'Transcribe Bentham began in 2010, and another 20,000 or so manuscript pages require transcription. We’d like to invite your readers to help us complete the project and to explore the writings and correspondence of a figure of enormous historical importance.' #Skystorians

Help us turn Transcribe Bentham into Transcribed Bentham www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK. This is not a drill. MARC BLOCH COMIC BOOK!!! www.tallandier.com/livre/marc-b... #MedievalSky #Skystorians

Peter Mandelson was asked for his Whatsapp messages on his phone but refused to hand them over. A legal minefield: @vmantouvalou.bsky.social and I have written about it here in 'Bring Your Own Device — Now Hand It Over!' digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cllpj/vol45/...

In light of closures of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences courses and departments across the UK in the past 2 years, what does that commitment mean? The University of Hertfordshire's announced closures of Humanities offer a case study for hard-edged reflection. 2/9 @victoria-collins.bsky.social

And there it is

Publication Day 📖🍾🪩🎉: 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', ed. P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley, is now available in open access from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social). Available in hard/paperback, or free .pdf: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...

Published today in open access: The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters, edited by. P. Schofield, T. Causer (who he?), and C. Riley Featuring tales of JB's uni days and dozens of letters from Samuel Bentham during his Russian sojourn uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...

'It was a glittering event and an impressive achievement – but unfortunately, detectives claim, the award itself was entirely fake and part of a complex international hoax worthy of a film script.' 1/3

One aim of the Society on BlueSky is to highlight organisations and opportunities that support historians and the humanities. One to promote is @britishacademy.bsky.social's UK-wide Early Career Researcher Network bit.ly/4f2H3tF which offers training, funding, peer support and events #Skystorians

University of Hertfordshire closes a swathe of Humanities courses, accelerating the sweeping tide against Human-centred disciples in the UK. Because understanding humans is so yesterday today. With such happy consequences, as we see when we look around us.

'Universities across the UK have reported more than 1,000 job losses in the first four months of this year, with the actual number likely to be far higher as institutions continue to roll out cost-saving initiatives.' 1/4

no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...

This week’s horror is our introductory module, which examines the literature, art, music, dialect, film and TV from the region 1500-2025 being forcibly replaced by an entire ‘success in HE’ module featuring two weeks on how to use AI. I designed my module to incorporate proper study skills…

It's the most wonderful time of the year

The Government will more than double support for the Daphne Jackson Trust from £1.7m to £4m per year, which will help to unlock the talent of many more researchers whose careers have been paused. Find out more in our joint-statement with @ukri.org daphnejackson.org/2026/03/ukri... #ResearchReturners

Congratulations to Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws), elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his contributions at the intersection of law, economics and the social sciences.👏 Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma... #UCLLaws @acadsocsciences.bsky.social

Our #UCL200 celebrations began in spectacular style last week with the 75th Bentham Association Presidential Address and Dinner. 🎤 🥳 Prof Sir John Baker KC delivered an inspiring Address on ‘Sovereignty of Parliament and Legal History’. 🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy.

Well, the plumber fixed the drip

Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.

‘Although I am no longer in a position to carry out much work myself, my legacy is still very much alive and well. UCL's Faculty of Laws is home to the Bentham Project … in existence since 1959, with the aim of publishing a definitive scholarly edition of my writings and correspondence.’

Just found out about Tap Social and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks @timcauser.bsky.social! Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.com

There is now author access to my co-written article on curating programmes around historic eugenics @royalsociety.org I did this work 10+ years ago. It is tragic that eugenic ideas moved to the mainstream, in part due to a fellow of my publisher - the RS 🤷🏻‍♀️ royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨ #UCL200 #LoveUCL

Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC. Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign. ➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...

Coming soon from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social), 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', edited by P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley. ✉️📖 ft. 252 letters written to/from Bentham, and 19 others of biographical interest: uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...

On the journal blog, author Steven Sverdlik discusses his two articles: Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/146/

First in a series, I fear www.theguardian.com/environment/...

(soon to be) not even a real fish

rome statute of the international criminal court, article 8bis: crime of aggression

Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.

The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly. His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2

'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2

Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent. FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...

25 years gone and still no justice youtu.be/FD-CJnDMcv4?...

Had reason to look up info about early submarining, and discovered that the newsletter of the Submariners' Association is called 'In Depth'. Excellent work, everyone

Excellent news www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA. 'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2

Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk 2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️

In #colonial New South Wales, there was no elected parliament. Instead, public dinners were held and toasts were made to demonstrate political support – or dissent 🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is available in the archive www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

Five years ago today since this little guy arrived from the RSPCA

Published today - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' edited by Philip Schofield, the latest volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham Available in hardback, paperback, and as a free open-access PDF from UCL Press: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...

Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'

And the cherry on top is that the sign is back, too