Andrew Thacker

Professor of English, Nottingham Trent University. Interests: modernism, periodicals, bookshops, cricket. Tweets in a personal capacity.

[Dr Kerri Andrews @kerriandrewsuk]

I’ve been quiet about my redundancy for a while, trying to move on. But I’ve been trying to pursue a claim for maternity discrimination because I was assessed in the scoring over a three year period against a series of criteria, during which time I was on mat leave for 8 mos 🧵

[Celia @CeliaMarshik]

A new book out in the Material Modernism series I coedit with @AndrewThacker1 and Faye Hammill. Written by the inimitable Maud Ellmann and the first Pivot book in our series. @PalgraveLit @Palgrave @msatweet

[British Association for Modernist Studies @modernistudies]

📢 Teaching Modernisms
📌 25 July - 5 August 2024
📍Online, free

A collaboration between 7 international organisations!

Programme: https://t.co/kl6ImPgVVM

@AustModernist @modernistudies @msatweet @modernism_asia @SEM_France

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

The Tories gave Michelle Mone £203m for useless PPE. She bought a yacht. Vote tactically. https://t.co/ae2i5YnpN0

[German at Portsmouth @GermanAtPompey]

"Wer nicht wählt, sägt sich selber den Ast ab, auf dem er sitzt" (1953 poster issued by the Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst). Make your voice heard today in #Elections2024.

[Steven Jones @StevenJones_MCR]

Zadie Smith in today's @guardian remembering English higher education as a publicly funded public good.

[Andrew Thacker @AndrewThacker1]

Delighted to receive the latest book in our series on Material Modernisms - congratulations to @axchristie on a superb book!
@CeliaMarshik @PalgraveLit

[The Bookseller @thebookseller]

The founder of Handheld Press, Kate Macdonald, has revealed more about the pressures behind the indie’s closure, including the impact of Brexit and the cost-of-living crisis. 👇 https://t.co/3VbknEkoSl

[Andrew Thacker @AndrewThacker1]

@kerriandrewsuk So sorry to hear this - you’ll know that our institution has been through something similar. Sending best wishes for the future.

[Andrew Thacker @AndrewThacker1]

I was one of the 300. Memorable.

[Andrew Thacker @AndrewThacker1]

Sad to see what is happening to my hometown. https://t.co/vOJDGzBCym

[Jim Dickinson @jim_dickinson]

"Universities are in crisis" https://t.co/h9IjAVMw0X

[Phil Baty @Phil_Baty]

The jaw-dropping mess of UK higher education is starkly revealed by a series of news stories all on the @timeshighered website in the last week or so:

1.) There are job cuts right across the sector (44 universities and counting): https://t.co/uMSArk19we

[Campaign for the Arts @_CFTA]

We are appalled that the Government is once again singling out arts & creative subjects for funding cuts in Higher Education.

Many courses have already closed and a growing number are at risk.

This attack on the arts must stop now.

#ArtsEducationMatters
https://t.co/ziBNkzIMt0

[Jim Dickinson @jim_dickinson]

ICYMI: Students in England are supposed to be protected when their course gets cut. Jim Dickinson reads the plans in place to determine if that's happening in practice https://t.co/mQuFnLr9rV

[Ben Eltham @beneltham]

The UCU at Queen Mary Uni in the UK has put together a list of the redundancies in British universities. It’s a scary list https://t.co/G6dinJ34zD

[Jacob Bard-Rosenberg @Prolapsarian]

THREAD: What is happening in UK universities is astonishing. Right now about quarter of universities are laying off staff. Almost all universities expect to make a loss this year. And the entire thing is happening in an effort to deceive the population about migration statistics.

[Andrew Epstein @andrewepstein3]

RIP Marjorie Perloff (1931-2024). Marjorie was one of the most important, influential scholars of modernist and contemporary poetry, and a generous mentor and friend to me and countless others. She was a force of nature and she'll be deeply missed. https://t.co/Xhh0ugGKTD

[Prof Daniela La Penna @DanielaLaPenna1]

Fantastic end to a very stimulating conference! Thank you @spa_tr #TRANSLATION #periodicals #postwar