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🖤 CFP ALERT🖤We are delighted to announce the call for papers and plenary speakers for our international conference 'Gothic Crossroads', Manchester Metropolitan Uni English at Manchester Met , 25th-27th June 2025. Do send us your abstracts and proposals: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc…

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

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

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."

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

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

New academic job: come join us in UofG Critical Studies University of Glasgow as Senior Lecturer in Communications, a new, exciting subject area for us. jobs.ac.uk/job/DKY766/sen…

“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…

Thanks to University English Campaign Director Andrew McRae for drafting this letter on behalf of UE, English Association and IES More details of #EnglishCreates campaign here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreates/ All resources are free to use

Fucking stop using AI

Excellent interview with Dr Rachel Roberts 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

Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds - so just imagine doing this for a three year degree! Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) English Association IES theguardian.com/society/2024/d…

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!

For colleagues thinking of applying to be part of the REF2029 UoA27 assessment process, University English 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…

I’ll be part of this event talking about experiences as a #REF panellist which University English 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 👇