Dave Rush
@nighthawkcalling.bsky.social
Here for politics, Brentford, UCU, music and anything interesting... Also, to tell Elon he's a cunt.
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It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
It's official: 400 redundancies and a campus closure. At-risk staff will get a letter next week. Absolutely no serious consideration of any of the union's counterproposals.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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My paper on consultant-vampires Nous sucking the lifeblood of universities goes into more detail about how these guys operate (co-written with @bestqualitycrab.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Nousferatu”: Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities?
Universities and management consultants are locked in a danse macabre. We turn to the vampire genre to elaborate on the relationship of consulting companies to the university sector, focusing on th...
www.tandfonline.com
June 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
My paper on consultant-vampires Nous sucking the lifeblood of universities goes into more detail about how these guys operate (co-written with @bestqualitycrab.bsky.social) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This puts shit into perspective.
May 3, 2025 at 11:47 AM
This puts shit into perspective.
Never, ever ask Alexa to rap.
May 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Never, ever ask Alexa to rap.
My 5yo has been drawing fish today (for reasons we don't need to go into). Getting strong @noscoredraws.com vibes...
March 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
My 5yo has been drawing fish today (for reasons we don't need to go into). Getting strong @noscoredraws.com vibes...
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As predicted here for many months, the number of universities now making active redundancies has now risen to 90. It rise to 100 very soon. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
UK HE shrinking
This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…
qmucu.org
February 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
As predicted here for many months, the number of universities now making active redundancies has now risen to 90. It rise to 100 very soon. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...
Slightly unfortunate spelling mistake on the handmade birthday card this morning...
February 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Slightly unfortunate spelling mistake on the handmade birthday card this morning...
Filth from Damsgaard.
February 21, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Filth from Damsgaard.
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'Thrift says that university management has largely “done as it has been told” in the hope of getting “a tiny bit more money”. “It hasn’t exactly rolled over and played dead, but sometimes it can feel as though it is dangerously close to Stockholm syndrome”.' 1/3
Autonomy surrendered in ‘enshittification’ of academia – Thrift
Former Warwick v-c warns ‘industrialisation’ of universities risks turning academics into ‘drones’, and says fellow leaders have done little to help
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
'Thrift says that university management has largely “done as it has been told” in the hope of getting “a tiny bit more money”. “It hasn’t exactly rolled over and played dead, but sometimes it can feel as though it is dangerously close to Stockholm syndrome”.' 1/3
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'A £285 rise to £9,535 will modestly increase the debts of individual students, while doing little to address the overall problem. A new settlement is desperately needed – one that properly restores a sector that delivers a public good to the public realm'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
'A £285 rise to £9,535 will modestly increase the debts of individual students, while doing little to address the overall problem. A new settlement is desperately needed – one that properly restores a sector that delivers a public good to the public realm'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Sometimes you've got to take a long hard look at yourself and admit who you really are. So today, I've downloaded the Greggs app.
January 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Sometimes you've got to take a long hard look at yourself and admit who you really are. So today, I've downloaded the Greggs app.
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UK universities might misattribute changes in their rankings to their institutional strategies when random fluctuations in the ranking system are a more likely explanation.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
BSky author: @tvpollet.bsky.social
#UKHE #AcademicSky
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
BSky author: @tvpollet.bsky.social
#UKHE #AcademicSky
January 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
UK universities might misattribute changes in their rankings to their institutional strategies when random fluctuations in the ranking system are a more likely explanation.
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
BSky author: @tvpollet.bsky.social
#UKHE #AcademicSky
Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
BSky author: @tvpollet.bsky.social
#UKHE #AcademicSky
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Going out for dinner with your spouse/long term partner isn't "date night", it's just going out for dinner.
January 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Going out for dinner with your spouse/long term partner isn't "date night", it's just going out for dinner.
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General secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social outlines how marketisation is destroying higher education.
Vice-chancellors have lobbied for and built business models around unregulated, eye-watering fees for international students.
Listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Vice-chancellors have lobbied for and built business models around unregulated, eye-watering fees for international students.
Listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 3, 2024 at 3:36 PM
General secretary @drjogrady.bsky.social outlines how marketisation is destroying higher education.
Vice-chancellors have lobbied for and built business models around unregulated, eye-watering fees for international students.
Listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Vice-chancellors have lobbied for and built business models around unregulated, eye-watering fees for international students.
Listen to @bbcradio4.bsky.social 👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@noscoredraws.bsky.social Any chance of a pierluigi collina?
November 27, 2024 at 9:25 PM
@noscoredraws.bsky.social Any chance of a pierluigi collina?
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Really interesting, analytical piece by Jak Peake about the current consultative ballot being run by UCU, and whether we should be taking UK-wide industrial action now.
campaignforucudemocracy.com/2024/11/21/f...
campaignforucudemocracy.com/2024/11/21/f...
Fighting Smart: What Next for UCU Members Coping with an HE Crisis?
From Jak Peake[1] On 12 November, the University and College Union (UCU) launched a consultative ballot on a pay offer from the Universities and Colleges Employers Association (UCEA) – ranging…
campaignforucudemocracy.com
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Really interesting, analytical piece by Jak Peake about the current consultative ballot being run by UCU, and whether we should be taking UK-wide industrial action now.
campaignforucudemocracy.com/2024/11/21/f...
campaignforucudemocracy.com/2024/11/21/f...
Dreamt last night that England had taken two quick wickets just before tea, one from a beamer by Stuart Broad. Woke up feeling happy only to remember that there is no Test match being played, Broad has retired, and I am old.
November 20, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Dreamt last night that England had taken two quick wickets just before tea, one from a beamer by Stuart Broad. Woke up feeling happy only to remember that there is no Test match being played, Broad has retired, and I am old.
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Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙
November 20, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) ⭐️💙
Just had parmesan on my beans on toast. I feel like Caligula.
November 19, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Just had parmesan on my beans on toast. I feel like Caligula.