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The further into the winter we get the stranger that "keep universities open" sounds. They are not, meaningfully, open now. Collectively there's a cigarette paper between what's happening now and
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Lots of students say they *feel* lied to/deceived about this academic year. But were they, legally? And what would be their rights if they were? There's lots of Consumer Rights
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Interview with a contract tracer on R4 just now with several reflections on students. After the news at 8.33amhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000nmch There's a mental health problem This is what happens when we
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For years and years now, the (Wmin) government has provided a top up of funds to universities for support for disadvantaged students called "student premium funding" This year - during
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There's a good piece in the FT this weekend with this cracking para https://on.ft.com/348OQkJ Students did their job. For which they have been demonised and locked up with appallingly poor
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Good review of the Christmas thing here from @seanjcoughlan https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-54570623 As if this is where we've ended up as a sector It wouldn't be so bad if this was informed
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Yikes. Scottish Government confirms that students whose family home is in Scotland (or presumably Northern Ireland or English and Welsh local lockdown areas) can't legally go home at weekend to
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The thing I was trying to say earlier in the summer was that the measures being taken on campus - often a fairly intensively used space at any university -
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I like to think that I'm OK at looking around corners, but even for me the last couple of days has driven home the long haul thing. The big question
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I've been thinking a lot this week about normal accidents, the millennium bug, the respective roles of optimism and pessimism and the importance of place. The last one in particular
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It’s Friday! So do we have a dose of contrition and a sensible u-turn from government? We do not. Instead, they’re doubling down on the doubling down - by kicking
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I very much doubt many applicants follow me, but given judging by the tweets everyone else seems to have an army of followers in this situation, a quick reminder You'll
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