Hilary Young
@hilaryyoung.bsky.social
Cofounder of Forumm- delivering consultancy and support to higher ed alongside events and fundraising. Past lives included digital humanities and museums research at University of Glasgow and the London Museum.
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It's #WorldBookDay tomorrow (Thursday 6th March) so don't forget that if you need any last minute dressing up clothes we've loads on the rails at Orkney Library and they're all FREE. Just take what you need and returning whenever you want. 📚
#LoveLibraries
#LoveLibraries
March 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It's #WorldBookDay tomorrow (Thursday 6th March) so don't forget that if you need any last minute dressing up clothes we've loads on the rails at Orkney Library and they're all FREE. Just take what you need and returning whenever you want. 📚
#LoveLibraries
#LoveLibraries
I’m a two but not sure I can pull that off all day. How about you? Credit to MedievalistMatt, Matt Ponesse, who I don’t think is on here for the meme.
March 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I’m a two but not sure I can pull that off all day. How about you? Credit to MedievalistMatt, Matt Ponesse, who I don’t think is on here for the meme.
@drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social raising the issue that “social media as a form of digital infrastructure upon which research collaboration depends […] leaves the sector precariously outsourcing it to unpredictable private corporations.” #HESocialMedia
💥New: Bluesky will trap academics in the same way Twitter/X did
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#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicSocialMedia
✍️ @drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicSocialMedia
Bluesky will trap academics in the same way Twitter/X did
Commercial platforms and social media companies are designed to maximise switching costs in order to retain users. Reflecting on the rise of Bluesky, Mark Carrigan warns the same market dynamics co…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
@drmarkcarrigan.bsky.social raising the issue that “social media as a form of digital infrastructure upon which research collaboration depends […] leaves the sector precariously outsourcing it to unpredictable private corporations.” #HESocialMedia
@academic-chatter.bsky.social hey folks! Lovely to find you all here! I am running a session for PhD students next week and I’d love to show them why you are on this platform as an academic. #AcademicChatter #HE
February 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
@academic-chatter.bsky.social hey folks! Lovely to find you all here! I am running a session for PhD students next week and I’d love to show them why you are on this platform as an academic. #AcademicChatter #HE
Freezing swim today! Not been in for over two weeks so it was tough forcing myself in!
January 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Freezing swim today! Not been in for over two weeks so it was tough forcing myself in!
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Thanks to @monicalennon.bsky.social for lodging a parliamentary motion recognising our new bursary in honour of journalist Nick Sheridan, who lectured part-time at UWS.
Jointly funded with BBC Scotland and STV, the bursary will support the next generation in broadcasting.
Jointly funded with BBC Scotland and STV, the bursary will support the next generation in broadcasting.
January 22, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thanks to @monicalennon.bsky.social for lodging a parliamentary motion recognising our new bursary in honour of journalist Nick Sheridan, who lectured part-time at UWS.
Jointly funded with BBC Scotland and STV, the bursary will support the next generation in broadcasting.
Jointly funded with BBC Scotland and STV, the bursary will support the next generation in broadcasting.
Note to self - keep rotating the orange cardigan and silver cycle jacket. Most pictures of me on here include them!
January 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Note to self - keep rotating the orange cardigan and silver cycle jacket. Most pictures of me on here include them!
Today has been a good day. Met Gillian at Launch Coffee in Princes Square. Got my Samwise fix. And finalised social media for HE consultancy packages. Roll on tomorrow.
January 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Today has been a good day. Met Gillian at Launch Coffee in Princes Square. Got my Samwise fix. And finalised social media for HE consultancy packages. Roll on tomorrow.
Staving off the winter blues and topping up the Vitamin D. #ShareYourSunshine
January 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Staving off the winter blues and topping up the Vitamin D. #ShareYourSunshine
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We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
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It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
blogs.york.ac.uk
November 13, 2024 at 12:17 PM
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...
>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...
🧵 below
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This is awful - a book like heartstopper would have made my school life a thousand times better.
And there is really clear guidance on this from CILIP, endorsed by Arts Council - find it here:
www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-an...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
And there is really clear guidance on this from CILIP, endorsed by Arts Council - find it here:
www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-an...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
Heartstopper among titles targeted as 53% of school librarians asked to remove LGBTQ+ books, study says
"I feel frightened, intimidated," one school librarian has said on her fear of stocking LGBTQ+ books
www.attitude.co.uk
August 19, 2024 at 4:04 PM
This is awful - a book like heartstopper would have made my school life a thousand times better.
And there is really clear guidance on this from CILIP, endorsed by Arts Council - find it here:
www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-an...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
And there is really clear guidance on this from CILIP, endorsed by Arts Council - find it here:
www.cilip.org.uk/page/safe-an...
www.attitude.co.uk/culture/hear...
I’d never been to Gleniffer Braes before this weekend.
August 19, 2024 at 12:20 PM
I’d never been to Gleniffer Braes before this weekend.
It’s nice to be here!
August 19, 2024 at 12:02 PM
It’s nice to be here!