Lovely to have spent the week in Liverpool for #UACES2025. Great to catch up with colleagues and friends, and to learn what’s going in European Studies. Thanks to the amazing @uaces.bsky.social team for organising.

Had a great few days in Lille for the European Universities Continuing Education Network conference. Always helpful to be reminded of the value of sharing experiences and insights with colleagues elsewhere.

Musical offerings from the first service of the Triduum: Darke: Communion Service in F Elgar: The Spirit of the Lord

That’s a wrap for #PSA25. Lovely to be invited to talk about supporting pedagogical research and colleagues on teaching and scholarship pathways. Interesting talks on EU politics, local politics, and community education. Wonderful to catch up with colleagues. Thanks @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Great to be part of this panel at #PSA25 on pedagogical research and the value of teaching and scholarship career pathways.

A new British Academy report on Politics and International Relations provision in UK higher education has found that it remains a popular subject, with graduates out-earning national averages. Read the report in full: www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/new-rep...

Just over two weeks to go to submit your #UACES2025 paper proposal. Fancy doing a paper on #cycling? Then don’t hesitate to write to @simonusherwood.bsky.social and me 🚵🏼‍♂️🇪🇺 @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social @uaces.bsky.social

At 7pm on 30 January, tune in for an online interview with me and Belsen survivor Peter Lantos to mark #Holocaust Memorial Day. Sign up for this ICE event at the University of Cambridge here: www.ice.cam.ac.uk/event/my-chi...

Great to see that our book with @christopherhuggins.bsky.social on #TeachingEuropeanUnionPolitics is currently 50% off! A complete steal (less than £20 for paperback) and hopefully useful ideas to (re)think your teaching! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...

This morning’s musical offerings: Mozart: Spatzenmesse Elgar: Ave Verum (Wilf’s favourite, apparently)

Yesterday afternoon’s musical offerings Radcliffe responses Charles Wood: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in D Edward Bairstow: Save us, O Lord

This evening’s musical offerings: Smith responses Wise: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in F Grieg: Ave maris stella (beautiful stuff - has it at my wedding)

Very sad to see this. @ukandeu.bsky.social has, and continues to, put out important work on UK-EU relations which is rigorous and accessible, and is a model of how social science research can inform public debate. Proud to have played a small part with the post-Brexit fisheries governance research

Peer observation is an important practice to learn how to teach, so I fully recommend reading this post by @anda19.bsky.social (1/2) educationalist.substack.com/p/watch-and-...

This morning’s musical offerings: Vierne: Messe Solonelle Bairstow: Let all mortal flesh keep silence

September also means it’s the start of the choir year, so it’s back to singing under Suffolk’s best ceiling

#UACES2024 journey complete, using the green travel option. Left Munich by train this morning and am home by sunset.

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Thanks Trento and @uaces.bsky.social for a wonderful #UACES2024. Lovely to meet up with friends and colleagues and be reminded of the good work that’s going on in European Studies.

Day 3 of #UACES2024. Looking forward to discussions on research and learning and teaching in European Studies. Also still around to talk about publication opportunities in Contemporary European Politics.

Day 2 of #UACES2024 getting underway. Looking forward to another day of interesting research and discussions. We're still here promoting publication opportunities in Contemporary European Politics so do come and say hello. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2833...

Back to work and in Trento, Italy for @uaces.bsky.social #UACES2024. Looking forward to meeting colleagues and finding out what’s going on in European Studies. I’m here representing Contemporary European Politics with fellow editors, so come and chat to us if you’re interested in publishing with us

Interested in #European studies #EU politics, law, economics etc.? Want to follow academics working in those area? Our @uaces.bsky.social conference this year #UACES2024 is next week in #Trento and I've put together a starter pack of conference participants already on BlueSky go.bsky.app/LwLMxw9

Signing off for a few days rest. Back at it in September.

An even nicer surprise, being able to hang out and finally do a proud editors selfie with our book ☺️ at @ecpr.bsky.social conference!

Looking forward to spending the next few days at University College Dublin for #ecprgc24. Do come and say hello if you see me about!

A nice little surprise from the publisher before the summer break. Teaching European Union Politics, edited by @vgravey.bsky.social and me, is now out in paperback. www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...

That’s a wrap for the ‘Making sense of EU politics’ course for the University of Cambridge International Summer Programme. Nice to be back in the classroom teaching EU politics, made all the better for having an internationally diverse and highly engaged student group

Back to work after a few days off - but first, coffee

Well this made for a lovely end to a mad day

Yesterday was a big day - our book w. @christopherhuggins.bsky.social on #TeachingEuropeanUnionPolitics is out! 👍Fantastic contributors from across the continent+many disciplines 👍A textbook for teachers - helping us (re)think how we teach 👍actually affordable?! www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/tea...

New year, new job, new office

My last class at the University of Suffolk now done before moving onto pastures new in 2024. It was a comparative politics tutorial and also the final class before Christmas, so I tasked the students with presenting on the Christmas traditions of their case study countries.

Great to welcome former President of the UK Supreme Court, Lady Hale, to the University of Suffolk to give a lecture to a packed house. Great opportunity for our students to get the insights of Lady Hale’s considerable career experience, and to connect with the wider legal community in Suffolk

Forget the wine and cheese… this is France’s best export

Hello! I’ve made it over here My interests are in EU & subnational politics, and more widely in learning and teaching and access to higher education I also sing with the wonderful St Edmundsbury Cathedral Choir, so consider this your content warning for occasional niche Anglican choral music stuff