Alice Marples
@alicemarples.bsky.social
Research & Postgraduate Development Manager @britishlibrary.bsky.social. Historian of early modern science, communication & collections. She/her with 'Big North Energy'. Very personal.
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VC loses confidence vote:
December 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
VC loses confidence vote:
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If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
Robert Mcintosh Applied History & Policy Fellowship
www.history.ac.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
If you are a historian with policy-facing interests who has recently submitted their PhD (or will do so imminently), this fantastic new London-based postdoc fellowship in Applied History could be for you. www.history.ac.uk/fellowships/...
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Stan Laurel at his residence in Malibu, California, on this day 1957. A long way from Ulverston, Bishop Auckland and North Shields.
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Stan Laurel at his residence in Malibu, California, on this day 1957. A long way from Ulverston, Bishop Auckland and North Shields.
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I was right he did need a top hat.
December 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I was right he did need a top hat.
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This is genuinely massive, like earth-shakingly big in terms of pushing back the anti-trans exclusion drive.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is genuinely massive, like earth-shakingly big in terms of pushing back the anti-trans exclusion drive.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
The anti-trans movement have lost a case they didn't expect to lose and really couldn't afford to.
I can't imagine them not appealing (near infinite money) but now the precedent exists.
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We have an exciting event in Jan for PGRs, ECRs and those starting out in fields involving the past. Join us in considering how the Society could contribute to early career support by enabling the exchange of ideas and peer support in these challenging times. www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
Early Career Antiquaries - Society of Antiquaries of London
We welcome Post-Graduate Researchers, Early Career Researchers and those starting out in fields involving the past to join us in considering how the Society of Antiquaries could contribute to early ca...
www.sal.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 11:27 AM
We have an exciting event in Jan for PGRs, ECRs and those starting out in fields involving the past. Join us in considering how the Society could contribute to early career support by enabling the exchange of ideas and peer support in these challenging times. www.sal.org.uk/event/early-...
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Join us tomorrow (Wednesday) either in person at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London or on Zoom from wherever you are. Free and open to the public. Registration information in the link below.
Next Wednesday 3-12 we are holding a joint seminar with @histparl.bsky.social! Join us at 17:30 at the @ihr.bsky.social or online via zoom to hear Dr Helen Wilson discuss ‘Black & Political: Black Political Participation in Britain, 1750-1850’.
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Register now! 👎
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Black and Political: Reconstructing Black Participation in British Politics, 1750-1850
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
www.history.ac.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Join us tomorrow (Wednesday) either in person at the Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, London or on Zoom from wherever you are. Free and open to the public. Registration information in the link below.
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The @royalhistsoc.org is running a charitable donation campaign to fund the research of historians who lack support. The number of applications we're seeing is way up. I've been very lucky to have a career as a historian, I've donated, and I think this Christmas you should too. Pay it forward.
royalhistoricalsociety2.beaconforms.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
The @royalhistsoc.org is running a charitable donation campaign to fund the research of historians who lack support. The number of applications we're seeing is way up. I've been very lucky to have a career as a historian, I've donated, and I think this Christmas you should too. Pay it forward.
Final panel for our Europe, Americas and Oceania Doctoral Open Day with collections-based researchers and supervisors from the British Library and School of Advanced Studies - it's been a really fun day!
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Final panel for our Europe, Americas and Oceania Doctoral Open Day with collections-based researchers and supervisors from the British Library and School of Advanced Studies - it's been a really fun day!
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You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 AM
You may have noticed that I talk A LOT abt creative methods in my teaching. Well I’ve explained in this piece why it’s important for student learning& wellbeing as well as being fun. I use this as opportunity to define creativity & how we are creative teachers onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Deadline for HEI supervisor applications THIS FRIDAY 5pm:
- 'Dispersal of Manuscripts From the Cotton Library'
- 'Libraries, Literacy, and Learning in Leeds'
- 'New Sources & Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'
- 'Cold-War Socialism, Non-Alignment & Anti-Colonialism in Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979'
- 'Dispersal of Manuscripts From the Cotton Library'
- 'Libraries, Literacy, and Learning in Leeds'
- 'New Sources & Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'
- 'Cold-War Socialism, Non-Alignment & Anti-Colonialism in Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979'
Absolutely delighted to invite applications from prospective HEI supervisors for four Collaborative Doctoral Partnership opportunities, to start October 2026.
Deadline for applications Fri 28th Nov, 5pm.
Further details below and here: www.bl.uk/services/res...
Deadline for applications Fri 28th Nov, 5pm.
Further details below and here: www.bl.uk/services/res...
Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships
The Collaborative Doctoral Partnerships scheme offers PhD studentships fully funded by the AHRC and supervised jointly by a university and the British Library.
www.bl.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Deadline for HEI supervisor applications THIS FRIDAY 5pm:
- 'Dispersal of Manuscripts From the Cotton Library'
- 'Libraries, Literacy, and Learning in Leeds'
- 'New Sources & Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'
- 'Cold-War Socialism, Non-Alignment & Anti-Colonialism in Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979'
- 'Dispersal of Manuscripts From the Cotton Library'
- 'Libraries, Literacy, and Learning in Leeds'
- 'New Sources & Perspectives on Sarah Sophia Banks'
- 'Cold-War Socialism, Non-Alignment & Anti-Colonialism in Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979'
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Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
Museums & Galleries Research Award – Society for Renaissance Studies
www.rensoc.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Are you in museums or galleries? Do you do Renaissance-era research? Think about applying NOW to the Society for Renaissance Studies award to support such a research project upto £1,000. Deadline 1 December! It could get you to that crucial archive or museum! www.rensoc.org.uk/funding-priz...
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New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
November 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
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From the British Library: Restoring our services – November 2025 update
https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/restoring-our-services-november-2025-update
Note the pause on ordering items if you're planning to use the reading rooms Dec 1 - 7!
https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/restoring-our-services-november-2025-update
Note the pause on ordering items if you're planning to use the reading rooms Dec 1 - 7!
Restoring our services – November 2025 update
In the coming weeks and months we will be restoring a number of key functions.
www.bl.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
From the British Library: Restoring our services – November 2025 update
https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/restoring-our-services-november-2025-update
Note the pause on ordering items if you're planning to use the reading rooms Dec 1 - 7!
https://www.bl.uk/stories/news/restoring-our-services-november-2025-update
Note the pause on ordering items if you're planning to use the reading rooms Dec 1 - 7!
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📢 We're hiring a Research Coordinator!
This new full-time position based in either Newcastle or London will support the delivery of Creative PEC’s high-profile research programme and our championing of the UK’s creative industries.
Find out more and apply:
pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...
This new full-time position based in either Newcastle or London will support the delivery of Creative PEC’s high-profile research programme and our championing of the UK’s creative industries.
Find out more and apply:
pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...
We're hiring a Research Coordinator - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Creative PEC is hiring a Research Coordinator based either in Newcastle or London. Closing date: 23/11/2025
pec.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
📢 We're hiring a Research Coordinator!
This new full-time position based in either Newcastle or London will support the delivery of Creative PEC’s high-profile research programme and our championing of the UK’s creative industries.
Find out more and apply:
pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...
This new full-time position based in either Newcastle or London will support the delivery of Creative PEC’s high-profile research programme and our championing of the UK’s creative industries.
Find out more and apply:
pec.ac.uk/job_entries/...
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Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI
This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 1/n
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Doctoral Open Day: Europe, Americas & Oceania - Fri 28th Nov, St Pancras
Speak to Library curators, ref specialists & others working with our collections, as well as researchers at the Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies (ILCS) & librarians from Senate House.
events.bl.uk/events/docto...
Speak to Library curators, ref specialists & others working with our collections, as well as researchers at the Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies (ILCS) & librarians from Senate House.
events.bl.uk/events/docto...
Doctoral Open Day: Europe, Americas and Oceania | British Library
Our Doctoral Open Days are designed for current and prospective PhD students interested in working with our collections during their studies, but are open
events.bl.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Doctoral Open Day: Europe, Americas & Oceania - Fri 28th Nov, St Pancras
Speak to Library curators, ref specialists & others working with our collections, as well as researchers at the Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies (ILCS) & librarians from Senate House.
events.bl.uk/events/docto...
Speak to Library curators, ref specialists & others working with our collections, as well as researchers at the Institute of Languages, Cultures & Societies (ILCS) & librarians from Senate House.
events.bl.uk/events/docto...
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'The science select committee should recognise that its remit covers all of research, and conduct an inquiry into the Library, with a view to helping it recover. It could quantify the funding that is needed to properly rebuild the Library’s digital infrastructure'.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
'The science select committee should recognise that its remit covers all of research, and conduct an inquiry into the Library, with a view to helping it recover. It could quantify the funding that is needed to properly rebuild the Library’s digital infrastructure'.
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Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
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If you’re about, I’d love you to come see it. It is funny, and we need funny things. sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
Jurassic - Soho Theatre
A late-night screening of a certain Steven Spielberg classic causes carnage on a university campus.
sohotheatre.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
If you’re about, I’d love you to come see it. It is funny, and we need funny things. sohotheatre.com/events/juras...
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Just your regular reminder for Autumn that public ownership is hugely popular in the UK. ✅
Join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 😀
Sign up to our newsletter. Link in comments 👇
Join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 😀
Sign up to our newsletter. Link in comments 👇
November 15, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Just your regular reminder for Autumn that public ownership is hugely popular in the UK. ✅
Join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 😀
Sign up to our newsletter. Link in comments 👇
Join the fight to take back control of our public services and run them for people not profit. 😀
Sign up to our newsletter. Link in comments 👇
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Plug in your postcode. deprivation.communities.gov.uk
deprivation.communities.gov.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Plug in your postcode. deprivation.communities.gov.uk
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@goodlawproject.bsky.social has T-shirts with the Banksy image on the Royal Courts of Justice - the one scrubbed off in two days.
"All profits from the sale of this t-shirt go to support our work defending protest and immigration rights."
"All profits from the sale of this t-shirt go to support our work defending protest and immigration rights."
Banksy ‘Royal Courts of Justice’ mural t-shirt – before and after, double-sided | Good Law Project
Back in September, Banksy painted a powerful image of a judge striking down a protester on the Royal Courts of Justice. Within 48 hours it was scrubbed off. With judges silencing peaceful protesters i...
goodlawproject.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@goodlawproject.bsky.social has T-shirts with the Banksy image on the Royal Courts of Justice - the one scrubbed off in two days.
"All profits from the sale of this t-shirt go to support our work defending protest and immigration rights."
"All profits from the sale of this t-shirt go to support our work defending protest and immigration rights."
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NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
NEW: £250m+ has been taken as profit over 3yrs, by private companies running social care services in 3 English regions. By:
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
⛴️ Private equity firms
🏝️ Orgs based in tax havens
Read our new #RORE report (Reclaiming Our Regional Economies) in today's @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...