Charlie Ball
@lmicharlie.bsky.social
Jisc's Head of Labour Market Intelligence, based in Manchester. Specialist on the labour market for post-18 learners in the UK, posts about work, study, regional labour markets, county cricket. Find my work (mostly) at https://luminate.prospects.ac.uk/
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Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills, showing that the UK is bottom when it comes to the share of expenditure on HE coming from government sources.
September 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Andreas Schleicher, OECD Director for Education and Skills, showing that the UK is bottom when it comes to the share of expenditure on HE coming from government sources.
It's just this incessant, unending story of constant Glamorgan white ball success, isn't it?
September 6, 2025 at 3:34 PM
It's just this incessant, unending story of constant Glamorgan white ball success, isn't it?
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I would like the Lightning of Lancashire to win today's game
September 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I would like the Lightning of Lancashire to win today's game
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My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI.
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...
Student Perceptions 2025: Insights from a Group of Pre-sessional International Students at the University of Manchester - Artificial intelligence
How do international students preparing to study in the UK view AI? Sue Attewell spoke with a group of pre-sessional students at Manchester, mostly from China, about their hopes, worries and everyday ...
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org
September 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My colleague Sue Attewell leads our stream of work looking at staff and student perceptions of AI.
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...
In a new blog post the focus is with a group of pre-sessional international students.
nationalcentreforai.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2025/09/0...
Thoughts with you at this difficult time @mesnilman.bsky.social
Sam Northeast is set to re-join his home county, with the Glamorgan captain returning to Kent at the end of the season.
Kent re-sign Sam Northeast as band comes back together | The Cricketer
Sam Northeast is set to re-join his home county, with the Glamorgan captain returning to Kent at the end of the season
www.thecricketer.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Thoughts with you at this difficult time @mesnilman.bsky.social
now to see how many words of a 1000 word piece I can get done whilst listening to an 18 minute version of Mogwai's My Father My King.
August 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
now to see how many words of a 1000 word piece I can get done whilst listening to an 18 minute version of Mogwai's My Father My King.
This whole thread demonstrates the consequences when a crucial and successful part of the UK social and economic fabric is the subject of incessant negative coverage.
NEW: The public hugely overestimate how many graduates regret going to university and significantly underestimate the importance of higher education to the UK economy.
Our new study with @hepi-news.bsky.social also reveals widespread misunderstandings about tuition fees, student loans and more ⬇️ 🧵
Our new study with @hepi-news.bsky.social also reveals widespread misunderstandings about tuition fees, student loans and more ⬇️ 🧵
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This whole thread demonstrates the consequences when a crucial and successful part of the UK social and economic fabric is the subject of incessant negative coverage.
who could possibly have guessed who would be Kent's matchwinner?
August 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
who could possibly have guessed who would be Kent's matchwinner?
Just to say that Yorkshire have lost 2 players to the H*ndred whilst we've lost about 1,056 and are playing our youth team.
Therefore I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that if they don't batter us, they ought to be forced to give a public apology and forfeit their Division One status to us
Therefore I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that if they don't batter us, they ought to be forced to give a public apology and forfeit their Division One status to us
August 12, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Just to say that Yorkshire have lost 2 players to the H*ndred whilst we've lost about 1,056 and are playing our youth team.
Therefore I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that if they don't batter us, they ought to be forced to give a public apology and forfeit their Division One status to us
Therefore I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that if they don't batter us, they ought to be forced to give a public apology and forfeit their Division One status to us
Excellent start from Arav Shetty for Lancs and great to see young Luke Hands getting a wicket too. We actually got both Rews out! For less than 10 between them!
Can't wait to see how we lose this one.
Can't wait to see how we lose this one.
August 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Excellent start from Arav Shetty for Lancs and great to see young Luke Hands getting a wicket too. We actually got both Rews out! For less than 10 between them!
Can't wait to see how we lose this one.
Can't wait to see how we lose this one.
Imagine not liking Test cricket.
August 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Imagine not liking Test cricket.
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Today - as part of our look back at reports from our Pissarides Review, funded by the Nuffield Foundation - we're highlighting work from our firm-level research. We surveyed 1000 UK firms about tech adoption, and found how vital HR processes are to sustaining good work:
Adoption of AI in UK firms - and the consequences for jobs - IFOW
Based on a survey of 1000 UK firms, this Briefing explores the extent of AI adoption and policy implications to sustain jobs and good work.
www.ifow.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Today - as part of our look back at reports from our Pissarides Review, funded by the Nuffield Foundation - we're highlighting work from our firm-level research. We surveyed 1000 UK firms about tech adoption, and found how vital HR processes are to sustaining good work:
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NEW on Wonkhe: There’s evidence that artificial intelligence is causing students and graduates to switch up career choices. Chris Rea and Kirstin Burke think about automation anxiety and how to move past it buff.ly/zI6sTlm
July 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: There’s evidence that artificial intelligence is causing students and graduates to switch up career choices. Chris Rea and Kirstin Burke think about automation anxiety and how to move past it buff.ly/zI6sTlm
Just had an important message from my brother who is at a UKRi Q&A with their new Chief Exec Sir Ian Chapman. former head of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, and, it transpires, much more importantly, a Half Man Half Biscuit fan who is going up to see them play at the Devils Arse on Friday.
July 24, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Just had an important message from my brother who is at a UKRi Q&A with their new Chief Exec Sir Ian Chapman. former head of the UK Atomic Energy Authority, and, it transpires, much more importantly, a Half Man Half Biscuit fan who is going up to see them play at the Devils Arse on Friday.
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July 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Join @jisc.bsky.social online to explore how organisations can deepen collaboration to tackle shared challenges in #OpenAccess
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Join @jisc.bsky.social online to explore how organisations can deepen collaboration to tackle shared challenges in #OpenAccess
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That's a shame. Better luck next season lads.
July 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
That's a shame. Better luck next season lads.
@jisc.bsky.social have the new Graduate Outcomes data out today, looking at the outcomes of graduates from the 2022/23 academic year, and where they were at the end of 2024, 15 months after graduating.
www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-07-2...
www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-07-2...
Graduate Outcomes 2022/23: Summary Statistics - Summary | HESA
Annual first release of graduate outcomes data for 2021/22.
www.hesa.ac.uk
July 17, 2025 at 9:38 AM
@jisc.bsky.social have the new Graduate Outcomes data out today, looking at the outcomes of graduates from the 2022/23 academic year, and where they were at the end of 2024, 15 months after graduating.
www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-07-2...
www.hesa.ac.uk/news/17-07-2...
This isn't the greatest run chase I've ever seen from the West Indies.
July 14, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This isn't the greatest run chase I've ever seen from the West Indies.
As usual, if you want a job doing, Sam Cook will do it.
July 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As usual, if you want a job doing, Sam Cook will do it.
Melanie is right, little evidence of this happening (NI increases seem to be more of a factor, especially for SMEs) and the premise that the grad jobs market is in crisis is hung on one outlier stat (tbf from a normally-reliable org). most data says it's simply slightly less good than last year.
There’s a lot of chatter in today’s papers about graduates losing jobs to AI. Be VERY cautious about this claim. We have big problems with our jobs data. And employer costs have jumped quickly. There are other things going on that we can’t properly unpick because of data problems.
July 13, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Melanie is right, little evidence of this happening (NI increases seem to be more of a factor, especially for SMEs) and the premise that the grad jobs market is in crisis is hung on one outlier stat (tbf from a normally-reliable org). most data says it's simply slightly less good than last year.
Test cricket is the best.
July 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Test cricket is the best.
Would you like to know what's *actually* happening in the UK graduate labour market right now? Would you like it with links to all the primary sources so you can make your own mind up? Would you like it all for free? Well, it's your lucky day!
luminate.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-lab...
luminate.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-lab...
Graduate labour market update: what's really going on?
Charlie Ball returns with a mid-year assessment of the labour market and responds to media reports of a crisis in graduate jobs.
luminate.prospects.ac.uk
July 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Would you like to know what's *actually* happening in the UK graduate labour market right now? Would you like it with links to all the primary sources so you can make your own mind up? Would you like it all for free? Well, it's your lucky day!
luminate.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-lab...
luminate.prospects.ac.uk/graduate-lab...
Joe Root is so good that never mind the all time England XI, he might even make the all time *Yorkshire* XI
July 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Joe Root is so good that never mind the all time England XI, he might even make the all time *Yorkshire* XI