Nick Bibby
@nickbibby.bsky.social
Chair of the Scottish International Education Trust - @scotiet.bsky.social.
Writer and editor. Knowledge mobiliser. Fascinated by the Scottish diaspora. Leftish. Bookish. Wokeish. Wonkish.
Writer and editor. Knowledge mobiliser. Fascinated by the Scottish diaspora. Leftish. Bookish. Wokeish. Wonkish.
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@scotiet.bsky.social, is a charity supporting young Scots to overcome financial obstacles in order to study overseas. I've just set up its Bluesky account and would really welcome some follows to get things moving.
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
SIET STORIES | Scottish International Education Trust
By far the best people to tell SIET's story are the extraordinary young people who we fund as fellows. The trust is lucky to be able to work with these changemakers, whose hard work and determination ...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@scotiet.bsky.social, is a charity supporting young Scots to overcome financial obstacles in order to study overseas. I've just set up its Bluesky account and would really welcome some follows to get things moving.
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
If you'd like to know more about us -
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/o
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SIET makes a new round of awards - congratulations and good luck to our newest fellows!
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
SIET Awards 'mean the world' to New Fellows
Huge congratulations to our most recent recipients, who join the family of SIET fellows around the world.Even among an incredibly strong field of applicants, they shone. All three candidates demonstra...
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org
November 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
SIET makes a new round of awards - congratulations and good luck to our newest fellows!
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
"Thank you for granting me the sacred gift of being able to follow my dreams and apply myself to my education."
Brendan Norris, SIET Fellow 2025
www.scottishinternationaleducationtrust.org/post/siet-aw...
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Please read this and remember what this woman says here.
When I was 15 years old I was obsessed with boy bands
I hadn’t kissed a boy
I slept with a stuffed animal
One of my fave activities was hanging out at the mall
I crushed on Leonardo DiCaprio
Why? Because I was a child.
15 year olds are children.
Nothing anyone says will change that.
I hadn’t kissed a boy
I slept with a stuffed animal
One of my fave activities was hanging out at the mall
I crushed on Leonardo DiCaprio
Why? Because I was a child.
15 year olds are children.
Nothing anyone says will change that.
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Please read this and remember what this woman says here.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
True, but it's very hard to believe that either Badenoch or Starmer will see another conference as leader. The only risk the pretenders face is the emergence of other claims to the crown.
“It’s been a poor conference season for those who would be king.”
www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...
www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...
Week-in-Review: Starmer and Badenoch repel their pretenders – for now - Politics.co.uk
It took the power of Andy Burnham’s example to tame Robert Jenrick. Expectations heading into the Conservative Party’s annual conference suggested the shadow justice secretary would continue to strut ...
www.politics.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
True, but it's very hard to believe that either Badenoch or Starmer will see another conference as leader. The only risk the pretenders face is the emergence of other claims to the crown.
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Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Stark language from this Labour MP speaking in opposition to the government’s asylum proposals
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
“The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.”
Thor the Doberman did not find the husband’s sociology reading to be very engaging…
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Glad to see my analysis on Greater Manchester's productivity growth being the highest in the country cited in this OECD blog.
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
Is UK devolution delivering? - Cogito COGITO
Greater Manchester has recently outpaced London in productivity growth - a surprising shift that’s prompting many to ask: Is this the long-awaited “devolution dividend”? And could it finally help clos...
oecdcogito.blog
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Glad to see my analysis on Greater Manchester's productivity growth being the highest in the country cited in this OECD blog.
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
The authors say devolution is likely part of the answer - and we need to go further so places have the revenue to get on with delivering.
oecdcogito.blog/2025/11/06/i...
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy?
Policymakers should take a broad view of the value of degree courses when building our future workforce, says Charlotte Hallahan
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Do we need humanities graduates to deliver the industrial strategy? Yes we do. www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/do-we-n...
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Indeed, election perversion operations are being pushed right now.
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Indeed, election perversion operations are being pushed right now.
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
Though the palpable air of panic is at least something to behold
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The poll only counts those who think they can escape the UK, not those who would go if they could, but are too poor, too old and so on. The proportion that wants to leave is much higher.
YouGov polling reveals that over a quarter of trans people are likely to leave the UK.
Maybe this is Labour's plan? goodlaw.social/prwv
Maybe this is Labour's plan? goodlaw.social/prwv
Over a quarter of trans people likely to leave the UK
YouGov poll reveals a large proportion of UK trans people are looking to emigrate within the next 10 years, with almost 40% of younger people considering a move abroad.
goodlaw.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The poll only counts those who think they can escape the UK, not those who would go if they could, but are too poor, too old and so on. The proportion that wants to leave is much higher.
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Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
Dismantling of US federal agencies will ‘destroy science’
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the USA is losing
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
go.nature.com/3WB8bFS
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
October 31, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Hi Lisa Nandy! I’m a BAFTA winner from a small town. Instead of asinine questions like this, why not tell us how we can continue to make a living in the eviscerated creative sector over which you notionally preside?
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The far-right in the Netherlands leveraged a housing crisis and scapegoating asylum-seekers to gain power, with accusations of a political class normalising populist agendas and a “hostage” media.
But the Dutch “experiment with far-right rule was, objectively, a total flop”.
Far-right = failure.
But the Dutch “experiment with far-right rule was, objectively, a total flop”.
Far-right = failure.
Geert Wilders convinced Dutch voters the far right could run the country. What is their verdict now?
A failed two-year experiment has lessons for the rest of Europe about the appeal – and the limits – of populism • Don’t get This Is Europe delivered to your inbox? Sign up here
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The far-right in the Netherlands leveraged a housing crisis and scapegoating asylum-seekers to gain power, with accusations of a political class normalising populist agendas and a “hostage” media.
But the Dutch “experiment with far-right rule was, objectively, a total flop”.
Far-right = failure.
But the Dutch “experiment with far-right rule was, objectively, a total flop”.
Far-right = failure.
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"Others still report the rationing of sanitary products and toilet paper – a single roll was supposed to last four people a week – or spending entire days in their underwear while they waited for their only outfit to be washed."
My latest, in the I.
My latest, in the I.
We're spending billions to house asylum seekers like animals in rancid hotels
We are not merely spending a fortune on housing asylum seekers. We are spending it on making them live like animals
inews.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"Others still report the rationing of sanitary products and toilet paper – a single roll was supposed to last four people a week – or spending entire days in their underwear while they waited for their only outfit to be washed."
My latest, in the I.
My latest, in the I.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
October 24, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Caerphilly, Senedd constituency by-election result:
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
PC: 47.4% (+19.0)
REF: 36.0% (+34.2)
LAB: 11.0% (-34.9)
CON: 2.0% (-15.3)
GRN: 1.5% (+1.5)
LDEM: 1.5% (-1.2)
GWL: 0.3% (+0.3)
UKIP: 0.2% (+0.2)
Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
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Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today.
He now appears to have vanished.
He now appears to have vanished.
October 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Nigel Farage was everywhere in Caerphilly today.
He now appears to have vanished.
He now appears to have vanished.
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The Caerphilly narrative is already skewed.
If Reform win it's because they got "their" voters out.
If Plaid win it's because of borrowed votes not really earned.
If Reform win it's because they got "their" voters out.
If Plaid win it's because of borrowed votes not really earned.
October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Caerphilly narrative is already skewed.
If Reform win it's because they got "their" voters out.
If Plaid win it's because of borrowed votes not really earned.
If Reform win it's because they got "their" voters out.
If Plaid win it's because of borrowed votes not really earned.