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Severine
@severineh-d.bsky.social
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Full Professor of Translation Psychology and Wellbeing at The Open University & WELS Director of Postgraduate Research
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Office looking at bit more festive thanks to the best efforts of Jurgi, PhD student rep!
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Loving this! My kitties Lily, Jasper and Juno Davidson may soon become co-authors too!
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Enjoying the creativity shown by doctoral researchers as part of the Creat Your Research event! @ougradsch.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Looking forward to this cruise on Friday!
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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humanists.uk
It's #WorldKindnessDay! This quote from our patron Stephen Fry says it all. 🥰
‘The more in the world you encounter kindness, and cheerfulness (which is kind of its amiable uncle or aunt), the better the world always is – and all the big words: virtue, justice, truth, are dwarfed by the greatness of kindness.’
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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pollymcmichael.bsky.social
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
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Halloween cats 🎃
October 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Cat tree: 1) tree for cats, 2) tree of cats 🐈
October 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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ougradsch.bsky.social
We're excited to welcome our Oct #OUGradSch25 PhD cohort to campus today! We can’t wait to hear about their research journeys.
On Fri, we’ll also welcome Professional Doctorate students.
Also welcome to the first PhD by Distance Learning cohort!
@oulibrary.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social
A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A stately home in the background. A green lawn with people sitting out on a sunny day. A cafeteria in the background. A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling. A crowd of around 70 people standing in the foyer of a library, looking up and smiling. A gold tree made of Open University Shields is on the wall.
September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Met our 9 new WELS doctoral students today at induction, excited to hear more about their research in the coming days and years! 🤒
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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wonkhe.bsky.social
This week on Wonkhe: Postgraduates are often overlooked in belonging initiatives. Katy Burgess and Rachel Wilson outline some practical steps that could make a difference
What we can do about belonging for postgraduates
Postgraduates are often overlooked in belonging initiatives. Katy Burgess and Rachel Wilson outline some practical steps that could make a difference
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September 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Ready for a team away day! Found a creative room on campus 🙌
September 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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The best way to relax after a long day is cuddling these two 🥰
September 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Scary stuff
retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...
Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations
Would you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad…
retractionwatch.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Loving being with doctoral students, present and former, including one behind the camera!
#EST2025Leeds
June 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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In Manchester to see Iron Maiden 🙌
June 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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catranslation.org
Submit by JULY 6: Open call for translations of literature from Asia and Oceania. Our publisher, @twolinespress.bsky.social‬, is looking for samples of novels, story collections, and literary non-fiction. More information here ➡️ www.catranslation.org/books/submit...
June 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Super proud of Ellie submitting her thesis today 👏 💙 happy supervisor 💕
June 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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hepi-news.bsky.social
New Post: Are EU students about to be treated like British students once more – and, if so, what will it mean for UK universities and students? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/05/18/a...
May 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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A beautiful sunny day on campus! Learning all about my new role and meeting lovely new colleagues!
April 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Waddesdon Manor, beautiful place
April 4, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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So true
www.independent.co.uk/life-style/b...
No worries if not? Why Brits need to start saying what they actually mean
New research shows that British people are having conversations littered with ‘polite-isms’ to conceal the fact that they’re seething. Hannah Ewens thinks this could be solved by everyone having more ...
www.independent.co.uk
April 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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BBC News - Gigil: The new word in the dictionary for overwhelming cuteness
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gigil, alamak among new words in Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary has added new untranslatable words from South East Asia.
www.bbc.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Spivak decries the “trivialisation” of the humanities by universities. “They are not a cash cow, so they don’t add to the revenue structure of these corporate universities, and that’s the bottom line.”
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/gayatri...
Gayatri Spivak: ‘I’m not teaching to get students an income’
Winner of 2025 Holberg Prize rejects vocational focus of education and ‘trivialisation’ of humanities
www.timeshighereducation.com
March 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM