Simon Perkins
@mediaschool.bsky.social
Media lecturer at Bournemouth University in the UK.
Academic twin account to personal account: @simonperkins.bsky.social
Academic twin account to personal account: @simonperkins.bsky.social
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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At a time when the US is going to haemorrhage talent we are still obsessing over numbers. This govt is repeatedly displaying signs that it hasn't woken up to the new reality. We should be treating this moment as an opportunity to become the No1 destination for overseas students and scientists.
April 8, 2025 at 6:05 AM
At a time when the US is going to haemorrhage talent we are still obsessing over numbers. This govt is repeatedly displaying signs that it hasn't woken up to the new reality. We should be treating this moment as an opportunity to become the No1 destination for overseas students and scientists.
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Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
UK Home Office’s reform of graduate visas runs into opposition
Education department at odds with plan to curb number of overseas students allowed to stay in Britain
www.ft.com
April 8, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Home Office once again seeking to reduce UK exports of higher education. As if the sector wasn't in enough trouble already (and not getting the attention such as important one should get). www.ft.com/content/f441...
"Britain’s future Nobel prizes will come from encouraging young people into university rather than making sandwiches in high street chains, according to the science secretary Peter Kyle, who declared that the previous government’s 'war on universities' had ended."
Future Nobel prizes rely on young people going to university, says science minister
Future Nobel prizes rely on young people going to university, says science minister
Peter Kyle, who applied to university three times, said Tory government’s ‘war’ on higher education was over
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2024 at 7:11 AM
"Britain’s future Nobel prizes will come from encouraging young people into university rather than making sandwiches in high street chains, according to the science secretary Peter Kyle, who declared that the previous government’s 'war on universities' had ended."
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Quietly noted in this obituary: He was the son of a miner, and got his acting education at Manchester Polytechnic. Arts and humanities programs at accessible schools in non-metropolitan locations change lives.🎥📺
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/o...
Bernard Hill, Actor in ‘Titanic’ and ‘Lord of the Rings,’ Dies at 79
With a stout frame, bushy whiskers and a weathered visage, he embodied men of authority facing down danger with weary stoicism.
www.nytimes.com
May 6, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Quietly noted in this obituary: He was the son of a miner, and got his acting education at Manchester Polytechnic. Arts and humanities programs at accessible schools in non-metropolitan locations change lives.🎥📺
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/05/05/o...
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This to me is the saddest customer. As if universities weren’t in enough trouble, last year Albany purchased $200 million of fool’s gold… this is gonna be a painful story to revisit in ten years.
www.albany.edu/news-center/...
www.albany.edu/news-center/...
Albany AI: Transforming the Academic Landscape
With the goal of becoming the first university-based computer to reach a quintillion computations per second, Albany AI will empower university and industry researchers to harness massive data sets to...
www.albany.edu
April 2, 2024 at 1:56 PM
This to me is the saddest customer. As if universities weren’t in enough trouble, last year Albany purchased $200 million of fool’s gold… this is gonna be a painful story to revisit in ten years.
www.albany.edu/news-center/...
www.albany.edu/news-center/...
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“‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked” https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/27/goldsmiths-university-of-london-redundancy-plans
March 27, 2024 at 7:44 PM
“‘Cultural and social vandalism’: mass redundancy plans at Goldsmiths attacked” https://www.theguardian.com/education/2024/mar/27/goldsmiths-university-of-london-redundancy-plans
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I'm sure Tories will want to take opportunity of this to keep the students from the polls:
#UKpol
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#UKpol
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Left without a voice’: October general election could leave students in UK unable to vote
Universities fear an autumn election will not leave undergraduates enough time to register
www.theguardian.com
March 23, 2024 at 2:57 PM
I'm sure Tories will want to take opportunity of this to keep the students from the polls:
#UKpol
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#UKpol
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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After watching the Orson Welles documentary "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" (2018) I noted that they used a section of Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise" (1971):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XW... which also features in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66" (1998). What a track (especially this instrumental buildup)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XW... which also features in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66" (1998). What a track (especially this instrumental buildup)
Heart of the Sunrise (2008 Remaster)
Provided to YouTube by Rhino/ElektraHeart of the Sunrise (2008 Remaster) · YesFragile℗ 1972 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA Inte...
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March 5, 2024 at 8:54 AM
After watching the Orson Welles documentary "They'll Love Me When I'm Dead" (2018) I noted that they used a section of Yes's "Heart of the Sunrise" (1971):
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XW... which also features in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66" (1998). What a track (especially this instrumental buildup)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5XW... which also features in Vincent Gallo's "Buffalo 66" (1998). What a track (especially this instrumental buildup)