The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.

Read now: Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card... @emmacayley.bsky.social

Big thanks to @daraghoconnell.bsky.social and all at the @ucc.bsky.social Centre for Dante Studies in Ireland for hosting me on Dante and political economy now on YouTube too. Great crowd and great questions. Grazie! #AcademicSky

The Co-operative Heritage Trust is looking fis a Project Archivist Come join me in Manchester! www.co-operativeheritage.coop/jobs-and-vol...

Congrats to @janeydonald.bsky.social and all at Coop Heritage Trust. Great start to 2025 International Year of Coops www.thenews.coop/co-op-herita...

Looking forward!!

Looking forward to kicking off 2025 Dante Lecture series at UCC with @daraghoconnell.bsky.social and team in Cork: 'Dante and Political Economy in the Industrial Age' #Academicsky

Heading home through Gorton having just seen the fabulous Gorton Chest at Chethams Library, full of Puritan and Reformation texts. Big thanks to @juliannesimpson.bsky.social and engagement team for hosting

Will you be joining us for Prof. Mara Josi’s lecture tomorrow at 11.00am (EST)? If you can’t make it in person register to attend online here ndrome-events.com/modern-roads...

'Is your masters degree useless?' feature in 'The Economist': IFS data quite striking. Negative return to age 35 in many subjects relative to graduates moving straight into work from UG degree. #AcademicSky

ALL's response to the curriculum review #MFLbluesky www.all-languages.org.uk/news/all-res...

Wonkhe reports BA mapping SHAPE 'cold spots' in UK including languages: "French studies...which includes French language, appears to have less geographical spread in 2022 compared to 2011. Many other languages tell a similar story." @ucflangs.bsky.social @wonkhe.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social

Baroness Warwick introducing Lords debate of UUK Blueprint for HE. Acknowledges tranformations being made by HEIs but sadly some cuts doing great damage "such as the worrying loss of modern foreign language programmes." Urgent need for action. @UCFLangs @ILCS_SAS @UniversitiesUK

Teaching tomorrow: 19thC tourist guides to Italy. Taking in a few items of my own collection, including Thomas Cook's first guide to Florence, 1874.