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Higher Education and Research Policy at British Academy. Independent researcher of film-philosophy, PhD from Warwick FTV. New book out Aug 2026: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/screening-technology-theorizing-posthumanism-9798765162941/

"Universities can give the UK film industry the sustainability and freedom to take risks on new talent. In return, higher education institutions can become producers on commercially viable projects" + a shoutout for Mark Jenkin's incredible Bait (2019) www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/univ...

Happy to share that my latest article, exploring posthumanism through the lens of race and robotics onscreen, is now out in Science Fiction Film and Television journal: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/sfftv/19/1 Thanks to editors and contributors for producing a really interesting issue!

For anyone interested in finding out more, I also have a book coming out later this year that explores some of these themes - as well as the issue of AI and virtuality - in more detail www.bloomsbury.com/uk/screening...

'Teaching-only staff at Sheffield Hallam University are set to be moved into a subsidiary firm, leaving research intensive scholars the only academics still being employed directly by the institution.' Utterly inequitable & betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of the teaching/research nexus. 1/3

'“Embedded precarity” in higher education is diminishing research quality as staff on short-term contracts favour “safer” work to secure future employment, according to the author of a new report.' Royal Geographical Society maps important connections between precarity and research topics. 1/3

Fabulous fully-funded PhD opportunity working with a stellar team of supervisors at Warwick/BFI on British South Asian Culture in Non-Fiction Films and Television, 1960s-1980s. @drjlw.bsky.social @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social

'At the centre of this shift sits the idea of R&D “buckets”: a four-part categorisation of public R&D funding into curiosity-driven research, government priorities, innovation support and cross-cutting infrastructure.' 1/3

Scholars with short contracts seen as more likely to favour doing ‘safer’ work, with ‘serious ramifications’ for their disciplines

Universities can produce commercially viable projects while giving the industry the sustainability and freedom to take risks on new talent, says Chris Nunn

Teaching staff at post-92 institution to be employed by subsidiary firm and lose right to access expensive pensions scheme

UK’s research funding body warned best scientists taking posts oversees due to lack of job stability at home Hundreds of early career researchers have warned that the UK will lose a generation of scientists after the announcement of significant cuts to physics projects and cutting edge research facilities. Scientists working in particle physics, astronomy and nuclear physics have been told their grants will be cut by nearly a third, with project leaders asked to report back on how their research would fare with cuts up to 60%. Continue reading...

Screening Technology, Theorizing Posthumanism examines how different embodiments of technological life come to be inscribed with qualities of humanness across m…

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Whitehall has a new way of conceptualising where research funding goes. Stephanie Smith stresses the importance of participating in the conversation Whitehall has a new way of conceptualising where re...