I don't want a "bailout". I'd like UK universities to be allowed the option to increase prices for home students for the first time since 2017. #LetUsManage bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd9…
“Goldsmiths and the other institutions that have already been forced to make cuts are the canaries in higher education’s coalmine. If we don’t pay attention, the explosion will kill all of us. So we can’t just shrug and let the canaries die.”
Opinion: Why even a physicist like me should shudder at Goldsmiths’ predicament
The humanities- and social sciences-focused institution is the canary in UK higher education’s increasingly explosive coalmine, says Sir Keith Burnett bit.ly/3JosvDG
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Did you know DOJ is suing Apple? You did? Okay.
Well, there's a lot of talk comparing the Apple antitrust case to Microsoft back in the day.
What were the effects of the Microsoft lawsuit? There's an important paper you should know 🧵
Really enjoyed this. Entrepreneurship, market disruption and employee motivation all feature. Maxine Clark on Building the Build-a-Bear Workshop - Econlib econtalk.org/maxine-clark-on…
Who knew Bath was a great place? Oh wait. I did. ;-) TIME’s 2021 list of the World’s 100 Greatest Places ti.me/3wM40Yo
Good to see @bathcricket out today. First ball. – at Bath, England
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Together was not easy. But we stayed together. 💙💛
Join us tomorrow to see our film celebrating how our students - together - have supported the NHS, the local community and each other over the past six months.
#BelongatBath nitter.cf/UniofBath/status/12935…
The opportunity cost of another year of education looks very low for the coming year. I am reminded of the old quip about it being “a bad year to work.”
According to one estimate, those emerging from education this year will be less likely to have jobs in three years' time econ.trib.al/2K6xn1h
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How do we fix the U.S. #SupplyChain in the wake of #COVID19? It might be more complicated than you think. We examined travel paths of mobile devices from some of the nation's top #meatpacking plants and what we saw was eye-opening... (data courtesy of @xmodesocial)
I am currently doing a fun job: ensuring the queue for our free lunch service for those remaining on campus remains “socially distanced”. Great people to chat with in the queue!
Now, here is an idea whose time has come: “Goat 2 Meeting.”
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Latest ONS weekly deaths data (to w/e 3 April) have just been released and the impact of COVID-19 is now very apparent, with death numbers significantly higher than normal in week.
Year to date there have been 1.4% more deaths than the five-year average.
Please see notes below.
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“I’ll just run this last robustness check and then the paper will be finished...”
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