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Nick Cott

@nickcott.bsky.social

Associate Lecturer in History at Open University and University of St. Andrews. Honorary Alderman of the City of Newcastle upon Tyne. Former Newcastle Liberal Democrat City Councillor & Opposition Leader. Currently Chair of Northumberland Liberal Democrats

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Looking forward to my latest Explore series on Ramsay MacDonald. The Explore programme is put together by the Joseph Cowen Centre, a charity based in Newcastle. It has a wide programme and well worth joining!

01.10.2025 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some bizarre figures in here (Lib Dem figure wild, but then, Ipsos had a wild Green figure, so pick your small party house effect), but regardless, Holyrood's voting system is not holding up well; the "correct" proportional AMS outcome should be:

SNP ~ 46
RUK ~ 21
Lab ~ 20
LD ~ 18
Con ~ 14
Grn ~ 10

04.09.2025 12:39 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oasis humour in Ladybank tonight thanks to Scotsrail!

09.08.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Nigel. I look forward to seeing you there!

22.07.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My UG and PG students on September / October starts have been receiving their results. Well done to all
@openuniversity.bsky.social students for all your efforts. Learning by distance is not easy but you show year on year how hard work pays off!

22.07.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Looking forward to my next lecture series for the Explore programme at the Joseph Cowen Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne on Ramsay Macdonald. I have decided to run this due to very positive feedback on my lecture series' on Baldwin and Chamberlain and this will kind of complete the set!

22.07.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ Trump admits that concluding a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine "in 24 hours" is a more difficult task than he thought…

12.12.2024 18:03 β€” πŸ‘ 254    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 14
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Looking forward to my next course for Explore Lifelong Learning in February / March. Explore is a great programme of learning for anyone interested. They have a fabulous Newcastle city centre venue and availability online as well for some of the courses, including mine.

11.12.2024 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impact of Brexit and of leaving Erasmus+ on France-UK academic exchanges France is endeavouring, at bilateral as much as European level, to find solutions to strengthen student exchanges with the UK in a now more restricted framework.

"The number of European students enrolled at British universities in 2022/23 was 20% lower than 2021/22 – and 37% lower than 2020/21. ... Compared to 2018/19, there were 26% fewer students from France; 37% fewer from Italy; 40% fewer from Germany."
#RejoinEU πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί

11.12.2024 13:17 β€” πŸ‘ 57    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 3

Awful.

04.12.2024 21:57 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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