How inclusive is archaeological data? Carrie Heitman’s latest digital review examines #feminist data science. She highlights how power and bias shape everything from collection to interpretation, outlining approaches for more transparent and equitable #research. 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

"The ideal academic is now officially defined ... as being capable of working without time limits and without primary care responsibilities. The new capitalist academy imposes expectations of performativity that only a care-less worker can fully satisfy“. (Lynch, 2010) doi.org/10.1177/1474...

Catch up on this brilliantly fun podcast episode with my special guest @capnpilot.bsky.social in which we talk: 🎲 playful engagement 😆 making memorable moments happen online 💡 creative approaches to open education creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

This is a lovely piece of research.

INTERVIEWER: When somebody asks you to describe your book LANARK, what do you say to them? ALASDAIR GRAY: I say it is a Scottish petit bourgeois model of the universe. I: Just like that? AG: Yes, I’ve rehearsed it and honed it down to as few words as possible. A #GrayDay 🧵 frontispiece/ 💙📚

Looking for simple ways to support Wikipedia and open knowledge? Here are 5 impactful actions you can take today: from improving an article to organising your own edit-a-thon. #openknowledge #support #WikimediaUK #Wikipedia #editing

As part of our #OpenEducation AND #DigitalSkillsForStaff activities next week we're running 2 fab workshops for UoE staff: - Diversifying the Curriculum with OER 2 March 2-3pm - How to find and use Creative Commons licensed Open Educational Resources 4 March, 2-3pm open.ed.ac.uk/open-educati...

Save the date! Our next edit-a-thon on LGBT+ history is this Friday, 27th February. Book your spot now! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980171477... #OER #lgbthistory #WikimediaUK

“People need to hear a story like this now,” says Pinar Aksu … “We don’t always have a victory at the end of our stories, but hope is all we’ve got.” The award-winning EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET premieres at the Glasgow film festival, 25 February www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Our #Wikipedia Editing Club is on the last Saturday of every month - next one is 28 February at Bramblers Café, St John Street #Perth 10-12. All genders and levels of experience welcome. Don't forget your laptop! Change the world, one edit at a time 💪

UofG in real life and anime! ✨ Have you seen Netflix’s new series ‘Love Through a Prism’? The art school is inspired by our very own University of Glasgow. See the real campus locations alongside their animated versions. We think they captured our beautiful campus perfectly!

One of my all time favourite poems...

One foot in Eden still, I stand And look across the other land. The world’s great day is growing late, Yet strange these fields that we have planted So long with crops of love and hate… —Edwin Muir, “One foot in Eden” in ONE FOOT IN EDEN, @faberbooks.bsky.social 1956 #BookWormSat #C20 #poem #poetry

When we take prisoners from other worlds we are not cruel. We let their bodies die. They become words, filtered into air… —Edwin Morgan, “Twilight of a Tyranny” a #ScienceFiction #poem from COLLECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 1997 #bookologythursday #poetry www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...

When uncovering traces of people from the past, evidence comes in all sizes, can be found everywhere and might not look like what we expect 🤔 Confused? Don't be! Learn more about how archaeologists uncover these stories and how you can get involved: www.digitscotland.com/what-is-arch...

🐴 Alors que le calendrier asiatique lui consacre l’année qui commence aujourd’hui sous le nom de cheval de feu, sur le blog de Gallica on rend hommage à cet animal ! c.bnf.fr/XSq

For our anniversary this year, we're creating a special zine to commemorate our community's contributions, achievements, and memories from 25 years of CC. Our theme? Remix is resistance! Submit your work (art, photography, stories, poems, comics, and more!) by March 31. buff.ly/WjuAB2T

If you’re not yet a Member of ALT, you can subscribe via JiscMail to receive our monthly newsletter. It’s a great way to stay informed, connect with the community, and keep up with events, CPD opportunities, and what’s happening across ALT. buff.ly/5vBNRzn #altc

If you're interested in #AI and #oer check out this new publication: Tlili, A., Farrow, R., Bozkurt, A., Amiel, T., Wiley, D. & Downes, S. (2026). The Double-Edged Sword: Open Education's tension in the Era of Generative Artificial Intelligence, JALT 9(1) jalt.open-publishing.org/index.php/ja...

🚨 1 week left to apply! 🚨 There’s still plenty of time to apply for our part-time Admin and Marketing Assistant Role, funded and supported by InspirAlba. 🟣Remote working 🟣16 hours per week 🟣Hourly rate: £13.45 per hour 🟣Application Deadline: Mon 23rd February, 12pm 👉Apply buff.ly/izvzGNa

Lothian Health Services Archive (LHSA) HIV / AIDs teacher's resources uses material from their UNESCO-recognised HIV/AIDS collections (1983-2010) for educational activities with 12 to 15 year olds. #OER #LGBTHistoryMonth #LGBT #History #EduSky open.ed.ac.uk/hivaids-onli...

The UHI Archaeology Institute is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to record and analyse the human remains from a Pictish/Norse cemetery in Orkney.

There were never strawberries like the ones we had that sultry afternoon sitting on the step of the open french window… —Edwin Morgan, “Strawberries”🍓 CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020 #ValentinesDay #poetry #LGBTQ #LGBTQplusHM 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ #BookWormSat www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...

#OEWeek26's "Town Square for Open Education" is already buzzing, with 78 events added so far. Need inspiration? Check out the cool "Crafternoons" @unmpress.bsky.social OER, celebrating #OER & indie publishing. 📚 #JoinTheFun #WhatAreYouSharing List yours here! -> https://twp.ai/4iwA78

In honour of LGBT History Month, our next Wikipedia: Women in Red edit-a-thon is about inspiring women from the Scottish queer community! Join us on the 27th of February! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1980171477... #OER #lgbthistory #WikimediaUK

Nuair thainig a’ bhirlinn gu tìr nuair a tharraing iad i air gainmheach a’ Phuirt, ged a bha am muir gorm, ’s a’ ghainmheach geal… —Ruaraidh MacThòmais, “Na Lochlannaich A’ Tighinn Air Tìr An Nis” 100 Dàn As Fhèarr Leinn, @luathpress.bsky.social 2020 #WyrdWednesday #poem luath.co.uk/products/100...

We are looking for a chair for the #altc blog editorial team. This new role for 2026 will provide coordination across the blog’s ongoing and emerging activities, offering oversight of submissions and workflows, and contributing ideas for future projects. Learn more: buff.ly/DVCIcmm

Help us map science history for #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience. We've launched a new interactive map of landmarks across the UK connected to women from science history, and we want your suggestions. Explore the map and submit your landmark now: royalsociety.org/news-resourc...

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Would you like help to shape how the story of Orkney's Neolithic is told? If so, UHI Archaeology Institute PhD student Cameron Taylor would like your input via an online survey.

Calling photographers from all around the world: Wiki Loves Folklore 2026 is here 📸 The annual media contest aims at documenting global cultural heritage. Submissions are open until 31 March. Get inspired ➡️ w.wiki/HeAf

New podcast series 'Flourish: Fighting for Feminist Cities' reimagines cities through a feminist lens. In this first episode Dr. Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti interviews activists Carolina Peterli & Yasmin Curzi. #OER #Activism #Politics #SocialScience @uoe-sps.bsky.social open.ed.ac.uk/flourish-fig...

Christopher Ward, National Operations Manager at Waverley Care, introduces HIV Informed – a new educational microsite designed to support Scotland’s health and social care workforce. #OER #SexualHealth #ScottishHealth @cmvm-edinburghuni.bsky.social open.ed.ac.uk/hiv-informed...

Hard to overestimate the loss 800 university staff entails to society/economy/humanity. Thousands of combined years of skills and training vanishing, the hammer blows against fragile sources of knowledge and expertise, the dismemberment of entire disciplines. Remarkable self-destruction.

Suffragette Muriel Scott (1888-1963) led protests outside #Perth Prison as her sister Arabella was forcefed there. Muriel's article had no photo but Castle House Museum, Dunoon made her graduation photo available CC-BY so we could add it to #Wikimedia Commons 💪 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_...

The SNP have secured the first Commons debate on Gaza for two years

"This is a glaring issue that will be faced by every hyperscale data centre coming through the planning system..." aprs.scot/press-releas...

Will be here in March: SCOTTISH LEFT REVIEW IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE WORKERS' OBSERVATORY PRESENTS Platform Power and Edinburgh's Gig Economy www.tickettailor.com/events/scotl...

Having bagged the UK Tree of the Year award, the elegant 170 year old Argyle St Ash is in the running for European Tree of the Year. You know what to do: www.treeoftheyear.org/vote #Glasgow

We're looking to capture experiences of what it means to be queer in the UK today! To do that we're collecting day diaries for 12th February. It doesn't matter what you get up to, or how you record it, we'd love to have it!🧵 (1/4) #LGBTplusHM #lgbthm26

#OtD 2 Feb 1988 4 lesbians abseiled into the UK House of Lords in protest at the homophobic section 28. In 2017, 4 other lesbians climbed onto the Houses of Parliament in order to put up a blue plaque commemorating the 1988 action stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9181...

The Wigtown Poetry Prizes offer awards for poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages. The 2026 competitions are open for submission from today (2 Feb) until 6 May www.wigtownpoetryprize.com/poetry-compe...

Everybody to Kenmure Street has won an international award at Sundance Film Festival. Well timed, cos it will remind doubters, haters & sceptics that neighbours will protect one another against an authoritarian state - in Glasgow 2021 or Minneapolis today. www.thenational.scot/news/2581367...

Reminder that we'll be having a Perth Women on Wikipedia meet up tomorrow at 10-12 @ Bramblers Café #Perth New and experienced editors of any gender welcome to this informal space - bring your laptop! #PerthScotland #WeCanEdit

A great opportunity to contribute to open knowledge and work with some fabulous people :)

JUST TWO DAYS TO GO! 🔥✊ Burns Night meets suffragette resistance ✊🔥 Join us on Sat 31 Jan 3–4pm for our January P&S Patreon Gathering — exploring Burns Night, Perth Prison, and women’s histories of protest in Scotland. 👉 Join us on Patreon (for as little as £5 per month!) buff.ly/tAJOeO1

Happy International Puzzle Day! Wikipedia’s jigsaw globe reminds us that knowledge grows piece by piece, built by people around the world. The gap at the top means there’s always room for new information and voices. Piece together more knowledge ➡️ w.wiki/d6g

“These cuts are hitting the most vulnerable staff hardest.” Sophia Woodman, @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social branch president explaining the reality of the crisis in HE to the Scottish Education Committee.

Great work by @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social on UoE's latest financial report. Depressing that a university doing pretty damn well financially (no deficit) compared to most of the sector choosing to destroy itself, and staff are all just sitting helplessly in the backseat of a slow motion car crash.