On behalf of UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social and as a passionate advocate for the teaching and learning of languages, cultures and societies at HE level, I implore University of Aberdeen to find an alternative solution. The languages community are happy to help.

I struggle for words. The intense cruelty in the name of a school inspection theguardian.com/education/2023…

We are very sorry to bring you the sad news that our colleague, Emerita Professor Margaret Atack, died this week. Margaret was renowned in the UK and internationally as a major scholar in French Studies.

The University has published a tribute to our colleague Margaret Atack on their website: secretariat.leeds.ac.uk/home/obituarie… LCS Leeds @lcsleeds.bsky.social

This policy is pig-headed and wrong. All the evidence shows that international students enrich our country and economy. We are all impoverished by this, which makes the UK a still less welcoming place for precisely the skilled and ambitious people we need.

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Phrygian brioche. That’s my 2024 made.

How can #ModernLanguages not be ‘core portfolio’ at a university with a campus in Paris? UCFL @ucflangs.bsky.social Solidarity with everyone fighting redundancy University of Kent

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It’s very rare a tweet makes me actually laugh out loud, but this one did.

Margaret Atack obituary | Books | The Guardian theguardian.com/books/2024/feb…

Commenting in a personal capacity. It is not merely 'tragic'. It is GROTESQUE. When we reach this point, the system has rotted beyond the well-known unresolved structural flaws in HE politics and financing. 1/7

'Universities don’t operate in siloes with arts and STEM separated.' Collaboration between humanities and sciences is 'mutually beneficial' in the rapidly evolving creative sector says Newcastle University Adam Behr. theconversation.com/uks-creative-i…

The reason 'people were having more babies' before 1911 was because modern contraception hadn't been invented and abortion was illegal. Maternal mortality was 26x higher than today and 10% of babies died at or soon after birth. It's a cautionary tale, not an aspiration.

It's a good day to be in Leeds. Celebrating the city's anti fascist heritage & raising the profile of the Battle of Holbeck Moor - 30,000 people turned out to tell Oswald Mosley to shift off & a good they did too

The ribbon and button department of a Copenhagen store in 1904. Københavns Museum

Every year our community celebrates Black history, culture, and achievements during #BlackHistoryMonth. The theme, Reclaiming Narratives, marks a significant shift towards recognising and correcting narratives of Black history and culture. ➡️ ow.ly/zXAe50Tz0Y2 #WeAreUoN