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Interrogate and unlock the second largest oral history collection held at the Library, in a doctoral fellowship in collaboration with @researchnt.bsky.social
Find out more and apply by Friday 5 June. link.bl.uk/7ts
📢Funded doctoral placement alert!
The @nationaltrust.org.uk and @britishlibrary.bsky.social are looking for a PhD student to work on the National Trust Sound Archive of oral history interviews.
3 months FT or 6 months PT from September.
For more info, see www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
Same, Magpie Inkcap mushroom, same.
📸NT Images / Rob Coleman
British Library
From Saturday at Saltram, you can see this painting on display - Reynolds' first ever painting showing a person of colour - and find out more about the boy it depicts.
It's been an honour to help recentre Boston Jersey (or should that be George?) and retell his story.
#academia #postdoc job alert! 📢
We're looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our Nature Towns and Cities team and work in partnership with the @exeter.ac.uk @netpositivecentre.bsky.social.
Fixed term for at least 2 years, £36,621 pa. ⬇️
careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_...
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Just leaving this here for anyone who's not seen it yet 👀
Come and help us get our Sound Archive ready to open to researchers and the public.
Open to all current PhD students pre-submission, up to 6 months from September 2026.
@nationaltrust.org.uk @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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#worldbeeday Red Tailed, Carder and Buff Tailed, all battling against the wind for some flower grub! @nationaltrust.org.uk @bumblebeetrust.bsky.social
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Then, it was a mighty tree, a food, a medicine, a nation's cultural symbol. Now, it's a staircase in an English stately home.
Researcher Elena of @bristoluni.bsky.social has written the fascinating life story of Dyrham's black walnut trees.
plantpublichistory.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2026/04/29/f...
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Congratulations ! You have reached the Woodpigeon of encouragement.
Great job! Keep going!
📷️ @carlbovisnature.bsky.social
National Trust Research
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Chris Bisson
✨Funded placement opportunity✨with @nationaltrust.org.uk and @britishlibrary.bsky.social!
We're looking for a PhD student to work on the National Trust Sound Archive of oral history interviews.
3 months FT or 6 months PT from September.
For more info, see www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Find out more about the doctoral fellowships available through the partnership between the National Trust and the British Library.
NT archaeologist Mark Newman and a team from the University of Bradford have been searching for clues about Inner Farne’s most famous and important inhabitant, St Cuthbert.
You can find out more in Episode 3 of Hidden Treasures of the National Trust tonight on BBC Two at 9pm, or on BBC IPlayer.
RSPB
For generations, the identity of the boy known as "Jersey" in Sir Joshua Reynolds' portrait at Saltram remained unknown.
But new technical analysis and research in collaboration with the National Gallery London and Royal Museums Greenwich has uncovered his name and life story: buff.ly/5PStzUn
National Trust Archaeology
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This week is Solitary Bee Week 🐝
At Godrevy in Cornwall, we're working with @bisschrisson.bsky.social of @plymuni.bsky.social. He's researching how 'hemiparasitic' plants (that's plants that partly feed on others) can benefit pollinators like this hard-working little Miner Bee.
📸Chris Bisson
