
Lecturing @ManMetUni. Grand Tourist myself and Jacobite scholar. SFHEA /FRHist. Books out with @ManchesterUP and @PUL
Manchester, England
Joined January 2018
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Replying to @northernassist
@northernassist
So... I need to be at Piccadilly before 10am
Am I getting my money back?
Are we getting trains tomorrow?
Wow! Apprently, Jeremy Black reviewed my book, and it seems he liked it! 🤯
jeremyblackhistorian.wordpre…
So proud my student got interviewed... and displayed a really good analysis of HE issues in both countries!
“The French and English universities are like two different sides of the spectrum – a middle ground would be great,” said Lois.
thenorthernquota.org/2026/10…
Dr Jeremy Filet FrHist retweeted
The BBC’s cancellation of two long-running radio programmes in which university-produced research is discussed has raised concerns over the loss of opportunities for UK academics to build careers as public intellectuals
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Replying to @17thCenturyLady
She is! She's just naughty 🤣
Replying to @17thCenturyLady
I missed the last 15 minutes due to a cat situation 🐈😺
I hope it was to say something nice 😉 haha
Dr Jeremy Filet FrHist retweeted
Opinion: Universities’ governing councils must incorporate voices that raise problems they may not want to hear about, say Jesse Gardner-Russell and Richard Lee #highered #governance
timeshighereducation.com/opi…
£77.5m spent. £14m back.
The VC behind it traded up to Leeds and a £330k salary.
The staff left behind are being told to pay with their jobs. That's why we're on strike at Nottingham.
Dr Jeremy Filet FrHist retweeted
Nottingham was 6th for modern languages in the 2021 REF and is the only university in East Midlands providing language courses. The closure of an objectively brilliant department by a Russell Group university raises questions about the 2015 decision to uncap student numbers and leave UK HE provision entirely to market forces timeshighereducation.com/new…
Replying to @northernassist
Been flagged weekly for the past 6 years.
Any actions?
Replying to @northernassist
@northernassist The (late, again) "8.09" from Levenshulme to MCR Picadilly impossible to board (yet again!). People left on the platform, late for work because of @northernassist !!
6 years later and still waiting for that extra carriage!
Any plans to do better yet?
So glad that my colleagues are publishing OA!
Amongst them are @F18CAL and @DrSteveGriffin !
Check those great articles here:
jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/is…
Replying to @ucu
Those who made such terrible "managerial" decisions should be paying!
“People who work in universities are feeling absolutely betrayed by being dragged into this conversation as if their contribution is not recognised.”
Migrant staff put down roots, build lives and make an enormous contribution to our universities and communities.
Their right to remain should not be treated as a political football.
Dr Jeremy Filet FrHist retweeted
French academics aim to ‘produce ideas politicians no longer do’: with France’s universities under mounting pressure, academics are organising from the ground up to rethink the system
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Replying to @educationgovuk
@ucu anything to share with the secretary on the HE crisis? This needs addressing !
Dr Jeremy Filet FrHist retweeted
European business schools are switching to oral defences and pen-and-paper assessments in response to AI rendering some longstanding evaluation methods obsolete, according to a report
timeshighereducation.com/new…








