Ana María Sánchez-Arce (she/her)
@anamsanchezarce.bsky.social
Reader in English at Sheffield Hallam University. Contemporary lit, authenticity, censorship, postcolonialist, Almodóvar, feminist. Occasional rants and cat references. Looking for kindred spirits.
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I read this as William Wordsworth having written a letter to Elizabeth Bishop and would sincerely like to read this letter!
“Letter Writing Among Poets: From William Wordsworth to Elizabeth Bishop” is just £12.50 in the EUP sale (Paul Muldoon, Hermione Lee, Anne Fadiman, Angela Leighton… and others!) edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-letter-....
Letter Writing Among Poets
Letter Writing Among Poets
edinburghuniversitypress.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I read this as William Wordsworth having written a letter to Elizabeth Bishop and would sincerely like to read this letter!
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Is Haldane dead? The short answer is “yes”. Richard Burdon Haldane died in 1928.
But the Haldane principle is very much a live issue for researchers, writes @chrisjparr.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
But the Haldane principle is very much a live issue for researchers, writes @chrisjparr.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Is the Haldane principle under threat? - Research Professional News
Increasing political direction in the allocation of research funding is alarming some policy experts
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Is Haldane dead? The short answer is “yes”. Richard Burdon Haldane died in 1928.
But the Haldane principle is very much a live issue for researchers, writes @chrisjparr.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
But the Haldane principle is very much a live issue for researchers, writes @chrisjparr.bsky.social.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
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I never thought it would be possible to have a stupider university policy than the Tories, but Labour schooled me.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Fifty higher education providers at risk of exiting market in England, MPs told
Regulator says 24 are at more immediate risk and may have to stop degree courses within next 12 months
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I never thought it would be possible to have a stupider university policy than the Tories, but Labour schooled me.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously
Reform UK's Nigel Farage challenged by BBC reporter over school racism claims
Nigel Farage insisted he has never engaged in 'direct, personal' abuse, following accusations of racism.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously
And teachers/lecturers. Also highly at risk
'Long covid and severe post-covid complications must be recognised as a prescribed industrial disease for health and social care workers'
'The BMA and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have written to work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden urging the government to “act quickly”
'The BMA and the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) have written to work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden urging the government to “act quickly”
#LongCovid: Government failure to recognise disease as occupational is “unconscionable,” say unions
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
BMJ 2025; 391 doi: doi.org/10.1136/bmj.... (Published 14 November 2025)
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
And teachers/lecturers. Also highly at risk
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Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Eat out to Help Out was killing people, but they “kept it out of the news”.
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Further media coverage of our branch report into financial decision making at SHU. Don't believe the hype about growth & balancing the books. The report shows ill advised spending & a worrying lack of oversight.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/hallam-staff...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/hallam-staff...
Hallam staff publish 26-page report on university’s ‘perilous’ finances
Plus: Tributes roll in for Sheffield-born journalist Rachel Cooke
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Further media coverage of our branch report into financial decision making at SHU. Don't believe the hype about growth & balancing the books. The report shows ill advised spending & a worrying lack of oversight.
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/hallam-staff...
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/hallam-staff...
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Our branch report into SHU's finances calls for a public enquiry into decision making at the university. There may be sector-wide challenges but at SHU one of the issues is governance. The report is here: ucuhallam.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Union calls for inquiry into Sheffield Hallam University finances
Sheffield Hallam University has invested in a new city centre campus and facilities in London.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Our branch report into SHU's finances calls for a public enquiry into decision making at the university. There may be sector-wide challenges but at SHU one of the issues is governance. The report is here: ucuhallam.org
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'The initiative raises profound questions about the future of science education in the age of AI, including whether there should be a greater role for the humanities and social sciences.'
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
For scientists, the right questions are often the hardest
The most difficult problems can nurture the most talented researchers
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
'The initiative raises profound questions about the future of science education in the age of AI, including whether there should be a greater role for the humanities and social sciences.'
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
An important read. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. on.ft.com/4rd7II4
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Just disgusting to see these unelected, extremely wealthy, pompous relics voting against working class people.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Out of touch’ peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights
Trade union leaders and senior Labour figures say the Lords looks ‘undemocratic and firmly against the interest of working people’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just disgusting to see these unelected, extremely wealthy, pompous relics voting against working class people.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yes life was better under Franco for some. For the majority, no:
1/ May Spaniards leaving the country because they could not make a living
2/ No compulsory education and underfunded state schools
3/ no job security either: people in squares waiting to be offered work for the day
1/ May Spaniards leaving the country because they could not make a living
2/ No compulsory education and underfunded state schools
3/ no job security either: people in squares waiting to be offered work for the day
Worrying trends amongst the young in Spain reported by
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
@grahamkeeley.bsky.social
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
‘Life was better under Franco’: The young Spaniards rewriting dictator’s legacy
Concerns over housing, jobs and immigration are sparking interest in the right wing among young Spaniards - and a belief, 50 years on, that life under the repressive dictator was not all bad, writes G...
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Yes life was better under Franco for some. For the majority, no:
1/ May Spaniards leaving the country because they could not make a living
2/ No compulsory education and underfunded state schools
3/ no job security either: people in squares waiting to be offered work for the day
1/ May Spaniards leaving the country because they could not make a living
2/ No compulsory education and underfunded state schools
3/ no job security either: people in squares waiting to be offered work for the day
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🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
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Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚨 #Hiring! 3yr #postdoc w/survey methodology experience to join the ERC-project SINGLE for its next stage of designing & launching a comparative multidisciplinary singlehood #survey in EU. Research area is open!
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Application deadline: 12-Jan-2026 (12PM CET). Barcelona-based.
👉🏻 shorturl.at/CmY0F
Done! Pls consider signing so we have data and gov can develop policy to protect people in healthcare and education settings. Glad to see schools and hospitales. I wish colleges and unis had also been included.
Only about 9,000 more signatures needed so government responds petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73... [via @alitwy.bsky.social ]
Petition: Direct the UKHSA to monitor COVID infections that occur in particular settings
Ensure that the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) monitors, and reports on, the numbers of COVID infections that occur in healthcare settings through its routine surveillance programmes, and advises o...
petition.parliament.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Done! Pls consider signing so we have data and gov can develop policy to protect people in healthcare and education settings. Glad to see schools and hospitales. I wish colleges and unis had also been included.
Yo y mi investigación somos productos de este grupo. En 1995 era estudiante de grado y asistí a clases de Felicity Hand y Sara Martín en la UAB (gracias profes!). También asistí a algunos eventos organizados por Felicity y aún conservo una colección de ensayos sobre Culture & Power.
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Yo y mi investigación somos productos de este grupo. En 1995 era estudiante de grado y asistí a clases de Felicity Hand y Sara Martín en la UAB (gracias profes!). También asistí a algunos eventos organizados por Felicity y aún conservo una colección de ensayos sobre Culture & Power.
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"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
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We’re looking forward to the online launch of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 November, from 7pm. It’s not too late to register for the link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972.... Deryn will be reading alongside @oliviamcc.bsky.social & Menna Elfyn.
November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
We’re looking forward to the online launch of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social tomorrow night, 18 November, from 7pm. It’s not too late to register for the link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972.... Deryn will be reading alongside @oliviamcc.bsky.social & Menna Elfyn.
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Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
This 👇 I will write to my Labour MP too. How low can they stoop? Taking people for a ride following Reform and Conservatives in scapegoating a tiny minority. Labour should focus on the real issues. They won’t win votes but they’ll certainly lose many if they continue to pander to the far right.
![Dear [my MP’s name],
As the Home Secretary prepares to announce sweeping changes to the UK’s asylum system, I see it as both my duty as a citizen and responsibility as a migration expert to do all I can to urge policymakers to oppose the proposals—not only for what they will do to refugees, though that is the first concern, but also for what they will mean for all of us and the future society we live in.
That is why I am writing to you as my MP. This letter explains why I consider the need to oppose the Home Secretary’s proposals urgent and, at the most fundamental level, in the national and your constituents’ interest.
I was born in Germany, a country whose history taught me how quickly societies can go down dark paths; how quickly our leaders can fail in the choices they make. But the history of the displacement of people that the Nazi regime was responsible for also shaped my understanding of why refugee movements occur—and why our response to any of them can never compromise what are, and must always be, universal human rights.
Which is why what is happening in the UK now is so deeply alarming.
A manufactured crisis
As of June 2025, there were 42.5 million refugees globally. Over 70% of them are hosted by low- and middle-income countries; most of them immediate neighbours. Overall, five countries—Colombia, Germany, Türkiye, Iran and Uganda—host a third of the total number of refugees; Germany is the main host in the EU, hosting 2.7 million.
The UK hosts 548,000 refugees; that is 0.78% of the UK population. About 110,000 people are in receipt of asylum support; that is 0.15% of the UK population.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bru4h6s37w4hfmwhetu7veye/bafkreidmewc5timbx7nh57qyq7lm7gmhvclzidmloqhwgckpnegnddoicq@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 10:23 AM
This 👇 I will write to my Labour MP too. How low can they stoop? Taking people for a ride following Reform and Conservatives in scapegoating a tiny minority. Labour should focus on the real issues. They won’t win votes but they’ll certainly lose many if they continue to pander to the far right.
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JOINT RALLY ANNOUNCEMENT:
Join us on Monday 17th November, 12:30PM @ Bakers Pool, Sheffield. For a joint rally with Uni of Sheffield. There will be speakers from both branches and we will hear from Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, NE Yorkshire and Humber.
Join us on Monday 17th November, 12:30PM @ Bakers Pool, Sheffield. For a joint rally with Uni of Sheffield. There will be speakers from both branches and we will hear from Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, NE Yorkshire and Humber.
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
JOINT RALLY ANNOUNCEMENT:
Join us on Monday 17th November, 12:30PM @ Bakers Pool, Sheffield. For a joint rally with Uni of Sheffield. There will be speakers from both branches and we will hear from Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, NE Yorkshire and Humber.
Join us on Monday 17th November, 12:30PM @ Bakers Pool, Sheffield. For a joint rally with Uni of Sheffield. There will be speakers from both branches and we will hear from Dave Pike, TUC Regional Secretary, NE Yorkshire and Humber.
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Tomorrow, @acjsissons.bsky.social and I are publishing an essay on how to fix Britain's economy. @guardianheather.bsky.social has a great column on one of our arguments - that services inflation has its roots in producers knowing more than consumers
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK watchdogs need to step in on rip-off bills, which are bad for consumers and the economy | Heather Stewart
From mobiles to insurance and subscriptions, firms are able to exploit the fact they know more than customers
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Tomorrow, @acjsissons.bsky.social and I are publishing an essay on how to fix Britain's economy. @guardianheather.bsky.social has a great column on one of our arguments - that services inflation has its roots in producers knowing more than consumers
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The fact Truss and Farage are siding with Trump tells us all we need to know. No surprise there though.
November 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The fact Truss and Farage are siding with Trump tells us all we need to know. No surprise there though.
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The most important thing is that it is OUR money he is trying to take. It is OUR BBC. We must defend it with all our might.
I also suggest doing what Canada is and boycot as many American products as possible.
I also suggest doing what Canada is and boycot as many American products as possible.
November 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The most important thing is that it is OUR money he is trying to take. It is OUR BBC. We must defend it with all our might.
I also suggest doing what Canada is and boycot as many American products as possible.
I also suggest doing what Canada is and boycot as many American products as possible.
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The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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I think I need to print copies of this and wave them threateningly at SUVs as I walk around town...
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I think I need to print copies of this and wave them threateningly at SUVs as I walk around town...