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Good News Post - inspiring stories, hope, positivity, well-being, and a happier outlook on life.19h ago

Almost 16 Million Yorkshire Records Digitised in Landmark Online Release

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.goodnewspost.co.uk/almost-16-million-yorkshire-records-digitised-in-landmark-online-release/

16M Yorkshire Records Online: Tragic and Touching Tales

Nearly 16M Yorkshire records spanning 7 centuries are online, revealing weddings, tragedies, and everyday lives of residents old and new.

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Anthony Arblaster 18h ago

Today is a #PhD day.
I’ve got transcripts and readings a-plenty. I’ve got things-to-write galore. Want journal articles? I got 20 (thousand). I don’t neeeeeed morrrrrrrre
#phdlife #UniversityOfYork

Anthony Arblaster Mar 25

My first Thesis Advisory Panel is tomorrow. Wish me luck. #phdlife #UniversityOfYork

Grant Denkinson Feb 24

Really good talk for #UK #LGBTHistoryMonth at #UniversityOfYork about her book "Before #Gender
Lost stories from #trans #history 1850-1950" By Eli Erlick https://elierlick.com/beforegender/

Before Gender - Eli Erlick

Explore the trailblazing lives of 30 trans people who radically change everything you’ve been told about transgender history

Eli Erlick -

Anthony Arblaster Feb 6

I keep seeing placements for #phd researchers to go on placements for ~3 months. They sound like exciting things, particularly for researchers new to the jobs market. Although not for me, I keep getting struck by the number that offer no fee.
While if it’s part of a course for taught programmes, or contributing to research, that’s fine. But blanket “come work for us for three months cause we are great” — that seems incredibly financially discriminatory. #AcademicChatter #UniversityOfYork #UCU @ucu @ucupostgrads

Positive News | Good journalism about good things Jan 21

The researchers reshaping the future of women-led business in Yorkshire

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.positive.news/society/the-new-research-that-will-help-female-entrepreneurs-in-yorkshire-to-fly/

Opinion | The Guardian US Jan 6

It’s not easy being a British northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/06/british-northerner-southerner-university-undergraduates-societies #NorthOfEngland #Universities #UniversityOfYork #Students #HigherEducation #Education #Leeds #York #UkNews

It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive

University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves, says Guardian north of England correspondent Robyn Vinter

The Guardian