Sir Rodney Brooke spent over half-a-century working in local authorities. His story is compelling:

Sorry to rain on your parade The Telegraph 1. We haven't issued a denial 2. We aren't cloud seeding in UAE 3. Our weather and climate scientists are providing evidence-based comments to explain what happened 4. Read more from them at rdg.ac/49GVsW3 5. Jog on

Nick Timothy saying Nick Timothy things it seems… although I can’t find the report yet. I’d be interested to see where ⁦Onward⁩ draws the line on what constitutes a good uni… maybe they have a list? Slash student visas Tory report urges thetimes.co.uk/article/foreig…

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Remarkably bad grace from a lot of Tory MPs today on the MAC review. The govt set the terms of reference. The govt set the timetable. The govt provided the data. If it comes back with answers to your questions that you don’t like, you don’t claim foul and shout at the ref.

What a rude man. From the school of thought that if you interrupt enough and speak loudly enough you must be right.

When you want a “national conversation” about unis, you first seek to do as much damage to them as possible. And if a few places lose their institutions then that’s the schumpeterian price. For a nominally centre-right think tank, Onward have lost their way recently.

This looks great

So if you shrink the international students who come to Teesside Uni, it’s not just those international numbers that fall. It’s also: - local students - public services - local industry - graduate labour market that is affected. You can’t separate them.

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Class!

Top Uni marketing this… Tim Watkinson

Intriguing graphic from Mariana Mazzucato on how Mission Boards could be designed: