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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.
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Horrified by the proposed closure of Modern Languages @uniofnottingham.bsky.social This would end language higher education in the East Midlands & decimate the uni’s research profile. Shortsighted and reckless. #University_of_Little_England #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Horrified by the proposed closure of Modern Languages @uniofnottingham.bsky.social This would end language higher education in the East Midlands & decimate the uni’s research profile. Shortsighted and reckless. #University_of_Little_England #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN
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Picket demonstrating feeling about announcements of cuts to courses at University of Nottingham @uonucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Picket demonstrating feeling about announcements of cuts to courses at University of Nottingham @uonucu.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
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It’s a few days after learning that the University of Nottingham will be suspending student intake for 48 courses – including all of Modern Languages where I’m partly based for my PhD work – and will likely close down these courses entirely, and I’m still just so angry and sad and in disbelief (1/7)
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It’s a few days after learning that the University of Nottingham will be suspending student intake for 48 courses – including all of Modern Languages where I’m partly based for my PhD work – and will likely close down these courses entirely, and I’m still just so angry and sad and in disbelief (1/7)
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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 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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
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Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Such a key point about cutting back on language provision - it’s not good for science and it’s not good for growth
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A great piece on a concerning development at my alma mater | On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham
www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham
I’m not in the habit of lengthy posts to LinkedIn, but this week’s events at the University of Nottingham (my former workplace) demand some words. The acute financial crisis facing the HE sector is re...
www.linkedin.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A great piece on a concerning development at my alma mater | On the suspension of Music courses at University of Nottingham
www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/suspen...
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The University of Nottingham has announced the suspension of all Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) programmes from September 2026.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The University of Nottingham has announced the suspension of all Modern Languages and Cultures (MLC) programmes from September 2026.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The University of Nottingham is suspending all Modern Languages degrees. A short-sighted and terrifying decision from a 'global' university.
Please sign the petition started by its wonderful students.
Please sign the petition started by its wonderful students.
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The University of Nottingham is suspending all Modern Languages degrees. A short-sighted and terrifying decision from a 'global' university.
Please sign the petition started by its wonderful students.
Please sign the petition started by its wonderful students.
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Sign the Petition
Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!
www.change.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Modern Languages students at the University of Nottingham have started a petition to save languages degrees. Please sign and share www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
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This is incredible
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 PM
This is incredible
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Bob Dylan video message to Martin Carthy at a tribute this evening (Sep 27)
🎥 with many many thanks to plansfail for recording
🎥 with many many thanks to plansfail for recording
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Bob Dylan video message to Martin Carthy at a tribute this evening (Sep 27)
🎥 with many many thanks to plansfail for recording
🎥 with many many thanks to plansfail for recording
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Bob Dylan concert poster in the Vasileostrovsky district of Leningrad in May 1989.📷Andrey Usov
July 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Bob Dylan concert poster in the Vasileostrovsky district of Leningrad in May 1989.📷Andrey Usov
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I’d be grateful if you could sign this petition calling for better provisions for people with Parkinson’s disease. Since I was diagnosed two years ago I’ve seen how awful the service is. And worldwide it’s the fastest growing neurological condition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.
petition.parliament.uk
July 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I’d be grateful if you could sign this petition calling for better provisions for people with Parkinson’s disease. Since I was diagnosed two years ago I’ve seen how awful the service is. And worldwide it’s the fastest growing neurological condition.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
Modern languages departments are neither colonial nor obsolete
Advanced linguistic and cultural skills remain essential for deep insight into how people see themselves in the world, say five modern languages academics
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Language is not an ancillary service. It is crucial for expanding understanding of key issues of our age beyond anglophone perspectives and assumptions.’ A response by @ilcs.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
and St. Andrews School of Modern Languages. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/mode...
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'Ending Modern Languages at Cardiff would be a colossally short-sighted & counter-productive move. Wales has a proud record of commitment to linguistic pluralism, & the excellent work of Modern Languages at Cardiff is a critically important contribution to that. Please rethink urgently.'
Sign here 👇
Sign here 👇
Cardiff University's Executive Board has announced that it intends to cease all provision of Modern Languages degrees. Sign the petition below in solidarity with staff and students of the School of Modern Languages at Cardiff University: www.change.org/p/save-mlang...
Sign the Petition
Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
www.change.org
February 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'Ending Modern Languages at Cardiff would be a colossally short-sighted & counter-productive move. Wales has a proud record of commitment to linguistic pluralism, & the excellent work of Modern Languages at Cardiff is a critically important contribution to that. Please rethink urgently.'
Sign here 👇
Sign here 👇
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February 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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I created a thing! It is definitely missing people - if you are a person who should be on it, pls let me know! go.bsky.app/8HazBeR
November 26, 2024 at 5:37 AM
I created a thing! It is definitely missing people - if you are a person who should be on it, pls let me know! go.bsky.app/8HazBeR
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The London Ukrainian Review looks brilliant, my reading for the day and likely half the week is sorted. Congratulations to @dovzhyk.bsky.social - this is a great achievement.
Every piece in this new issue of the London Ukrainian Review, edited by Sasha Dovzhyk, is packed with insights that speak not only to Ukraine's future but to the global pursuit of justice. Take a look at the highlights below: www.londonukrainianreview.org
London Ukrainian Review
The London Ukrainian Review is an open-access journal that tackles global challenges through the prism of Ukraine while adopting a distinctly internationalist perspective on the Ukrainian past and pre...
www.londonukrainianreview.org
November 17, 2024 at 10:33 AM
The London Ukrainian Review looks brilliant, my reading for the day and likely half the week is sorted. Congratulations to @dovzhyk.bsky.social - this is a great achievement.
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Joan Baez, "Queen of Folk",is halfway through writing a song when she gets a call from Bob Dylan. It’s 1974; almost 10 years after their relationship ended. The song became the iconic ‘Diamonds+Rust’, an outpouring of memories from their time together in the early 60s. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Soul Music - Diamonds and Rust - BBC Sounds
Stories of love and loss surrounding the song Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Joan Baez, "Queen of Folk",is halfway through writing a song when she gets a call from Bob Dylan. It’s 1974; almost 10 years after their relationship ended. The song became the iconic ‘Diamonds+Rust’, an outpouring of memories from their time together in the early 60s. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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'Not only genius feats of engineering but genuinely beautiful architectural forms' - playwright James 'Sherwood' Graham on power station cooling towers. He who wants to preserve a set as a monument. Agree? We at the C20 Society have started a petition: www.change.org/p/save-brita...
Sign the Petition
Save Britain's Cooling Towers
www.change.org
October 1, 2024 at 9:43 AM
'Not only genius feats of engineering but genuinely beautiful architectural forms' - playwright James 'Sherwood' Graham on power station cooling towers. He who wants to preserve a set as a monument. Agree? We at the C20 Society have started a petition: www.change.org/p/save-brita...