Andrew Tweedie
@tweedie.bsky.social
Dual resident (🇬🇧 - 🇩🇪, so also 🇪🇺). Interested in higher education and research policy.
Dear Berlin-brandenburg Airport
get your act together. You have had a few years to get it right. Perhaps get operations managers from @lutonairport.bsky.social to help out.
Andrew
get your act together. You have had a few years to get it right. Perhaps get operations managers from @lutonairport.bsky.social to help out.
Andrew
June 13, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Dear Berlin-brandenburg Airport
get your act together. You have had a few years to get it right. Perhaps get operations managers from @lutonairport.bsky.social to help out.
Andrew
get your act together. You have had a few years to get it right. Perhaps get operations managers from @lutonairport.bsky.social to help out.
Andrew
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📅 CLOSING SOON! Are you an experienced researcher at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes University interested in leading a policy-engaged research agenda that will have meaningful local impact, reducing inequalities across Oxfordshire? We'd love to hear from you! Visit www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/chief-scient...
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 AM
📅 CLOSING SOON! Are you an experienced researcher at @ox.ac.uk or Oxford Brookes University interested in leading a policy-engaged research agenda that will have meaningful local impact, reducing inequalities across Oxfordshire? We'd love to hear from you! Visit www.socsci.ox.ac.uk/chief-scient...
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I’m looking to chat to anyone who has used the Help To Save scheme to put some money aside and get the government bonus. Please do email me - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk if that’s you. And any shares gratefully received because it’s a little-known scheme
April 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I’m looking to chat to anyone who has used the Help To Save scheme to put some money aside and get the government bonus. Please do email me - felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk if that’s you. And any shares gratefully received because it’s a little-known scheme
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Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Come join @tanjabueltmann.net and I at Strathclyde for a funded PhD on built heritage and Glasgow’s slaving links, centred around Tobacco Merchant’s House.
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
Excellent ops to engage with heritage industry via co-supervision by Scottish Civic Trust!
Details below!
Any questions - get in touch!
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Job opening for a lecturer in PPE @ Kings College, London - Applicants with a profile in the History of Economic Thought are encouraged to apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA388/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA388/l...
Lecturer in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at King's College London
Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Politics, Philosophy and Economics on jobs.ac.uk!
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Job opening for a lecturer in PPE @ Kings College, London - Applicants with a profile in the History of Economic Thought are encouraged to apply!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA388/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMA388/l...
The framing of 'giving military aid to Ukraine' is a bit wrong isn't it? Aren't we protecting ourselves from Russia on a Ukrainian battle field with loss of Ukrainian life?
March 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The framing of 'giving military aid to Ukraine' is a bit wrong isn't it? Aren't we protecting ourselves from Russia on a Ukrainian battle field with loss of Ukrainian life?
You have to love Stiftungwarentest: www.test.de/Haemorrhoide...
Bluten, Brennen, Juckreiz: Hämorrhoiden vorbeugen und behandeln
Blut im Stuhl, der Po juckt, vieles hilft, wenn Hämorrhoiden Beschwerden machen. Jetzt bei der Stiftung Warentest informieren!
www.test.de
February 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
You have to love Stiftungwarentest: www.test.de/Haemorrhoide...
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January 26, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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A useful list of government action which doesn't make headlines.
UK Minister for Water and Flooding denied applications for emergency authorisation to use a product containing a neonicotinoid to treat seeds for the 2025 sugar beet crop in England those in the sugar industry strong advocates of Brexit ! The EU would not allow neonicotinoid !
But Tories said yes!
But Tories said yes!
Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
January 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A useful list of government action which doesn't make headlines.
@deborahcole.bsky.social pulling the strings? But, then I am in Dahlem not Cottbus.... I guess you didn't write the headline... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
January 19, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@deborahcole.bsky.social pulling the strings? But, then I am in Dahlem not Cottbus.... I guess you didn't write the headline... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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New: Leaders at Northumbria University argue the time to reform the Teachers Pension Scheme is now.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/06/u...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/06/u...
Universities and the Teachers Pension Scheme: the time for change is now - HEPI
The disparity in pension costs between TPS and USS schemes creates significant financial strain and unfair competition for modern universities.
www.hepi.ac.uk
January 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
New: Leaders at Northumbria University argue the time to reform the Teachers Pension Scheme is now.
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/06/u...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/01/06/u...
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Further evidence of the TPS impact across the sector, read our comment here
🎓🧓 Many universities are struggling with the cost of staff pensions, according to analysis of their accounts
Universities Are Making Cuts To Pay For Rising Staff Pensions, Accounts Show
Many universities are struggling with the cost of staff pensions at a time when the higher education sector is already under financial pressure, Po...
www.politicshome.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Further evidence of the TPS impact across the sector, read our comment here
Perhaps unsurprisingly, 56% of our energy is being generated by wind right now: grid.iamkate.com
December 8, 2024 at 10:15 AM
Perhaps unsurprisingly, 56% of our energy is being generated by wind right now: grid.iamkate.com
A nice live dashboard for where our energy is coming from: grid.iamkate.com
November 22, 2024 at 1:33 PM
A nice live dashboard for where our energy is coming from: grid.iamkate.com
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Here's @benchu.bsky.social with the farming tax change numbers www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
Explaining the farming tax change row
BBC Verify examines the different claims about how many farms will be affected by the inheritance tax changes for agricultural assets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Here's @benchu.bsky.social with the farming tax change numbers www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
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Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP
Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP
Sustainability-focused inclusive income formula accounts for non-monetary factors overlooked in GDP, says ONS
For generations, the economy’s progress has been measured by a single figure: gross domestic product (GDP). But the UK’s official number…
dlvr.it
November 19, 2024 at 5:33 AM
Housework to green energy: the new markers of growth in rival metric to GDP
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#BBCNews - Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal to tax farmers for livestock emissions
It is part of a wider plan to reduce emissions and pollution and restore natural habitat.
www.bbc.com
November 18, 2024 at 11:25 PM
#BBCNews - Flatulence tax: Denmark agrees deal for livestock emissions levy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1. Looking for/at strong gravitational lenses and submm galaxies with Euclid+LSST
2. Can life exist inside a neutron star?
🔭🧪
1. Looking for/at strong gravitational lenses and submm galaxies with Euclid+LSST
2. Can life exist inside a neutron star?
🔭🧪
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1. Predicting extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) rates from active galactic nuclei (AGN) for LISA.
2. WTF is dark matter?
1. Predicting extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI) rates from active galactic nuclei (AGN) for LISA.
2. WTF is dark matter?
November 17, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about
1. Looking for/at strong gravitational lenses and submm galaxies with Euclid+LSST
2. Can life exist inside a neutron star?
🔭🧪
1. Looking for/at strong gravitational lenses and submm galaxies with Euclid+LSST
2. Can life exist inside a neutron star?
🔭🧪
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📢 A reminder that I am looking for a capable and ambitious researcher for my #EPSRC #NIA #project on Carbon-Aware Scalable Processing from early next year. Applications for the #PDRA/#RA position are due on 21-Nov-2024 at 23:45h UK time: jobs.ac.uk/job/DKI680/r... 📢 #hiring #researcher
Research Assistant/Associate at University of Glasgow
Apply now for the Research Assistant/Associate role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details.
jobs.ac.uk
November 11, 2024 at 1:02 PM
📢 A reminder that I am looking for a capable and ambitious researcher for my #EPSRC #NIA #project on Carbon-Aware Scalable Processing from early next year. Applications for the #PDRA/#RA position are due on 21-Nov-2024 at 23:45h UK time: jobs.ac.uk/job/DKI680/r... 📢 #hiring #researcher
Let's hope this encourages more kids to learn German: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
November 16, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Let's hope this encourages more kids to learn German: www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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So many amazing people are joining the DKMS UK stem cell register🙏
PLEASE KEEP SHARING & JOINING! Rachel from #Fife has blood cancer & needs a stem cell donor. She is determined to live for her one-year-old daughter, Daisy💔
Let’s find a match for Rachel. Join here👇
www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...
PLEASE KEEP SHARING & JOINING! Rachel from #Fife has blood cancer & needs a stem cell donor. She is determined to live for her one-year-old daughter, Daisy💔
Let’s find a match for Rachel. Join here👇
www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...
November 14, 2024 at 7:21 AM
So many amazing people are joining the DKMS UK stem cell register🙏
PLEASE KEEP SHARING & JOINING! Rachel from #Fife has blood cancer & needs a stem cell donor. She is determined to live for her one-year-old daughter, Daisy💔
Let’s find a match for Rachel. Join here👇
www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...
PLEASE KEEP SHARING & JOINING! Rachel from #Fife has blood cancer & needs a stem cell donor. She is determined to live for her one-year-old daughter, Daisy💔
Let’s find a match for Rachel. Join here👇
www.dkms.org.uk/get-involved...
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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This is how the British press reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago (turn the sound on to hear news reports from BBC and ITV).
November 9, 2024 at 10:20 AM
This is how the British press reported on the fall of the Berlin Wall 35 years ago (turn the sound on to hear news reports from BBC and ITV).
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NEW on Wonkhe: An attack on higher education feels like a must have for every right wing populist platform. David Kernohan takes a couple of prominent recent examples for a spin https://buff.ly/4embAyD
November 10, 2024 at 7:00 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: An attack on higher education feels like a must have for every right wing populist platform. David Kernohan takes a couple of prominent recent examples for a spin https://buff.ly/4embAyD