@catfordmum.bsky.social
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Here's a #HigherEducation cigarette card showing the arms of the University of Dublin
This is a collegiate university, founded in 1592; its only college is Trinity College Dublin
In 1898 the High Court determined that they were in fact one body
This is a spin-off from #HigherEducationPostcard
This is a collegiate university, founded in 1592; its only college is Trinity College Dublin
In 1898 the High Court determined that they were in fact one body
This is a spin-off from #HigherEducationPostcard
January 20, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Here's a #HigherEducation cigarette card showing the arms of the University of Dublin
This is a collegiate university, founded in 1592; its only college is Trinity College Dublin
In 1898 the High Court determined that they were in fact one body
This is a spin-off from #HigherEducationPostcard
This is a collegiate university, founded in 1592; its only college is Trinity College Dublin
In 1898 the High Court determined that they were in fact one body
This is a spin-off from #HigherEducationPostcard
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @campionhall.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
It is a Permanent Private Hall - a status introduced in 1918 via 1854, as a way to reduce the cost of study by not being in a college
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It is a Permanent Private Hall - a status introduced in 1918 via 1854, as a way to reduce the cost of study by not being in a college
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January 19, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @campionhall.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
It is a Permanent Private Hall - a status introduced in 1918 via 1854, as a way to reduce the cost of study by not being in a college
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It is a Permanent Private Hall - a status introduced in 1918 via 1854, as a way to reduce the cost of study by not being in a college
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This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of Teesside innovation
Higher education postcard: University College Stockton
This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of Teesside innovation This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of Teesside innovation
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January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
This week on Wonkhe: This week’s card from Hugh Jones’ postbag tells a tale of Teesside innovation
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Lady Margaret Hall, @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1878, the College is named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, C15 great and good and mother of Henry VII
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Lady Margaret Hall, @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1878, the College is named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, C15 great and good and mother of Henry VII
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January 1, 2026 at 8:00 AM
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Lady Margaret Hall, @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1878, the College is named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, C15 great and good and mother of Henry VII
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Lady Margaret Hall, @ox.ac.uk
Founded in 1878, the College is named for Lady Margaret Beaufort, C15 great and good and mother of Henry VII
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @jesusoxford.bsky.social and @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social
Happy Birthday, I guess?
And Happy Christmas to you all!
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Happy Birthday, I guess?
And Happy Christmas to you all!
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December 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @jesusoxford.bsky.social and @jesuscollegecam.bsky.social
Happy Birthday, I guess?
And Happy Christmas to you all!
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Happy Birthday, I guess?
And Happy Christmas to you all!
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"We will have an economy in which the full-time work of some young people will pay less than the state pensions of retirees, and yet it is the young people who will be taxed."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Rachel Reeves mugs the youth
Young workers are coughing up for state pensions
www.newstatesman.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
"We will have an economy in which the full-time work of some young people will pay less than the state pensions of retirees, and yet it is the young people who will be taxed."
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Here's a weekend special #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Here's a weekend special #HigherEducationPostcard of @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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Because it is, of course, #StAndrewsDay
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Worcester College, Oxford, which has rather magnificent buildings
It was built on the site of Gloucester College, which did not survive the reformation
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It was built on the site of Gloucester College, which did not survive the reformation
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November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of Worcester College, Oxford, which has rather magnificent buildings
It was built on the site of Gloucester College, which did not survive the reformation
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It was built on the site of Gloucester College, which did not survive the reformation
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Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT:
Only 10 days until our FREE upcoming webinar! Join us to consider how public theology might inform our response to the environmental crisis...
Sign up for free today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
Sign up for free today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Join me (@cusp.ac.uk), @hannahmerich.bsky.social (@chrleft.bsky.social & @theosthinktank.bsky.social), and Andrew Hines (@coventrycathedral.bsky.social) on Thursday 4 December at 6pm GMT:
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Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qmul.bsky.social
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
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The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
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November 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of @qmul.bsky.social
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
If you like this image, please retweet it - remember, BlueSky has #NoAlgorithm
The East London College, Queen Mary's forerunner institution, was a technical and recreative institute, also known as the People's Palace
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I'll be giving a talk with @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social on 4 December: 'The Third Dimension of Our Environmental Crisis'.
Join us online 4 December, 6–7.15pm GMT for free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
Join us online 4 December, 6–7.15pm GMT for free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
The Third Dimension of Our Environmental Crisis: Time for Public Theology
Join Dr Richard McNeill Douglas in exploring why we have failed to act on the warnings made by environmentalists five decades ago.
eventbrite.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'll be giving a talk with @williamtemplefdn.bsky.social on 4 December: 'The Third Dimension of Our Environmental Crisis'.
Join us online 4 December, 6–7.15pm GMT for free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
Join us online 4 December, 6–7.15pm GMT for free
eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-third-...
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The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The problem with diagnosing "the electorate have unreasonable expectations around tax and spend" is that those expectations did not develop in a vacuum. They are the product of decades of politicians and the media telling them they can have x services with y tax levels, or not contradicting it.
@steverichards.bsky.social listening to Ian’s limited take on the Plaid vote in Caerphilly. There was a lot of route 1 how to keep the far right out, I was there are the weekend…
October 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@steverichards.bsky.social listening to Ian’s limited take on the Plaid vote in Caerphilly. There was a lot of route 1 how to keep the far right out, I was there are the weekend…
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New Post: Weekend Reading: How will universities respond to the 6 per cent international student levy? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/04/w...
October 4, 2025 at 6:02 AM
New Post: Weekend Reading: How will universities respond to the 6 per cent international student levy? www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/10/04/w...
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In my new book, The Meaning of Growth - published 30 September by @routledgebooks and featuring a foreword by @timjackson.org.uk - I investigate the roots of the political resistance to environmental science and policy, and suggest a new approach to overcoming it. www.routledge.com/The-Meaning-...
The Meaning of Growth: Anti-Environmentalist Rhetoric and the Defence of Modernity
Since the Limits to Growth report was published in 1972 it has been widely known that a commitment to endless growth was putting us on course for environmental disaster—so why have we failed to take d...
www.routledge.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:54 AM
In my new book, The Meaning of Growth - published 30 September by @routledgebooks and featuring a foreword by @timjackson.org.uk - I investigate the roots of the political resistance to environmental science and policy, and suggest a new approach to overcoming it. www.routledge.com/The-Meaning-...
Here's a cheery #HigherEducationPostcard of @uofglasgow.bsky.social together with the Douglas crest (and possibly tartan too?)
I'm not sure what the connection between the Douglases and the University is: if you know, please do say!
And if you like this postcard, please share it!
I'm not sure what the connection between the Douglases and the University is: if you know, please do say!
And if you like this postcard, please share it!
June 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
@matt-forde.bsky.social thank you for your amazing episode of how do you cope. You are a truly remarkable person.
March 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
@matt-forde.bsky.social thank you for your amazing episode of how do you cope. You are a truly remarkable person.
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New polling from us puts universities at the bottom of the education priority list ahead of the spending review
February 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New polling from us puts universities at the bottom of the education priority list ahead of the spending review
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NEW on Wonk Corner: That university debt problem is a big issue off the balance sheet too
That university debt problem is a big issue off the balance sheet too
Elsewhere on the site my colleague David Kernohan has been looking at the “decision” (if you can call it that) to stop regulating universities on their levels of borrowing.
wonkhe.com
February 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
NEW on Wonk Corner: That university debt problem is a big issue off the balance sheet too