Sorry to hear this.

Fellowship Applications and Renewals Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now open.

There's still time to apply for an IES Fellowship starting in October 2026!

You can apply for an ECR or Research fellowship, with terms from 6 months to 3 years.

Application deadline: 10 April

ies.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/...

It’s been an absolute pleasure being Chair of @univeng.bsky.social, working with great people to champion & support the discipline, including @ies-sas.bsky.social & @englishassociation.bsky.social Thanks to the Committee. Good luck to the new Chair Kate Walchester. You’ll be great. #EnglishCreates

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Yes, which can be confusing!

Does it also work as a ‘goodbye’?

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Dr Joseph Owen (Southampton) recounts a project on housing, heritage & identity: 'Heritage risks being reductively conceived if it encompasses only the built environment... It is here that poetry’s relevance becomes apparent.'

universityenglish.ac.uk/poetic-socia...

The @univeng.bsky.social Spring Conference and AGM takes place on Fri (27 March) with a keynote by Professor Lieven Buysse, President of @essenglish.bsky.social. Sign up here: universityenglish.ac.uk/agm/
@ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today's blog comes from Dr Aisha Jahan, a writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University.

'I am so honoured to be a part of these young writers’ journeys.'

universityenglish.ac.uk/wales-nation...

#EnglishStudies

Check out our upcoming range of events - free online 🙌 Book on now ! 😊
Including :
On #collaboration - #science and #poetry Thinking Forwards: Collaboration - The Davy Notebooks - 15th May 13.00-14.00
On #oracy #Teaching Oracy through authentic classroom talk tasks - 21st May
All welcome ! #CPD 😊

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Our series on 'Communities' continues with an insightful post by Isaac Fraveshi – PhD student, poet, and artist at the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities.

'Sticking together: collage as a community listening praxis': universityenglish.ac.uk/sticking-tog...

#EnglishCreates: Futures

'What can poetry offer to policy makers?'

Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) - the curator of this month's series on 'Communities' - asks how literary practice can help us to think about the 'pride in place' agenda: universityenglish.ac.uk/how-does-lit...

Fellowship Applications and Renewals Applications for the 2026/27 academic year are now open.

Applications for IES Fellowships in the 2026/27 academic year are now open!

You can apply for an ECR or Research fellowship, with terms from 6 months to 3 years.

The application deadline is 10 April.

ies.sas.ac.uk/fellowships/...

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Prof Stephanie Jones (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the process of shaping an interdisciplinary, cross-sector community:

'Shared language is powerful, possible and necessary for inclusive action.'

universityenglish.ac.uk/subtle-and-s...

#EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Prof Will May (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the stories that poets tell about the people who make them poets:

'Understanding that poetry is a plural, collaborative process is also a way of reaffirming its inclusivity.'

universityenglish.ac.uk/practicality...

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) introduces this month's theme, 'Communities':

'It is not just that literary culture is sustained by communities... but that communities themselves are sustained by literature'

universityenglish.ac.uk/1-literature...

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Dr JT Welsch (University of York) re-examines the so-called 'death of reading':

'Like most clickbait, these rants rest on a false opposition. There’s no real war between print and digital media.'

universityenglish.ac.uk/death-of-rea...

#EnglishStudies

This was fun to do with wonderful collaborators @jenniferacooke.bsky.social @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @gailmarshall.bsky.social CEO @englishassociation.bsky.social @jtwelsch.bsky.social #ReadingMatters @ies-sas.bsky.social

: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close.

That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education?

#Universities #HigherEducation

Wonderful post by @gailmarshall.bsky.social on books, reading, connection, and lifetimes of reading. @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social #EnglishCreates

The Price Lab’s Critical Approaches to AI Working Group has released a white paper in which we advocate for AI-free instruction in reading, writing, & research. These are fundamental skills in the humanities (& in general), & with decisive action we can keep teaching them well in the age of AI!

So happy to have our new issue up! So much brilliant stuff in there. Well done to our amazing editors. Check it out below 👇

Important post on the importance of reading by @jenniferacooke.bsky.social #EnglishCreates @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Today, Prof Jennifer Cooke (Loughborough University) discusses the profound value of reading in the age of social media:

'Just as smart phones and social media sites train us in one way, proper reading trains us in another...'

universityenglish.ac.uk/really-readi...

‘These days I snatch words whenever I can, grateful for the books that changed my life’. Wonderful post by @englishassociation.bsky.social CEO Dr Becky Fisher. @ies-sas.bsky.social @jennyrichards.bsky.social @gailmarshall.bsky.social #EnglishCreated

Stefan Collini · Sold Out: The Costs of University Privatisation Future historians will record that, alongside its many other achievements, the coalition government took the decisive...

Stefan Collini in 2013:

"Future historians ... will at least record that, alongside its many other achievements, the coalition government took the decisive steps in helping to turn some first-rate universities into third-rate companies."

#HigherEd
#UKHE

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...

'Corner first indicated that the funding formula was under review at the end of the three-month pause to the REF in December. She told RPN it was a “long process” that was “quite complex and there’s a lot of thought going into it”.' 1/3

The next instalment of #EnglishCreates is all about reading, beginning with @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @rbtownsend.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Thank you to Prof Ralph Pite and his team of collaborators for providing us with such wonderful content across the month. The posts make for an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and readers, and can be found here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

#EnglishCreates: Futures

Our month on 'Environments' concludes with a post from our curator, Prof Ralph Pite (Uni of Bristol), offering recommendations for readings and resources for lecturers, teachers, and general readers alike: universityenglish.ac.uk/what-next-wh...

#EnglishStudies