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I'd probably prefer proportional representation in the lower house, but it wouldn't necessarily follow that the two-party system (or two left-right blocs at least) would break down

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · Sep 8

“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 9d

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

benansell.substack.com

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah I broadly agree with this. So if alumni sit at 4, there'll still well above "professional board directors"

Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 10d

I'd be extremely happy with alumni positions at ANU, cf. overloading current staff with massive amounts of council work or rotating through generic board directors. Alumni have a stake in the uni's reputation, but a longer time horizon

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 17d

Please don't

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 17d

Tell it I hate it

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WOMBAT 2025 @wombat.numbat.space · Aug 24

Students use #ChatGPT to do their homework, so how can teachers design effective courses so they actually learn anything at all?

Register before August 31st to get early bird tickets! wombat2025.numbat.space/program/work...

#RStats #AI #LLM #DataScience

WOMBAT 2025 - Invited Talk

Jenny Richmond - Rethinking data science education in the age of genAI

29-30 september 2025, Naarm/Melbourne
womabt2025.numbat.space

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 19d

Interesting

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 19d

Is it with skin on, or *just* the skin? This is important to me

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Tim McLellan @timmclellan.bsky.social · 22d

Private consultants are taking control of how public universities are evaluated and run.

My submission to the Senate university governance inquiry raises concerns about the impact of Nous Group and their dodgy UniForum data on our universities.

www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStor...

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Image shows a screenshot of the conclusion of the linked Senate inquiry submission. This text can be found on page 10.

The text is too long for alt text, but here is the first three quarters of the text:

Conclusion

Over the past decade, Nous Group’s UniForum data has quietly taken on the status of authoritative benchmark for the quality of a range of professional and academic services performed by public universities in Australia and across the world. This authoritative status is performed through scientific-looking graphs and scientific-sounding jargon designed to imply UniForum data is generated through rigorous methods and backed by expert consensus. This performance of authority is significant: it lends UniForum data an air of credibility and facticity that makes acting upon its results irresistible.

When one begins to open the black box and examine how UniForum data is actually produced, however, it becomes difficult to justify the degree to which Australian university executives are relying upon it in their decision-making. My analysis is based on a review of publicly available documents, and it is therefore possible that Nous or its clients would point to things not in the public domain that address some of the conceptual and methodological flaws that I have highlighted in UniForum. But the fact that the underlying UniForum data and methodology is not in the public domain is itself one of the key causes for concerns. When the stakes are so high, it cannot be acceptable for Nous Group and its clients to simply tell university staff and governing councils, ‘trust us, these numbers are based on rigorous methods and analysis.’ The lack of rigor, external scrutiny, and transparency in UniForum’s underlying data and methodology would be a cause for concern in any public institution, but it is especially concerning in the context of universities where rigorous, transparent, and accountable knowledge production is a core part of what we do. ...

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 23d

No I saw a notification and thought wow great, Erin, she doesn't know SHIT about Shingy

Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 23d

Oi @palesl.bsky.social wants to know if Shingy has a PhD. Anyone know?

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Sasha (Alexander) Mikheyev @sasha-mikheyev-anu.bsky.social · 24d

I am running for the ANU Council. If you are a member of NTEU, please consider voting for me. Here is my platform, in brief:

I have worked in academic governance on three continents over decades, including six years in ANU College leadership.

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 25d

Gross

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 27d

And rates him (suss)

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Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 27d

*do

Jill Sheppard @jillesheppard.bsky.social · 27d

Thought she was going to go Ravindra dirty then she came through

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