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The same people who bloat up the cost of bringing conservation area properties back into a move in ready state for a full time resident also think greater dependence on seasonal service jobs is what the East Neuk needs.
Fife Council's head of planning is arguing against the introduction of control areas amid concerns for tourism.
Fife councillors urged to reject call for holiday let controls despite local concerns
Fife Council's head of planning is arguing against the introduction of control areas amid concerns for tourism.
dlvr.it
December 26, 2025 at 6:58 PM
The same people who bloat up the cost of bringing conservation area properties back into a move in ready state for a full time resident also think greater dependence on seasonal service jobs is what the East Neuk needs.
Here is a better answer: do in class assessment. If you’re not used to it, talk to colleagues in subjects where it’s still the standard modality.
If someone says to you, "what are you doing about students' use of AI?" ask them, "do you think that this should be my problem? How good do you think my response can be? Should it not be up to legislators & administrators to defend against a commercial industry's attack on your child's education?"
December 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Here is a better answer: do in class assessment. If you’re not used to it, talk to colleagues in subjects where it’s still the standard modality.
Contra @wonkhe.bsky.social, I don't think this is mysterious at all. POLAR5 applicants who were substantially under-predicted have incentives to leave UCAS and reapply in the next cycle that POLAR1 applicants in a similar position do not.
Posh? Exceeded your A level expectations? You are less likely to go to university
Yeah I've no idea what's going on here!
wonkhe.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Contra @wonkhe.bsky.social, I don't think this is mysterious at all. POLAR5 applicants who were substantially under-predicted have incentives to leave UCAS and reapply in the next cycle that POLAR1 applicants in a similar position do not.
My institution's SLT suggests that we should do more posting to drive engagement with our work, and, since 2025 is winding down, here is a short thread of things already queued up for 2026.
December 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My institution's SLT suggests that we should do more posting to drive engagement with our work, and, since 2025 is winding down, here is a short thread of things already queued up for 2026.
One part of the government forces a specific business model and a different part has killed that model off. Institutions either think they are still is business and sit tight or know they don’t have a move left and are dumbstruck.
News from all around most UK Higher Education: it's lapsing into a chaotic state and parts are non-functional. If it were a state I would say large tracts are in a pre-revolutionary state of disintegration. I don't say this lightly.
December 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
One part of the government forces a specific business model and a different part has killed that model off. Institutions either think they are still is business and sit tight or know they don’t have a move left and are dumbstruck.
I think the eventual answer has to be making the summative assessment a combination of invigilated essays and take homes essays with a small viva.
December 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I think the eventual answer has to be making the summative assessment a combination of invigilated essays and take homes essays with a small viva.
Come live in Anstruther or Cellardyke and be a positive part of the solution to the Airbnb saturation problem.
Inside the Fife village being hollowed out by holiday lets
Residents in Cellardyke are fighting back against the Airbnb ‘speculators’ who are turning their community into a ghost town
www.thetimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Come live in Anstruther or Cellardyke and be a positive part of the solution to the Airbnb saturation problem.
By going test not allowed, UCSD basically started offering to random applicants, at least for the in-state pool. Because there is some self-selection, the average preparation probably stayed about the same. But the increase in variance forced a costly rewrite of some majors.
Uniform preparation of the students is the secret to the whole UK system. If you want high continuation rates, good student outcomes, and rigour all on a short time scale and a competitive price point, you need it. No UK uni could afford what happened at UCSD.
senate.ucsd.edu
December 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
By going test not allowed, UCSD basically started offering to random applicants, at least for the in-state pool. Because there is some self-selection, the average preparation probably stayed about the same. But the increase in variance forced a costly rewrite of some majors.
It's because US universities aren't admitting students on a program. They have to do some distribution requirements even to get into their major.
people are understandably dunking on this but the undergraduate degree as practiced in US universities *is* in fact pretty incoherent *given that it costs so much money.*.
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 AM
It's because US universities aren't admitting students on a program. They have to do some distribution requirements even to get into their major.