A home office upgrade. Enjoying moonlighting at UWE Bristol occasionally 🙏

I guess that’s me done for the day then… Mark clearly has strong opinions on work/life balance.

The government must stick to its pledges on funding for research and innovation Writing in the Financial Times, Professor Paul Boyle describes the difference this kind of funding is making in his own institution, Swansea University 👉 loom.ly/QI89ras

Its government policy to increase international student numbers to 600k & the income to £35 billion. Cracking down on student migration is odd policy & shows a bizarre misreading of the public

Never gets old… 🚣‍♀️😍

A short thread with some facts in response… 1️⃣ The vast majority of students studying at UK universities are domestic - over 2m from the UK compared to 680k from overseas. That varies by course and level, but you can see all the numbers here: hesa.ac.uk/news/19-01-202…

We are delighted to announce that Professor Dame Sally Mapstone, Principal and Vice-Chancellor of University of St Andrews has been elected as the next President of UUK🎉 Dame Sally will start her presidency in August 2023☀️ loom.ly/vQI99bc

“there are moments, I think, where knowledge you have accumulated crystallises into received wisdom, and you forget what it felt like to know just enough to know that what’s happening doesn’t have to be this way.” Everything about this article is great, give it a read.

The annual stripey reunion 2023 edition. #HRR23

Happy Bristol Pride Day 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️The UnicornFest 🦄 Bristol Pride

Huge news!!! An absolutely excellent day. UK joins Horizon Europe under a new bespoke deal gov.uk/government/new…

If you have 3 mins: this is my attempt to answer the PMs assertion that the expansion of the uni system has been the ‘biggest mistake in 30 years’. The Value of Higher Education in Developed Economies hepi.ac.uk/2024/01/25/the… via Higher Education Policy Institute

NEW on Wonkhe: This week on the podcast OfS has published more inspection reports into Business and Management provision in universities. Is the process and focus right? Jim Dickinson Jonathan Simons @[email protected] wonkhe.com/blogs/podcast-…

There’s been a lot of talk about international student admissions lately. We know the public are worried about how fair it is, and we’ve announced actions we’re taking to investigate. But today's @TheTimes article still gets some important facts wrong 🧵 thetimes.co.uk/article/univer…

We always enjoy the statistical deep dives of BBC More or Less & at 10 mins into this show is another interesting - and important - discussion @[email protected]

That was the most fun I’ve had in a while, debating tuition fees with Justine Mercer UCU President (2023/24), Sol Gamsu, Iain Mansfield, Steph Harris & Sir Philip Augar at the The Durham Union

Why the answer to the $64,000 question for students is, it turns out, $64,000: hepi.ac.uk/2024/05/09/why…

Britain risks throttling a golden goose on.ft.com/3QP42eL | opinion

vivienne stern UCAS Read the full speech here ⬇️ universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/news/uc…

This week’s podcast is out and we’re talking free speech, international applications and social mobility with Debbie McVitty @chris_husbands1 Steph Harris open.spotify.com/episode/0Cpfzl…