VISITING FELLOWSHIPS: Applications are now open for 2026-27! The deadline for applications is Friday 28 November 2025. For more information on how to apply: https://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowships/bodleian-visiting-fellowships

NEW on Wonkhe: Despite promises of informed choice and fair treatment, Jim Dickinson argues that England’s student-as-consumer model has failed to deliver – and urgently needs re-examination by regulators buff.ly/uaISyzl

We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025! "Each of these books arrives in English in expert and accessible translations that honour the art and voice of their original authors." tinyurl.com/f9sccz4v

Thank you Anna Maxwell Martin for backing the @asgsfprotest.bsky.social campaign🙏 These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering & were introduced without consultation, warning and no evidence base

Another fascinating insight into the links between water and life: proof of binding force inherent in cavity water , www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the Froebel Institute, now part of @uni-roehampton.bsky.social If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm

Creative pals, we need you! A group of us are running an auction to raise funds for the Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Sudanese people are dealing with the worst humanitarian crisis since records began. Can you donate mentoring/art/signed books etc? SIGN UP HERE: www.sudancoup.com/auction

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat, which will explore how to teach for sustainability with @mirjamglessmer.com and @robertkordts.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9 pm GMT. Read the blog post at: shorturl.at/sl6gb

Just leaving this here…

You go Frankie

Switzerland is joining Horizon Europe! We are uniting two research powerhouses. For cutting-edge innovation that will boost our energy security, digital transformation, health and so much more. Today is a good day for science, and for our EU-Switzerland partnership.

Delightful detail from the Roman “unswept floor” mosaic by Heraclitus, showing a mouse nibbling a walnut. Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effect! 2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse... #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

From an article in today's Financial Times. Such an obvious statement of fact. It's hard to understand why direct public investment in social rent housing - so successful for decades - is now unthinkable.

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat with guests Mirjam Sophia Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT to discuss How to teach for sustainability lthechat.com/2025/11/07/l...

#COP30 starts today in Belém, Brazil A pivotal moment for countries to accelerate #ClimateAction & build a better future for people & the planet. See this week's events for solutions for a sustainable planet: https://www.unep.org/events/conference/unep-un-climate-change-conference-unfccc-cop-30#COP30

Born #OnThisDay in 1914 was actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr. As well as acting in 30 films, during the Second World War she co-developed a frequency-hopping guidance system for American torpedoes, the principles of which are used in Bluetooth and WiFi technologies today. #WomenInSTEM

Happy 423 years of us! 🎉 📚 The Bodleian Libraries opened for the first time on 8 November 1602... This means, we're older than the refracting telescope (1608), the publication of Shakespeare's Hamlet (1623) and Sir Isaac Newton's apple (1666)! 😅

This week on Wonkhe: There’s a notable absence of consideration for students taking resits in both pedagogical and policy conversations. Karen Lander sets out the need for change

Rumours are on the student forums that Nottingham have already sent out some conditional offers to applicants for language courses in 2026, and have not informed them the courses will not, actually, exist.

Another good read for Saturday morning : https://isrf.org/blog/labours-white-paper-fails-higher-education #UKHE

Hey! Calling all Wonder Women! We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit. 50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.

you can preorder @ecominimalnick.bsky.social 's 'the good building book' here www.bloomsbury.com/us/good-buil...

Oops. Ooooooooooooops. I do hope that nobody has been given or denied a job/promotion based on their SpringerNature citation counts in the past 15 years. arxiv.org/pdf/2511.01675 h/t @nathlarigaldie.bsky.social

I didn't have room in my original post to mention that all royalties from Frank's book are donated to the Linda Norgrove Foundation which supports education, health and welfare projects for women and children in Afghanistan. 🙌 lindanorgrovefoundation.org

A guest blog, which adds more detail to the narrative of detecting in England & Wales. Thank you to my anonymous colleague for writing this important piece & for allowing me to host it on the Big Book of Torcs! 😊 #Archaeology #Detecting #Torcs #gold #Treasure bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/08/w...

Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system 1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK 2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc 3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

NEW on Wonkhe: The Lifelong Learning Entitlement remains a central part of government's post-18 skills planning. For Vy Chuong and Brendan Coulson, there are still questions that need to be asked buff.ly/viroFD9

The full transcript of Zohran Mamdani's acceptance speech is very much worth reading in full. Even if you don't agree with your politics, it's very beautifully put together. archive.is/8VqQJ [this is a useable link to the NYT transcript]

The 2025 Curriculum and Assessment Review Final Report was meant to “build a world-class curriculum for all.” In reality, it signals something quite different: the closure of curriculum reform in England. 🧵

This is a really excellent thread from @drleatongray.bsky.social. Well worth reading the whole thing. It really pinpoints why there's that sense of stasis and being trapped in certain ways of thinking in education atm. Thanks to @helenjwc.bsky.social for sharing.

Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.

Rare Earth will be back on air soon & in preparation for a programme on Darwin, Wallace & evolution, I found this ace example of evolutionary adaptation. The plant C. argenteum makes seeds that look & smell like dung, so dung beetles roll them away, bury them, then lose interest. Free seed planting!

I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.

A morning learning about level access and when legally compliant gaps need a mini ramp to make them properly accessible. Big thanks to TfL - Met the man who designed mini ramps and surveyed 128 locations they were needed. Nathan and I found another location and ramps are on order for Kennington.

Honestly. We all need to read this. The amount of money apparently being spent, which could instead be being invested in our museum services is horrific. Next figures from DCMS/PAS are due in the next month or two. How bad will they be? #Archaeology 🏺 #Torcs #Detecting

Join us for #LTHEchat with @dralison.bsky.social and @bethflloyd.bsky.social at 8pm GMT today. Read the blog here: shorturl.at/uUntv

🎙️ A podcast that dives into real stories of #LearningDevelopment, growth, writing, reflection and learning. The Learning Development Project is now streaming! Listen h...�aldinhe.ac.uk/networking/the-ld-project-podcast #LoveLD #PodcastsToFollow #LDPpodcast #LDproject #JLDHE #ALDinHE #TheLDPpodcast

Analysis from @friends-earth.bsky.social provides new insight on environmental injustice in the UK: “… people of colour, those on low incomes and non-drivers are now disproportionately overrepresented in the 5% of neighbourhoods still exposed to the most extreme air pollution.”

Thanks to everyone that has already signed up. Free online webinar with @lucygobag.bsky.social and me looking at preparedness and what happened in 2025. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1932956658...

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations! His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind. It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

🎉 To kick off #NationalEngineeringDay tomorrow, we're in Liverpool for Innovation Late - a celebration of engineering creativity and curiosity, with immersive experiences, live demonstrations and inspiring talks. This is engineering like you've never seen before: https://thisisengineering.org.uk/

When Notre Dame burns, the world notices—but who notices when community landmarks vanish forever? In PRESERVING WITH PURPOSE architect Amy Hetletvedt unfolds a revolutionary-but-simple vision for re-thinking building conservation in vulnerable communities. islandpress.org/purpose

Learning to sew in our capitalist world is a radical act. Pass it on.

mmmm courtyards + single loaded corridors + social housing www.baunetz.de/meldungen/Me...

Make walking the easy choice for local journeys www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

EVENT: C20's Autumn Lecture Series continues this week with Mike Taylor, principal at Hopkins, exploring the practice’s work at Lord’s, Wimbledon and the 2012 Olympic Games. 🗓️ Thu 6 Nov 2025, 6.30pm – 8pm 📍 Cowcross St Gallery + Online 🎟️ Book tickets: secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...

The #University of #Edinburgh is closing its Institute for Academic Development as part of major economic restructuring. Former colleagues being made redundant. Not to mention those who took earlier severance option. #redundancies #universities #IAD #UoE www.edinburghminute.com/r/7ae129f5?m...

#OreCup is starting at 00:00 GMT! The posts are scheduled and the spreadsheets are waiting. But will all our fancy scheduling survive timezones AND clock changes? Only a few hours until we find out! 😂