Kerry L
@kerrymlove.bsky.social
Can't be held responsible for terrible spelling or grammar in posts
I work in widening participation at a university.
Dr of political material culture in Britain 1780-1832
Interested in citizenship and radicalism
I work in widening participation at a university.
Dr of political material culture in Britain 1780-1832
Interested in citizenship and radicalism
With the horrible weather, today felt very 'maybe I should have replied to that headhunter on Linkedin about a job in Dubai'
November 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
With the horrible weather, today felt very 'maybe I should have replied to that headhunter on Linkedin about a job in Dubai'
Noise cancelling headphones got snapped today - might have to call in sick
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Noise cancelling headphones got snapped today - might have to call in sick
Hate Netflix for presumably being the reason Frankenstein had such a limited cinema release because I want to see that on a big screen 😭
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Hate Netflix for presumably being the reason Frankenstein had such a limited cinema release because I want to see that on a big screen 😭
Crazy how many people join a torch lit procession and ignore requests not to give the open flame to their child, who is holding it at the exact height of everyone's coat tails
November 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Crazy how many people join a torch lit procession and ignore requests not to give the open flame to their child, who is holding it at the exact height of everyone's coat tails
Me two years ago:
'Can't wait to not feel stressed all the time when I'm no longer studying and just working'
Me now (after stupidly going back to work at the University and not even as an academic): lol
'Can't wait to not feel stressed all the time when I'm no longer studying and just working'
Me now (after stupidly going back to work at the University and not even as an academic): lol
November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Me two years ago:
'Can't wait to not feel stressed all the time when I'm no longer studying and just working'
Me now (after stupidly going back to work at the University and not even as an academic): lol
'Can't wait to not feel stressed all the time when I'm no longer studying and just working'
Me now (after stupidly going back to work at the University and not even as an academic): lol
Winter flowers are normally not my thing, but these double tulips and calla lillies are lush
November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Winter flowers are normally not my thing, but these double tulips and calla lillies are lush
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The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
Curriers' Essay Prize | The London Journal
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal. Other promising entries may also be considered for publication.
www.thelondonjournal.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The Worshipful Company of Curriers essay prize on London for early career scholars, in association with The London Journal Trust and the Institute of Historical Research.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
The author of the winning submission will receive £1,000, and publication, subject to peer review, in The London Journal.
Parents post-16 options webinar ✅️ now Race Across the World then Traitors finale. What an evening
November 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Parents post-16 options webinar ✅️ now Race Across the World then Traitors finale. What an evening
I keep trying to use TOIL on a lie in, but keep waking up at 5am 😭it's not very pro worker of my sleep schedule
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I keep trying to use TOIL on a lie in, but keep waking up at 5am 😭it's not very pro worker of my sleep schedule
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Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show - BBC News
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Pretty extraordinary story here
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
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'Study in SHAPE disciplines – social sciences, humanities and the arts – develops the skills that underpin a modern workforce: critical thinking, communication and creativity. These are not peripheral to the industrial strategy but essential to it.' 1/3
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'Study in SHAPE disciplines – social sciences, humanities and the arts – develops the skills that underpin a modern workforce: critical thinking, communication and creativity. These are not peripheral to the industrial strategy but essential to it.' 1/3
With high housing costs cited as a key reason - one day we'll get a government with the foresight to see that in the long term, refusing to spend and fix poverty is more costly..
Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.
No govt targets to cut poverty.
1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households
New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
With high housing costs cited as a key reason - one day we'll get a government with the foresight to see that in the long term, refusing to spend and fix poverty is more costly..
Kemi Badenoch is absolutely right about this.
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
At the time she hacked Harriet Harman's emails it was an offence carrying a prison sentence of up to five years
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
My GP just gave me a new response the next time something goes wrong at work
October 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
My GP just gave me a new response the next time something goes wrong at work
In Birmingham today for the National Saturday Club tutor's conference. Nice to be out of the office and have a day talking to creative people who care about access to the arts!
October 23, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In Birmingham today for the National Saturday Club tutor's conference. Nice to be out of the office and have a day talking to creative people who care about access to the arts!
No greater pain than running for your train to find out that it's one of the horrible West Midlands Railway ones with green seats, instead of grey tables with plugs 💔
October 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
No greater pain than running for your train to find out that it's one of the horrible West Midlands Railway ones with green seats, instead of grey tables with plugs 💔
I love checking my payslip, being told that the £100 a month I pay (that'll never clear my balance due to interest!) is 'a tax you only pay when you can afford it' *and* also knowing that it made absolutely no difference to the financial prospects of universities that we paid 9k+ to. Nobody wins!
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation from 2026.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
Student debt is £267bn, could double in a decade. Due to low wages unlikely to be repaid. Young people burdened.
Most European countries don't charge uni fees. England destroying social mobility. Must abolish tuition fees.
University tuition fees in England to rise with inflation every year from 2026
Bridget Phillipson confirmed the plans for the next two years, with fees to increase automatically after that.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I love checking my payslip, being told that the £100 a month I pay (that'll never clear my balance due to interest!) is 'a tax you only pay when you can afford it' *and* also knowing that it made absolutely no difference to the financial prospects of universities that we paid 9k+ to. Nobody wins!
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Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
October 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Join us for the online launch of The People of Print: Eighteenth-Century England, a collection of biographical essays about lesser-known figures from 18C book history!
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
The event is free to attend but booking is essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
#18thC #18c #18thCentury #BookHistory
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Very excited for BAVS to come to Liverpool next year, and very pleased to see our CfP out! No specific theme, we are open to any exploration of the multifaceted nature of 'the Victorian' - have a look at the call here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
victorianist.wordpress.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Very excited for BAVS to come to Liverpool next year, and very pleased to see our CfP out! No specific theme, we are open to any exploration of the multifaceted nature of 'the Victorian' - have a look at the call here: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
When you set fireworks off three days in a row, this is who you're upsetting
(Happy 7 years since I emptied my measly savings account to go and buy an unwanted farm dog from rural Wales)
(Happy 7 years since I emptied my measly savings account to go and buy an unwanted farm dog from rural Wales)
October 20, 2025 at 8:25 PM
When you set fireworks off three days in a row, this is who you're upsetting
(Happy 7 years since I emptied my measly savings account to go and buy an unwanted farm dog from rural Wales)
(Happy 7 years since I emptied my measly savings account to go and buy an unwanted farm dog from rural Wales)
Colleague sent me this today to use as an example career. Who knew the main characters come from the four humours!
'My own “rip-off” degree in Old and Middle English led to my writing 100 Horrid Henry stories, millions of books sold worldwide and countless kids becoming readers.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Kemi Badenoch wants to end ‘rip-off degrees’ – but I wouldn’t have created Horrid Henry without mine | Francesca Simon
I studied Old and Middle English. Although I didn’t know it, I couldn’t have chosen a better subject to train me to become a children’s author, says author Francesca Simon
www.theguardian.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Colleague sent me this today to use as an example career. Who knew the main characters come from the four humours!
The Marie Antionette: Style exhibition was good!
October 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The Marie Antionette: Style exhibition was good!