Council of University Classical Departments
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Representing UK HE departments that teach classics, ancient history and related subjects. Pedagogy, EDI, consultation, supporting departments in difficulties, Bulletin. Follow for info and discussion on Arts and Humanities.
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Join us on Friday 10 Oct at 6pm: Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art: shorturl.at/upBPy
One of Britain's leading art historians, Prof Jaś Elsner, will look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
One of Britain's leading art historians, Prof Jaś Elsner, will look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art
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October 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us on Friday 10 Oct at 6pm: Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture: Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art: shorturl.at/upBPy
One of Britain's leading art historians, Prof Jaś Elsner, will look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
One of Britain's leading art historians, Prof Jaś Elsner, will look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.
👏With huge thanks to @lcostantini89.bsky.social our annual CUCD statistics report is up at:
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0...
📣Highlights include: overall increase in UG students, an increase in students taking Greek ab initio, and higher PGT student numbers! Read more for details.
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📣Highlights include: overall increase in UG students, an increase in students taking Greek ab initio, and higher PGT student numbers! Read more for details.
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 1:21 PM
👏With huge thanks to @lcostantini89.bsky.social our annual CUCD statistics report is up at:
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0...
📣Highlights include: overall increase in UG students, an increase in students taking Greek ab initio, and higher PGT student numbers! Read more for details.
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0...
📣Highlights include: overall increase in UG students, an increase in students taking Greek ab initio, and higher PGT student numbers! Read more for details.
REF 2029 UPDATE! With congratulations to those appointed so far and what happens next. Read more here: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/05/r...
REF 2029 Panel Update - Council of University Classical Departments
CUCD is delighted to see that the first round of appointments of REF panellists has been announced, including for SP29 (Classics). It’s a great panel, and we offer our congratulations to the following...
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September 5, 2025 at 9:53 PM
REF 2029 UPDATE! With congratulations to those appointed so far and what happens next. Read more here: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/09/05/r...
The scale of the cuts to Ancient History, Archaeology and the Ancient Languages at Macquarie University are staggering and brutal. ⬇️
If you know colleagues there, now would be a good time to reach out and support them. Scroll down for the letter CUCD sent in April
If you know colleagues there, now would be a good time to reach out and support them. Scroll down for the letter CUCD sent in April
June 5, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The scale of the cuts to Ancient History, Archaeology and the Ancient Languages at Macquarie University are staggering and brutal. ⬇️
If you know colleagues there, now would be a good time to reach out and support them. Scroll down for the letter CUCD sent in April
If you know colleagues there, now would be a good time to reach out and support them. Scroll down for the letter CUCD sent in April
In the light of recent news from Cardiff University it seems timely to re-post this letter championing the work of colleagues in Ancient History and Religion from CUCD, CA, FIEC, @ics.bsky.social @theromansoc.bsky.social @hellenicsociety.bsky.social
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
In the light of recent news from Cardiff University it seems timely to re-post this letter championing the work of colleagues in Ancient History and Religion from CUCD, CA, FIEC, @ics.bsky.social @theromansoc.bsky.social @hellenicsociety.bsky.social
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Update at: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Combined Classics Library Bursaries (up to £300) now accepting applications to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Combined Classics Library in summer 2025 in order to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship.
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Combined Classics Library Bursaries
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May 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Combined Classics Library Bursaries (up to £300) now accepting applications to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Combined Classics Library in summer 2025 in order to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship.
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
Details here: https://shorturl.at/XRjqg
REF sub-panel chairs and deputy chairs have been announced and it’s very good news for colleagues in Classics. Congratulations to @katherineharloe.bsky.social (Chair) and Catherine Steel (Deputy). More info in the link for other Panel D sub-panels! 2029.ref.ac.uk/main-panel-d/
Main Panel D – Arts and Humanities – REF 2029
2029.ref.ac.uk
May 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
REF sub-panel chairs and deputy chairs have been announced and it’s very good news for colleagues in Classics. Congratulations to @katherineharloe.bsky.social (Chair) and Catherine Steel (Deputy). More info in the link for other Panel D sub-panels! 2029.ref.ac.uk/main-panel-d/
An important read on an urgent issue. CUCD has joined many other subject associations and learned societies in raising concerns about the impact of decoupling outputs on researchers at all career stages …
Another important contribution to the REF2029 debate raising concerns over portability, and the risks to fairness of decoupling outputs from the researchers who authored them, thanks to @mmdelgado.bsky.social @rentravailer.bsky.social @milespadgett.bsky.social.
Portability within REF remains key to fairness
Maria Delgado, Nandini Das, and Miles Padgett warn that separating research outputs from the researchers who created them in REF 2029 would undermine the integrity of the whole research environment
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April 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
An important read on an urgent issue. CUCD has joined many other subject associations and learned societies in raising concerns about the impact of decoupling outputs on researchers at all career stages …
Latest CUCD bulletin out now, with thanks to our fantastic editors for a thought-provoking set of contributions on a difficult theme.
Content and Trigger warnings... some perspectives from Classicists. I'm well aware this is a "hot" topic, and encourage cordial debate around a collection of pieces I commissioned for @cucdbulletin.bsky.social on the topic: cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/files/2025/0... @cucd.bsky.social
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk
April 2, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Latest CUCD bulletin out now, with thanks to our fantastic editors for a thought-provoking set of contributions on a difficult theme.
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Please read and circulate this letter from CUCD and various learned societies in defence of Ancient History and Religion and Theology at Cardiff University
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/11/o...
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Open Letter to Professor Wendy Larner in support of Ancient History and Religion at Cardiff - Council of University Classical Departments
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March 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Please read and circulate this letter from CUCD and various learned societies in defence of Ancient History and Religion and Theology at Cardiff University
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/11/o...
cucd.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2025/03/11/o...
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'The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts" bit.ly/4gnDCuE
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts | Letters
Letters: Arts and humanities are being hit hardest by cuts in higher education, write Prof Thea Pitman and Prof Emma Cayley, and Dr Ronan McLaverty-Head and another letter writer comment on cuts at Ca...
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February 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
'The deep cultural cost of British university job cuts" bit.ly/4gnDCuE
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
An excellent letter, in today's @theguardian.com, by the co-chairs of @artsandhums.bsky.social, a collective of subject specialist organisations representing and advocating for arts & humanities subjects in UK HE. #skystorians
Putting the situation at Cardiff into context.
💪 CUCD is proud to be an affiliate member of the @artsandhums.bsky.social
👇Please read and share their open letter concerning the devastating cuts across the Humanities sector …
💪 CUCD is proud to be an affiliate member of the @artsandhums.bsky.social
👇Please read and share their open letter concerning the devastating cuts across the Humanities sector …
The Arts and Humanities Alliance have written an open letter to Bridget Philippson, Secretary of State for Education, on the recently announced cuts across the sector. We are concerned that these measures disproportionately affect our disciplines and call for an urgent government review.
February 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Putting the situation at Cardiff into context.
💪 CUCD is proud to be an affiliate member of the @artsandhums.bsky.social
👇Please read and share their open letter concerning the devastating cuts across the Humanities sector …
💪 CUCD is proud to be an affiliate member of the @artsandhums.bsky.social
👇Please read and share their open letter concerning the devastating cuts across the Humanities sector …
Please sign and share widely! After the devastating news about the planned cuts at Cardiff, the students have got the ball rolling to save their Ancient History programme. It is a very fine department: student numbers are strong, the staff team is fantastic. There is no rationale. chng.it/G5SMYxNbMQ
Sign the Petition
Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree
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January 31, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Please sign and share widely! After the devastating news about the planned cuts at Cardiff, the students have got the ball rolling to save their Ancient History programme. It is a very fine department: student numbers are strong, the staff team is fantastic. There is no rationale. chng.it/G5SMYxNbMQ
📣 Information for anyone thinking of applying to be a REF panellist on the Classics subpanel (29)
🔔 We will be hosting a Q&A with former REF panel members TOMORROW - Wednesday 29 January- between 2-4pm. Details in the link: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
🔔 We will be hosting a Q&A with former REF panel members TOMORROW - Wednesday 29 January- between 2-4pm. Details in the link: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
CUCD Serving on the REF Panel
The REF2029 team has recently released details of how to apply to be part of the REF2029 assessment process.
ics.sas.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📣 Information for anyone thinking of applying to be a REF panellist on the Classics subpanel (29)
🔔 We will be hosting a Q&A with former REF panel members TOMORROW - Wednesday 29 January- between 2-4pm. Details in the link: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
🔔 We will be hosting a Q&A with former REF panel members TOMORROW - Wednesday 29 January- between 2-4pm. Details in the link: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
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@ics.bsky.social is hosting or supporting several events in the next fortnight for UK Classicists. First up next Weds we are helping @cucd.bsky.social with an important briefing for anyone thinking of applying to serve on our @ref2029.bsky.social subpanel: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
CUCD Serving on the REF Panel
The REF2029 team has recently released details of how to apply to be part of the REF2029 assessment process.
ics.sas.ac.uk
January 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
@ics.bsky.social is hosting or supporting several events in the next fortnight for UK Classicists. First up next Weds we are helping @cucd.bsky.social with an important briefing for anyone thinking of applying to serve on our @ref2029.bsky.social subpanel: ics.sas.ac.uk/news/cucd-se...
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UK classics friends, esp HoD, if you haven’t already cd you do this brief survey about what you call your degree courses and why? For Lilah Grace Canevaro and the network for working class classicists, to gather info. MS Forms link here: forms.office.com/e/SHf56D1DSj by 20th Jan 2025.
Microsoft Forms
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January 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
UK classics friends, esp HoD, if you haven’t already cd you do this brief survey about what you call your degree courses and why? For Lilah Grace Canevaro and the network for working class classicists, to gather info. MS Forms link here: forms.office.com/e/SHf56D1DSj by 20th Jan 2025.
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So much to think about after a stimulating day of talks and discussions at the UK subject meeting for classicists and ancient historians organised by @ics.bsky.social and @cucd.bsky.social. As I take over as Chair of CUCD, I am looking forward to many more such opportunities for collaboration …
December 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM
So much to think about after a stimulating day of talks and discussions at the UK subject meeting for classicists and ancient historians organised by @ics.bsky.social and @cucd.bsky.social. As I take over as Chair of CUCD, I am looking forward to many more such opportunities for collaboration …
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UK Classics friends, especially Uk HE departments, please please find time to fill in the government’s curriculum consultation! We need a classics voice so we don’t get left out or left behind. Closes Nov 22. Sample/adaptable responses available here: cucdeducation.wordpress.com/2024/11/10/d...
DfE Curriculum & Assessment Review (closes 22 Nov 2024): Call for Evidence
Department for Education: Curriculum & Assessment Review Curriculum review responses from CUCD Deadline: 22 Nov 2024 Call for evidence: On behalf of Professor Helen Lovatt, Chair of CUCD Please…
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November 10, 2024 at 10:46 PM
UK Classics friends, especially Uk HE departments, please please find time to fill in the government’s curriculum consultation! We need a classics voice so we don’t get left out or left behind. Closes Nov 22. Sample/adaptable responses available here: cucdeducation.wordpress.com/2024/11/10/d...
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Worldwide classics colleagues, please fill in the SCS census! Information is power
Introducing the first annual SCS Census! This survey, developed by the SCS Data Committee, aims to provide a picture of the field of Classical Studies in 2024. The Census is open to anyone who identifies as connected to Classical Studies, in any way: classicalstudies.org/scs-news/int...
Introducing the First Annual SCS Census | Society for Classical Studies
This 10-minute survey, developed by the SCS Data Committee, aims to provide a picture of the field of Classical Studies in 2024—because we can’t know where we are going until we know where we are. Lik...
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October 17, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Worldwide classics colleagues, please fill in the SCS census! Information is power
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Workshop on classical reception pedagogy and material culture in a Scottish context. Pg bursaries available! events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/class...
March 22, 2024 at 12:55 PM
Workshop on classical reception pedagogy and material culture in a Scottish context. Pg bursaries available! events.st-andrews.ac.uk/events/class...
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Excellent response on an important report. Share widely and reflect. Including class in Edi is not whataboutery but a crucial aspect of intersectionality. Validating and encouraging people from all backgrounds is essential to keeping our disciplines alive. 1/2
Here are some of our thoughts on the Class in Classics NWCC report that came out today.
And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
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And then some more thoughts.
And some more.
Strap in...
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A response to the NWCC Class in Classics report 2024
The results of the 2024 Class in Classics report by the Network for Working Class Classicists (no affiliation) come as a welcome confirmation – but small surprise – to those who have long believed tha...
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February 26, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Excellent response on an important report. Share widely and reflect. Including class in Edi is not whataboutery but a crucial aspect of intersectionality. Validating and encouraging people from all backgrounds is essential to keeping our disciplines alive. 1/2
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#I hope that the work done by the NWCC is an alarm loud enough to catch the attention of policy-makers from government to academia, from schools to outreach charities.”
AncientBlueSky
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A response to the NWCC Class in Classics report 2024
The results of the 2024 Class in Classics report by the Network for Working Class Classicists (no affiliation) come as a welcome confirmation – but small surprise – to those who have long believed tha...
www.workingclassicists.com
February 26, 2024 at 12:18 PM
#I hope that the work done by the NWCC is an alarm loud enough to catch the attention of policy-makers from government to academia, from schools to outreach charities.”
AncientBlueSky
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AncientBlueSky
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Great work coming out of CUCD education grants: cucdeducation.wordpress.com/2023/11/23/o...
Objects and Experience: Engaging with the Shefton Collection in the 21st century
CUCD pedagogical grant report 2022-23 A programme of workshops for the Joseph Cowen Lifelong Learning Centre using Newcastle University’s Shefton Collection, June 2023 Organizers: Dr Sally Waite (sa...
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November 23, 2023 at 5:05 PM
Great work coming out of CUCD education grants: cucdeducation.wordpress.com/2023/11/23/o...
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The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.
November 18, 2023 at 11:27 AM
The Arts and Humanities Alliance remains deeply concerned by news of proposed closures & redundancies in a number of our disciplines: Languages & cultures at Aberdeen University and most recently the planned cuts to English, History, Film, & closure of Music at Oxford Brookes.