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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22d

In less jest - yes, it's good if universities can help students develop skills for the labour market. However, the pointless venom of the current government about one of the few world class sectors in the British economy is tiring, enervating and just plain sad. Get a grip lads.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 22d

An actual quote from the Secretary of State for Business and Trade

Too often people go to university to ‘explore research and knowledge’

Look forward to Wes S saying 'too often people go to hospital to have operations' or Heidi Alexander saying 'too often people go to the station to catch a train'

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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 28d

As staff at Edinburgh Uni strike over job cuts, the principal is under pressure to reveal whether he’s being paid for a second job at a company with historic ties to the university.

Our latest: theferret.scot/mathi...

Edinburgh uni boss pressured over outside earnings as job losses mount

The boss of the University of Edinburgh is facing calls to “come clean” over earnings from a second job, amid staff strikes and mounting redundancies.

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · 28d

*NEW PSA BLOG* A hard-hitting report by @britishacademy.bsky.social illuminates how large areas of the UK are/becoming cold spots for #HE degrees in #SocialSciences & #humanities. PSA CEO @seasonedcomms.bsky.social highlights the issues and impact

New British Academy report shows degree course cold spots across the UK | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

Our friends at the British Academy (BA) have produced a hard-hitting new report which shows that financial difficulties or strategic choices in our universities have led to large swathes of the UK…

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James Smith @sobukwescozia.bsky.social · 29d

Unfunded research is by definition, free. It’s the funded research, that never fully covers costs and requires massive cross-subsidy, which is a major contributor to the HE funding crisis.

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Mike Fowler @theorecol.bsky.social · 29d

Again, UUK show a total failure of their role.
Their lack of vision, and inability to show responsibility & leadership means they are yet again punching down on overworked, underfunded academics, rather than lobbying Govt for proper HE funding models.
Let's shift away from low quality UUK members.

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 29d

Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.

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Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News

Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Sep 10

We've got a chunky @britishacademy.bsky.social report out looking at the emergence of 'cold spots' where you can't study arts, humanities or social science subjects close to home. We call for an urgent review of HE funding & monitoring of at risk subjects
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University course closures leave students unable to study many SHAPE subjects close to home - report

A new report shows that students are shut out of SHAPE education in their home regions, as large swathes of the UK are ‘cold spots’ for humanities, social sciences and arts degrees.

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KRQE News 13 @krqe.com · Sep 9

Governor announces New Mexico will now provide free universal child care

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico is becoming the first state in the U.S. to offer free early childhood education to every family in the state. Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a universal ch…

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · Sep 9

I need people to also understand that faculty have been harassed like this - specifically with staged protests and secret recordings- for decades

The ESCALATION (and this matters!) is the president so pathetically caving and firing the dean and department head

Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Sep 9

If you click through to the video, you’ll hear a young woman repeatedly telling a college professor that President Trump has declared that what the Professor had been teaching is illegal and she’ll be meeting with the head of the university about it.

It’s chilling and scary.

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · Sep 6

Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...

The Edinburgh connection to London's tax-evading gift shops

Plus: A chat with the Transport for London boss running the tube strike negotiations — and how the "hardworking businessman" putting up flags in south London tried to scam an insurer.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

The takeaway:

👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

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Christopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have finally gotten round to writing my AI Use Statement for a grad. course I'm teaching in Gen AI...

I would be grateful of your thoughts!

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · Aug 29

📝 Don't miss this #openaccess article from the current issue of #BJPIR - Volume 27, Issue 3 (August 2025)

'Experiencing the executive: Gender, ministers and institutions in Scotland ' by Alan Convery & Meryl Kenny.

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Maggie Smith @maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sitting on my porch, writing, and the elementary school just let out, because the kids are starting to walk by on their way home. I cried when I saw the first kid. Kept crying when the second one walked past my house. They’re safe. Alive. Maybe oblivious.

This country needs a hard reset.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Frey: And don't just say, this is about thoughts and prayers right now. These kids were literally praying. It was the first week of school. They were in a church.