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The cycle is:

Enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so funding for teaching is cut so fewer courses are offered so enrollments slightly decline so the legislature says terminate the program.

Election meme: 50.1 Everyone gets a puppy, 49.9 diarrhea forever

Everything feels like this now

Lots of Land Rovers identifying as busses this morning.

My boyfriend is watching MobLand whilst I am helpfully telling him about Mothers, Monsters, Whores and how every woman in the show fits the narratives Sjoberg identified. He keeps rolling his eyes but I think he really appreciates it.

Dear NHS 7 day blood pressure diary, This morning as I read more meaningless AI policy, I wondered whether the soul of higher education was lost for ever and if, as I have dedicated my adult life to HE, my soul was also diminished… 158/90.

The markets are down. The markets have rallied. The markets are down. The markets have temporarily recovered. The markets are down. Has anyone checked whether the markets are also perimenopausal?

3 fully funded Phds in peace and conflict studies:

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I might have to. It's ok to just glue things to him?

Solidarity to anyone who has just realised it is World Book Day on Thursday. My son has just announced he wants to go as King Louie from the Jungle Book. So I've 48 hours and zero skill to put that together

Research Associate (2 posts) We are seeking to recruit two outstanding individuals to contribute to our work with public services and the Welsh Government. The post offers a unique opportunity to manage and conduct high...

Two lovely Research Associate roles with Wales Centre for Public Policy wcpp.org.uk/about/job/re...

Found this toad at 7am this morning in the middle of a carpark. We were both awake too early, I think. It did not want to move.

You're just round the corner from me, I think? 🤣

This evening at B&Q my boyfriend asked me what colour we should paint the skirting board and I said 'I just don't have the bandwidth to deal with this tonight'. We are both silently wondering who I've become.

Solidarity to everyone at Cardiff Uni. Awful news.

After 11 days without heating or hot water Anwar from British Gas is coming today. Anwar is already a hero to our family.
The kids are excited. I'm emotional.

A small, green electric lint remover sits on top of a multicoloured wool jumper.

Sorry for the slow reply, I bought an electric lint remover and have become obsessed with shaving bobbles off my clothes.

Top 4 misconceptions about science
1. It fills knowledge-gaps (discoveries are unknown unknowns)
2. It proceeds along a straightforward path (discoveries are not predictable)
3. It looks for answers (new questions are crucial)
4. It is only rational (requires night science leaps)

Provide me with a technology that enhances human flourishing & makes our societies demonstrably better & I’ll adopt it enthusiastically. Provide me with an ethical tool that improves learning & teaching & I’ll use it tomorrow. LLMs, in their present forms, do the opposite.

My coffee advent calendar gave me decaf for the 24th. Decaf for xmas eve??

You too!

It would be today, Fri Dec 20th, that water starts to come through the ceiling 🙄

Still working my way through Gerard Toal’s brilliant book in this iteration of the book & beer/ pint & paper series. This is definitely worth a read. And by popular demand (one person asked!) the beer- 3 Ravens Cali IPA- is a super-crisp IPA perfect for a summer Friday afternoon in Oz. Cheers!

I will not open my Year in Monzo. You can't make me look.

Strong LinkedIn vibes here.

The 'to-do' list will never end. Sometimes you just have to stop.

This semester I asked my uni students what they understood feminism to be, and how they came to know it. So many of them have written about the positive impact of studying A-Level sociology. So if you know a sociology teacher, say thanks from me.

A Faculty Member’s Self-Evaluation at the End of the Semester Dear Committee Members, As part of the faculty review process, I am pleased to report to you on my work. In this letter, I will offer information ...

"Under my leadership, we have instituted an assessment program where we assess how we assess what we already assessed, using learning outcomes that include all of the buzzwords someone in admin told us were important."

Greggs Wallace ponders if he is out of touch, but decides it's middle class women if a certain age who are wrong

A photo of Gregg Wallace with captions over the image of him saying 'handful of middle class women of a certain age '.

Is 'middle class woman of a certain age' the new childless cat lady?

Immigration system statistics, year ending September 2024 Quarterly statistics on people coming to UK, extensions of stay, total in asylum system, irregular migration, citizenship, EUSS, asylum, detentions and returns.

Long thread of initial reflections on today's immigration statistics as I read through them. First off, it would be great if people could remember they are from June, that means that, not matter your political persuasions, they are down to the previous government. 1/
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