Lucy Barnes

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Public vastly overestimate level of ‘graduate regret’, poll finds New research highlights misconceptions about higher education, with people more positive about universities than is commonly realised

'Fewer graduates regret going to university than is widely assumed and the public have a more favourable view of universities than people imagine, according to new research.' 1/3

Almost: some of us got lucky and own it

Can me and women be just friends by the economist

yes, next question

Please, God, no

My hunch is that it is hard to reconcile perceived levels of inequality (high, growing) with the idea that taxes are (sufficiently) progressive

This, but also for research

Very Cirrus People

populism<->austerity doom loop, anyone?

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Love this but think the gaming element is the cherry; the “seeing like a market” (or if you prefer, the Beatles (can’t buy me love)) is the cake

Gender neutral spaces have existed for years, we all know that. It isn't trans and non-binary individuals attacking women without any repercussions, that's men. Nothing about demonising trans and non-binary individuals makes women safer. It does make people more vulnerable though. 3/5

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'The political effects of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone' by Andrew McNeil and Frieder Mitsch

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“define a woman” fine ok, so you know when shania twain says “let’s go girls”? if you go then you’re a woman

The joy of the teaching track: Learning and Teaching in Politics and International Studies - Cathy Elliott, Ellen Watts, Kalina Zhekova, Keith Smith, Rose Gann, Madeleine Le Bourdon, 2025 In recent years, the number of academic jobs in research-intensive universities that are described as ‘academic education route’, ‘teaching and scholarship’, or...

Really excited that our @politicsjournal.bsky.social article on the Joy of the Teaching Track ✨ is out! Co-authored with the brilliant @ellenfelicity.bsky.social, Keith Smith, Kalina Zhekova, @rosegann.bsky.social @mlebourdon.bsky.social – we advocate for enjoying our jobs!
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Struck in part 1 by the extent that criticisms of MT (not smart, just works hard; micromanages (“too bossy”); no ideas of her own) echo highly gendered tropes.

more surprising than even the explicit misogyny.

Ofc some women are unoriginal, not smart, conscientious micromanagers, but 🤷‍♀️

I love this but my personal vibe is a mixtape

The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one.

Maybe if there were better news 🙁

writing books is so easy, i just type out all of the true and original ideas i have about a topic in the correct order but also to exactly the right length without any digressions or mistakes and then bask in the well earned acclaim from my very reasonable peers who recognize pure truths when they s

I’m fairly confident that “The Economist”, not the mention the economists, is the answer to this question

Congrats, happy to see this come out!

Right, but why don’t the bond markets want us to have a functional police force (e.g.)?

Taking this at face value, what beliefs/behaviour enforce the straitjacket? One or more of voters, markets, or HMT has to be either extremely short sighted or irrational (in different ways) to prefer the total collapse of the public sector to higher taxes/borrowing. And impervious to persuasion.

Yes, and: I don’t think the proper names/case orientation and the more constructivist/performative approaches are the same distinction, even if “variables, realist” is an important (dominant?) combination

Motion to HEC: Focus on Defending Jobs and Reforming UK HE Two UCU Commons HEC members are bringing the following motion to the special HEC meeting on Wednesday 19th February. We are looking for UCU members in HE to add their names in support of the motion…

If, like me, you are a UCU member and agree the union should stop wasting time and effort on a fruitless round of pay strikes at a time when tens of thousands of academic jobs are at risk, then please consider signing this open letter (link early on the document): ucucommons.org/2025/02/13/m...

Super interesting!

But/and: do politicians understand “what the public want” to be the same as “what surveys of citizens show”?

Cf: Fastenrath and Marx: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

This is good, but surely a role for sector leadership in this mess.

Top uni mgmt: dogs that didn’t bark; union leadership: often barking up the wrong tree

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