We have a choice: act to ensure our universities remain amongst the best in the world, or let the system slowly run into the sand for the sake of political advantage. Government should be helping our universities, not making things harder for them.

Rooting for #SuperEagles tonight in #AFCON final. Rock in defence Semi Ajayi for West Bromwich Albion. Proud of excellent links between UK and Nigeria.

High Quality in UK HE is wide and deep - as all the regulation from The Office for Students (OfS), Ofsted and more confirms + all the other regulatory bodies etc. It’s that “other peoples children” issue again. We just keep training those nurses, teachers, paramedics, talent for the UK.

⭐ Applications for our next round of the Chancellor's Fund are open now and closing on February 28. There's money available for students to do training, extra-curricular activities, and social impact projects. ⭐ Find out more here: ow.ly/NSRx50QBGff #UON #Scholarships

Open day (discovery day) for UCAS applicants on campus UniofNorthampton plus parkrun UK every Saturday. All welcome!

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy. That’s more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding for creative arts at university level is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic

Creative Industries make up 6% of our economy: more than car and oil industries together. They employ 2.3million people. To cut funding is fudge-brained, cack-hearted thinking pitched very much at the highest level of economic self-harm. theguardian.com/education/2024…

Yes Universities UK - your local university is a pillar for your region - where do your Nurses, Teachers, Social Workers, Psychologists, Police, Paramedics, Physios, SEND co-ordinatots and business/creative/law talent pool come from?-Your local Uni - including mine UniofNorthampton

Both major parties scared of what? Supporting the aspirations of our young people? theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

Glorious morning on campus - visitors already here at 8am for our discovery day - all welcome UniofNorthampton

Powerful by David Blunkett: Unis "are at the forefront of keeping our economy competitive. Cross-subsidisation... sustained our research capacity, cutting-edge innovation and creative economy for years. Why would we want to strangle this vital resource?" thetimes.co.uk/article/our-un…

“It is absolutely crucial that the government takes note of the MAC review, which the PM commissioned and set the terms of reference for, which recommended unequivocally that the government should not change the graduate route.”

Apparently D:Ream is trending? Brian Cox

Yep - well said. It’s the Tories who broke Britain, but now they want teenagers to pay for it | Gaby Hinsliff theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Best wishes to all the International Baccalaureate students receiving their IB results today and yesterday from all of us UniofNorthampton. Clearing opened yesterday too Northampton.ac.uk/clearing

Final year students at UniofNorthampton have given us a glowing report in the #NationalStudentSurvey/National Student Survey. See our news story for more. northampton.ac.uk/news/student-s…

As part of #ProtectStudentChoice we've written to Bridget Phillipson to reiterate the need for a two year pause in the defunding of applied general qualifications such as BTECs. Failing to do so risks a sharp increase in the number of young people disengaging from education.

We totally agree here UniofNorthampton - #BTEC and related quals are high quality and do the heavy lifting into essential courses like Nursing and other Uniformed services areas, as well as technical and creative sectors.