Hugh Jones
@hbsj.bsky.social
I work with universities to help them work better. #HigherEducationPostcard #FreyaDog Liable to proselytize about #ClimateChange #HigherEducation #Consultant #Swansea #Deltiologist #SWFC
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Hugh Jones
@hbsj.bsky.social
· Nov 18
Remember, it’s only a starter pack if it comes from the Start region of France, otherwise it’s just a sparkling echo chamber
I am, apparently, a Giant Sequoia, at least in the world of @buffer.com users
tbf it is an easy platform to use
Although just outside the top 6 so not in Europe next year
tbf it is an easy platform to use
Although just outside the top 6 so not in Europe next year
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I am, apparently, a Giant Sequoia, at least in the world of @buffer.com users
tbf it is an easy platform to use
Although just outside the top 6 so not in Europe next year
tbf it is an easy platform to use
Although just outside the top 6 so not in Europe next year
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Did you hear about the concrete barge that won dieter of the week at Weight Watchers? Apparently it was a stone lighter.
December 15, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Did you hear about the concrete barge that won dieter of the week at Weight Watchers? Apparently it was a stone lighter.
Freya looking particularly moody
December 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Freya looking particularly moody
I'm writing this week's #HigherEducationPostcard blog for @wonkhe.bsky.social and it's getting a little theological
December 15, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I'm writing this week's #HigherEducationPostcard blog for @wonkhe.bsky.social and it's getting a little theological
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"It wouldn’t be unfair to say that Jac gives the impression that he isn’t too keen on leaving Brynaman more frequently than is strictly necessary. Driving him out of Wales completely is some achievement".
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Would the last one out turn off the lights?
And so came confirmation. Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake have both agreed terms to leave the Ospreys and to join Gloucester from the beginning of next season. So, within a couple of hours, Welsh rugby lo…
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December 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"It wouldn’t be unfair to say that Jac gives the impression that he isn’t too keen on leaving Brynaman more frequently than is strictly necessary. Driving him out of Wales completely is some achievement".
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If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
December 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
If you see this, we IMPLORE you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
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Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Generate a heartwarming advert for your bookshop:
I have now wasted 38 minutes of the 60 in the meeting; suggestions welcome for the remaining 22
Karma has given me the gift of a cancelled meeting this afternoon
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
December 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I have now wasted 38 minutes of the 60 in the meeting; suggestions welcome for the remaining 22
Karma has given me the gift of a cancelled meeting this afternoon
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
December 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Karma has given me the gift of a cancelled meeting this afternoon
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
Now, how can I best waste the time I've just regained?
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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Mortifying trying to promote work at this time of year, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make a living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy Kerry farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies
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December 15, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Mortifying trying to promote work at this time of year, but unfortunately it's still necessary to make a living from drawing due to a significant delay in successfully wooing a wealthy Kerry farmer and being whisked off in his John Deere to a life of diamond-encrusted wellies
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It's such a long time since I pinched this picture I can't even remember where I found it. My apologies if it's yours (fine figure of a hamster you have there). Anyway, Seasons Greetings
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
It's such a long time since I pinched this picture I can't even remember where I found it. My apologies if it's yours (fine figure of a hamster you have there). Anyway, Seasons Greetings
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @sthughscollege.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a college for women; her father was Bishop of Lincoln, as was St Hugh, after whom it was named
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a college for women; her father was Bishop of Lincoln, as was St Hugh, after whom it was named
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
December 15, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @sthughscollege.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a college for women; her father was Bishop of Lincoln, as was St Hugh, after whom it was named
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
Founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a college for women; her father was Bishop of Lincoln, as was St Hugh, after whom it was named
If you like this image, please repost it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
In German, the word for weather is “wetter”
Coincidentally, the word for weather in Wales is often wetter too, particularly today
Coincidentally, the word for weather in Wales is often wetter too, particularly today
December 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
In German, the word for weather is “wetter”
Coincidentally, the word for weather in Wales is often wetter too, particularly today
Coincidentally, the word for weather in Wales is often wetter too, particularly today
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Posted this at the start of the year. Sad to say it's aged liked the finest of wines.
December 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Posted this at the start of the year. Sad to say it's aged liked the finest of wines.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
December 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
The moment when AI news summaries accidentally create the murder mystery we deserve
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✒️ A Wall Panel
“Bear it a while, O heart,
behold the alchemy of patience.
Open your eyes: patience reveals the soul;
it is the grace flowing from the Divine.”
— The Afflicted
“Bear it a while, O heart,
behold the alchemy of patience.
Open your eyes: patience reveals the soul;
it is the grace flowing from the Divine.”
— The Afflicted
December 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
✒️ A Wall Panel
“Bear it a while, O heart,
behold the alchemy of patience.
Open your eyes: patience reveals the soul;
it is the grace flowing from the Divine.”
— The Afflicted
“Bear it a while, O heart,
behold the alchemy of patience.
Open your eyes: patience reveals the soul;
it is the grace flowing from the Divine.”
— The Afflicted
Shredded plain pizza boxes make a very good additive for a compost bin
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Shredded plain pizza boxes make a very good additive for a compost bin
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Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
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Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
October 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Here’s a comprehensive list of appropriate responses upon hearing that a man murdered worshippers at a synagogue:
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
1- this is fucked up, fuck that guy, fuck antisemitism, solidarity with the victims
2- see above
Very good piece from @dkernohan.bsky.social
Don't uncritically believe everything you read in the papers
Or in think-tank reports
The problem is that the headline in the paper is what does the damage
Don't uncritically believe everything you read in the papers
Or in think-tank reports
The problem is that the headline in the paper is what does the damage
So, that Centre for Social Justice thing that suggests that many graduates would be better off having done a higher apprenticeship. Turns out we are comparing a population of hundreds of thousands of graduates to a population of 1,810 L4 apprenticeships.
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Why we need to treat statistics about higher apprentices five years on with caution
Another Sunday, another think tank all over the Sunday papers
wonkhe.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Very good piece from @dkernohan.bsky.social
Don't uncritically believe everything you read in the papers
Or in think-tank reports
The problem is that the headline in the paper is what does the damage
Don't uncritically believe everything you read in the papers
Or in think-tank reports
The problem is that the headline in the paper is what does the damage
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This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
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December 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
This is the #poem I read at end of my resignation - it will be in the follow up collection to Ice Cream for a Broken Tooth , most likely called Let The Quiet Ones Rise
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CT's argument here is turtles-all-the-way-down
Nobody in the British Isles, absolutely nobody, has ancestors who didn't arrive here from someplace else
There's no such thing as always British
Nobody in the British Isles, absolutely nobody, has ancestors who didn't arrive here from someplace else
There's no such thing as always British
CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
December 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
CT's argument here is turtles-all-the-way-down
Nobody in the British Isles, absolutely nobody, has ancestors who didn't arrive here from someplace else
There's no such thing as always British
Nobody in the British Isles, absolutely nobody, has ancestors who didn't arrive here from someplace else
There's no such thing as always British