University English

#EnglishCreates great futures

I’ll be part of this event talking about experiences as a #REF panellist which @UnivEnglish are running tomorrow (8th Jan) 11-12.30. If you or your colleagues are interested in finding out more about what this involves for #REF2029, please join us! Details below 👇

For colleagues thinking of applying to be part of the REF2029 UoA27 assessment process, @UnivEnglish is hosting an information session on 8 January, 11-12.30. All welcome. Please e-mail [email protected] for the meeting link 2029.ref.ac.uk/panels/ref-202…

This 👇👇👇 So important & yet marginalised in recent years. I'm sure that one could find the exact same benefits for school students, for whom arts education & opportunities have been disastrously diminished over the past decade. Music, drama, art, dance all make a difference!

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds - so just imagine doing this for a three year degree! @ArtsandHums @EnglishAssoc @IES_London theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

Fucking stop using AI

Excellent interview with @Runrober on @timesradio today. Time to ditch the misleading idea that English doesn't lead to a good job: see universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreates/ and British Academy reports. English doesn't just lead to one career, but to a huge choice of careers

Thanks to @UnivEnglish Campaign Director @McRaeAndrew for drafting this letter on behalf of UE, @EnglishAssoc and @IES_London More details of #EnglishCreates campaign here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreates/ All resources are free to use

“Taking Britain out of Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin & accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”👏 Our youth have been robbed of the freedom of movement we enjoyed - this is the absolute least the Gov’t can do for them sussexbylines.co.uk/news/education…

New academic job: come join us in @UofGCritStudies @UofGlasgow as Senior Lecturer in Communications, a new, exciting subject area for us. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY766/sen…

Excellent news: 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/chairs-co… Edinburgh's @gregmw4 announced as Chair of main panel D for REF 2029. Congratulations, Greg As many will know, Greg has served the discipline as Chair of @UnivEnglish and a member of @EnglishAssoc's HE Committee for many years

Pity they didn’t ask about: - data for the past 2 yrs: suggest declines have stabilised - figs from Scotland: ⬆️ - skills: anyone for creativity, critical thinking, communication, collaboration? - student satisfaction: 👍 - graduate outcomes: see below #EnglishCreates

Exciting new issue of Punk and Post-Punk on Goth Histories, edited by Claire Nally & Matthew Worley! If you don’t have access through your uni library, the pre-copy-edit version of my chapter on Goth nostalgia & authenticity is on my Lancaster Uni webpage: intellectbooks.com/punk-post-punk…

"Valuing languages is fundamentally a matter of human dignity and respect – languages define us, and to ignore or marginalise them is to undervalue identity, culture and the rich diversity of the communities and nations of the UK."

Huge thanks to @conversiontales for leading the team of Yorkshire-based colleagues organising next year's E:SF in York. We're looking forward to it already!

Call for Papers! Please spread the word. The next #englishsharedfutures will be in York, from July 3rd-5th. We've got lots of great events and special sessions planned, and warmly welcome submissions. englishsharedfutures.org/cfp #cfp