Why would a bright and talented student from a low or middle income country want to pay £26,700 in annual tuition fees to do their PhD at a UK university when they can study for a fraction of this, or virtually for free, at many other universities across Europe?

We are all Belgium.

Whatever Trump touches ends up in chaos. Whether that's the Middle East, the reflecting pool or the World Cup. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." I guess this applies almost universally to Trump's actions and behaviour.

We are all Belgium.

Overturn this! 😎

Blimey, the number of people suddenly opening their eyes to the slow death of a rules-based international system because of a politicised footy red card rather than, say, an economy distorting tariff outburst, an invasion of sovereign land, or an actual genocide is breathtaking.

Meanwhile the person who tells us we should go to Mars.

hell yeah baby keep it coming (this is easily one of FIFA's worst rules in practice, functioning to prevent FIFA-unfriendly governments from leveraging their power against FIFA while allowing friendly governments to do whatever they want.) but whatever, let's go, all gas no brakes

🚀Day 1 of our Work Experience Programme is underway! We welcomed an enthusiastic group of students eager to explore science. 🧬 #LifeScienceChallenge Mae Diwrnod 1 ein Rhaglen Profiad Gwaith wedi dechrau! Heddiw, croesawon ni grŵp brwdfrydig o fyfyrwyr eiddgar i ddysgu am fyd gwyddoniaeth.

🎉That's a wrap on our Work Experience Programme! Thank you to all our students and staff for an inspiring week of discovery, learning and science. We hope to see you again! #LabWorkExperience Dyna ddiwedd ein Rhaglen Profiad Gwaith! Diolch i’n myfyrwyr, staff am wythnos ysbrydoledig. 🚀

FIFA makes surprise last-minute change to refereeing team for USA v Belgium:

Whatever Trump touches ends up in chaos. Whether that's the Middle East, the reflecting pool or the World Cup. "We express our disbelief at such an unprecedented, incomprehensible and unjustifiable decision." I guess this applies almost universally to Trump's actions and behaviour.

Meanwhile the person who tells us we should go to Mars.

"Norway is imposing a near ban on the use of generative AI tools by elementary school pupils while also restricting their ​use in the education of older children to prevent a ‌negative impact on learning" Sometimes, good policymaking is incredibly simple. www.reuters.com/technology/n...

‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...

Absolutely extraordinary story from the Sunday Times that is going to be very hard for Farage to deflect. "Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal" www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

"UK temperatures forecast to exceed 30°C as another heatwave imminent" 👉🏼 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti... Don't let climate change deniers like Richard Tice get away with their crap.

In perfect isolation here behind his wall Waiting for the worms to come You cannot reach him now No matter how you try

In perfect isolation here behind his wall Waiting for the worms to come You cannot reach him now No matter how you try

"Deaths in France surged 30% during hottest week of record June heatwave" 👉🏼 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... Don't let climate change deniers like Richard Tice get away with their crap.

No school should be on X or oblige parents to get updates from it. A site that actively promotes porn, bullying, hate and fascism is not an appropriate place to post pictures of sports days.

A reminder - the Online Safety Act *does* exist. It’s a terrible law (IMHO) but it does exist, and it could be used to regulate X. We don’t need new laws to do that.

"He's raking it in for an MP. He is loaded." For a politician who plays the role of a 'man of the people' how long can Farage sway voters when he's promoting gold bars online, and owns a £4m property portfolio, all while voting against workers' rights? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/will...

"Europe's heatwave linked to 1,300 deaths, WHO says, as Germany hits record 41.7C." 👉🏼 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Don't let climate change deniers like Richard Tice get away with their crap.

Trump vs Obama

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says DCMS will leave X This follows Elon Musk's radicalisation into the increasingly open advocacy of violence - here pro-assassinations + collective racist violence versus migrants & minorities.

Lisa Nandy has announced she and her department are leaving X. After many MPs such as me, then the Attorney General a couple of weeks ago, perhaps this is the snowball starting to roll?

"The verdict finding Trump sexually abused & defamed Carroll is now final. He's out of courts to shop this to, & he’ll get no more appeals. And since he had to prepay the judgment & deposit it w/the court — along w/interest! — she won’t have to wait for him to cut the check." — @lizdye.bsky.social

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

Yes, as I recall the words were “island of strangers”, “one-nation experiment in open borders“, “squalid chapter” and “incalculable damage”

I work on an obscure aspect of a very rare immune cell in the human body that most scientists and textbooks safely ignore, and I have had more people show up at a seminar I was once invited to give as a junior researcher for which my host had completely forgotten to send out announcements.

I work on an obscure aspect of a very rare immune cell in the human body that most scientists and textbooks safely ignore, and I have had more people show up at a seminar I was once invited to give as a junior researcher for which my host had completely forgotten to send out announcements.

Okay but Richard Tice says otherwise so who to believe here?

"We don't understand the science behind it but we have simplistic solutions and strong opinions."

Hilarious headlines update. Was: "Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak" Now: "Heatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergency"

● Farage received £91,200 from a gold bullion company for four hours of work in January 2025. ● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year. ● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"We don't understand the science behind it but we have simplistic solutions and strong opinions."

Hilarious headlines update. Was: "Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak" Now: "Heatwave halts Reform bid to scrap climate emergency"

“Over prior years, we didn’t pay as much attention as we should have to the experience of our most knowledgeable engineers that have been with us through many product cycles.” Who would have thought.

Meanwhile the person who broke Britain 10 years ago. Irony is dead.

A quarter of terror attacks in Britain over the past decade have targeted Muslims, but some have gone largely unnoticed because of delays formally declaring them terrorism Most jihadist attacks, by contrast, have been declared within hours of taking place inews.co.uk/news/uk-terr...

Taxing vulnerable people for the crime of fleeing from war, torture and persecution. A new low from Shabana Mahmood

Meanwhile the person who broke Britain 10 years ago. Irony is dead.

And with more and more AI content of questionable quality produced, AI bots are increasingly being trained on inaccurate and misleading sources. So with time, we are all getting dumber and dumber.

Trump vs Obama

Utah approves datacenter twice the size of Manhattan, covering more than 62 sq miles and consuming more energy that the entire state. This is madness.