@simonvarwell.bsky.social Aberdeen has always been boom and bust... There are plenty of people in Aberdeen who will tell you the oil industry has done nothing for them...

For instance, yes the North Sea oil and gas industry creates thousands of jobs. But you insult workers if you say they’re unretrainable one-trick ponies. Renewables need engineers, electricians, divers, helicopter pilots. If NE had got its arse in gear in renewables, Aberdeen wouldn’t be in slump.

@aaisp

Ooof. I'm showing my age. FTTP, not FDDI. I haven't seen FDDI kit for quite a few years.

Most people who work in higher education understand this. We understand that if we simply tell students what to think and what information to store, we have failed them, and thus failed society.
That's why we spend years learning how to identify our own biases...so we can leave them at the door.