Some exciting news! I’ve chosen to make a big career change and have accepted a permanent job as a grant writer for an international development NGO (based in the UK) that I will start in June. 🧵(1/3)

So grateful for this kind and generous review of my first book! I may not be in the academic game anymore, but I really appreciated reading this.

AREF invites you to a panel discussion on how postdoctoral research training in Africa can support the attainment of key SDG’s. The speakers will also explore the historical context and challenges in African higher education. Register via the link in the below invitation.

Grateful for my few years in Scotland, but Northern Ireland, it's good to be back 😍

1/3 Exciting news! 🚀 Registration for our 6th Summit is now live! 🎉 Join us for a unique hybrid experience. Day 1 will be completely virtual, and Day 2 will take place in different locations across Africa! 🌎

Taking time for a gorgeous hike in Scotland before starting my new job tomorrow!

No better way to finish off my final academic trip to Rome than a 30km/19 mile hike to Castel Gandolfo ♥️

Office keys turned in, so that's a wrap on my time at St Andrews as I head away to Rome for a final research trip. Very grateful to have had the opportunity to work here for the past few years. ♥️

Chuffed to see that my work on the Aberdeen Doctors and the National Covenant got a nice mention in @kmschultz24's new book, 'Protestantism, Revolution and Scottish Political Thought: The European Context'.

Great to have this new monograph by @kmschultz24 contextualising royalist and Covenanter political thought in seventeenth-century Scotland added to the collection of the Gamble Library @UnionTCollege

Author copies finally arrived (two weeks before I leave my academic career, of course 😂). But good to see them nevertheless!

We are now welcoming applications for the role of Secretary. If you’d like to take a key role in our society and can fulfil the necessary duties then please do consider applying. We’re so sad to lose amazing @kmschultz24! A big loss to #ScottishHistory

Along with leaving academia, I am sadly also stepping down as Secretary of @ScottishHistSoc , so we are advertising for a new person to fill the role (deadline 28 May). Please do consider applying to carry on the work of this wonderful society, and reach out with any questions!

Finishing up my final academic commitment this month (critical edition of Rutherford's Lex, Rex). Bittersweet that I began my PhD with Rutherford and this text in 2016, and now I'll end my academic career with him too!

Enjoying an escape to Morocco and the Atlas Mountains before the big career change 😍

Ultimately, however, with 1/4 of UK universities currently laying off staff and no end in sight to temporary, short-term contracts/job insecurity, it just felt like the right time to go. So for now, I shall move swiftly on to the next adventure and all that awaits ahead! (3/3)

I’m so grateful for my time in academia over the past few years, and especially for the opportunities I’ve had to do amazing research in incredible places (like this ⬇️) with wonderful friends and colleagues. I will really miss all of this. (2/3)

Apparently I'm not allowed to work on my paper about the Scottish Parliament, even though I'm already late on the deadline 🤣

Alasdair Ross Prize 2024 Just a few days left to enter! Up to £500 in archival expenses available for #PhD and #ECR researchers working on #scottishhistory https://t.co/NrBATO14rR