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Why employers already know English Literature & the humanities have a future in the age of AI. A powerful article from Ben Wright for the Telegraph @EnglishAssoc @draperel @byebyepride @ArtsandHums @BritishAcademy_ @UnivEnglish @Ies
Jennifer Richards
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Jennifer Richards
@JenniferRichar7
Rhetoric, reading, voices & books. PI of The Thomas Nashe Project and The Bee-ing Human Project. Chair of @EnglishAssoc. Also on:
@jennyrichards.bsky.social
- I am so proud of my clever, witty, and kind colleague @DrAllyLouks not just for her recent PhD success, but her patience in the face of some truly dumb trolling. 💪🎉🎈🙌
- In 1990 I was a very shy PhD student, grateful to have a chance to start again with @BritishAcademy_ funding. What an honour to be elected to a fellowship 30+ years later. Congratulations to all new 2023 fellows.The British Academy is delighted to welcome 86 new Fellows, who showcase the richness of humanities and social sciences research and represent a diverse range of expertise. Some Fellows will be introduced throughout the day, but the full list is now live: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/the-british-ac…
- I have just heard that Voices and Books is going into paperback this summer. I am a little excited.
- Please read and re-post @AHA's statement of support for Arts and Humanities colleagues facing redundancy @oxfordbrookes, on behalf of 50 subject associations, including @EnglishAssoc and @UnivEnglish.
- I am getting used to my new (temporary) surroundings on the edge of lovely Iffley village, Oxford, as I start a Michaelmas-term fellowship. I don't think it will take too long, though I will miss my friends up north.
- My last cycle home from work along my favourite, traffic-free road through Jesmond Dene. New adventures await (but l will still be hanging out in Newcastle friends). See ya!
- 'Employers very often snap up humanities graduates, because they [value] people who can think creatively, can make connections, can write well. (Nick Hillman)” @HEPI_news @ArtsandHums @EnglishAssoc Is it worth going to university?
- What students studying English, from GCSE to PhD, say. Here are some of the slides from my talk at @UnivEnglish yesterday, sharing the working of @cathy_shrank and @EnglishAssoc 🧵
- 'Universities don’t operate in siloes with arts and STEM separated.' Collaboration between humanities and sciences is 'mutually beneficial' in the rapidly evolving creative sector says @UniofNewcastle Adam Behr.
- This is where l became a researcher, in the BL reading rooms at the British Museum, because Prof Isobel Grundy thought a shy undergraduate would find things to think about here.
- Elie beach in Fife. It's my birthday treat. What a day! 🎂
- We - and our democracy - need arts and humanities, says @BritishAcademy_ Julia Black, to 'understand people, the world and – combined with science subjects – tackle the greatest issues of our time.' And universities need a regulator to help protect them.Professor Julia Black, President of the British Academy, reflects on the situation facing humanities departments at many UK Universities - read more: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/just-like…
- Replying to @j_amesmarriott@j_amesmarriott English Literature is not collapsing, but it is vulnerable, not helped by alarming headlines. These are challenging times and your readers need facts, so let me share some (not behind a paywall).
