Nigel Harkness
@nigelharkness
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor of French at Newcastle University. Views expressed in a personal capacity.
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26-04-2012 15:59:25
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Arts and Humanities Alliance quoted along with Royal Historical Society and UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social in this important Times Higher Education article on emerging cold spots in arts and humanities provision as a threat to access.
Fantastic panel this evening with the 7 shortlisted writers for the Gordon Burn Prize talking about writing trauma, making the invisible visible, and genre mischief. First year that Newcastle University is one of the prize sponsors with New Writing North
Huge thanks to the #GordonBurnPrize shortlisted authors for their generosity - fascinating discussion - and congratulations to Kathryn Scanlan on winning. 👏 to the amazing New Writing North team & judges. The prize is supported by Newcastle University NCLA
‘We chose you’, a deeply personal and gripping lecture on adoption this evening by our inspirational alumna Kate Adie Newcastle University
What students studying English, from GCSE to PhD, say. Here are some of the slides from my talk at University English yesterday, sharing the working of Prof Cathy Shrank 🕷️ #ImmodestWoman and English Association 🧵
On top of these excellent subject rankings, Arts and Humanities at Newcastle University have been ranked 90th in the world by QS Top Universities. Fantastic news for Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Chancellor’s Poetry Prize: Nadine El-Enany for the poem ‘Sidmouth Seagull’ and Suzanna Fitzpatrick for the poem 'Blackbird' Read the entries here 👇 ncl.ac.uk/events/other/p… INSIGHTS Public Lectures | Newcastle University Imtiaz Dharker Bloodaxe Books English at Newcastle
Looking forward to new collaborations between Newcastle University and UniversitasIndonesia following the signing of our new MoU
As another brilliant couple of Open Days at Newcastle University draw to a close, huge thanks to everyone who came to visit and find out more about studying with us, and a massive shout out to colleagues across the University who’ve made the two days such a success!
We were delighted to make Catrina McHugh MBE, Artistic Director of OpenClaspTheatreCo, an Honorary Doctor of Letters today.
Congratulations to Davina McCall who was made an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law today for her work raising awareness of women's health.
The sun is shining, campus is buzzing and our Newcastle University Open Day is in full swing!
🚨 New UK-France researcher mobility scheme, funded by Department for Science, Innovation and Technology! The scheme supports UK-France R&I collaborative projects aligning with Horizon Europe and other international collaborative funding programmes. 📅 Apply by 12 Jan 2025. 🔗 Find out more: loom.ly/Vasp3nw