Primo and more generally for outsourced proprietary library catalogues that libraries don't control. The answer, as always, is to build and control our own tech.

Upcoming RoRI webinar: Do Narrative CVs really change research evaluation?

Join us on 13 January as we discuss new data from funding panels at major European funders: tinyurl.com/ms7bkcd9

Flat cash for curiosity-driven research at UKRI up to 2030 - Research Professional News But spending on government priorities and innovation will increase as share of agency’s budget

BREAKING: Flat cash settlement for curiosity-driven research at UKRI up to 2030.

UKRI has released a breakdown of how it will spend its £38.6 billion four-year research budget. Spending on government priorities will increase.

Free to read.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

Anna Aslanyan | On the Picket Line On Monday morning, more than a hundred people formed a picket line outside one of the entrances to the British Library...

British Library staff asked for a decent pay. Instead they got ‘a few money-saving present ideas’, such as ‘consider not giving presents this holiday season’. They are on strike this week. I wrote about it for @lrb.co.uk. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/de...

All I Want For Christmas is UCU YouTube video by Ucu Trade Union Account

Day 16 of our strike action! What better time to bring out this classic banger

The rain won't dampen our sprit today!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnZV...

Industrial action- information for students Information for students about why University staff are taking industrial action, and how you can show your support.

It's another day of striking on the #DigitalPicket along with my fellow members of @sheffielducu.bsky.social - the scale and pace of the continuous restructures by management are disruptive for students and staff. Read more on ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/industrial-a...

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

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

You can donate to our strike fund here ucu.group.shef.ac.uk/hardship-fund/

A t-shirt featuring a painting of a pelican above the word FUCK

A mug featuring a painting of an owl beside the text "what the fuck was I supposed to be doing?"

A greeting card featuring a painting of a cardinal beside the text FUCK HOLIDAY CHEER

A set of four Effin' Birds stickers

Order by December 15th to get these goddamned delights before Christmas. And don't forget to add greeting cards and stickers for the perfect holiday package.
effinbirds.threadless.com

The image is of a comic. Panel one depicts Santa Claus. He says, "Have you been naughty or nice?" Panel two depicts a happy dog. He says, "I am ALWAYS a good boy." Santa responds "Very nice!" Panel three depicts Santa again. He says "...And you?" Panel four depicts an orange cat climbing a Christmas tree, turning his head to look back at Santa.

University of Sheffield staff 'intimidated' by pay forfeit warning University of Sheffield to withhold pay if staff do not make up for teaching missed while striking.

Great to see media coverage of the hostile and punitive approach taken by management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social towards @sheffielducu.bsky.social staff striking to protect jobs. Threats and intimidation won't work. We're out until we win!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hello from the #DigitalPicket line. I'm simultaneously disappointed by senior management's communication around negotiations and impressed with all the amazing @sheffielducu.bsky.social colleagues that have been on the picket lines and continue to engage in constructive discussions Solidarity!

Great news! You can now register for this event here, we'd love to see you there👇
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

It's good to re-up this for World AIDS day. If you don't know the whole story I'd recommend reading the thread. It really sucks that Grohl and the band have been allowed to sweep this under the rug, because their support had real, significant consequences.

🦇 An Adopt a Bat subscription is a lovely Christmas gift and you will be making a real difference to bats in the wild. Subscribe by 9am, 8 Dec to make sure it arrives on time: www.bats.org.uk/support-bats...

‘A glorious flex of collective power’ Bog People: A Working-Class Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Hollie Starling ‘A glorious flex of collective power’ Bog People: A Working Class Anthology of Folk Horror edited by Hollie Starling

This book is something really special and you all need to read it. Read my review for Northern Soul to find out why it’s so bloody good: www.northernsoul.me.uk/bog-people-a... #bogpeople #folkhorror

A picket line outside the Wave including me (second from left) and Sheila (far left)

Call for mass pickets at select locations last week so I joined this one at the Wave which meant I got to meet some brilliant people, including @sheilawebber.bsky.social who has inspired me to pursue my pipedream of one day doing a PhD by publication ❤️🙌 #ucustrike @sheffielducu.bsky.social

Sheffield UCU members stood on a picket line outside of the Wave, University of Sheffield

Sheffield UCU members stood on a picket line outside of Jessop West, University of Sheffield

Comrades out in force on the pickets today @sheffielducu.bsky.social