Historian at Brunel Uni of London working on borders in modern Europe. Author of The Return of Alsace. Current project: the idea of the Channel tunnel.
Alison Carrol
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On 10 June the @ihr.bsky.social
Modern French History seminar heads to Manchester. Dr Sarah Frank
(Sheffield) will talk on ‘Contested Returns: Repatriation, Veteran Agency, and the Crisis of Imperial Legitimacy’
Teaching in one science department is “now bare-bones, with our pro vice-chancellor using the term ‘minimum viable product’ as the goal”. A politics academic keeps “trying to be positive, but it is exhausting. I moved my whole family here for this job; the guilt is horrendous." 1/3
Historians slam ‘marketisation and neglect’ of higher education.
Royal Historical Society issues stinging rebuke of English model amid escalating cuts.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
'In one history department, the situation is even worse: “Seeing colleagues in despair crying at their desks, as well as talking about suicide in meetings, was a particular low point,” a respondent said.' 2/3
Margot Finn
Alison Carrol
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Margot Finn
We are dismayed by news regarding UG History, and other subjects, at Hertfordshire. This follows recent job losses at Essex and elsewhere, and makes clear the crisis in UK HE.
The Society is in touch and working with historians at UoH. As ever, we invite contact from others affected #Skystorians
“Westminster needs to wake up…”
An important statement from the RHS today on the unfolding situation in UKHE.
