though it too has a wiki page

To complete the re-issued Gertrude Trevelyan set www.boilerhouse.press/product-page...

But there is 'a magic money tree', though technically it is called quantitative easing, used to save the banks in 2007/8. So, why not use it to create co-operatively owned non-profit water companies?

Oh... and one very important skill I forgot: self-direction

Don't think of it in academic terms, but in practical skills that are used: project management, chasing leads, digging out hard to find material, influencing others to accept new ideas... and, of course, long, hard, slog working all hours 😅

A PhD is, by definition, thinking outside the box. In a non-academic setting the idea of being able to take an idea, breaking it down into components, spending time researching and revising those ideas, and writing them up in a convincing manner is novel and not a skill easily found.

Executive pay should fund all consultancy fees. If you need someone else to do your job then you pay for it.

Early onset: It was not (to start again) what one had expected.
What was to be the value of the long looked forward to,
Long hoped for calm, the autumnal serenity
And the wisdom of age? Had they deceived us,
Or deceived themselves, the quiet-voiced elders,
Bequeathing us merely a receipt for deceit?

Though mentioned in the article this analysis ought to be part of the headline. taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/06/23/b...

The proposed model is clearly nonsense. The current model does not work. Is there an *ideal* model that might be enacted? Grateful for links to proposals that might *fix* things

#ModWrite the viva really is the best bit of the PhD process. So delighted to complete mine this sunny Monday morning.

Unfortunately not...

They are in the Keep and although terse are fascinating... particularly strong on how the Woolf's spent their money

Easy to find out by looking at Lisa's profile.