Mark Slater
@markjslater.bsky.social
Fennell funded PhD candidate @EdinburghUni | 20th century historian of American advertising, Black consumerism, and Big Tobacco | Tartan Army member 🏴
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September 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
September 8, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Today's @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social rally to defend jobs and oppose cuts at Edinburgh university #SaveHE #NoCompulsoryRedundancies #StopTheCuts
finally going through my finds from the US archive trip. here are some of the ads that amused me most on my visit to duke. big tobacco really did try their hardest to attract new smokers, i guess
July 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
finally going through my finds from the US archive trip. here are some of the ads that amused me most on my visit to duke. big tobacco really did try their hardest to attract new smokers, i guess
excellent few days at the @hotcus.bsky.social conference in lancaster! got some excellent feedback on my chapter at the pgr/ecr workshop with andrew preston, met a series of very lovely people, and, most importantly, got this sweet mug. had a blast at my first hotcus and will be back!
June 21, 2025 at 12:29 PM
excellent few days at the @hotcus.bsky.social conference in lancaster! got some excellent feedback on my chapter at the pgr/ecr workshop with andrew preston, met a series of very lovely people, and, most importantly, got this sweet mug. had a blast at my first hotcus and will be back!
hard at work on my research trip, as you can see by the photos. boston uni was great, but duke was better. gorgeous part of the country! definitely didn’t take a lot of time to explore both cities, only did archive work, of course. anyways, the states has been pretty good to me this trip 🫡
May 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
hard at work on my research trip, as you can see by the photos. boston uni was great, but duke was better. gorgeous part of the country! definitely didn’t take a lot of time to explore both cities, only did archive work, of course. anyways, the states has been pretty good to me this trip 🫡
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🚨Registration for Annual Conference is open!🚨
Taking place at the University of Lancaster from 18-20 June, we have now opened registration for the HOTCUS Annual Conference. Full details and links for registration and schedule are available on our website hotcus.org.uk/events/annua... Please share!
Taking place at the University of Lancaster from 18-20 June, we have now opened registration for the HOTCUS Annual Conference. Full details and links for registration and schedule are available on our website hotcus.org.uk/events/annua... Please share!
May 9, 2025 at 11:17 AM
🚨Registration for Annual Conference is open!🚨
Taking place at the University of Lancaster from 18-20 June, we have now opened registration for the HOTCUS Annual Conference. Full details and links for registration and schedule are available on our website hotcus.org.uk/events/annua... Please share!
Taking place at the University of Lancaster from 18-20 June, we have now opened registration for the HOTCUS Annual Conference. Full details and links for registration and schedule are available on our website hotcus.org.uk/events/annua... Please share!
delighted to announce that i've won the BAAS research assistance award to supporting my upcoming archive trip to the US! incredibly thankful to @officialbaas.bsky.social for the generous award, particularly in such difficult circumstances. very excited to get into the archives soon!
April 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
delighted to announce that i've won the BAAS research assistance award to supporting my upcoming archive trip to the US! incredibly thankful to @officialbaas.bsky.social for the generous award, particularly in such difficult circumstances. very excited to get into the archives soon!
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Unions demand MSPs scrutinise Edinburgh Uni plans @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
Unions demand Edinburgh University bosses grilled over 'irresponsible' £140m cuts plan
Unions claim there are ‘many parallels’ in the ‘failures’ at Edinburgh and Dundee universities
www.scotsman.com
March 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Unions demand MSPs scrutinise Edinburgh Uni plans @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social #StopTheCuts #SaveHE
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
www.scotsman.com/education/un...
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Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
March 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Events 2026 Call for hosts!🚨
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
HOTCUS is seeking hosts for our 2026 events, including the Winter Symposium (February) and the Annual Conference (June). We can only run our events with member support and input, so please do consider if this is something that you can support at your institution!
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The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis
Cardiff University confirms that in College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 699 jobs are “in scope” of redundancy with 86 in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion.
At the leading Welsh university in the capital of (checks notes) Wales 13 are in the (checks notes) School of Welsh.
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Cardiff University releases breakdown of academics 'in scope' for redundancy
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has released to Nation.Cymru the breakdown by School of the 1,807 academics who have been told their jobs are “in scope” to be cut. The university announced in Januar...
nation.cymru
March 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
The UK university sector is on fire. This is happening virtually everywhere -- job cuts, hiring freezes, department closures, PhD funding programmes... full blown crisis
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Quotes from me in THE.
“Davison, who previously left her position at Goldsmiths, U. London after being handed a redundancy letter, said: “If you work in higher ed in the UK, it feels like you are running away from a wave… like a tsunami of job cuts...” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...
“Davison, who previously left her position at Goldsmiths, U. London after being handed a redundancy letter, said: “If you work in higher ed in the UK, it feels like you are running away from a wave… like a tsunami of job cuts...” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...
Edinburgh staff fear ‘manufactured crisis’ in £140 million cuts
Academics ask why university needs to cut jobs when its income hit £1.4 billion last year
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Quotes from me in THE.
“Davison, who previously left her position at Goldsmiths, U. London after being handed a redundancy letter, said: “If you work in higher ed in the UK, it feels like you are running away from a wave… like a tsunami of job cuts...” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...
“Davison, who previously left her position at Goldsmiths, U. London after being handed a redundancy letter, said: “If you work in higher ed in the UK, it feels like you are running away from a wave… like a tsunami of job cuts...” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/edinbur...
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Read the REAL story of the 'financial crisis' at Edinburgh uni: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/3fzpaa5...
No Compulsory Redundancies at The University Of Edinburgh! — UCU Edinburgh
Financial mismanagement at the University of Edinburgh continues. On 11 February 2025, Peter Mathieson wrote to all staff threatening “restructuring, possible closures of programmes or even Schools, m...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
February 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Read the REAL story of the 'financial crisis' at Edinburgh uni: www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/3fzpaa5...
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We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
More than ever, history and historians need a collaborative and co-ordinated approach
26th February 2025
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February 26, 2025 at 10:29 AM
We are increasingly concerned about the crisis in UK Higher Education. Read our joint statement with @royalhistsoc.bsky.social , History UK and the @histassoc.bsky.social https://buff.ly/4hSg16N #history #skystorians
i have stumbled upon a potential gap in the literature for my thesis. unsure how to feel about this. suspicious, i think. the only option is to spend my saturday evening in the office investigating 🫡
February 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
i have stumbled upon a potential gap in the literature for my thesis. unsure how to feel about this. suspicious, i think. the only option is to spend my saturday evening in the office investigating 🫡
Feels like the right time to join here with the toxic PhD discourse on the hellhole that is Twitter. I’m ready to entertain with my witty takes here instead
December 4, 2024 at 12:16 AM
Feels like the right time to join here with the toxic PhD discourse on the hellhole that is Twitter. I’m ready to entertain with my witty takes here instead