Absolutely awful start to the Conservatives election campaign.

Congratulations to Jenny Erpenbeck & translator Michael Hofmann on winning the International Booker 2024. Kairos is a remarkable, beautifully written novel #InternationalBooker2024

NEW: Rishi Sunak has backed away from making any radical reforms to the graduate visa route, after a cabinet backlash and warnings that driving away foreign students could undermine Britain’s universities. W/ George Parker + Peter Foster
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Anyone seeking further information on #Taiwan & the World Health Assembly (WHA) should look at this special issue of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies I edited in 2020 brill.com/view/journals/…

I was proud to represent 🇬🇧 overseas but our university sector does not just project influence overseas, it is absolutely vital for the industry, economy and wellbeing of cities like Lincoln. Our universities are no less vital and important because they aren’t in Russell group.

Thank you to The News Agents for discussing the impact on universities & local communities of current government policies aiming to restrict numbers of overseas students. And a special thank you to University of York Vice Chancellor Prof Charlie Jeffrey for making the case so eloquently.

Take a look at this terrific article by my UoL Social Political colleague Baris Cayli Messina outlining his research in Sicily

Congratulations to UoL Social Political colleagues Mike Slaven & Hamoon Khelghat-Doost plus the whole Colonialism and Migration in Global Perspective team on getting this project underway today in Lincoln. Good luck to everyone involved

I'm old enough to have worked in and around Lincoln for many years before University of Lincoln, UK was established. The presence of the university, its students and staff, has changed the city immeasurably and always for the better.

Found the first article I published on shortwave radio as a teenager in Shortwave Magazine. From that to PhD to first book. I miss listening to shortwave.

Congratulations to my UoL Social Political colleague Xinchuchu Gao on the publication of her new chapter examining the “EU’s Critical Raw Materials Security” and how to reduce dependence on China.

Congratulations to my UoL Social Political colleague Nick Cowen on the publication of his new article on drunk driving. Just a small snapshot of the important policy-relevant research undertaken by members of the school

A beautiful Sunday in #Lincoln

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Profile of Taiwan’s new President, Lai Ching-te, including a quote from Dafydd Fell SOAS Taiwan Studies theguardian.com/world/article/…

Interesting assessment by Rupert Wingfield-Hayes of President Tsai Ing-wen 蔡英文 Tsai Ing-wen & her time in office. Good to see she recognises Taiwan’s democracy as the source of soft power bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Excited to announce a new Impact book series I am co-editing (for Anthem Press): Asian Cinema, Media & Communications. We welcome proposals for manuscripts of between 20,000 & 30,000 words. Interested? See this link for details anthempress.com/anthem-impact-…

Modelling suggests that attacking the foreign student route could wipe 0.5% off GDP! And therefore cause a recession on its own I suppose. Britain's own government has gone rogue and is threatening us all. thetimes.co.uk/article/c480fb…

Extremely poor optics. Such behaviour undermines #Taiwan ’s soft power located in its political culture. Focuses attention on the immaturity of Taiwan’s democracy. Not the image it should be presenting at these uncertain times

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