Dr Karen McAulay
@karenmca.bsky.social
Musicologist Historian, RCS & IASH @iashedinburgh.bsky.social Fellow. Social History of Amateur Music-Making & Scottish National Identity: Scotland's Printed Music 1880-1951 (Routledge).
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Profiles are informative!
https://karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/
Profiles are informative!
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University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages!
The above screenshot is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Univ…
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I've got a voice - might as well use it! Standing up for music and modern language departments everywhere ...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
#ArchivesDay, and I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad start. Arrived before it started pouring. Muddled my diary (right day, wrong week). Find I've already seen all that was worth seeing in two boxes, and the third box is full of 'the editor regrets' letters to would-be authors. #DashedHopes
November 11, 2025 at 11:08 AM
#ArchivesDay, and I'm not sure if this is a good or a bad start. Arrived before it started pouring. Muddled my diary (right day, wrong week). Find I've already seen all that was worth seeing in two boxes, and the third box is full of 'the editor regrets' letters to would-be authors. #DashedHopes
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We will be observing the national two-minute silence for Armistice Day at 11.00 today, Tuesday 11 November.
#ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
We will be observing the national two-minute silence for Armistice Day at 11.00 today, Tuesday 11 November.
#ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay
Well, yes - it's Scotland!
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Well, yes - it's Scotland!
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Our macs are on and off like yo-yos.
November 11, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Our macs are on and off like yo-yos.
Right! Time to sort out all these #ThomasNelson publishing bods and departments!
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Right! Time to sort out all these #ThomasNelson publishing bods and departments!
You think your subject discipline is important? Nottingham might not. A sorry state of affairs. #Petitions
Even more petitions popping up. Doesn't make for a great endorsement, does it?
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
Please sign, spread the word, and help us push back against the constant undermining of our university:
c.org/MwqdpHLCnZ
c.org/Q6pTJXz87F
c.org/sGNYk5yGpM
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 AM
You think your subject discipline is important? Nottingham might not. A sorry state of affairs. #Petitions
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The University of Nottingham is the latest UK HEI to propose suspending the music department. Another in a long line of attacks on university music. Don’t let them get away with it! Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-s... #university #UKHE #music
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
www.change.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The University of Nottingham is the latest UK HEI to propose suspending the music department. Another in a long line of attacks on university music. Don’t let them get away with it! Sign the petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-s... #university #UKHE #music
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Hang on, Nottingham...
Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course.
buff.ly/F1bzaRS
Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course.
buff.ly/F1bzaRS
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Hang on, Nottingham...
Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course.
buff.ly/F1bzaRS
Take a minute to read John's blog about the proposed closure of Nottingham University's music course.
buff.ly/F1bzaRS
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@uniofnottingham.bsky.social permanently suspends all teaching of Modern Languages, Music, Plant Biology, Microbiology, Theology, Agriculture, Food Science, and, ironically, Education. And that's not even the complete list. #Nottingham
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social permanently suspends all teaching of Modern Languages, Music, Plant Biology, Microbiology, Theology, Agriculture, Food Science, and, ironically, Education. And that's not even the complete list. #Nottingham
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BBC Orchestra have found my pub. Very vocal on University of Nottingham attempting to self-sabotage its cultural impact. No moure UoN School of Music, end of decades-long collaboration with BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
BBC Orchestra have found my pub. Very vocal on University of Nottingham attempting to self-sabotage its cultural impact. No moure UoN School of Music, end of decades-long collaboration with BBC.
Very happy.
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Very happy.
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
Three guys said it must be a faulty valve ...
Pardon me for crowing, but I think it was just my clumsiness with the basic bicycle pump!
Sorry, guys ...
Sigh. I had vegetarian lasagne. I'm informed that it can't be lasagne if there's no meat.
But there were sheets of lasagne pasta, I argued.
Lasagne is traditionally meat, so I can't call it that, I'm told.
Arghh! I give up.
But there were sheets of lasagne pasta, I argued.
Lasagne is traditionally meat, so I can't call it that, I'm told.
Arghh! I give up.
a man with rings on his fingers is making a gesture that says i give up
ALT: a man with rings on his fingers is making a gesture that says i give up
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Sigh. I had vegetarian lasagne. I'm informed that it can't be lasagne if there's no meat.
But there were sheets of lasagne pasta, I argued.
Lasagne is traditionally meat, so I can't call it that, I'm told.
Arghh! I give up.
But there were sheets of lasagne pasta, I argued.
Lasagne is traditionally meat, so I can't call it that, I'm told.
Arghh! I give up.
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Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
November 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Fossils in the fabric of the University of Nottingham: Carboniferous corals in the slabs outside the Trent Building, where Important People make decisions.
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
A bad week: the University has announced it is suspending the Plant Biology BSc course I lead, along with many other courses.
#FossilFriday
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So they’re trying cut half my old School. Loser energy from Nottingham management.
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'
Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
So they’re trying cut half my old School. Loser energy from Nottingham management.
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Nottingham has one of the most vibrant and forward-looking departments of modern languages around. Music too. To cut them like this, leaving no chance for future rebuilding, is educational vandalism.
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
tinyurl.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Nottingham has one of the most vibrant and forward-looking departments of modern languages around. Music too. To cut them like this, leaving no chance for future rebuilding, is educational vandalism.
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
Just doing my bit to share the petitions for the University of #Nottingham's music and modern language degree courses. So distressingly shortsighted.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages!
The screenshot below, is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Uni…
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Just doing my bit to share the petitions for the University of #Nottingham's music and modern language degree courses. So distressingly shortsighted.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
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If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
June 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
If you’re wondering what a “least weasel” is, they absolutely live up to the name. This is the least amount of animal you can have that can still meet the bar for “is weasel”
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A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatment during a short stay in a care home.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
Safeguarding probe launched after veteran disabled activist reports ‘terrifying’ care home experience
A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatm…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:45 AM
A veteran activist, who has spent her life campaigning for disability rights, has called on the government to fix the “rotten to the core” social care system, after experiencing “terrifying” treatment during a short stay in a care home.
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
www.disabilitynewsservice.com/safeguarding...
I've got a voice - might as well use it! Standing up for music and modern language departments everywhere ...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages!
The above screenshot is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Univ…
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've got a voice - might as well use it! Standing up for music and modern language departments everywhere ...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
#Nottingham karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
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ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections
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October 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ARCHIVAL FUNDING: Ann Ball Bodley Visiting Fellowship in Women’s History, to use Bodleian Libraries collections to advance scholarship in women’s history, of any geographical area and historical period. Deadline 28th Nov. www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/csb/fellowsh...
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Sad news out of Nottingham Uni: "world-leading" but suspending (i.e. closing for now) music and modern languages programmes? Surely not. I hope they reconsider.
Please sign this petition protesting the closure of the music programmes:
c.org/k884FyfWPt
Please sign this petition protesting the closure of the music programmes:
c.org/k884FyfWPt
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Sad news out of Nottingham Uni: "world-leading" but suspending (i.e. closing for now) music and modern languages programmes? Surely not. I hope they reconsider.
Please sign this petition protesting the closure of the music programmes:
c.org/k884FyfWPt
Please sign this petition protesting the closure of the music programmes:
c.org/k884FyfWPt
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
Petition to stop the closures of the music and MFL courses at Nottingham. It worked for Cardiff, so do sign. c.org/nBXSCSYSfV
We Can Make an Impact.
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
c.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Petition to stop the closures of the music and MFL courses at Nottingham. It worked for Cardiff, so do sign. c.org/nBXSCSYSfV
Reposted by Dr Karen McAulay
Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses
Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Excellent article here. Our students are our greatest advocates. Counter proposals will be put forward, and we are supporting colleagues in Music, Modern Languages, Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies at Nottingham with their campaigns www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...