Dr Rachel Haworth
@rahaworth.bsky.social
Historian of Italian pop music, media, culture.
Podcast: https://tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com
Author, Many Meanings Mina w/ Intellect Books.
Educational Developer at University of Leeds.
SFHEA. FRHistS.
Podcast: https://tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com
Author, Many Meanings Mina w/ Intellect Books.
Educational Developer at University of Leeds.
SFHEA. FRHistS.
RIP to the Kessler twins
Il suicidio assistito delle gemelle #Kessler è la loro ultima esibizione spettacolare. Insieme, come sempre.
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
RIP to the Kessler twins
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Language cold spots are emerging: the East Midlands provision is vulnerable if threats of closure at Leicester and Nottingham are carried out.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
November 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Language cold spots are emerging: the East Midlands provision is vulnerable if threats of closure at Leicester and Nottingham are carried out.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
Please sign their petitions! Links in comments.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Happening everywhere - not just Nottingham but also Leicester now. On the horizon: more cold spots in languages provision and (crucially) access to HE language teaching for those who need to study close to home. We should be widening access, not narrowing it. Solidarity to colleagues affected ✊
A very insightful article on the recent threats to UK modern languages:
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/late...
Support the petitions to stop the closures at Leicester and Nottingham, to sign click here:
www.change.org/p/save-moder...
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
#languages #mfl
November 14, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Happening everywhere - not just Nottingham but also Leicester now. On the horizon: more cold spots in languages provision and (crucially) access to HE language teaching for those who need to study close to home. We should be widening access, not narrowing it. Solidarity to colleagues affected ✊
Pinched from another site and I’d love to know if this is accurate. Please let it be accurate!
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pinched from another site and I’d love to know if this is accurate. Please let it be accurate!
Reposted by Dr Rachel Haworth
Reposted by Dr Rachel Haworth
You might have heard that the University of Nottingham plans to suspend all languages courses. This is very disappointing and heartbreaking.
Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it.
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 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
You might have heard that the University of Nottingham plans to suspend all languages courses. This is very disappointing and heartbreaking.
Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Here you can find their petition aimed at protecting Modern Languages at Nottingham. You can show your support by signing it.
www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...
Happening everywhere: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
News like this makes me even more determined to carry on writing about Italian popular music as an act of defiance against a sector that seems less and less interested in languages and music. Solidarity to all affected at Nottingham.
News like this makes me even more determined to carry on writing about Italian popular music as an act of defiance against a sector that seems less and less interested in languages and music. Solidarity to all affected at Nottingham.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Happening everywhere: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
News like this makes me even more determined to carry on writing about Italian popular music as an act of defiance against a sector that seems less and less interested in languages and music. Solidarity to all affected at Nottingham.
News like this makes me even more determined to carry on writing about Italian popular music as an act of defiance against a sector that seems less and less interested in languages and music. Solidarity to all affected at Nottingham.
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Applications are now open for BSR Humanities Awards 2026–27! Fellowships and awards for scholars at all career stages. Deadline: 14 Nov 2025.
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
September 15, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Applications are now open for BSR Humanities Awards 2026–27! Fellowships and awards for scholars at all career stages. Deadline: 14 Nov 2025.
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Apply: bsrome.slideroom.com
More info: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
Addio to Pippo Baudo, a great of Italian TV. To mark his passing, I’m resharing the episode of my podcast that I dedicated to him last year - tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/p...
P: Pippo Baudo, un grande della televisione italiana
Screenshot of Pippo Baudo on Settevoci On 7 June 2024, the television presenter and host Pippo Baudo celebrated his 88th birthday. Here’s how the Italian media marked the occasion: Tanti augu…
tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Addio to Pippo Baudo, a great of Italian TV. To mark his passing, I’m resharing the episode of my podcast that I dedicated to him last year - tvitalianstyle.wordpress.com/2024/08/12/p...
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🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 University of Leeds Teaching Awards, recognising the outstanding contributions of colleagues in delivering high-quality teaching and learning.
👏 Read about our winners and their inspiring work:
🔗 Staff Intranet bit.ly/4kYiNbs
🔗 OD&PL site bit.ly/4m9vkd0
👏 Read about our winners and their inspiring work:
🔗 Staff Intranet bit.ly/4kYiNbs
🔗 OD&PL site bit.ly/4m9vkd0
July 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
🏆 Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 University of Leeds Teaching Awards, recognising the outstanding contributions of colleagues in delivering high-quality teaching and learning.
👏 Read about our winners and their inspiring work:
🔗 Staff Intranet bit.ly/4kYiNbs
🔗 OD&PL site bit.ly/4m9vkd0
👏 Read about our winners and their inspiring work:
🔗 Staff Intranet bit.ly/4kYiNbs
🔗 OD&PL site bit.ly/4m9vkd0
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What might a work of history look like and sound like if it were shaped in music? 🗃️🎵
In our new podcast David Archibald discusses the role of music in Glasgow’s working-class past and the historical links between music and radicalism.
In our new podcast David Archibald discusses the role of music in Glasgow’s working-class past and the historical links between music and radicalism.
Can A Rock Band Make History?
A Glasgow rock band, The Tenementals, explore what it would mean to create radical history through music.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
July 17, 2025 at 6:46 AM
What might a work of history look like and sound like if it were shaped in music? 🗃️🎵
In our new podcast David Archibald discusses the role of music in Glasgow’s working-class past and the historical links between music and radicalism.
In our new podcast David Archibald discusses the role of music in Glasgow’s working-class past and the historical links between music and radicalism.
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We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
July 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social postdoctoral fellowships. We provide three years of funding for early career researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a significant piece of publishable research
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/post...
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A rare opportunity for a permanent lectureship in German in our fabulous School! Please circulate to your networks. @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
Job klaxon! We are advertising for a permanent lecturer in German (Teaching and Research). Come and join our team here at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. Deadline 9th July. @lcsleeds.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer (Teaching & Research) in German Studies
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out cutting-edge teaching and research in German Studies?We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual with expertise in German ...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A rare opportunity for a permanent lectureship in German in our fabulous School! Please circulate to your networks. @ucfl-eca.bsky.social @ucflangs.bsky.social
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Last few spaces left for the MFL teacher conference on 20th June at the University of Leeds! Registration is free but places are limited! With presentations from @joedale @rashasoliman04 & many more!! Have a look at our programme! 👇artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-activiti... #mfl #mfltwitterati
June 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Last few spaces left for the MFL teacher conference on 20th June at the University of Leeds! Registration is free but places are limited! With presentations from @joedale @rashasoliman04 & many more!! Have a look at our programme! 👇artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-activiti... #mfl #mfltwitterati
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📢 TIPS Community: Festival of Learning and Teaching
🗓 23–26 June 2025
There's still time to sign up! Join us for 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation in teaching. Explore global learning, sustainability, experiential teaching, digital innovation & more.
👉 bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
🗓 23–26 June 2025
There's still time to sign up! Join us for 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation in teaching. Explore global learning, sustainability, experiential teaching, digital innovation & more.
👉 bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢 TIPS Community: Festival of Learning and Teaching
🗓 23–26 June 2025
There's still time to sign up! Join us for 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation in teaching. Explore global learning, sustainability, experiential teaching, digital innovation & more.
👉 bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
🗓 23–26 June 2025
There's still time to sign up! Join us for 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation in teaching. Explore global learning, sustainability, experiential teaching, digital innovation & more.
👉 bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
Sign the Petition
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
chng.it
May 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
👉Sign the petition: chng.it/K2zRY6Jqqt
👉Share the petition with family/friends/networks.
👉Send emails outlining your objections. For details and templates visit the website: www.stopcutsinmlatbangor.uk/home/
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Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9vtymFBVFh
Sign the Petition
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
chng.it
May 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University - Sign the Petition! chng.it/9vtymFBVFh
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'Identity, Interculturality, and Language Learning on British Television' by @rahaworth.bsky.social is popular this week - read the full article #OA via MLO: bit.ly/3wpWBDQ @iniis.bsky.social @studyemmir.bsky.social @journalics.bsky.social @language-learn.bsky.social @innovationllt.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
'Identity, Interculturality, and Language Learning on British Television' by @rahaworth.bsky.social is popular this week - read the full article #OA via MLO: bit.ly/3wpWBDQ @iniis.bsky.social @studyemmir.bsky.social @journalics.bsky.social @language-learn.bsky.social @innovationllt.bsky.social
Yes this
Success in academia often has more to do with luck, patronage and the job market than “hard work”.
Good academics acknowledge this.
I worked hard, but I was in the right place at the right time on occasion. Historians far more talented than I have fallen between the cracks.
Good academics acknowledge this.
I worked hard, but I was in the right place at the right time on occasion. Historians far more talented than I have fallen between the cracks.
May 22, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Yes this
Colleagues @universityofleeds.bsky.social, come join us for the inaugural TIPS Community Festival of Learning and Teaching and celebrate all the fantastic student education practice at our institution!
🎉 TIPS Community Festival of Learning & Teaching 2025
🚀 Bookings now open!
📅 Runs 23–26 June
Over 30 events across 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation – plus we’re celebrating 5 years of TIPS connecting 1,000+ educators. Workshops, exhibitions, networking & more.
▶️ bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
🚀 Bookings now open!
📅 Runs 23–26 June
Over 30 events across 4 days of creativity, collaboration & innovation – plus we’re celebrating 5 years of TIPS connecting 1,000+ educators. Workshops, exhibitions, networking & more.
▶️ bit.ly/TIPSFeLT25
May 20, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Colleagues @universityofleeds.bsky.social, come join us for the inaugural TIPS Community Festival of Learning and Teaching and celebrate all the fantastic student education practice at our institution!
Thank you to the @royalhistsoc.org for electing me as a Fellow. I have added FRHistS to my email signature and am very pleased and proud to do so.
a cartoon of snoopy , lucy and linus dancing in a field
Alt: a cartoon of snoopy , lucy and linus dancing in a field
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May 19, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thank you to the @royalhistsoc.org for electing me as a Fellow. I have added FRHistS to my email signature and am very pleased and proud to do so.
Quite literally happening everywhere. And the toll that this takes on the individuals involved and those left behind is very very high.
We are now approaching 4,000 formally announced university redundancies in the UK since January alone. The real situation is far worse than that, and will also accelerate going forwards. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
UK university redundancies: latest updates
As higher education institutions shed thousands of jobs, we track developments and bring together latest analysis with resources for affected staff and students
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Quite literally happening everywhere. And the toll that this takes on the individuals involved and those left behind is very very high.
It’s the #LeedsAssessmentMatters conference today and we’ve got a rich programme of papers, round tables, and discussions and some great insights into how students experience assessment and feedback! Thank you to everyone who has presented and supported the conference
April 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It’s the #LeedsAssessmentMatters conference today and we’ve got a rich programme of papers, round tables, and discussions and some great insights into how students experience assessment and feedback! Thank you to everyone who has presented and supported the conference
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I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...
Webinar: How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book
Learn what scholarly writers need to know when trying to publish for broader readerships and markets. Webinar hosted by Laura Portwood-Stacer with guest Kate McKean, literary agent and author of Write...
courses.manuscriptworks.com
April 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I'm doing a webinar with @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on May 7th about How to Publish a Trade or Crossover Book. If you're an academic looking to break into trade publishing, this is for you! Sign up here! courses.manuscriptworks.com/courses/trad...