Mia Campbell
@mcampbell97.bsky.social
Health psychology, cats, Taylor Swift, country and Americana, tennis, joy, belonging, connectedness, hope 🇬🇧🇧🇬
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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This. “Businesses” get destroyed by bad decisions, changes in consumer fashion, hostile takeovers, or just plain bad luck.
Business is about risk. Institutions need to be about stability, otherwise everything is at risk, all the way down.
Business is about risk. Institutions need to be about stability, otherwise everything is at risk, all the way down.
the reason its bad to run universities like businesses is that almost all businesses fail on any reasonable timeline of evaluation.
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
hudson's bay made it the longest and even they only got to about half an oxford of longevity
They claim financial exigency, but then turn down $4 million pledges to keep the PhD programs open and disregard financial analyses that point to the real problem—bad real estate deals, spending on consultants, and their own salaries 2/2
December 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This. “Businesses” get destroyed by bad decisions, changes in consumer fashion, hostile takeovers, or just plain bad luck.
Business is about risk. Institutions need to be about stability, otherwise everything is at risk, all the way down.
Business is about risk. Institutions need to be about stability, otherwise everything is at risk, all the way down.
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I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
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Brexit was about setting up a corporate welfare system for foreign and domestic mega companies.
Access to this 'New Magic Money Tree' lies within SEZs, Freeports, and AI Growth Zones, where laws and regulations are 'relaxed' to enable economic growth and innovation...for them only.
1/3
Access to this 'New Magic Money Tree' lies within SEZs, Freeports, and AI Growth Zones, where laws and regulations are 'relaxed' to enable economic growth and innovation...for them only.
1/3
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Brexit was about setting up a corporate welfare system for foreign and domestic mega companies.
Access to this 'New Magic Money Tree' lies within SEZs, Freeports, and AI Growth Zones, where laws and regulations are 'relaxed' to enable economic growth and innovation...for them only.
1/3
Access to this 'New Magic Money Tree' lies within SEZs, Freeports, and AI Growth Zones, where laws and regulations are 'relaxed' to enable economic growth and innovation...for them only.
1/3
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On how social media's push back against the elite is destroying democracy.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
October 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
On how social media's push back against the elite is destroying democracy.
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
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A good piece on the state of the sector. Universities need to be run less like corporations and more like “high-functioning local councils”, closely connected to the communities they serve.
www.themandarin.com.au/298996-unive...
www.themandarin.com.au/298996-unive...
Universities leadership disconnected, says interim commissioner
Universities Accord chair Mary O'Kane said tertiary institutions' growing business acumen is a mixed blessing.
www.themandarin.com.au
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A good piece on the state of the sector. Universities need to be run less like corporations and more like “high-functioning local councils”, closely connected to the communities they serve.
www.themandarin.com.au/298996-unive...
www.themandarin.com.au/298996-unive...
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Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
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This anon piece is as good as people are saying, but I'll summarise here for those of you interested in Higher Education but with no time:
*Universities are not in the public sector
*Govts are a minority funder, and matter less and less. (1/4)
profserious.substack.com/p/understand...
*Universities are not in the public sector
*Govts are a minority funder, and matter less and less. (1/4)
profserious.substack.com/p/understand...
Understanding University Finances
... a very short guide
profserious.substack.com
August 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
This anon piece is as good as people are saying, but I'll summarise here for those of you interested in Higher Education but with no time:
*Universities are not in the public sector
*Govts are a minority funder, and matter less and less. (1/4)
profserious.substack.com/p/understand...
*Universities are not in the public sector
*Govts are a minority funder, and matter less and less. (1/4)
profserious.substack.com/p/understand...
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A Westminster government with Reform UK in it would have far more freedom to disassemble England's universities than the Trump administration has in the US. They would be able to move at speed to close off 'silly woke academic instruction' everywhere but the very most elite institutions.
May 2, 2025 at 3:22 PM
A Westminster government with Reform UK in it would have far more freedom to disassemble England's universities than the Trump administration has in the US. They would be able to move at speed to close off 'silly woke academic instruction' everywhere but the very most elite institutions.
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Today’s the day to Stop Reform getting into your council.
Vote tactically.
Put your postcode in here StopReformUK.vote
Take a friend and double your vote.
Pass this message on.
Vote tactically.
Put your postcode in here StopReformUK.vote
Take a friend and double your vote.
Pass this message on.
Stop the Tories and Reform
Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.
StopReformUK.vote
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Today’s the day to Stop Reform getting into your council.
Vote tactically.
Put your postcode in here StopReformUK.vote
Take a friend and double your vote.
Pass this message on.
Vote tactically.
Put your postcode in here StopReformUK.vote
Take a friend and double your vote.
Pass this message on.
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🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings?
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
Democracy for Sale 1, Dominic Cummings 0
We fought to expose the £800m research agency that Cummings built to escape scrutiny - and we won.
democracyforsale.substack.com
April 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings?
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws
We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉
New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
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Published today after 2years of work behind the scenes by us at WHN/DELPHI Executive team : Our Global Expert DELPHI Consensus document on Long Covid. 179 Experts from 28 countries around the Globe Participated. Please share. Happy Easter!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Published today after 2years of work behind the scenes by us at WHN/DELPHI Executive team : Our Global Expert DELPHI Consensus document on Long Covid. 179 Experts from 28 countries around the Globe Participated. Please share. Happy Easter!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sooner or later, one of three things is going to happen. Universities can find money at home, or they can find it abroad. But if they don’t find it, some are going under.
In defence of international students.
In defence of international students.
International students can save Britain’s broke universities
They can find money at home, or they can find it abroad. But if they don’t find it, some are going under.
www.newstatesman.com
April 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Sooner or later, one of three things is going to happen. Universities can find money at home, or they can find it abroad. But if they don’t find it, some are going under.
In defence of international students.
In defence of international students.
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This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
British Steel employs 3.6k people. Coventry Uni group, which auditors say may not survive, employs 7.7k. But there is an emergency debate in parliament for British Steel and nothing for the whole HE sector imploding
Why is the government and the news so indifferent to the meltdown happening in UK #HigherEd right now?
Our universities are the envy of the world. Yet we are at risk of losing a generation of academics and damaging the sector beyond repair.
Our universities are the envy of the world. Yet we are at risk of losing a generation of academics and damaging the sector beyond repair.
April 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
This. An emergency recall of parliament on a weekend for British Steel. Nothing at all for UK HE which employs far more people, has already shed 10,000 academic jobs, with several institutions on the brink of collapse.
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
A reminder: we train all the doctors, teachers, engineers, nurses, lawyers &c &c
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You know what nobody is talking about right now?
Simply this: Trump's barrage of tariffs makes a total mockery of WTO rules.
You know, the ones that Brexiters assured us again and again that we'd be just fine operating under in the event of a no-deal Brexit...
Ho hum.
Simply this: Trump's barrage of tariffs makes a total mockery of WTO rules.
You know, the ones that Brexiters assured us again and again that we'd be just fine operating under in the event of a no-deal Brexit...
Ho hum.
April 2, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You know what nobody is talking about right now?
Simply this: Trump's barrage of tariffs makes a total mockery of WTO rules.
You know, the ones that Brexiters assured us again and again that we'd be just fine operating under in the event of a no-deal Brexit...
Ho hum.
Simply this: Trump's barrage of tariffs makes a total mockery of WTO rules.
You know, the ones that Brexiters assured us again and again that we'd be just fine operating under in the event of a no-deal Brexit...
Ho hum.
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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I'm rereading the transcripts of our interviews with people talking about their life satisfaction.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
March 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm rereading the transcripts of our interviews with people talking about their life satisfaction.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
I am again struck by how pathetic our little 0-10 scales are at capturing what they're saying.
Here's a retired lady telling my assistant what it's like having a son with paranoid schizophrenia.
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If anyone can show me how you grow the economy by targeting people who need assistance to wash below their waist, please reply.
March 19, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If anyone can show me how you grow the economy by targeting people who need assistance to wash below their waist, please reply.
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I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
January 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I have a big ask. My 9yo son is autistic and he’s been raising a betta fish he named Kevin. Yesterday He asked if he could “share a photo of Kevin with the whole world“. I don’t know if this will work, but a dad’s gotta try. Like and share if that’s your thing. Kevin says hi! 🐟👋
Not sure if this is the right place for this, might delete later, but feeling cute rn...I'm in a band, give our new song a listen, please: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIum...
Watermelon Sunrise
YouTube video by BLUE RIVER ROAD
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January 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Not sure if this is the right place for this, might delete later, but feeling cute rn...I'm in a band, give our new song a listen, please: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIum...
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“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
We need a free press
It’s vital for democracy that we receive verifiable information that is not manipulated or controlled
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 31, 2024 at 5:01 PM
“Just three companies, News Corp (Murdoch family), Daily Mail & General Trust (DMGT, Viscount Rothermere) and Reach plc, control over 80% of daily newspaper circulation…
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
The hyper-rich continue to invest huge sums in acquiring control of media”
We need a free press - ie free from the billionaires.
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"The University of Sheffield has cancelled its subscription deal to the academic publishing giant Elsevier, citing concerns over the “sustainability of the current commercial scientific publishing model”."
University of Sheffield drops ‘big deal’ with Elsevier.
Most-read on our site this week.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Most-read on our site this week.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
December 23, 2024 at 11:45 AM
"The University of Sheffield has cancelled its subscription deal to the academic publishing giant Elsevier, citing concerns over the “sustainability of the current commercial scientific publishing model”."
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My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
One paper that has been a source of continuous inspiration in my academic career:
November 29, 2024 at 8:19 AM
One paper that has been a source of continuous inspiration in my academic career: