“Between 2019 and 2020 1,799 historians earned their Ph.D.s, and only 175 of them are now employed as full-time faculty members.” insidehighered.com/blogs/higher-e…

Choosing a career in academia is valid. Wanting a career which incorporates your scholarly research in creatives ways is valid. And deciding to leverage your academic training but turn in a different direction is also valid. Why must we all judge one another so harshly?

Oxford University staff found guilty of sexual misconduct towards students have been allowed to keep their jobs. Glad to have investigated a very serious issue and for my work to feature in The Telegraph with Louisa Clarence-Smith telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/2…

No one told me adulthood was just dealing with unresolved trauma and folding laundry.

All the incredible organizing led to such important changes to university policies! Silence will not protect us.

Yesterday I passed my comprehensive exams and am now one step closer to candidacy, field work in the archives, and diving headlong into my dissertation research. I am thrilled 🥰 #phd #phdvoice #AcademicChatter #twitterstorians #historyphd

The quote retweets asking ‘why wasn’t this a thing already?’ are so bittersweet. Groups of students have been campaigning for this for years, putting in so much work to be heard and handing down the fight as they go… and yet it seems so simple, doesn’t it? Why was it so hard?

Academia on YouTube is polarized into 2 extremes: lecture videos w/ poor production quality & infotainment often lacking rigor. But there's a vast space in between, with very few educators to fill it. /thread #AcademicYouTube

Some dos and donts for using AI as a student/researcher youtu.be/Vt8WkM01QRI

🙌🏽 Stumbled upon Ciara Feely - PhD Student & Kaelyn Grace Apple MSt (TheRedHeadAcademic) a while back, and I really recommend their channels: -Concisely formulated recommendations for any fields of study; -Organisation-related suggestions; -How to's for effective reading and writing; -Life/work balance tips. PhD Voice - Independently Run

For reference ⬇️ Ciara Feely - PhD Student 👉 youtube.com/@PhDandProduct… Kaelyn Grace Apple MSt (TheRedHeadAcademic) 👉 youtube.com/@TheRedHeadAca…

The harms continue! Elizabeth Hoover UC Berkeley admits she is white & lied about being Native for professional gain. She won Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs Dissertation & Postdoc funding. She effectively stole tens of thousands of dollars meant for Black, Indigenous & People of Color! 1/

A resource on writing for undergrad courses! youtu.be/LAFZz1zuckM #phd #writingadvice

Writing tips to share with your undergrads ♥️ youtu.be/LAFZz1zuckM #writingadvice

Five of 12 student complaints of staff sexual misconduct have been upheld in the past five years, but only one staff member was suspended and subsequently dismissed according to the response to a Freedom of Information request Louisa Clarence-Smith Anvee Bhutani telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/02/2…

A survey by the project ‘OUR SPACE’, which seeks to investigate Oxford students’ experiences of sexual harassment and violence, finds that 50% of students have experienced sexual harassment and 18% have experienced sexual violence while at the university cherwell.org/2023/01/24/sex…

Oxford topped the list in terms of complaints made about all staff, with 73. A spokesperson said the university strongly condemned bullying and had a network of 300 harassment advisers Hannah Devlin Sarah Marsh theguardian.com/education/2018…

On Thursday, we will be hearing a keynote from the lovely Kaelyn Grace Apple MSt (TheRedHeadAcademic) at 5:30 BST. Kaelyn is a History PhD Candidate at Yale University, a digital content creator and an entrepreneur. If you would like to tune-in online, please sign up via: eventbrite.com/e/remembering-…

My idol historian and historical fiction author! Everyone needs to read A Discovery of Witches!!!