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Ulster University spent £24k on a trip to the 2024 THE Awards
If 60 unis did the same, UK universities shell out ~£1.6m on #THEAwards
Hard to justify this spend when many face certain job prospects -- morale is better boosted by real improvements or pay rises than glitzy ceremonies
If 60 unis did the same, UK universities shell out ~£1.6m on #THEAwards
Hard to justify this spend when many face certain job prospects -- morale is better boosted by real improvements or pay rises than glitzy ceremonies
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Ulster University spent £24k on a trip to the 2024 THE Awards
If 60 unis did the same, UK universities shell out ~£1.6m on #THEAwards
Hard to justify this spend when many face certain job prospects -- morale is better boosted by real improvements or pay rises than glitzy ceremonies
If 60 unis did the same, UK universities shell out ~£1.6m on #THEAwards
Hard to justify this spend when many face certain job prospects -- morale is better boosted by real improvements or pay rises than glitzy ceremonies
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Jennifer Welch on Riley Gaines: “You’re an insufferable twat. Nobody likes you and no matter what you'll always have been the dumb bitch that tied for 5th place. Nobody likes you except for the other fake Christians that enjoy their spare time watching children get ziptied. So fuck you Riley Gaines”
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Jennifer Welch on Riley Gaines: “You’re an insufferable twat. Nobody likes you and no matter what you'll always have been the dumb bitch that tied for 5th place. Nobody likes you except for the other fake Christians that enjoy their spare time watching children get ziptied. So fuck you Riley Gaines”
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University HR Directors & Heads of Legal are openly weeping & distraught
Universities are one of the big users of Non Disclosure Agreements to cover up abuse & misconduct
No more, it's stopping
gov.uk/government/n...
Universities are one of the big users of Non Disclosure Agreements to cover up abuse & misconduct
No more, it's stopping
gov.uk/government/n...
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
University HR Directors & Heads of Legal are openly weeping & distraught
Universities are one of the big users of Non Disclosure Agreements to cover up abuse & misconduct
No more, it's stopping
gov.uk/government/n...
Universities are one of the big users of Non Disclosure Agreements to cover up abuse & misconduct
No more, it's stopping
gov.uk/government/n...
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October 15, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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I mean, you’d have thought they’d have been pleased.
Must be incredibly difficult at The Telegraph to balance their core philosophy of the inalienable right of everyone to own a second home in another country with their other core belief in a visceral hatred of foreigners.
So they don’t bother.
Must be incredibly difficult at The Telegraph to balance their core philosophy of the inalienable right of everyone to own a second home in another country with their other core belief in a visceral hatred of foreigners.
So they don’t bother.
This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.
October 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I mean, you’d have thought they’d have been pleased.
Must be incredibly difficult at The Telegraph to balance their core philosophy of the inalienable right of everyone to own a second home in another country with their other core belief in a visceral hatred of foreigners.
So they don’t bother.
Must be incredibly difficult at The Telegraph to balance their core philosophy of the inalienable right of everyone to own a second home in another country with their other core belief in a visceral hatred of foreigners.
So they don’t bother.
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🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
🔥 Finally an EU leader says it out loud:
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
“We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies.”
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Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
October 5, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
‘Nine-jobs Nigel’ Farage denies not declaring extra earni...
Roles outside Parliament make Reform leader the highest-earning MP, but register of interests has not been updated since end of May
observer.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Nine jobs Nigel Farage hasn't updated his register of interests in months.
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Potentially hundreds of thousands of ££££ from his many "outside interests" remain undeclared
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.
At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
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So are the anti woke, freedom of speech lot all thumbs up to that police behaviour expose?
October 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
So are the anti woke, freedom of speech lot all thumbs up to that police behaviour expose?
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For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 PM
For the first time ever, London has met legal limits for nitrogen dioxide.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
When I became Mayor, we were told it would take 193 years. We did it 184 years earlier than expected.
Cleaner air means a healthier city and big savings for the NHS.
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Eat a sandwich and your political career is pretty much over if you're a Labour politician...
Threaten violence... or cast doubt on the safety of paracetamol and boom you're the next Winston Churchill
Threaten violence... or cast doubt on the safety of paracetamol and boom you're the next Winston Churchill
September 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Eat a sandwich and your political career is pretty much over if you're a Labour politician...
Threaten violence... or cast doubt on the safety of paracetamol and boom you're the next Winston Churchill
Threaten violence... or cast doubt on the safety of paracetamol and boom you're the next Winston Churchill
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Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
September 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Farage wanting to kick people out of the country because they migrated here made me angry and made me think about which best of British people and things wouldn't have happened were it not for the brilliance of immigration to the UK.
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Unfortunately, everyone who predicted the rapture still seems to be here
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Unfortunately, everyone who predicted the rapture still seems to be here
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So the country that pays the least for drugs. Works for me. Well done UK.
Eli Lilly boss brands UK ‘worst country in Europe’ for cheap drug prices on.ft.com/4gDHedQ
Eli Lilly boss brands UK ‘worst country in Europe’ for cheap drug prices
Dave Ricks says Britain will miss out on medicines and future investment unless it pays more
on.ft.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:05 PM
So the country that pays the least for drugs. Works for me. Well done UK.
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Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
September 18, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh.
That doesn’t seem right
That doesn’t seem right
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Oh wow. Lee Clark absolutely destroyed here 😬
September 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Oh wow. Lee Clark absolutely destroyed here 😬
Agree. Matt + Adam is the ticket.
This is really thoughtful and thought-provoking - so happy to have voted for Matt for this casual vacancy on UCU NEC/HEC. If you're a member of UCU + not yet voted, dig out those papers + vote @matthewbarnard.phd for UK-wide (and Adam Hansen for NE region) 🥰
I've written a post on my thoughts on why it's proving so hard to get a positive intervention in HE by the government, and what we might be able to do about it: blog.matthewbarnard.phd/this-governm... #ucu
September 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Agree. Matt + Adam is the ticket.
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The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
September 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The Nigel Farage who wrote this about Charlie Kirk's murder will be furious at the Nigel Farage who made Lucy Connolly a star of the Reform conference
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In case anyone was wondering where we keep our most prized objects, it’s not here.
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
In case anyone was wondering where we keep our most prized objects, it’s not here.
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Why do none of the reported messages in Epstein's birthday book just say some variant of "Hope you have a great day Jeff!" but all say something like "Take as much pleasure from the 'gift' I have arranged for you, as I have from those you have kindly supplied to me over the years..."
September 9, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why do none of the reported messages in Epstein's birthday book just say some variant of "Hope you have a great day Jeff!" but all say something like "Take as much pleasure from the 'gift' I have arranged for you, as I have from those you have kindly supplied to me over the years..."
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'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
August 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
'Immigration doesn't bother me but it seems to bother everyone else' – Everyone.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.
This is what happens when the media runs away with Hard Right narratives.