Professor Mike Larkin
@tefsinfo.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Microbial Biochemistry
Queen's University of Belfast
Retired and promoting student equality through Total Equality For Students
Queen's University of Belfast
Retired and promoting student equality through Total Equality For Students
I like them! Here’s one from me.
December 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I like them! Here’s one from me.
Pardon. What was that again?
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Pardon. What was that again?
Reposted by Professor Mike Larkin
"Graduates hit by £7.4bn stealth tax on student loans"
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"Graduates hit by £7.4bn stealth tax on student loans"
Reposted by Professor Mike Larkin
NEW on Wonkhe: As funding pressures mount, Jim Dickinson argues that Scotland’s celebrated model of student partnership is no longer enough - and students now need real, enforceable protections buff.ly/kt9nNX4
August 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
NEW on Wonkhe: As funding pressures mount, Jim Dickinson argues that Scotland’s celebrated model of student partnership is no longer enough - and students now need real, enforceable protections buff.ly/kt9nNX4
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NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty reads the runes for the academic year ahead and wonders whether this will be the year that the Westminster government grasps the nettle on making higher education policy buff.ly/wmeycUk
September 1, 2025 at 6:20 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Debbie McVitty reads the runes for the academic year ahead and wonders whether this will be the year that the Westminster government grasps the nettle on making higher education policy buff.ly/wmeycUk
Gary Lineker is a clone too.
June 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gary Lineker is a clone too.
Reposted by Professor Mike Larkin
Last week on Wonkhe: As universities are again urged to provide support to struggling students, Jim Dickinson reviews the evidence - and finds our system of rapid graduate production a key potential cause of pressure and harm
Our drop-out and pace miracle is harming students’ health and learning
As universities are again urged to provide support to struggling students, Jim Dickinson reviews the evidence - and finds our system of rapid graduate production a key potential cause of pressure and...
buff.ly
June 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: As universities are again urged to provide support to struggling students, Jim Dickinson reviews the evidence - and finds our system of rapid graduate production a key potential cause of pressure and harm
Reposted by Professor Mike Larkin
Last week on Wonkhe: Paul Gratrick's research on student perceptions of value sheds new light on the very old question of value for money
Asking students about value
Paul Gratrick's research on student perceptions of value sheds new light on the very old question of value for money
buff.ly
May 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Last week on Wonkhe: Paul Gratrick's research on student perceptions of value sheds new light on the very old question of value for money
Do you think this looks like a tax on charitable institutions?
May 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Do you think this looks like a tax on charitable institutions?
Reposted by Professor Mike Larkin
On universities the white paper only reduces the graduate visa from two years to 18 months (which is a win for the DfE).
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
May 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
On universities the white paper only reduces the graduate visa from two years to 18 months (which is a win for the DfE).
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
Due to global warming the Northwest Passage is now open for much of the year now.
May 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Due to global warming the Northwest Passage is now open for much of the year now.
I was there on collaborations in the past. Biochemistry was hugely successful in federal grants. This is deliberately killing off excellence. Motive?
March 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I was there on collaborations in the past. Biochemistry was hugely successful in federal grants. This is deliberately killing off excellence. Motive?
Like to see him try on my Coventry accent! Scary!
January 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Like to see him try on my Coventry accent! Scary!
I wondered why upon hearing my Coventry accent they locked away the silver cutlery.
January 18, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I wondered why upon hearing my Coventry accent they locked away the silver cutlery.
Huge loss. Privileged to see him play. He will be remembered for ever. RIP
January 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Huge loss. Privileged to see him play. He will be remembered for ever. RIP
January 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Why should I? I too trawl old archives. This might be of oblique interest.
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Robbins sixty years on: ability, attainment, and the dark side
The Robbins ‘Higher Education’ report emerged sixty years ago this week (24th October 1963). In the days that followed, its potential impact became apparent and a new age of education in the UK was…
tefsinfo.org
December 28, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Why should I? I too trawl old archives. This might be of oblique interest.
tefsinfo.org/2023/10/26/r...
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No. Nothing changes. Now we wait to see who falls for the Reform agenda.
December 28, 2024 at 10:57 PM
No. Nothing changes. Now we wait to see who falls for the Reform agenda.
I have met students and academic staff over the years who fully believe that privilege is a proxy for inherent ability. Hence my interest.
December 27, 2024 at 9:17 AM
I have met students and academic staff over the years who fully believe that privilege is a proxy for inherent ability. Hence my interest.
The university advice in full is “try to undo some of the unhelpful mythology about the relationship of wealth to intelligence or hard work”. By doing this, it looks like the university thinks some of its students are inherently stupid or at best stupidly educated in believing the ‘myth’.
December 27, 2024 at 9:13 AM
The university advice in full is “try to undo some of the unhelpful mythology about the relationship of wealth to intelligence or hard work”. By doing this, it looks like the university thinks some of its students are inherently stupid or at best stupidly educated in believing the ‘myth’.