The 'free speech on campus' thing is almost entirely a populist-right fabrication. There is no free speech crisis. Yet the Labour government continues with this ridiculous policymaking. This report is right - successive governments exhibit wilful ignorance of universities are and what they do.
This paper is now available to read open access. Very timely given the tragically high level of global conflict and militarism. Comments and feedback on my paper are very welcome.
Agree. No-one has the power to properly confront Trump and his acolytes. This could happen after the midterms, when impeachment is at least politically possible. Opposition will have to be much, much bolder than it has been. Trump will not recognise any ballot-box loss, calling fraud etc.
Like… We cannot go ahead and have the World Cup now like nothing is going on. Regardless of what does or doesn’t happen tonight. Countries should simply refuse to send teams. The rest of the world cannot treat us as a remotely normal country after this
Donald Trump is unfit to serve as the leader of the free world. That's why I have cosponsored H. Res. 939 Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office.
I checked and the post is real.
It's horrifying. The warmongering of Trump, Hegseth, Vance and Rubio is appalling. Again, as we've seen many times in recent history, executive power is completely unchecked. No consulting with Congress is a given, in case it says no.
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
'He worked 10-hour shifts at minimum wage. “By that time, my ego had died, so I had accepted: OK, we can do this,” he told me.'
A distressing read.
#HigherEd
#UKHE
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Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”
My article, “Donald Trump's profane threats against Iran display the unhinged language of war,” has been published on The Conversation.
Here's the link:
theconversation.com/donald-trump...
“In a sane world, Americans wouldn’t have elevated an arrogantly ill-informed and reckless man to make the gravest possible decisions for our nation. Nor would the U.S. Senate…confirm men and women deeply ill-equipped to perform their duties.”
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This is a great talk. I learnt a lot about AI from reading's Wooldridge fantastic little book about it, which I drawn upon here: cdbu.org.uk/genai-an-ena...
Thanks for reposting! I'd be very interested in any comments from colleagues in education and elsewhere.
This is truly disgraceful and very, very alarming.
Did I hear this correctly?
Did he just say that every day "the Department of War lets the drummer get wicked" over Iran?
Did this unbelievable dork just quote Public Fucking Enemy in defense of their war on Iran?
"Mr Secretary, if I may, can you please update us on what ya think all the guns is for? All-purpose war? Got the Rottweilers by the door?"
A fascinating read about one particular war crime, but it also explains what’s going on in universities and companies everywhere; the automation of decision-making that removes judgment and worker-autonomy in the name of efficiency and management tyranny.
www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...
The BBC’s job is to “inform, educate, and entertain”? Let’s talk about the middle word.
What follows is the story of what we found in an FOI request (per the Observer) about the Corporation killing off plans to launch an online catalogue and failing to deliver ‘learning for people of all ages’. 🧵
“GenAI systems throw out ‘best guess mashups’, generating articles that bear some similarity to the work that academics publish, but are simply unreal. Meanwhile, the real publications written by actual people very much do exist, and have never been easier to find”
@warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov
It's a beautiful day! Let's go and see what's out there. #cats #springtime
Has anyone written a review of the restructuring going on across UK HE? Trying to understand what is common across institutions: large, team-taught courses, centralised workload models, limited to no research time, promotion directly tied to grant income. How many consultancy firms are pushing this?
As we note in 'Shaping for Mediocrity': "Framing resistance in terms of negative emotions ... undermines the validity of any critique and denies the legitimacy of any alternative vision for the university. Everyone must move on – to the stages of acceptance and integration."
#HigherEd
Video Assistant Referees have been a total failure. If you dislike VAR as much as me (and every football fan I've come across), please have your say in this FSA survey! Someone might listen one day, you never know. #VAR
thefsa.org.uk/news/var-sur...
Staff at Sheffield Hallam University joined an ‘All staff’ call & were told the university must save £26.6m by August after disastrous London property venture
Blameworthy Vice Chancellor Chris Husbands has since moved into consultancy/advisory roles in HE
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/sheffield-ha...
The consultancy Nous takes hundreds of thousands of pounds from universities, leaves the exact same path of destruction everywhere, and keeps trying to avoid transparent contracts.
We’re urgently need control over consultancy spent in #UKHE, @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social
Tiny extract from a railway employment register, with a column headed 'Cause of leaving' and underneath the single word 'dead'. The next column, 'time-keeping', has the entry 'Good.'
A stark reminder of the bureaucratic logic of work & how we're all just so much productive efficiency ... until we're not.
Nice to know that he was good on his time-keeping though.
Presumably until he was dead.
From an LNWR employment record, 1920s.
www.timeshighereducation.com/uk-universit...
Times Higher has not always been a friend of universities given the league tables, rankings, etc. But it might be worth completing this survey to help publicise the widespread redundancies and terrible standards of management and leadership in UK HE.
Suzanne Tritium, headteacher at the Curtis LeMay Elementary School, describes the new Strangelove GenAI system as a vital learning resource for all K-12 students.
