Patrick Brindle
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Programme Director, MA Publishing Programmes @ City, University of London. All tweets & opinions my own.
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Joined September 2011
📅There's a week until the deadline to register to vote📅 So important that everyone has chance to vote and have their voices heard in next month's elections. Local elections are just as important as general elections. https://t.co/KZJTDasLRA
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So very proud of you all! You've done the Tonksmaster proud. (Yes, I'm trying to make this nickname stick!)
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Teaching a masterclass with @victoriawrites2 & @LitroMagazine on Writing the Body next month ❣️ Sign up here: https://t.co/4eH4mYZzld
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Take a break from the World Cup! Register for my 2022 Penrose Lectures happening Monday and Tuesday this week: "Rethinking the State". First one on Public Value, second one on Public Purpose. Thank you @SOAS for inviting me. Register here
soas.ac.uk
For this year's Penrose Lectures, Professor Mariana Mazzucato (UCL) will deliver the lectures "From market fixing to market shaping: a new policy framework" and "A challenge-led approach to industr...
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Meta's new AI Galactica is meant to be able to write scientific papers and Wikipedia entries, but it has been taken offline after attracting criticism over accuracy
newscientist.com
An artificial intelligence from Facebook owner Meta that is designed to write scientific research papers and Wikipedia articles has attracted criticism over its accuracy and public access has been...
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Thanks so much, Emma. Although I should point out that we’ve had the drop-in now. Please keep an eye on @citypublishing for updates on future events
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If you’re in London tomorrow, and you’re interested in doing an MA in Publishing or in Creative Writing & Publishing, do drop in for a chat with me at City’s Northampton Square campus. 5pm - 6pm. Room A107, College Building, St John Street @citypublishing
@CityUniLondon
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Wake. Up. “Europe is a planetary ground zero for climate change.” #ClimateChange
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🐧📢 Are you interested in typography? Have you ever considered a career working with words and letters? If you fancy helping to ensure and improve typographic quality across our business, please apply with your CV & cover letter address to Francisca > https://t.co/o5VIujLrUX
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Love books? Want to know what goes on behind the scenes in a publisher? City’s MA Publishing is the place for you! Come and find out more at our open evening.
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How to pluralize Platform capitalism-s? A short thread on some readings that complicate the useful but preliminary account by Nick Srnicek @n_srnck ; and also pluralize singular accounts of capitalism that neglect its institutional & geographical variations
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We headed to the Faber archive to gather together some of the covers The Waste Land has had throughout the years. Which cover does your copy have?
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Transitions in Print exhibition is now open at @TheJohnRylands. Blown away by the astonishing objects on display, inc. the St Christopher woodcut of '1423', Gutenberg indulgence, blockbooks, etc. Congratulations @simps_julianne, @temilyan and colleagues.
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The dream first job in publishing - come join us!
New Job: Publicity Assistant - Faber and Faber London, UK More here: https://t.co/jTypoP7l2Z
@FaberBooks #PublishingJobs #JobsInBooks
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I'm so proud to be Programme Director of the MA in English @CityUniLondon - it's such a special course. Do check it out if you're considering an MA next (academic) year!
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We released a new episode in our @BookshapersPod if you fancy W listen …
The pianotype was a publishing innovation that threatened to unleash women into the workforce, but that's not the only reason it failed. Find out more in @mafunyane and @bittenpub's latest #pocast episode. #bookhistory @samatlounge @galleyclub
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‘The Book Lover’s Bucket List: A Tour of Great British Literature’ presents some 100 wonderfully-described literary sites alongside colour destination photographs and illustrations from our collections – perfect for planning a literary outing!
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Fantastic opportunity alert! We are looking to hire two Associate Profs on the education career track to join our interdisciplinary team. One with a specialism in quant methods and one in qual. (please retweet).
The Department of Methodology is hiring! 📢 The Department invites applications for two Education Career Track (ECT) posts in Qualitative Methods and Quantitative Social Science Methods at an Associate Professorial Lecturer level. ⏳ Apply by 13 Nov: https://t.co/2EMIrWRHRW
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I think of all the hoops that my graduates need to jump through to get their first job. And all the competencies they will need to demonstrate. And then I look at the staggering incompetence of the UK govt. Every single one of my students would do a better job. No question.
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