no one is doing it like jd vance, a loser across three continents in a single weekend

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

Management consultants are ruining UK universities Relentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education

It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇
www.ft.com/content/5032...

This week’s horror is our introductory module, which examines the literature, art, music, dialect, film and TV from the region 1500-2025 being forcibly replaced by an entire ‘success in HE’ module featuring two weeks on how to use AI.

I designed my module to incorporate proper study skills…

It's the most wonderful time of the year

Joint Statement : UKRI & The Daphne Jackson Trust - Daphne Jackson Trust The UKRI more than doubles funding to Daphne Jackson Trust to support a more inclusive and representative research community.

The Government will more than double support for the Daphne Jackson Trust from £1.7m to £4m per year, which will help to unlock the talent of many more researchers whose careers have been paused. Find out more in our joint-statement with @ukri.org daphnejackson.org/2026/03/ukri...
#ResearchReturners

UCL academics made Fellows at The Academy of Social Sciences Research into sociology, global competition law, education and urban planning has earned UCL academics election to The Academy of Social Sciences.

Congratulations to Professor Ioannis Lianos (UCL Laws), elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences for his contributions at the intersection of law, economics and the social sciences.👏

Find out more: www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2026/ma...

#UCLLaws @acadsocsciences.bsky.social

Professor Sir John Baker KC is standing at a lectern delivering an address to a packed lecture theatre.

Our #UCL200 celebrations began in spectacular style last week with the 75th Bentham Association Presidential Address and Dinner. 🎤 🥳
Prof Sir John Baker KC delivered an inspiring Address on ‘Sovereignty of Parliament and Legal History’.
🔗 Read more: www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/news/20...

In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy.

Well, the plumber fixed the drip

‘Is university still worth it?’ is the wrong question The graduate earnings premium isn’t really measuring what most people think

Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.

Spotlight on... Jeremy Bentham On UCL's 200th birthday, and ahead of Jeremy Bentham's 278th birthday on 15 February, we chat to legendary philosopher Jeremy Bentham himself * about UCL's Bicentenary, a trip to New York, and a remar...

‘Although I am no longer in a position to carry out much work myself, my legacy is still very much alive and well. UCL's Faculty of Laws is home to the Bentham Project … in existence since 1959, with the aim of publishing a definitive scholarly edition of my writings and correspondence.’

Tap Social | Criminally Good Beer | Oxford Change is Brewing! Shop now for Criminally Good Beer. We’re passionate about great craft beer and social justice. Free local delivery & nation-wide shipping.

Just found out about Tap Social
and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks
@timcauser.bsky.social!

Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.com

Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions Abstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education

There is now author access to my co-written article on curating programmes around historic eugenics @royalsociety.org
I did this work 10+ years ago. It is tragic that eugenic ideas moved to the mainstream, in part due to a fellow of my publisher - the RS 🤷🏻‍♀️
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...

Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨

#UCL200 #LoveUCL

Scrapping REF should be ‘serious’ option, says Manchester VC - Research Professional News Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise

Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC.

Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68 Image © Morley von Sternberg

BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.

➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...

A screengrab of the new listing for the fourteenth volume of Jeremy Bentham's Correspondence on the UCL Press website.

Coming soon from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social), 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', edited by P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley. ✉️📖

ft. 252 letters written to/from Bentham, and 19 others of biographical interest:

uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...

On the journal blog, author Steven Sverdlik discusses his two articles:
Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code
journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/146/

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university? When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

First in a series, I fear

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

(soon to be) not even a real fish

text of crime of aggression

rome statute of the international criminal court, article 8bis: crime of aggression

The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning

Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.

Thomas Cranmer’s Register Discover Thomas Cranmer’s Register (1533–1553), a pivotal Reformation document revealing England’s break from Rome and the rise of Protestantism. This open access book offers unprecedented access with...

The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly.

His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2

Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff

'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2

Birmingham reprimanded over its management of work-related stress Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff

Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent.
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...

Autumngirlsoup YouTube video by Kirsty MacColl - Topic

25 years gone and still no justice

youtu.be/FD-CJnDMcv4?...

Had reason to look up info about early submarining, and discovered that the newsletter of the Submariners' Association is called 'In Depth'. Excellent work, everyone

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

Excellent news

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

University students facing course 'cold spots' as enrolments fall New data analysis suggests courses like artificial intelligence are surging in popularity as languages fall.

British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA.

'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2