(actually yesterday -- there have been so many that the list has broken)

Today there have been c. 40 messages on the EE list from University of Suffolk's IT ticketing system. You can't email them to stop it - you can only log in (if you work there) to complain (and probably raise a ****ing ticket). Jeeeeeez. Just BLOODY WELL FIX IT!!

I picked Cardiff as a mature undergrad because of the range of choice & no compulsories after year 1 - did a lot of 10 credits & some 20s in stuff I was really interested in (incl Welsh Writing in English.) I loved my degree - enjoyed every minute of it. It doesn't look anything like that any more 😢

@camillapriede.bsky.social I very much know I owe you an email - there's so much awfulness going on 😔

I've signed ten so far. I'm done in 😂😂

Reading this in A History of Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University, 1883-2008, by Marian Williams, I am reminded of the people who have fought for adult education in south Wales. I'm proud to be one of that number.

www.ucu.org.uk/article/3886... if you want to read more about it.
Smashing the humanities via Academic "Futures" feels a lot like history repeating itself.

In 2009, the VC was being paid an astronomical £234k, 140 Lifelong Learning teaching staff faced redundancy, students were furious, & the number of courses threatened with closure was roughly equivalent to the ENTIRETY of what we offer now at LEARN (c. 250 courses). Cultural vandalism at its finest.

I went on to win a £1000 prize for my grade average at the end of undergrad, distinction at MA, only person in my cohort to get AHRC funding that year for a PhD via the open competition.
Yep, better keep the likes of me out. Think of the damage I'd do.(2/2)

In this new world order, I'd have never got in my with my "non-traditional" qualifications coming via adult education (non trad quals were also highlighted as something to avoid, alongside softening tariffs). 1/2