Drawing on literary studies, philosophy, social science and neuroscience, @noreenmasud.bsky.social's project at @bristoluni.bsky.social will interrogate the deep structural and aesthetic impact of face blindness on contemporary poets and novelists who identify as face blind.
Delighted to take part for a second year to help raise money for the charity
Magic Breakfast 👇
Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon
Date: 28 feb • 09:00
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goths-for-...
Permanent post in the history of the Middle East after 1800 at York!
Plus three fixed term posts
1) Medieval History 1100-1450
2) Modern China
3) Britain/Public History
A consequence of this will be that if the government were to propose lockdowns in the future, universities will stay open and in person. Even if people can't travel to get to them. Even if students or staff or their loved ones get ill or die. And then truly only survivors will get degrees.
no worries at all - tysm, i really appreciate it!
📚 WORDS ALIVE IN LIBRARIES 🌿
Looking for a moment of calm, reflection, and creative inspiration? Explore life writing, nature, and wellbeing with A Flat Place author @noreenmasud.bsky.social.
📅 26 March 2026
📍 University of Exeter (Streatham)
@swrls.bsky.social @literatureworks.bsky.social
tysm for this - I'm so sorry to ask but would you be able to amend the spelling of my title to A Flat Place?
A collection of Fossil Free Books posters encouraging writers to unionise, with the essay title 'A Union of One's Own: Fossil Free Books and the Society of Authors' and author credits below. Wasafiri
Can a group of grassroots campaigners collaborate with a 140-year-old trade union resistant to change? @noreenmasud.bsky.social & @iammartinreed.bsky.social examine the @societyofauthors.bsky.social, one of the UK’s largest trade unions for creators, as @fossilfreebooks.org members.
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A hand holds up the Smith & Taylor Classics edition of Wuthering Heights in front of leafy, bright pink flowers.
The discourse around Wuthering Heights has gotten predictably weird, so why not read the book instead with a fantastic afterword by @noreenmasud.bsky.social and yours truly, courtesy @sandtclassics.bsky.social?
😭❤️
oh this is so kind of you! thank you so much for letting me know - it makes my day
Senior managers spend almost £14,000 on attending awards dinner in Edinburgh.
The University’s senior personnel attended the Times Higher Education Awards on 13 November in Edinburgh. We wrote to the Finance Director, on 1 December seeking the full cost to the University of attendance at the event
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black cat on edge of bath looking in
escalating
POV: in a bathroom, looking at a cat pissing in a litter tray next to a toilet
pov: you are relaxing in a nice bath, when
An opportunity is available for a @chase-dtp.bsky.social-funded PhD student to join Wasafiri on a year-long part-time editorial placement. The internship will provide invaluable experience within an internationally-recognised academic and literary journal.
Deadline: Thurs 26 Feb
'A consultation run by the City of London Corporation and published on Thursday found that nearly 90% of respondents backed trans-inclusive access to the ponds' 💪🏳️⚧️❤️
📺 Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC #PointsWest to discuss Hannah More, the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist and philanthropist
Visit the new project website to find out more about her work and letters 👉 brnw.ch/21wZegO
no, correct level of reaction
not at all, i'd be thrilled!!
500 characters a big improvement! tysm!
oh wow thank you!!! i will have a play! this week's lecture all sewn up in mentimeter (BADLY) but will try for next time!
INTERESTING! another option to squirrel away, ty!
oh that's interesting, never heard of that one. does it have character limits to replies?
Mentimeter's slide designs/layouts are also completely rigid. ONE image per slide, no more!! Can't move text boxes around etc. Becomes very arduous to composite images and save and upload them
this means that I can't use it to get students to write substantive replies - eg to write a few sentences of an essay, which I can then feed back on. Padlet has longer character limits but as I say i've given up on it
So the problem with Padlet is students really struggle to access it in our lecture theatres on their laptops bc our wifi is bad. padlet on phone is a nightmare to use. mentimeter at least can be used on phone. BUT all the open ended question tools have tiny character limits
I hope this is real bc if so I'm going to bully AI so hard. in the playground, in the street, behind the back of the bins.
BEGGING someone to invent a Mentimeter suited to the basic requirements of Humanities education
DON'T SAY PADLET I'VE BEEN BURNED BEFORE!!!!!
success (THANK YOU @onslies.bsky.social )
