Can't resist revisiting this Art Nouveau winding staircase decorated with metal flowers and vines, designed by architect Ede Magyar, at Reök Palace in Szeged, Hungary (1907)

“Ambitious” plans to use research funding to attract industry investment of £25 billion by the end of the decade are likely to prove “extremely challenging” given falling levels of university-business spending, experts have warned. @jgro-the.bsky.social reports #academicsky https://ow.ly/CKxs50XTrmp

I caught this beautiful sunset today. #London #HousesofParliament

"University fees and migration numbers threaten Brexit reset youth deal"

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching... 6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6 8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp Social monitoring & manipulation #meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata @patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

‘You sit on a throne of lies’ - Christmas has officially begun.

Georgia O'Keeffe, You Are The Sun, 1977 #Womensart #Solstice

How should universities work with combined authorities and business to support inclusive growth in our city-regions? Some reflections on my five years in Greater Manchester, to mark the year of my retirement from the University of Manchester. softmachines.org?p=3213

Ladybird Artists Advent Calendar, window 21 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe (What to Look for in Winter, 1959)

'Bananas.' (1956) Throughout his career Lucian Freud was fascinated with plants and approached the painting of them without smothering them with symbolic meaning much the same as his mentor Cedric Morris, himself an evocative and unsentimental flower painter.

Books I have read and enjoyed on my holiday: The Original by Nell Stevens, the second of the ‘On the Calculation of Volume’ by Solvej Balle, and The List of Suspicious Things by Janine Godfrey.

Many plausible candidates contributing to this dismal performance, from the factors leading up to the 2008 crisis, post-crisis policies that made the situation worse, and the shocks of the last decade My blogpost: The UK's continuing economic growth crisis softmachines.org?p=3206

Looks excellent!

This new issue of #PhilTransB expands the field of cultural #evolution and shows why it matters for today’s biggest challenges. It highlights research funded by the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social's Transformation Fund, which focused on #DEI: royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/issue/3...

At the packed launch of the OfS 5-year strategy. Chair Edward Peck is opening: “We want to create strong, robust, two-way dialogue”. Based on recent years, many in the sector will recognise that as more of a strategic change than it may sound.

In #winter 2018, Icelandic photographer Rebekka Guðleifsdóttir wanted to show her partner, who was away in the capital, how much it had snowed overnight at their home and posted a photo of herself on FB #womensart

My recent morning runs have both been very beautiful but also quite different.

The true pleasure of Bluesky. "When I look around, I see people who often took a big professional risk because they would not comply. In many cases, they had profiles they had built up for years. They let it go. They did this because they refused to extinguish their moral character."

European Research Council’s new €7m Plus Grants open to researchers at any career stage, but not to holders of ongoing ERC grants, funder reveals www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...

These posters for the South Korean stage production of Macbeth are the greatest thing ever? #art

Not a bad day in London, the National Portrait Gallery, and then Nouvelle Vague in Camden Town.

Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies. Marion Davies!

It is always painful to drag yourself out of bed for a morning run especially when it is cold; but it is always worth it. #morningrun #leamingtonspa #morninglight

Affective science has lost an extraordinary member of our community: Dr. Paul Ekman, who passed peacefully at home at the age of 91 on Monday. Dr. Ekman's pioneering cross-cultural research on the interpretation of facial expressions in emotional terms...(1)

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There is a moment at this time of year when the word ‘apricity’ really comes into view. For those who don’t know it, it was recorded only once, in 1623, before slipping out of view. Apricity is the warmth of the sun on a chilly day.

I’m setting up a new Broadband system this weekend. The provider says that it up takes between 30 minutes and 3 hours for self-assembly. Is there a better test of oneself? Let the challenge begin!

How do humans keep inventing tools and technologies that no single person could create alone? Our new preprint, led by @anilyaman.bsky.social & @ts-brain.bsky.social shows that semantic knowledge guides innovation and drives cultural evolution. 🧠📘 arxiv.org/abs/2510.12837

Large employers are scaling back graduate recruitment for the first time since the pandemic, while expanding apprenticeship schemes to plug persistent skills gaps, according to new data. Tash Mosheim reports #edusky https://ow.ly/mfz250Xb7AZ

Timeline cleanse: spotted in Edinburgh City Centre this morning. #otter #nature #Edinburgh

Timeline cleanse: spotted in Edinburgh City Centre this morning. #otter #nature #Edinburgh

Two Nobel-winning economists are moving to Europe from an elite US university, becoming the latest academics to leave the country during Donald Trump’s second term #AcademicSky #highered

Errol Flynn lives!

Scientist learns he has won Nobel prize while on digital detox in US mountains

UK Research and Innovation could soon ask universities to work more “strategically” on its funding calls “rather than having everyone bid into the same processes”

Skye - it didn’t disappoint despite the storm.

Skye - it didn’t disappoint despite the storm.

‘Motherhood penalty’ costs women an average £65,618 in pay by time first child turns five. This is followed by gender pay gap, pension gap, health gap; slow career progression, harassment and violence, unpaid carer work, retirement insecurity. All women deserve justice.

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Handy synopsis on apprenticeships. Hope MPs and Ministers read it.

"Huge changes are coming to UK uni fees and loans - here's how this will impact students"

this is how it feels to wear high rise pants

www.psypost.org/students-rate-identical-lectures-differently-based-on-professors-gender-researchers-find/# #AcademicSky - it never ends.

In conference speech Bridget Phillipson announces return of maintenance grants for targeted courses, funded by international student levy. Now in @smfthinktank.bsky.social fringe on widening access, so will be interesting to hear what panel makes of that…

Magpie Morning’ by contemporary UK #printmaker Annie Soudain #WomensAr

I’m really enjoying this Rugby final. #comeonengland

This was rather wonderful.

Any recommendations for Skye, Harris and Lewis? Beaches, sights, walks, restaurants, local crafts? In return here is a photo of the other side of Scotland!

Georgia O'Keeffe, Blue Wave Maine, 1926 #WomensArt