reminder that despite valiant efforts and alternative proposals, the University of Essex now only offers Spanish & French to new students — cutting German, Portuguese and Italian + our all non-credit language classes many of our students are local & many are the first in their families to go to uni

#HaroldPrinter playing #Kazfest at Centrala, Birmingham on 19 September with #Rattle , #Irked and more! Listen here: www.instagram.com/reel/DaMGeIx... Tickets here: centrala-space.org.uk/events/kazfe...

Did some photos of this band... They're playing some gigs. @heycolossus.bsky.social

How to make a one-page #zine. Pass it on... ✌️

@ipanalysis.bsky.social - the gig I mentioned earlier... 19 September... facebook.com/events/s/kaz...

Excited to be presenting a tiny bit of data and mostly my thoughts and feelings of doing research in a school and building relationships with the students. :) #zineresearch #schoolresearch #experiencingresearch #phenomenology #relationshipsandmentalhealth

Looking forward to this tomorrow! facebook.com/events/s/cen... @ipanalysis.bsky.social - not sure if you know these lot?

Talk topics include: love and existential feeling, mastectomy tattooing, grief and the self, taking play seriously and more! See the list of talks here: padlet.com/juliekane3/p... Schedule to follow soon!

✨Registration is now open✨ for our joint conference "Relationships and Mental Health" on May 12th 2026, in person at The Exchange, Birmingham: shop.bham.ac.uk/conferences-... Registration closes May 5th!

Just a little reminder - one more week to go for submissions to this Spring's Phenomenology, Relationships & Mental Health conference in sunny Birmingham: astonphar.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-e...

My friend is currently recruiting for her PhD - if you are a parent / guardian / caregiver of an autistic young person (aged 8-18) and have views on their screen use, please consider taking part in this short survey. #PhDSky #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #Parenting #AutisticChild #ScreenUse #Autism

🆕 How do #NHS staff earnings compare to 15 years ago? Our analysis finds that real terms pay for most NHS staff has recovered slower than the public sector average. Pay recovery to 2010 levels for #nurses and #midwives in particular is still out of reach. Read here: buff.ly/xQD2Nhw

A 2 day conference... The beginning vs the end. #zineresearch #zinesandmentalhealth #zineclub #preventionresearchconference2026

This is a peer reviewed book chapter from the Agency projects, funded under #AMHDM. As a team, we thought a lot about what we meant by 'expertise'. Three of us wrote this to articulate some of the key principles. publications.aston.ac.uk/id/eprint/45...

Call for papers: astonphar.blogspot.com/2026/02/we-e... Deadline March 20th. Event May 12th. Theme: Relationships and mental health. One-day conference, co-organised by PHaR and the Phenomenology of Mental Health team at UoB.

📣CFP: "Relationships and Mental Health", Birmingham, May 12th 2026 We are excited to announce a collaboration with our lovely colleagues in the Phenomenology of Health and Relationships (PHaR) group at Aston University on a one-day conference along the theme: Relationships and Mental Health 🧵1/4

Everything's so heavy. Monkey Skull had to break character for a minute. #comix #PanelADay

Why Xmas Day? At this point in time, we run our own label, release our own music and music by people we love. It is absolutely the time to be in control and platform those around us who are fighting the same fight. The music industry is in pieces. We are not part of the music industry. Merry Xmas!

Album number 15! New album ‘Heaven Was Wild’ LP/CD/DL is available to preorder in the first second of 2026 and in shops everywhere world wide on 27th Feb. Guess what? It’s our best yet.

Call for papers: Philosophy through Art, Games, and Fiction think.taylorandfranc... Guest editor: Lisa Bortolotti. Deadline: 31 July 2026. Submit your work! #philsky #philpsy

Father In Law is drifting from room to room singing/humming "Do They Know It's Christmas?" like a haunted wind. Did you see this earlier? Get yr headphones in and head to The Quietus to watch... thequietus.com/news/hey-col...

Ready for Xmas day apparently...

3 days left to see this... Closes Saturday.

ONE WEEK LEFT to see the exhibition that John Convery and I put together!!! Get down to Centrala in Digbeth (Birmingham), buy a coffee (or tea or beer) and have a look. It's pretty impressive if I don't say so myself. centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/...

Issue one of Noise & Detail - a new photozine by myself and John Convery. Was so much fun to work on this and the exhibition and really celebrate just a small portion of the live music scene in #Birmingham #zine #photozine #livemusicphotography #livemusic #Centrala

New BLOODY HEAD is up for pre-order now on Bandcamp! 300 only in beautiful spot-varnished sleeves hand numbered by the band. Don't dilly. bloodyhead.bandcamp.com/album/bend-d...

What an evening! Noise & Detail zine launch and exhibition was great! Exhibition ends 20 December! I'll be at Centrala later this afternoon so you might still be able to pick it up for the discounted 'launch' rate of £5 before they go online. #zine #photozine #centrala #birmingham #digbeth

Zine launch and exhibition in 3 days!!! Everything is almost ready... centrala-space.org.uk/exhibitions/... #zine #zinelaunch #photozine #photoexhibition #livemusicphotography #birmingham #digbeth #digbethfirstfriday

Maybe 'the partner' starting a masters in my 3rd year of PhD wasn't the flex I thought it was beforehand... 🙀

Excited to be starting a new photo zine, Noise & Detail, with the talented #JohnConvery - we'll be launching it & having an exhibition opening at #Centrala in #Digbeth on 5 December! #noise&detail #zine #photozine #livemusic #musicphotography #photoexhibition facebook.com/events/s/exh...

#IndestructibleEnergyZine is here on Saturday (with some other bits and pieces). Am looking forward to being at a zine fair after a long hiatus due to being too busy and unorganized. If you're in Nottingham (or fancy a day out in Nottingham) stop in & say hi. #zines #zinefair #nottszinefest

Zines, zines, zines. I did a podcast chatting about the #ZELP project, emotional literacy and general #zine stuff. It was fun. I didn't rant *too* much. The accompanying video that the podcaster made it super cool. 🩷 www.linkedin.com/posts/lucind...

Wrong Speed Records Fest, Glastonbury Day 1! #WrongSpeedFest2025 #WSF2025 #livemusicphotography

Awesome zine workshop with the Co-production team at Toucan talking about World Migratory Bird Day (on October 11!) and used the idea of bird migration to explore change in our own lives. A really beautiful sentiment that led to some wicked zines! #zines #ZinesAndMentalHealth #ZinesAndResearch

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

How can psychologists help shift NHS care from hospital to community? If you're a member, join us on 12 Sep ’25 to explore how psychology supports the NHS 10 Year Health Plan and advances neighbourhood and place-based care. Register now: bps.org.uk/event/nhs-10...

Tomorrow. Free. Timings: Doors: 19:00 19:30: Rattle 20:30: WMNU 21:30: Mute Servants 22:00 til 00:30ish: DJs See y'all down the front. x #Birmingham #LiveMusic #somanydrums

Attn: UK based #zine organisers! If you make zines & organise zine events (fairs, workshops, talks, meet ups) & you'd be interested in talking about your experiences of it as part of this study, please do get in touch, would love to include your perspective. #zinefair #zinefest #zineworkshop

📣CFP for our launch event for PhD Students and Early Career Researchers at @unibirmingham.bsky.social For this event, we are encouraging ECRS from any discipline to contribute a short presentation for this one-day workshop: birminghamphenomenalnetwork.blogspot.com/2025/08/anno...

Putting on a gig in less than two weeks... At #Centrala in Digbeth. On 16 August 2025. It's free. 3 bands, some djs, hopefully sunshine (that one I can't promise). Come hang out. #MuteServants #WorkinManNoiseUnit #Rattle Drums galore.

When you sit down to write.

Youth mental health difficulties have increased in prevalence (rather than better awareness) and key drivers likely include economic precarity, smartphone use, sleep quality and closure of youth services. An excellent piece of research led by @olademk.bsky.social

Excited about this gig tomorrow at Centrala. Haress is definitely a band to check out if you don't know them... haress.bandcamp.com/album/haress-2

Getting closer to presentation time. 😬 #ZineResearch #QMIP2025

A couple more interview slots available for UK based #zine makers. Give me a shout if you're interested in more information and please share if you know someone suitable. #zines #zineresearch #perzines

Spending £25 on second hand books just to get the free one 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

This year's Small Press Day poster is by the amazing David Ziggy Greene @jambookshopuk.bsky.social. #smallpressday this year is on July 19 and you can register your shop's event on the website here: smallpressday.co.uk Help us spread the word for our 10th anniversary SPD by reposting this post! TYx

It's not every day you open up a magazine and recognise someone... Glad I looked at this before I started ripping it up for collage. 😁 @wiam.bsky.social

Story of my life... @dinosaurcouch.bsky.social 🩷🩷🩷

Got loads of stuff coming your way on Wrong Speed for Bandcamp Friday tomorrow. As well as the AAA Gripper LP we have "Exile On Exchange St", a 7" EP of new songs by Sheffields finest BIG BREAK. Here's "The Goon" youtu.be/RH48QtGwEik?...