Graham Hitchen
@grahamhitchen.bsky.social
Director Loughborough University Policy Unit & Director of Policy CoSTAR creative technologies Foresight Lab. #policy #london #football #creativeindustries
A must-read. Brilliant!
Today's newsletter: more from me about Downing Street's curious pride in its resemblance to a failed Labour government and why I think that is revealing:
Starmer’s immigration speech fits with Labour tradition, but so is losing
Party leadership’s echo of precedent should hardly justify current policy given record of drift and defeat
www.ft.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
A must-read. Brilliant!
This.
Somehow we are taking the 'opportunity' presented by the attack on the US higher education sector and making ourselves substantially less attractive. I cannot believe the sheer amateur hour nature of this, just because Labour got scared about a few polls and the local elections.
May 14, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This.
At @chathamhouse.org with Prof Helen Drake #LoughboroughUniversityLondon and Jeremy Corbyn.
May 13, 2025 at 6:12 PM
At @chathamhouse.org with Prof Helen Drake #LoughboroughUniversityLondon and Jeremy Corbyn.
Blimey.
Labour's vote shares put them in fifth place in the wards with the most graduates. Average figures in grads over 40% wards:
Lib Dem: 28.6
Con 25.9
Ref 19.8
Grn 13.4
Lab 12.7
Lib Dem: 28.6
Con 25.9
Ref 19.8
Grn 13.4
Lab 12.7
May 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Blimey.
Reposted by Graham Hitchen
Brilliant critique of Tory leadership.
Kemi Badenoch’s comments on the grooming gangs show her to be incapable of doing the job she currently holds and unfit for the one she seeks:
Badenoch’s call for new grooming gangs probe reflects old fixations
Tory leader raises valid concerns but her diagnosis suggests she has not looked at all the evidence
www.ft.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Brilliant critique of Tory leadership.
Who needs fact-checkers? 🤷♂️
January 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Who needs fact-checkers? 🤷♂️
Reposted by Graham Hitchen
‘“Willing to work’ with big bad wolf” says three little pigs spokesperson
Insufficient from Streeting and actually quite dangerous. Musk's comments against Phillips in particular risk her safety. Saying you're "willing to work" with him helps validate that behaviour.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Elon Musk 'misinformed' on grooming gangs, says Wes Streeting
The Conservatives have also criticised the billionaire for "sharing things that are factually inaccurate".
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
‘“Willing to work’ with big bad wolf” says three little pigs spokesperson
Typical bus journey on the 43 bus going north on Upper Street: “I got 2000 ‘likes’ when I tweeted that I was leaving the Labour Party after Keir’s Milestones speech”
December 13, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Typical bus journey on the 43 bus going north on Upper Street: “I got 2000 ‘likes’ when I tweeted that I was leaving the Labour Party after Keir’s Milestones speech”
“Just be nice” is not a growth strategy for the UK’s creative industries or indeed any other part of the British economy.
@stephenkb.bsky.social
It's not that the Creative Industries don't need to be more inclusive, there just needs to be a plan for inclusive investment and growth.
@stephenkb.bsky.social
It's not that the Creative Industries don't need to be more inclusive, there just needs to be a plan for inclusive investment and growth.
December 10, 2024 at 11:26 AM
“Just be nice” is not a growth strategy for the UK’s creative industries or indeed any other part of the British economy.
@stephenkb.bsky.social
It's not that the Creative Industries don't need to be more inclusive, there just needs to be a plan for inclusive investment and growth.
@stephenkb.bsky.social
It's not that the Creative Industries don't need to be more inclusive, there just needs to be a plan for inclusive investment and growth.
Great thread on the challenge for anyone using AI in creative production.
December 2, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Great thread on the challenge for anyone using AI in creative production.
Cultural place-making in East London. Fully-funded PhD opportunity! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Cultural Placemaking in East London | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
Applications are invited for the fully-funded AHRC Collaborative PhD studentship held at the Institute for Creative Futures, Loughborough University London, on the theme of Cultural Placemaking in Eas...
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December 2, 2024 at 7:49 AM
Cultural place-making in East London. Fully-funded PhD opportunity! www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr...
One second of production for film animation uses enough energy to provide a day’s worth of hot water for a family of four. #mediacymru #Beyond2024 #digitaldecarbonisation
November 27, 2024 at 2:44 PM
One second of production for film animation uses enough energy to provide a day’s worth of hot water for a family of four. #mediacymru #Beyond2024 #digitaldecarbonisation
Foresight Incoming. Creative technologies foresight #CoSTARnetwork sites.gold.ac.uk/costarforesi...
CoSTAR ForesightLAB
Foresight and insight to the adoption, use and impact of CoSTAR technologies
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November 26, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Foresight Incoming. Creative technologies foresight #CoSTARnetwork sites.gold.ac.uk/costarforesi...