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Looking forward to presenting the theoretical innovations from my doctoral work at the BSA Bourdieu Study Group conference in sunny Vienna today! Come along at 2pm if you're interested in how we can reconcile institutional habitus and doxa within institutions and fields. #Bourdieu2025

04.09.2025 07:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Universities have β€˜lost sight of responsibility over public money’ Baroness Smith says institutions failing to rein in spending despite demanding financial support from government

What this tells you is that the Higher Education Minister knows there's going to be an irradiated crater where our universities used to be pretty soon. She's looking for someone else to blame.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/05...

10.05.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 218    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 30

Labour once again unwilling to have awkward but necessary conversations. Much easier to indulge in the economics of nostalgia and fantasy.

20.04.2025 13:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The UK car industry contributes Β£22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.

Universities contribute Β£265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.

Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.

09.04.2025 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1118    πŸ” 455    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 26

Her writing has always been lowest-common-denominator dross, but even if it wasn't, it shouldn't matter.

19.04.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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