Greenwich and Kent to merge into UK’s first ‘super-university’ Greenwich and Kent to merge into UK’s first ‘super-university’

Two universities with well-established architecture departments are set to merge, forming the UK’s first ‘super-university’

I’m not sure whether the questions or the answers bother me most

So, so, SO good! What a voice! And also, the loveliest person, too

‘It’s not because I want people to think I’m great’: Michael Sheen on paying off £1m of his neighbours’ debts The actor grew up poor, got rich, then lost everything backing the 2019 Homeless World Cup. Now he’s giving away more of his money to help 900 total strangers. Doesn’t he think he’s done enough?

Tonight at 9pm on @C4Dispatches ‘Michael Sheen’s Secret Million Pound Giveaway’. The secret bit was the setting up the company obviously it’s not secret anymore! #FairBankingAct

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Affordability Pyramid Shows 94 Million Households Cannot Buy a $400,000 Home NAHB recently released its 2025 Priced-Out Analysis, highlighting the housing affordability challenge. While previous posts discussed the impacts of rising home prices and interest rates on affordabil...

70% of American households (94 million) cannot afford a $400,000 home.

The median price of a new home is $460,000.
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Skills development gets £745m over four years. Full departmental spending details coming June 11th. This signals UK's biggest construction transformation since the 1980s.

See-through solar panels could turn skyscrapers into power stations See-through solar cells could turn entire skyscrapers into renewable energy power stations

'Scientists smash efficiency record for solar panel windows. See-through #solar cells could turn entire skyscrapers into renewable energy power stations.'

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Building with natural materials promotes sustainability, circularity – and joyful architecture Building with natural materials promotes sustainability, circularity – and joyful architecture

Natural materials used in construction are many and varied. Embrace them! says Emily Booth

The Healthy Buildings Network has a new website! @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social

www.healthybuildingsnetwork.org

Paris residents vote in favour of making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians voted in a referendum on Sunday to pedestrianise a further 500 of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

BREAKING & BIG: Today in PARIS, citizens voted in a referendum to PEDESTRIANIZE 500 MORE of the city's streets, giving fresh momentum to efforts by city leaders to create people-places, curb car usage, and improve air quality. 66% of Parisians voted in favour of the measure, official results showed!

Poster with list of benefits and images of young people with a QR code and hyperlink.

Calling all students and those that lecture them! Spread the word - if you're studying in the UK and passionate about archaeology, you can now become a student member of the Council for British Archaeology for just £5. www.archaeologyuk.org/support-us/j...

Living near major roads increases dementia risk Living near roads raises dementia risk, while green spaces help protect brain. Air pollution, noise, and walkability impact cognitive decline.

“Living near major roads increases dementia risk by about 10%.”
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A zoning system for England - Centre for Cities This briefing argues that the Government’s bold planning reforms and growth mission can both be achieved with a new flexible zoning system.

📌 How far should planning reform should go?

ICYMI our latest briefing sets out why planning reform should introduce a flexible zoning system in England? 👇
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A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.

The Scottish have won the AI Wars.

Start at home for newly trained heat pump installers Helping heating professionals bridge the gap from heat pump training to real-world installation by starting in their own homes

Some hot off the press content to share this morning...

It's an initial report on Start at Home, our trial scheme to give heating engineers who've just completed heat pump training a free heat pump to install in their own home.

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*No Other Land* airs on *Channel 4 at 11.15pm, Tuesday 4 March.* Please share widely so as many people as possible can witness how Israel steals Palestinian land and destroys homes and lives, shown through the eyes of Basel, a Palestinian filmmaker, and Yuval, an Israeli journalist.

A clip of text from an article in the FT which lists construction defects with One Hyde Park - one of the most prestiguous addresses in the UK - which may require residents to move out

At One Hyde Park, where individual apartments can sell for £175m. The construction sector is very sick

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Chart shows UK government-backed home energy efficiency measures installed. The levels fall from around 2 million from 2009 - 2012, to well under 5000,000 from 2015 onwards, with a general decline over time

6. Another thing government must do is to turn around this chart, and support more homes to upgrade their insulation and heating. One reason energy bills are so painful is our failure on this over the last decade - it must be reversed.

Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security

💥IMPORTANT REPORT💥

✅UK Green economy grows 3 times faster

🙋22,000 businesses in renewables &green finance

🏃‍♀️>1,000,000 full-time jobs

🚨From those eco-zealots, the CBI

🚬Put that in your pipe and smoke it - #Farage, #Reform, #Badenoch and other NZT "sceptics"

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BRUM! YOUTH'S CITY IN PANDEMIC RECOVERY 2025

🏘What is the future of housing? Have we learned any lessons post-pandemic?

🏗 Is Birmingham's urban realm serving young people?

📣 Can young people have a say in Birmingham's post-pandemic urban planning?

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Seven planets to appear simultaneously for last time until 2040 Planetary parade will see Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Venus, Neptune, Mercury and Saturn line up

For a brief moment at the end of February, every planet will appear in the night sky simultaneously in a rare celestial spectacle.

This so-called planetary parade, which will occur shortly after sunset on 28 February, will be the last time the phenomenon occurs until 2040.

In case you didn’t know about this, something powerful and fabulous happening for #WomenInSTEM in the US (screengrab from Instagram)

Solar panels could cut fuel-poor UK families’ energy bills by 24%, says study Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting

Solar panels could cut fuel-poor UK families’ energy bills by 24%.

Call for means-tested grants or loans to cover upfront costs that prevent poorer households from benefiting.

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Southwark Council - London's largest council landlord - has 50% of its homes without smoke alarms and 2,000 fire remedial issues outstanding.

Utterly damning anywhere, but especially in the borough which lost six residents to the Lakanal House fire in 2009

People shouldn’t have to pay for heat that just leaks out of their homes.

The Government must act now: mass insulation, stricter building standards, and real support for households struggling with energy bills. No more wasted time—or wasted heat.

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