Dr Nick Turnbull
@nicktur.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Policy and Politics, University of Manchester. Research: public policy, rhetoric, human trafficking policy, higher education politics. Assoc. ed: International Review of Public Policy https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/
Save a top Sociology department at Macquarie University, Sydney: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
SAVE SOCIOLOGY AT MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY
We urge Macquarie University management to reverse this decision and preserve the vital disciplines of Sociology and Politics.
Sociology has a key place in the social sciences as the broadest and mos...
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July 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Save a top Sociology department at Macquarie University, Sydney: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/sa...
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As the current global HDV fleet is almost exclusively fuelled by diesel ⛽️, Carbon Tracker forecasts transition to BEVs will result in oil 🛢️ demand destruction of 2.5 mbpd by 2036 📉 https://buff.ly/3ETWdBv
February 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
As the current global HDV fleet is almost exclusively fuelled by diesel ⛽️, Carbon Tracker forecasts transition to BEVs will result in oil 🛢️ demand destruction of 2.5 mbpd by 2036 📉 https://buff.ly/3ETWdBv
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December 12, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Sad but true – Donald Trump really did wrestle his way into the White House | David Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Insightful Guardian piece by rhetoric specialist David Moon
Sad but true – Donald Trump really did wrestle his way into the White House | David Moon
The president-elect’s victory was straight out of the pro wrestling playbook. Voters knew it was fake, but they loved it, says Bath University’s David Moon
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2024 at 9:43 AM
Sad but true – Donald Trump really did wrestle his way into the White House | David Moon www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Insightful Guardian piece by rhetoric specialist David Moon
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NEW on Wonkhe: Adam Matthews interrogates whether a "meritocratic" view of society, that favours elite higher education as the most legitimate form of aspiration, has fuelled social division in the UK https://buff.ly/3VsZsoX
December 7, 2024 at 8:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Adam Matthews interrogates whether a "meritocratic" view of society, that favours elite higher education as the most legitimate form of aspiration, has fuelled social division in the UK https://buff.ly/3VsZsoX
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The House of Commons Library published a briefing on tuition fees today, which included this OECD graph. I think most people don't realise how high UK fees are internationally. #iTeachChem commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
December 4, 2024 at 9:16 AM
The House of Commons Library published a briefing on tuition fees today, which included this OECD graph. I think most people don't realise how high UK fees are internationally. #iTeachChem commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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Well worth reading on NZ National's spiteful and small-minded announcement defunding humanities and social sciences research.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Well worth reading on NZ National's spiteful and small-minded announcement defunding humanities and social sciences research.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Left unamended, the Employment Rights Bill (which gives guaranteed hours to a qualifying ZHC worker after the end of every reference period) would pretty much destroy the ability of universities to have PGRs doing teaching
December 4, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Left unamended, the Employment Rights Bill (which gives guaranteed hours to a qualifying ZHC worker after the end of every reference period) would pretty much destroy the ability of universities to have PGRs doing teaching
Our open access comparative country study paper on #populist and #productivist reforms aimed at restricting university autonomy #HigherEd #HE journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with @shaunwilson.bsky.social
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November 26, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Our open access comparative country study paper on #populist and #productivist reforms aimed at restricting university autonomy #HigherEd #HE journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... with @shaunwilson.bsky.social
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University cuts stories over the last few days:
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
Edinburgh University boss announces job losses due to national insurance hike
The university said it is opening a voluntary redundancy scheme and compulsory redundancies may be necessary "if unavoidable" due to the financial climate.
www.edinburghlive.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 4:33 PM
University cuts stories over the last few days:
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
*De Montfort
*Dundee
*Durham
*Edinburgh
*Northumbria
*Robert Gordon
*Sheffield
www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinbur...
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Yes indeed. Redundancies and course curs sweeping through the sector in anticipation of the caps. The VCs jumped the gun. It appears 'never waste a crisis' was the driving factor. Will these job losses and cuts be reversed?
So what will this mean for all those staff whose jobs have been threatened because of these looming caps?
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Labor's plan to cap international student enrolments from next year appears doomed after Coalition vows to block
The Coalition has announced it will oppose the government's bill to limit the number of international students able to enrol from next year, just weeks out from when the caps were meant to come into f...
www.abc.net.au
November 19, 2024 at 1:04 AM
Yes indeed. Redundancies and course curs sweeping through the sector in anticipation of the caps. The VCs jumped the gun. It appears 'never waste a crisis' was the driving factor. Will these job losses and cuts be reversed?
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Today's university in trouble is Sheffield, as the unstoppable and existential crisis of most British Higher Education rolls on. Every day it's another victim. Wasteful and stupid.
www.thestar.co.uk/education/re...
www.thestar.co.uk/education/re...
Redundancies loom at University of Sheffield over £50m funding gap
Up to £23m in cuts made primarily from support staff could be made at the University of Sheffield, with hundreds of jobs on the line.
www.thestar.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Today's university in trouble is Sheffield, as the unstoppable and existential crisis of most British Higher Education rolls on. Every day it's another victim. Wasteful and stupid.
www.thestar.co.uk/education/re...
www.thestar.co.uk/education/re...
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Turns out if you’d like to know more the webinar is actually on 4th Dec!
If you'd like to know more, see policy recommendations, and read the Sutton Trusts excellent work on what this all means for the creative workforce, the full report is here www.suttontrust.com/our-research... & join our webinar about the report on 2nd Dec www.suttontrust.com/a-class-act-...
A Class Act - The Sutton Trust
Exploring access to creative degrees and elitism in the creative industries.
www.suttontrust.com
November 16, 2024 at 10:09 AM
Turns out if you’d like to know more the webinar is actually on 4th Dec!