Pete Furniss
@petefurniss
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Food/caffeine/music. I play clarinets, mostly improvising, often with electronics. Lecturer, Uni of Mcr. I have ADHD – it’s messy. Website/blog soon(ish?)
London, England
Joined February 2012
The BBC sound effects library is now completely free to access. This is news. https://t.co/jsaSsrIVxB
sound-effects.bbcrewind.co.uk
BBC Sound Effects
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A quick little introduction to what it means to be a humanist😊
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Summerhall Arts has a lifeline! @Summerhallery. Please consider donating on @justgiving and support this great cause:
justgiving.com
Help us Preserve the Future of the arts and performance at Summerhall. This is a critical time; we desperately need to raise funds to preserve our ambitious exhibitions, performance and artist...
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.@RoyalHistSoc is deeply concerned by the scale and speed of further #History redundancies @GoldsmithsUoL. These cuts will remove student choice, wreak havoc on careers, and end specialist teaching and research. Our statement: https://t.co/NvLiV6Xlev
#twitterstorians 1/5 🧵⬇️
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📢 A few weeks back management at @GoldsmithsUoL went to @GdnUniversities to say it would save the Black British Literature course. NOT TRUE. They are “quietly killing” off its master’s degree programmes in both queer and black history. Please share ⤵️ https://t.co/wjWNTQdYwJ
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When we polled the public, we wanted to know what they thought about NHS privatisation. Even among those who were intending to vote for the Tories, the majority didn’t want private companies involved in the NHS! 😮💙🚨 Please share if you oppose NHS privatisation! 💙💙💙
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Goldsmiths is seriously under threat, as are various other arts and humanities institutions. Our SMT is proposing 133 academic redundancies. Join the fight to resist - please retweet. #NotADoneDeal @GoldsmithsUoL @GoldsmithsUCU
https://t.co/bcUt9gNAqu
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Arts education is essential – yet on both sides of the Atlantic, the humanities and critical thinking are under attack. With massive redundancies announced at this London institution, is it the...
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We welcome the acknowledgement by the Education Secretary (@bphillipsonMP) about the lack of access to arts education in state schools & look forward to this critical issue being addressed. Join us in campaigning until the arts are accessible to all: https://t.co/E5a2gX2Cky
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The RMA condemns the provisional redundancies at @GoldsmithsMusic in the strongest possible terms. We encourage our members to sign and share this petition started by Goldsmiths music students:
change.org
Protect Music at Goldsmiths
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Please let this be real/tangible/meaningful.
‘I want this moment to mark a reset in our relationship: under this new government, education will once again be at the heart of change and the forefront of national life.’ My letter to the education workforce 📨 https://t.co/EFE64P0FdY
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What the students write here isn’t hyperbole. These two colleagues worked tirelessly for years to build jazz @GoldsmithsUoL into something remarkable & it would be entirely unworkable without them. These are just 2 of 97 redundancies Please sign/share. https://t.co/KEV1uLSAJZ
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Save Jazz Music at Goldsmiths
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I studied a jazz arranging elective at Trinity many moons ago with the wonderful Paul Bartholomew. Please sign.
Save Jazz Music at Goldsmiths - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/n6y0GSswfJ via @UKChange
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See / Sign the Petition to Save Jazz at @GoldsmithsUoL
https://t.co/P3bdvYoKkc?
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Save Jazz Music at Goldsmiths
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PSA! are you thinking of applying to the Arts Council for Developing Your Creative Practice (or Project Grants) but have access barriers (inc. neurodivergence or poor MH)? the Arts Council will pay me for 1-3 days to support you in making your application!
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If Goldsmiths - with a very strong & active union - can get away with sacking nearly 100 people for spurious financial reasons, then I shudder to think about what's next for other universities. Please send messages of support to @GoldsmithsUCU & donate to
gofundme.com
The GUCU Hardship Fund supports members currently undertaking a Marking and Asse… Ash Reid needs your support for HELP GOLDSMITHS UCU FIGHT MASS REDUNDANCIES!
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It is becoming increasingly obvious that HE management no longer understand the purpose of universities in society. By purpose, I mean why universities still exist after 100s of years. Managers think they are working for a corporation. This has a profound impact on academic value
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Now accepting applications for this year’s Collaborative Opera Lab. No experience of opera making needed!
Applications are open for our 2024 Collaborative Opera Lab! Full details here: https://t.co/JM9JMn1rf2 Deadline 10 June. Open to artists working in any discipline who self-define as 'young' or 'emerging'. (Images from last year's production 'and I am on a train')
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