I like to end the year with a picture of the sun setting over the sea but perhaps appropriately 2025 ended with a thunderstorm and 2026 is starting with choppy waters. Wishing all who read this a happy, peaceful and productive New Year and calm seas ahead!

Free to read: EU Innovation Act must not neglect universities, says @eua.eu

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An old colour picture postcard showing four views of Manchester, one of which is a tall red-brick building labelled Technical School

Here's a #HigherEducationPostcard of the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, which was hied off from the University of Manchester @manchester.ac.uk and then rejoined it

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Privileged to present to Prime Minister of Finland, Petteri Orpo, the Finnish Research and Innovation Council and DG R&I Deputy DG Signe Ratso, our #PolicySupportFacility panel’s review of cooperation between research & business projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/statistic...

Springtime in Brussels and a great opportunity to discuss with like minds how European universities will underpin productivity and social progress through innovation

As Marcus Rashford leaves his home city for at least the rest of the season let's recall why @officialuom.bsky.social gave him an Honorary degree in 2021 for his effective campaign against child food poverty in the pandemic years. A great Mancunian at a young age.

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It is in the North of Malta with the Popeye Village at the head of the bay and the island of Gozo in the background

2025 - a year for new horizons

2024 IN BOOKS 📚 👏🏼

An incredible year for our trade books; from acclaimed biography and memoir, to music and popular culture deep dives, to thought-provoking politics and policy books.

Excited to see what we’ll be publishing in 2025? Stay tuned 👀

Happy holidays 🎅

Great to see you here Simon