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Technology, Software, Policy, Security, Universities, Art, Antiques, Cats.
https://finkelstein.uk
Is Your University Financially Sustainable? ... take this simple test ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/is-your-un...
#HigherEducation
#Universities
#HEPolicy
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Is Your University Financially Sustainable?
... take this simple test
https://profserious.substack.com/p/is-your-university-financially-sustainable
4 days ago
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A Kerfuffle … UK research funding (and in defence of Sir Ian Chapman) ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/a-kerfuffle
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A Kerfuffle
… UK research funding (and in defence of Sir Ian Chapman)
https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-kerfuffle
11 days ago
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Science & Technology in National Security Strategy ... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/science-an...
#NationalSecurity
#TechPolicy
#ScienceAndTechnology
#Geopolitics
#ResearchSecurity
#EconomicSecurity
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Science & Technology in National Security Strategy
... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies
https://profserious.substack.com/p/science-and-technology-in-national
18 days ago
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Science & Technology in National Security Strategy ... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/science-an...
#NationalSecurity
#TechPolicy
#ScienceAndTechnology
#Geopolitics
#ResearchSecurity
#EconomicSecurity
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Science & Technology in National Security Strategy
... a lens on 4 states and 4 strategies
https://profserious.substack.com/p/science-and-technology-in-national
18 days ago
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a really exciting and important job as Director of ResearchPlus
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU125/d...
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Director of ResearchPlus at University of Sussex
Browse professional service jobs like Director of ResearchPlus at jobs.ac.uk. Apply and access additional details about the job today.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU125/director-of-researchplus
23 days ago
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Chris Havergal
24 days ago
City St George's v-c
@profserious.bsky.social
says most UK undergraduate degrees should be shortened in switch to "2+2" integrated master's programmes
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/shorten...
via
@julietterowsell.bsky.social
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Shorten UK undergraduate degrees to just two years, says v-c
Adopting a ‘two plus two’ system including longer integrated master’s would boost access, employment and the economy, argues Anthony Finkelstein
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/shorten-uk-undergraduate-degrees-just-two-years-says-v-c
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Another Modest Proposal: 'being a suggestion for shortening the Bachelor’s degree, improving its efficiency, and rendering it somewhat more useful to students, universities and the publick' by
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#HigherEducation
#Universities
#HEPolicy
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Another Modest Proposal
being a suggestion for shortening the Bachelor’s degree, improving its efficiency, and rendering it somewhat more useful to students, universities and the publick
https://profserious.substack.com/p/another-modest-proposal
25 days ago
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
27 days ago
A very special evening at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue with Sir Andras Schiff. With enormous thanks to the LJS team, CST, Dr Agnes Kaposi, and everyone who purchased tickets. Every penny raised from ticket sales will now support our vital work.
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Very pleased to contribute to this!
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28 days ago
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Radicalisation, Capture & Subversion … disrupting critical thinking … the pressures on the conditions for reason ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/radicalisa...
#CriticalThinking
#InstitutionalIntegrity
#Governance
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Radicalisation, Capture & Subversion
… disrupting critical thinking
https://profserious.substack.com/p/radicalisation-capture-and-subversion
about 1 month ago
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Beyond the Cloud ... how edge computing is changing where AI happens ... by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/beyond-the...
#AI
#TechTrends
#EmergingTech
#Technology
#Tech
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Beyond the Cloud
... how edge computing is changing where AI happens
https://profserious.substack.com/p/beyond-the-cloud
about 1 month ago
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The Soviet Census of 1937 ... a story of truth, lies, and consequences ... by
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The Soviet Census of 1937
... a story of truth, lies, and consequences
https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-soviet-census-of-1937
about 2 months ago
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Prof Serious at 250! ... my ill-considered opinions ... marking publication of 250
@profserious.bsky.social
articles. To 'celebrate' I select 25 that may (still) be of interest. Quite a lot about universities, tech, management, & some personal stuff.
profserious.substack.com/p/prof-serio...
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Prof Serious at 250!
my ill-considered opinions and some other stuff …
https://profserious.substack.com/p/prof-serious-at-250
about 2 months ago
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Technological sovereignty is discussed as if it were a problem simply of access to critical technologies. It is not. It is a resilience strategy for complex systems operating under contestation.
@profserious.bsky.social
sets out a UK approach.
profserious.substack.com/p/technology...
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Technology & Sovereignty
… 10 strategic actions
https://profserious.substack.com/p/technology-and-sovereignty
2 months ago
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For Everything to Stay the Same, Everything Must Change ... a riposte to academic nostalgia by
@profserious.bsky.social
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#HigherEducation
#Universities
#HEPolicy
#HELeadership
#UniversityLeadership
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For Everything to Stay the Same, Everything Must Change
... a riposte to academic nostalgia
https://profserious.substack.com/p/for-everything-to-stay-the-same-everything
2 months ago
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I very much enjoyed writing this (mild) provocation for
@heywoodquarterly.bsky.social
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2 months ago
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What I Learned at the Royal College of Art ... 10 lessons on art and design ... from
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/what-i-lea...
#Universities
#RoyalCollegeOfArt
#ArtAndDesign
#DesignResearch
#CreativeProcess
#LessonsLearned
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What I Learned at the Royal College of Art
... 10 lessons on art and design
https://profserious.substack.com/p/what-i-learned-at-the-royal-college
2 months ago
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Chris Havergal
3 months ago
Universities should ramp up their contributions to the UK’s defence capabilities and prepare students for work in this field to help protect the country amid attacks on democracy, argues
@profserious.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/defence...
via
@helenpacker.bsky.social
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Defence work a ‘fundamental responsibility’ of universities
Former security adviser turned vice-chancellor calls out silence on controversial defence research, despite evolving threats to national security
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/defence-work-fundamental-responsibility-universities
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The Wiener Holocaust Library
3 months ago
Whilst incarcerated in Westerbork and then in Bergen-Belsen with her mother and two sisters, Ruth Wiener recorded her experiences in this diary. Here a page shows her address in Bergen-Belsen, written in January 1943. 📸 Ruth Wiener: Westerbork diary. Wiener Holocaust Library Collections
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A Call to Arms by
@profserious.bsky.social
... metaphorically and literally.
profserious.substack.com/p/a-call-to-...
. On universities research, science, technology and the defence of democracy.
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A Call to Arms
... metaphorically and literally.
https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-call-to-arms
3 months ago
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My New Year Wishes for Universities from
@profserious.bsky.social
... a modest list of hopes and aspirations for 2026 (and beyond)
profserious.substack.com/p/my-new-yea...
#Academic
#HigherEducation
#Universities
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My New Year Wishes for Universities
... a modest list
https://profserious.substack.com/p/my-new-year-wishes-for-universities
3 months ago
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What is System Leadership ... and why does it matter?
@profserious.bsky.social
sets out the basics for public service, education, health, defence and national security.
profserious.substack.com/p/what-is-sy...
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What is System Leadership?
... and why it matters
https://profserious.substack.com/p/what-is-system-leadership
3 months ago
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A Simple Guide to National Security Strategy … for scientists and technologists (by
@profserious.bsky.social
)
profserious.substack.com/p/a-simple-g...
#NationalSecurity
#TechPolicy
#ScienceAndTechnology
#Geopolitics
#ResearchSecurity
#EconomicSecurity
#AI
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A Simple Guide to National Security Strategy
… for scientists and technologists
https://profserious.substack.com/p/a-simple-guide-to-national-security
3 months ago
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4 Ways Disruption Can Fool You … and how this is experienced in universities ...
profserious.substack.com/p/4-ways-dis...
by the (often fooled)
@profserious.bsky.social
#HigherEducation
#Universities
#HELeadership
#Disruption
#Strategy
#UniversityGovernance
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4 Ways Disruption Can Fool You
… and how this is experienced in universities
https://profserious.substack.com/p/4-ways-disruption-can-fool-you
4 months ago
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The Next Big Thing?
@profserious.bsky.social
reflects ... on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (what they are, why they are important ... and why you should care)
profserious.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
#TechPolicy
#DataProtection
#EthicalTech
#DigitalSecurity
#Innovation
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The Next Big Thing?
... on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-next-big-thing
4 months ago
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The Next Big Thing?
@profserious.bsky.social
reflects ... on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (what they are, why they are important ... and why you should care)
profserious.substack.com/p/the-next-b...
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The Next Big Thing?
... on Privacy-Enhancing Technologies
https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-next-big-thing
4 months ago
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'Dad's Army' ...
@profserious.bsky.social
enlists
profserious.substack.com/p/dads-army
... on national security, public service (and love).
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Dad’s Army
prof serious enlists ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/dads-army
4 months ago
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'Dad's Army' ...
@profserious.bsky.social
enlists
profserious.substack.com/p/dads-army
... on national security, public service (and love).
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Dad’s Army
prof serious enlists ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/dads-army
4 months ago
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Read this important piece by
@anemergenti.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/jameswph...
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All I want for Christmas is a functional COVID inquiry #1
Or rather, a functional effort to get us ready for next time & other crises
https://open.substack.com/pub/jameswphillips/p/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-a-functional?r=jw7o3&utm_medium=ios
4 months ago
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'What We Need To Do Now' ... an agenda for universities in the new post-16 system ... set out by
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/what-we-ne...
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What We Need To Do Now
an agenda for universities in the new post-16 system
https://profserious.substack.com/p/what-we-need-to-do-now
4 months ago
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I encourage you to look at this
jameswphillips.substack.com/p/scitech-ne...
I am not sure I agree with it ... but I think it is an important and worthwhile contribution to the debate on 'institutes'
@anemergenti.bsky.social
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Sci/Tech - New paper on Lovelace Disruptive Invention Labs led by Laura Ryan & Alvin Djajadikerta
An argument for a new approach to technoscientific research in the UK
https://jameswphillips.substack.com/p/scitech-new-paper-on-lovelace-disruptive
4 months ago
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'Something Must be Done' ... a political pathology (and its consequences) ... considered by
@profserious.bsky.social
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Something Must Be Done
a political pathology ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/something-must-be-done
5 months ago
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The Bridge ... on paste and paint ... and on grief, anger, renewal and memory
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/the-bridge
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The Bridge
on paste and paint ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-bridge
5 months ago
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The Bridge ... on paste and paint ... and on grief, anger, renewal and memory @profserious
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The Bridge
on paste and paint ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/the-bridge
5 months ago
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Really excellent White Paper on AI and the Future of Pedagogy, Authored by: Tom Chatfield
www.sagepub.com/docs/default...
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https://www.sagepub.com/docs/default-source/corp-comms/ai-and-the-future-of-pedagogy.pdf?sfvrsn=bcda50f3_5
5 months ago
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Today is National Engineering Day. You can try these 'Tools for Thought'
profserious.substack.com/p/10-enginee...
5 months ago
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On Adaptation ... personal and professional ... and the path to change -
@profserious.bsky.social
reflects
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On Adaptation
... and the path to change
https://profserious.substack.com/p/on-adaptation
5 months ago
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Please Stop It ...
@profserious.bsky.social
is beset by Microsoft Word forms ...
profserious.substack.com/p/please-sto...
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Please Stop It
prof serious is mildly irritated
https://profserious.substack.com/p/please-stop-it
5 months ago
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How Should We View China?
@profserious.bsky.social
discusses power, values and interests ...
profserious.substack.com/p/how-should...
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How Should We View China?
power, values and interests ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/how-should-we-view-china
5 months ago
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How Should We View China?
@profserious.bsky.social
discusses power, values and interests ...
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How Should We View China?
power, values and interests ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/how-should-we-view-china
6 months ago
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Who am I?
@profserious.bsky.social
makes the case for a UK digital ID (and sets out the key issues)
profserious.substack.com/p/who-am-i
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Who Am I?
... the case for a UK Digital ID
https://profserious.substack.com/p/who-am-i
6 months ago
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Oded Rechavi
6 months ago
Post docs who bring their own funding
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Suzanne Raine
6 months ago
This was a truly extraordinary day. I am so grateful to all the fellows of
@selwyn1882.bsky.social
for electing me and to Bishop Sarah for conducting the installation. We all offer her our warmest congratulations on her appointment as Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Dr Seán DOOLAN 🏴 🇮🇪
6 months ago
I appreciate your attention to removing "residual traces of insincerity." I am excited about being selected for the AI working group. In advance of its inaugural meeting, I attach my updated bio pic for circulation to the other members.
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Here are your 10 -essential- AI prompts for academics ... make your life easy with help from
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prom...
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10 AI Prompts for Academics
making those hard jobs a little easier ...
https://profserious.substack.com/p/10-ai-prompts-for-academics
6 months ago
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Claire Boardman
7 months ago
👀 Exciting - and important -
#datavis
#accessibility
research role!
#London
based + full details 👇
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Royal Academy of Engineering
6 months ago
New Fellow: Professor Rajkumar Roy FREng is a pioneer in through-life engineering services (TES) and cost modelling. He previously led the UK’s national TES Centre, championing engineering for social and economic value impact.
@lborouniversity.bsky.social
raeng.org.uk/about-us/fel...
#RAEngFellows
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RAEng Fellow 2025: Professor Rajkumar Roy FREng
Professor Rajkumar Roy is recognised internationally for developing the scientific basis of through-life engineering services (TES) and cost engineering over a period of more than 27 years.
https://raeng.org.uk/about-us/fellowship/new-fellows-2025/professor-rajkumar-roy-freng/
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it is Friday evening
@profserious.bsky.social
profserious.substack.com/p/friday-eve...
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Friday Evening
Shabbat Shalom
https://profserious.substack.com/p/friday-evening
6 months ago
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And a highly skilled software engineer!
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6 months ago
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Many congratulations
@ollieatnowhere.bsky.social
well deserved recognition
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6 months ago
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