Andrew McGettigan

Yes, these eyes are windows, and this body of mine is the house. What a pity they didn’t stop up the chinks and the crannies though

The Womble and The Clanger in the style of The Omen and The Exorcist

🧵I've posted them before, but here's my thread of horror/kids' TV double-bill cinema posters. Happy Halloween...
#halloween #cinema #graphicdesign #poster

🛩️ Une équipe américaine a volé directement dans l'œil de l'ouragan Melissa qui dévaste les Caraïbes. L'Administration nationale océanique et atmosphérique (NOAA) a publié les images impressionnantes depuis le cockpit, secoué par les turbulences⤵️

Small businesses being notoriously immune to cash flow squeezes.

will be co-ordinated.

is there any enthusiam in the sector for this?
much of the HE content appears to have been pulled out of the back of drawers and seems to be politically tone deaf. I do not see how any of the ambitions

there appears to be limited awareness that a crackdown on franchising could unwind 5-10 franchising HEIs very rapidly.
Yes - those managements have behaved badly, but we know from Dundee that it isn't those failed managers and governors who pay the price

... but that was previously a tacit consequence. The new language is more robust and the "reset" appears to be a blunter tone.
That there is no insolvency discussion - and again no commitment to intervene - is really troubling.

Maybe I have been out of the HE policy loop too long, but this White Paper looks much like something from 2016-18.
Even "learning gain" & reviewing external examiner practice reappear.
I previously argued that the logic of English HE policy was to reduce research activity

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Mining For Material — Hastings Writers Workshop A writers workshop focusing on finding material for writing

Off to Hastings in December to inspire & support other writers. Promise to smile & laugh more than the photo suggests! Please spread the word, literally & metaphorically!
@hastingswrites.bsky.social

Also, for all that we enjoy the comedic stylings of Kemi Badenoch, a party leadership which is only three percentage points ahead of her, having been at 45% as recently as 18 months ago, might want to have a look in the mirror and ask what it is doing wrong

rewatch Prime Suspect instead

they were afraid of him

the important thing is that they let this go on for a long time and humiliated their ministers for no reason in the mean time

Peter Mandelson predicts fresh revelations about friendship with Jeffrey Epstein Labour peer and diplomat under pressure after publication of birthday messages to convicted sex offender

Mandelson predicts fresh revelations about Epstein friendship on.ft.com/4nn5ov7

well, I think there is a lot of effort being made to obscure the takeover.
If you read Kent's published annual reports for the last 5 years, it is a horrible trajectory.

The Greenwich release has a FAQ section:
"The two universities will retain their name, identity and local presence"
There may be some interesting legal shenanigans here, since Kent has a Royal Charter.
but "trading as" the University of Kent may be the pertinent concept.

if there is only one legal entity at the end, then we are talking about continuation of "brands". Cf, University of Arts London and CSM etc.

Kent announces ‘trailblazing’ collaboration with the University of Greenwich

I think "Group" may be a bit of spin to spare Kent's blushes.
"The new ‘super university’ will have one unified governing body, academic board and executive team, and one vice-chancellor. The first vice-chancellor will be Professor Jane Harrington."
www.kent.ac.uk/news/stateme...

'introduced to ' like smack.
JE's company was obviously very moreish.

This entire book is a nightmare

Japan's oldest professional player of the board game Go retired on Wednesday aged 98, saying that she can no longer handle "six hours without a break".
u.afp.com/SQLZ

Amongst all the fun of this it’s, once again, worth pointing out that I couldn’t convince a single university in the UK of the value of this sort of public history work or the benefits of a REF impact case study built around computer games and Lucasfilm. Worth reflecting on for academia I think. 🗃️

I had a life-sized poster of the Flukeman from this episode in my freshman dorm and for some reason my roommate moved out

Years ago I worked in marketing for a county cricket club that also hosts Test Matches. When players were too busy to sign shirts and bats I would forge their signatures, which is a skill I learnt when working in a Bank.

Whoa!!!

10-year-old breakout genius Bodhana Sivanandan has just been drawn in R1 against the BRITISH CHAMPION Gawain Jones.

What a matchup tomorrow! #britishchesschamps

Tarrasch was also a medical doctor ...

bassem?