Sean Coughlan would nail a breathless book pitch

I wonder how far the decision to settle (other than deep UCL pockets) is a) clueless and mobile management not having much of a clue what goes on on the frontline, and b) crappy IT systems having automatically deleted a lot of the 'case for the defence' data (email volume, classes, online meets etc)

Idly put bag down near a radiator once and now it’s essentially been permanently acquired as some kind of colder day cat spa

Class action against students not taking notes during lectures anymore. It’s just the service I expected and something something would have wanted a higher salary if I’d have known

It is 2031. After universities shed most staff to pay the post-Covid claims to lawyers, all that was left were the ChatGPT-Edu tutors. Now the lawyers want compensation again for students who can't get a job because AI didn't actually educate them and took all the jobs universities promised them.

Massive here’s some props/showing actual leadership opening here for the first VC to “see you in court” these chancers

"You continued providing a service during the once in a century global deadly pandemic crisis and my experience was impacted"

Are YOU watching the Tony Blair story on Channel 4? Would YOU like a crunchy, detailed look at his policies? Well, there's a book for you... (1/2) www.channel4.com/programmes/t...

Didn’t get a health visitor for new born baby in first half of 2020 for some reason. Maybe something got in the way? Anyway time to sue the NHS for a tax rebate

Impact Case Study: *Advancing* the Understanding of Aquinas Towards Mass Detention Infrastructure

He's clearly very good at politics

As ever, Braverman's stupidity approaches the level of performance art - here complaining about identity politics/equalities policy in one sentence, and then about the (supposedly unjust) underperformance of a particular intersectional ethnic/gender group in the next. archive.ph/0YJjq

Lovely stuff

Senior management all add 50% value of course, so no need to dig about there

This makes clear that the drive is ideological, not financial: the criteria are deliberately set to punish subjects which cost more in staff than in buildings or equipment (e.g., the humanities), even though these usually help pay for the sciences, engineering etc, because they're cheaper to teach.

Every at increased risk group of lecturers should countersue

It's kind of alarming the number of conversations I've had with policymakers that treat the concept of a counterfactual as something arcane and suspect, rather than an essential element of understanding the impact of their actions

Amazing true story this. 13 year old Jewish kid flees the Lodz ghetto in late 1939. Goes on the run through Europe. Survives due to language skills, blond features, the help of one or two kind souls, and blind luck. Audio version great www.amazon.co.uk/Escape-Ghett...

Torn between blind rage at this story and enjoying the sheer absurdity of the idea that not hearing my take on Thatcher’s first term could be described like this

It feels like we’re at the tipping point of this system. It is immeasurably disrespectful to anyone who taught in universities during the pandemic to be treated like this.

“Many of the students involved in the claim will also have suffered further disruption during strikes by staff in long-running disputes over pensions, pay or working conditions.” sorry this is relevant how

This is also me re getting bounced back on FOI requests for the most tedious, mundane stuff and then major scandal file dump drops

Matt Goodwin has one kid. That's entirely his business, choice, and life circumstances could be involved. It just boggles my mind how many "WE NEED TO UP THE BIRTHRATE NOW!!" internet pilled guys - it's always guys - are at a 0/1 kid below replacement rate situation themselves.

James is always worth reading but what an essay the original Dorothy Thompson is

2/ @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social's piece on Goodwin for Prospect is excellent & identfies what looks to be his driving motivation. Standing in Gorton & Denton may well prove more humiliating than he hopes. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philos...

McDonald’s essentially doing grown up happy meals with Friends characters FYI. Unfortunately landed on Ross

Let’s say three million people get a sense of fulfilment and security. But woah woah woah, I’m *maybe* losing out an essentially theoretical £8-9k? Deals off Keir!

Underrated part of 1930s newspaper coverage is the Holly from Red Dwarf floating heads style depictions

This was a brilliant tour as ever of the great work the Churchill Archives do. Two great topics, and look forward to seeing what the students produce.

New Labour, new historiography. @gsoh31.bsky.social’s latest appears through the letterbox on the same day my colleague Jonathan Davis’ article published online www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TTVRA...

‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue' Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"

If you want something to agree with your bad ideas uncritically go back to your ai girlfriend and leave us alone

Incredible CPD going on here

Because of smoke

Big Sam until the end of the season..?

This is like when Sajid Javid/Nadhim Zahawi weren’t Chancellor long enough to actually do a budget. You’ve got to see in one main event in the gig, surely

Call me woke but that child’s idea is terrible here

“A student debating society in Bangor has barred several Reform members. This will lead to petrol bombs” is a moronic take to begin with. But obviously what he means is he hopes it leads to petrol bombs. The threat is implicit and explicit.

“We do need to find a way to validate the quality of research, but [the REF is] a massive, bureaucratic exercise, and I’m not sure we’re learning much anymore.”

A pleasure to speak with @duncanivison.bsky.social in London recently. Asked if he wanted to see the REF scrapped, he said: “I think it should be seriously one of the options.” Full, wide-ranging interview out on @resprofnews.bsky.social tomorrow. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

I guess we can thank Bangor’s Debating & Political Society for prompting Reform to reveal that they intend to govern in the same Trumpian, thin-skinned way that would cause them to tank the economy of a small city because some students were mean to them.

Just converted a manuscript into Garamond way too early and I'm only letting myself down. Haven't earned it.

Bangor uni marketing team's job done

And yet I say this during Monday Night Football and I’m going OTT?

Started latest Harlan Coben on Netflix. Why ‘are’ they all transposed to England?

I don't think they realise just how ridiculous and morally compromised use of X makes them look. Honestly not sure they even have a sense of that.

Chris Mason reporting Anas Sarwar calling for Keir to go because 'the distraction needs to end' is also a self own from CM in that it implies he just can't concentrate on policy with all these human interest vibes going on, and everyone knows it

This was absolutely amazing. General Election DLC.