Of interest to UK university #Skystorians: Royal Historical Society open online meeting on 'The crisis in UK higher education: The future for History'. 4 August 2-4 pm.

Remember that the tuition fee rise just about covers the simultaneous increase in employer national insurance contributions for universities, so cutting teaching grants on this basis means universities on life support being subject to a shake down and being expected to say thanks for the privilege.

‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

The public historian, author and creator of the You’re Dead to Me podcast Greg Jenner warned…”The arts and humanities are fundamental to the flourishing of our society; knowledge gathering, critical thinking and creativity should be defended as sacred things.”

‘Universities that aren’t fully committed to arts and humanities as a flourishing part of their science offering aren’t committing to the future.’ @christophersmith.bsky.social anatomiesofpower.wordpress.com/2026/06/28/w...

AI has started blocking the Wayback Machine from chronicling the web. Considering that nearly 40% of websites disappear after 10 years, this will enforce a giant loss in collective memory.

Cruel and entirely, entirely impossible to implement. This is going to be an absolute disaster.

[AAC #socioelites] Le RT 42 et le @rt50socialisations.bsky.social coorganisent une journée d'étude le 16 octobre 2026 autour de la socialisation des élites. ⌛ 30.04.2026 : limite pour l'envoi des propositions de communication 📍 Paris @afs-socio.bsky.social @evemworth.bsky.social

Great piece of scholarship by @kevinguyan.bsky.social about the way "sex" categories need to be forced in data collection to protect the myth that binary sex categories are "natural" and independent of the ideology/rhetoric of those imposing them...

Important new paper with obvious implications for America's own natalism-neoliberalism conversation. Between 2010-2020, spending cuts at the local level suppressed the fertility of poor households, NOT wealthier ones. Minority women more likely to be in areas w/spending cuts. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Anna Mountford-Zimdars and colleagues explore why the higher education social mobility industry needs a shake-up. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Universities closing is bad news for many reasons One concern I haven't seen data on is that those universities w/more low income students are likely greater risk It might be seen as an accidental consequence but i will have short and long term effects on social mobility and economic grwoth

universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.

Good news.

If you know someone who is thinking about doing a PhD and who is interested in health then please share this advert with them. It is an ESRC funded PhD working on trade unions and health as part of a collaboration with me and the @tuc.org.uk @lsesociology.bsky.social www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

Excited to be involved with a new research network at @crasshlive.bsky.social exploring Precarious Ageing, past, present & future. We kick off 9th Oct/2pm, hybrid and in-person, with @paulfdhiggs.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social in conversation. Register here www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47719/

New article (with Exeter colleagues and Louise Ashley) thinking about the nature of the current 'social mobility industry' in England

New article (with Exeter colleagues and Louise Ashley) thinking about the nature of the current 'social mobility industry' in England

Great overview- and fantastic visual notes too- of a recent seminar on downward social mobility run by @cadebellaigue.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social www.history.ox.ac.uk/article/down...

‘A prize claiming to be a celebration of LGBTQ+ inclusion should know that the condition of trans people isn’t reducible to a debate in which people are simply holding “different positions” – they are a minority group facing unprecedented levels of harassment and political antagonism’

Celebrating a major achievement for our department! 🎉 Dr Eve Worth has been appointed to the DWP’s Methods Advisory Group, bringing her expertise in modern British social history to influence national policy. Demonstrating how our research shapes society! 🏛️📚 👉 news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

We’ve launched a new collection of openly accessible videos, Interviews with Historians, in which prominent 20th century historians reflect on their lives and professional practices. Access the collection here: www.history.ac.uk/library-digi...

HAPPY ZOHRAN NIGHT TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE

Read Eve Worth's review of "The Fall and Rise of the English Upper Class: Houses, Kinship and Capital Since 1945" by Daniel Smith, which draws on a range of disciplines and case studies to explore the contemporary prominence of the English upper class #EarlyView at #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/3p2gQBM

We stand in solidarity with trans women and the trans community and we will always be a space that recognises the importance of trans history. Read on for a selection from our archive 🧵 1/8

👀 Including women in the analysis helps better understand the reproduction of class society💜

Omg and the lack of self-reflection on excluding trans men "because the gender reassignment process has given them a male appearance” has me reeeeeeeeeeling. Someone take me out of this Black Mirror episode, please.

My husband has taught human reproduction and development to the Cambridge medics for over three decades. When people start banging on about "only two biological sexes" he starts with "which sex: genetic, hormonal, or gonadal"? Biological sex is not binary. www.scientificamerican.com/article/sex-...

If this is the law, the law is wrong.

The Supreme Court of the UK is about to rule on the rights of trans women in a case in which no trans women were allowed to give evidence or participate in any way.

@evemworth.bsky.social is now revisiting her book ‘The Welfare Generation’ & thinking how lens of #experientialexpertise can provide further insights to women’s lives. #EverydayWelfare #LSBU

Arresting Quaker women for non-violent protest and breaking into a meeting house to do so. The first time anyone has been arrested in a meeting house in living memory. Despicable behaviour from a Labour government’s Home Office/the Met Police.

Getting quite excited about the workshop on Downward Social Mobility in Britain since 1850 that @evemworth.bsky.social @drdaveobrien.bsky.social & I are running on Monday. It’s a closed set up on this occasion while we work out plan of action but hopefully will lead to bigger & wider conversations

Long-established US conference on women's history has lost its venue for 2026 due to 'increased political pressure on academic institutions'.

Next in-person only seminar for @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social at @ihr.bsky.social is on Weds 19 March 5.30pm with @evemworth.bsky.social paper on 'Women, elite schooling & life trajectories in post-war Britain'. Why not join us? Register via link below. #skystorians www.history.ac.uk/events/it-wa...

The UN has found the UK's two-child limit breaches international human rights obligations. This policy is driving families into poverty and undermining children's rights to an adequate standard of living. It must be scrapped. @liamgeraghty.bsky.social www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

Sharing from Shon Faye's Instagram

How far does going to an elite private school help to propel girls to themselves reach elite positions in society? Our new Research Explainer summarises a study by @aaronreeves.bsky.social @samfriedman.bsky.social & @evemworth.bsky.social examining this question 👇 www.pepf.co.uk/research/is-...

Excited for this and for my panel with @agnesjuliet.bsky.social, @sarahcrook.bsky.social and @evemworth.bsky.social on women in the 1990s/2000s…

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

I spoke to @theguardian.com for their podcast today about the enduring propulsive power of Britain’s private schools, and the impact it has on the politics we get 🎧 www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...

Barbara Hepworth, 'Winter Solstice' (1970)

Grateful to the work of many scholars incl. @evemworth.bsky.social @emilyrobinson.bsky.social @stephanieolsen.bsky.social @jennycrane.bsky.social @katrinanavickas.bsky.social Matthew Hilton et al. & Chris Millard & @hexhistory.bsky.social for informing ideas in our #EverydayWelfare Introduction 🙏.

Banning puberty blockers for trans kids but still allowing them for cis kids feels very much like discriminating against a set of patients based on their protected characteristic.

📢 What a line-up for Term 2 @ihr.bsky.social @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar series. 4 fab papers + 1 roundtable. Take a look at what is on offer & sign up for seminars via link: www.history.ac.uk/seminars/con.... We look forward to welcoming you (Cait, Helen, Pat, Dan, Kieran, George & Ben).

'Born to Rule' has been listed as one of the @economist.com's Best Books of 2024. www.economist.com/culture/2024...

Hi, here's a starter pack on scholars studying elites. Who's missing? go.bsky.app/4UsRc5w

I made a Starter Pack for Women's and Gender History because when I looked yesterday I couldn't seen one - sorry if it's now been superseded. You know the drill by now: please just let me know if you'd like to be added, and equally if you'd prefer not to be listed, just shout. go.bsky.app/KR9qXhj

New paper w @evemworth.bsky.social and Naomi Muggleton exploring the changing class composition of Oxford over time for both men and women. At a high level, the mothers of matriculants used to be housewives but they became professionals. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...