Tune into Radio 3 this Sunday at 5pm to hear our Research Officer Daisy speaking about this fabulous exhibition and the 500-year-old music that it's uncovered - and hear the music sung by the @exeter.ac.uk Chapel Choir. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

🎧Excited2help preserve England's East Coast soundscapes! Teaming up w/@mybcu.bsky.social @royalbirmcons.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @manmetuni.bsky.social &@suffolkarchives.bsky.social on a £1.4M project to capture the region’s #SonicHeritage- from🐦birdsong to🚢foghorns—using VR🕶️,3D tech🖥️&comm'ty wkshops

🕊️ #FaithFreedomFriendship Explore the story of Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther & Sir Thomas Dyke Acland – a friendship that shaped reform, education & faith 📍 Killerton Chapel #NationalTrust 📅 Sept 12–Nov 2 '25 Supported by PhD student @mollygroarke.bsky.social www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/...

🎨 Apply by 29 Sept 2025 for a £10,000 Artist Residency at Mount Stewart, Co. Down! Part of the Historic Houses, Global Crossroads research, the 6-week residency (May–June 2026) invites artists to explore global plant networks & reimagine the site’s ecological legacy🌿See link in thread.

Celebrating ESEA Heritage Month @Mount Stewart! In July, we welcomed Belfast’s Chinese Welfare Association for a workshop exploring East Asian links, part of the Historic Houses, Global Crossroads research project— including visiting a thriving acer planted in 2011 treatiedspaces.com/historic-hou...

If you fancy getting #OutintheField, why not pick up a copy of Landmarks and Legends by Jo Woolf, a beautifully illustrated book which reveals the secrets and stories of fifty icons of Britain’s landscape, including Cheddar Gorge, Avebury, Uffington White Horse and Sutton Hoo.

Every term we host six fabulous 'micro-interns' from @ox.ac.uk to help research at Trust properties for a week. @torchoxford.bsky.social Postgrad music student Anna has shared her findings on a unique manuscript that survived the 2015 fire at Clandon Park ⬇️ www.torch.ox.ac.uk/article/this...

Note to self: Be more Red Kite. 🔥💅 📷 Paul Browning

We've just come back from a weekend at Buckland Abbey, where the @exeter.ac.uk Chapel Choir have been bringing monastic music back to the abbey for the first time in 500 years. The 600-year-old Buckland Book is on display in the Abbey until 31 October. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

What do Carlyle's House, Brownsea Island, Chartwell, and 20 Forthlin Road all have in common? Hint, happy #lefthanders day... 👀

An exciting new ExCASES report presents findings from their ‘Future of #Biodiversity Renewal’ mission; exploring the #diversity of #values, #worldviews & understandings that shape aspirations towards biodiversity renewal amongst the RENEW #community. More: renewbiodiversity.org.uk/excases-miss...

Did you know that we've been caring for Northumberland's beautiful Farne Islands for 100 years? The islands have over 1300 years of archaeology and hundreds of thousands of resident sea birds. Find out more about research and conservation on the Farnes⬇️ www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-...

At Avebury this summer, visitors can learn all about Neolithic life and the earliest archaeologists with brand new mobile phone games. Learn more about the #LoGaCulture project, with @bournemouthuni.bsky.social and @unisouthampton.bsky.social, here ⬇️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The final (in a series of six) of Natural England’s short films about the beauty of Southwest England’s protected sites in collaboration with @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social. Each film includes two short poems, written by ESI affiliate John Wedgewood Clarke. 🌿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIvg...

Over the last year we've been doing lots of work with @uniofexeternews.bsky.social to protect landscapes - from nature recovery and carbon storage to supporting health, food justice and heritage storytelling. Find out more at researchandinnovation.co.uk/creating-rea...

Our tiny central research team is privileged to work with so many amazing and dedicated people across the National Trust to plan, do, support and use research to help our places. Especially during this bruising time for staff, we value you and your contributions immensely.

This weekend, the Buckland Abbey team are welcoming a 600-year-old book back to the site for the first time since 1539. NT and @exeter.ac.uk researchers have transcribed and recorded the rare music in the book, which is on loan from @britishlibrary.bsky.social. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

🎉We're thrilled to be partnering with @universityofhull.bsky.social on their new @ukri.org Doctoral Focal Award 'Living Well with Water'. This will support 39 PhD students over the next 7 years, connecting environmental, health and arts and humanities research. www.hull.ac.uk/work-with-us...

In the NT Research Team, we like our scones with a side of #NationalCreamTeaDay facts! Here are some of our favourites: 1. Queen Elizabeth II liked her scone jam first, then cream. (We're still on the fence.) 2. The first use of the phrase 'cream tea' dates from 1931 and included bread and butter.

Assessment of artefacts found during metal detecting in 2018 at #Stoneacre has recently been completed by finds specialist Luke Barber. Two finds of note were recorded: a mid-late Saxon conical pin & a decorated medieval buckle dating to 1390-1420 AD. #FindsFriday #MetalDetecting #archaeology #Kent

📢Opportunity alert! Are you a creative writer who loves #AgathaChristie? @nationaltrust.org.uk Greenway House and @exeter.ac.uk are looking for a writer to develop content for a new #HistoryScapes app trail (historyscapes.uk) Find out more here ➡️ jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

We had a great time last Friday at our PhD Students' Summer #Conference. 40 collaborative PhD students, research staff and curators came to #Heelis, the NT head office, for papers, poster presentations, networking and lunch. Lots of great conversations and plenty of tasty food! #phdlife

📢🌍 Excited to announce that we are advertising for a Social Science Research Fellow post. Closing date 8th July 🌍📢 This full-time post is available immediately for three years and will be based at Exeter’s Streatham campus. Hybrid working is welcome. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNN846/p...

A rare 1636 Prayer Book, embroidered with silver and gold thread, is back on display at Lanhydrock thanks to cutting-edge micro-CT imaging at @exeter.ac.uk's SHArD 3D lab. You might have caught it on last week's episode of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

🌍🌳☀️We're proud to be partnering with @exeter.ac.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social and @ukhsa.bsky.social at the @ukri.org-funded Net Positive Centre for Health and Climate Solutions. You can find out more about this pioneering research on the Centre's new website: netpositivecentre.com

People and nature need each other to thrive. We're partnering with @newcastleuni.bsky.social on a new @ukri.org-funded project, to improve access to local green corridors in the north east and safeguard their culture and heritage for the future. Find out more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

📢We're recruiting for four new roles to support the @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social project! Are you a PhD graduate hoping to solve the real-world challenges of biodiversity renewal? ➡️3 Postdoctoral Research Fellow posts now open careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/#/... and...

We're excited to work with partners including @newcastleuni.bsky.social @teessideuni.bsky.social and Durham University on a new £3m @ukri.org AHRC-funded Mission. Green Corridors North East will transform outdoor spaces in Gateshead, Durham and South Tees. More here ⬇️ www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

New podcast! NT Archaeologist Nathalie Cohen recently spoke to Dr Sam Willis from the Mariner's Mirror about the archaeological discoveries at Smallhythe Place in Kent and you can listen to the interview here: snr.org.uk/the-mariners... #TidalTuesday ⚓️

We're pleased to share the first of this six-part video series created by our partners @exeter.ac.uk and @naturalengland.bsky.social - exploring how the @nationaltrust.org.uk and our other @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social partners are working to protect these priceless landscapes in the South West. 🌍

We’re excited to announce our 2nd season at #BodiamCastle with @archsoutheast.bsky.social & @uclarchaeology.bsky.social! A huge thank you to @theromansoc.bsky.social, Society for Medieval Archaeology, MSRG, CBA South-East & Tenterden NTA for their support. #Bodiam100 #SussexDay 🏺

Now how’s this for a ‘before and after’! Watch the transformation of The Wise and Foolish Virgins by Tintoretto unfold on Hidden Treasures of the National Trust, tonight at 9pm on BBC Two - or catch up on iPlayer.

@timeteam.bsky.social will be LIVE from Sutton Hoo today at 4pm, on their YouTube channel. It's coming to the end of a month long dig at Sutton Hoo, but before they finish, Sir Tony Robinson is back on site to see how it has gone! www.youtube.com/live/y47OMWN... @midsandeastnt.bsky.social

Traffic light dog-walking zones can benefit people, dogs and the environment according to new research from the RENEW Project. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-e... @uniofexeteresi.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social

🥳The National Trust's third Annual Research Report is here! Learn all about our research over the past year, and how it's helping us look after nature, beauty and history for everyone, for ever. You can download the report from our Research Repository ⬇️ nt.iro.bl.uk/concern/repo...

📢Job alert! #academiajobs #researchjobs #GLAMjobs Our @bristoluni.bsky.social partners are looking for a Senior Research Associate specialising in environmental histories of enslavement. This role includes a 0.4 secondment to the National Trust. Find out more ⬇️ www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNK213/s...

Excellent progress being made at Killerton by @uoearchhist.bsky.social, with support from @nationaltrust.org.uk HART volunteers! If you'd like to visit, or join a guided tour, you can find out more here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/devon/...

Just floating here, minding everybody else's business.👀 Happy World Otter Day! 🦦

Archaeology lovers can see research in action at Killerton (near Exeter) thanks to our amazing @nattrustarch.bsky.social, the wonderful @nationaltrust.org.uk volunteers and @exeter.ac.uk. Interested? Click the link below to book a guided tour ⬇️

📢 #job alert! #GLAMjobs #artsjobs We're looking for two Creatives in Residence to work at Northern Irish NT houses in 2026, as part of the Historic Houses Global Crossroads project. Find out more⬇️ Mount Stewart: treatiedspaces.com/creative-res... Clandeboye: treatiedspaces.com/creative-res...

📢 #job alert! We're looking for a Project Support Co-ordinator to join our small and friendly team. The role is full time and fixed term to cover a period of staff leave. Find out more here ⬇️ careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...

“What day is it?” said Pooh. “Why, it’s #WorldBeeDay“ 🐝 📜 Harley 3448

📢 #Job alert! @ox.ac.uk is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Associate to support a new collaborative project with @nationaltrust.org.uk. You'll explore our early modern global carpets and their histories of production and use. Closing date: 6 June Find out more👉 my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Just one week left to apply to join our lovely team! #jobs #GLAMjobs #academia #researchjobs

Have you participated in a nature recovery activity in the UK? Do you have 15-minutes spare to complete a short survey? Take part in our nature recovery survey and enter a raffle to win a £100 gift card! 🐞📋🌱 Simply follow the link for more info: exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📢Opportunity alert! #jobs #phdchat #academia Our partners in the REACH CDP Consortium are recruiting for four exciting PhD studentships, starting in October. 1. Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period www.sas.ac.uk/postgraduate... (apply by 26 May)

Happy 99th birthday to Sir David Attenborough! He is an inspiration to many and reminds us that we all need to do our bit to look after our planet. “The truth is, every one of us, no matter who we are or where we live, can and must play a part in restoring nature."

'...those suffering the consequences of environmental degradation are often not the ones making the decisions.' @nationaltrust.org.uk and @exeter.ac.uk @renewbiodiversity.bsky.social researchers have written a new report 'Who decides for nature? @rspb.bsky.social @wwf.org.uk Find out more ⬇️

📢Job alert! Come and join our small, friendly team! We're looking for a Research Officer to manage research approvals, reporting and communications, and help shape our research partnerships. 1.0 FTE for up to 1 year. #GLAMJobs careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_... 📸NT Images/Steve Sayers

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