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"The UK's first "super-university", stretching across an entire region..."

Eh? University of Wales, when founded in 1893, stretched from Cardiff to Aberystwyth and Bangor.

The University of the Highlands and Islands stretches across 10 sited, from Dunoon to Lerwick.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC headline, stating that "UK's first 'super-university' to be created as two merge from 2026". It is accompanied by an image of two apparently male graduates, wearing academic robes, looking towards the domed building of Queen Mary Court at University of Greenwich's London campus. (The building was designed and built between 1696 and 1742, designed by Sir Christopher Wren as the Royal Navy Hospital. It resembles St Paul's Cathedral, another of his works. It is elaborately built in the classical style, in off-white and grey coloured portland stone. It features columns along the sides and is topped at one end by a large grey dome.) An image of the text of the first two paragraphs from the BBC report saying, "The UK's first "super-university", stretching across an entire region, is to be created through the merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich, the BBC has learned. Under the proposed name of London and South East University Group, the single institution will have one vice-chancellor from the academic year starting in autumn 2026."
September 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM
markwcorbett.bsky.social
These guys lived more life than they or anyone else had a right to.
July 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
markwcorbett.bsky.social
This is an incredibly dubious figure in the BBC's report.

"...The average price of a new EV in the UK is nearly double the cost of a typical petrol car at £22,000..."

What does "typical" mean? What average is used?

A Dacia Sandero - UK's cheapest new car - is £14k.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM