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And to think I had a hard time persuading the PhD office to accept my PhD because it was 808 words over ...
Emma YeomansCalls for the Office for Students to investigate Liverpool John Moores University, after it passed Jason Arday's PhD thesis despite plagiarism and the thesis being 38,000 words over word count. He says received just one supervision in 2.5 years. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...
I think it's useful to remember that managers call in consultants to justify a decision they've already made.
Alex PrichardThe government has effectively outsourced HE policy to consultants, including Nous, KPMG and others. At Exeter it’s Nous www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...
What was hot on the blog last month. Feat. Farage's difficulties, the advent of Andy Burnham, the uses of Ann Widdecombe ...
Five Most Popular Posts in JulyTime for the monthly duty post! What did the business on the blog during July? 1. The Desperation of Nigel Farage 2. From Brexit to Frexi...averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comI agree with this. I understand why Badenoch pursues a Farageist strategy because consolidating the base is an understandable response to getting smashed. But what she doesn't get is that sticking with it won't get the Tories anywhere beyond that base.
Stephen BushSorry I just don’t buy this. They were polling better during the Sunak interim than they are now. Is the argument that Kemi’s approval ratings *travelled back in time*?
Local council by-elections for July CON 19% (+1 cllr) LAB 15% (-2) LDEM 16% (+1) REF 24% (+4) GRN 12% (-1)
Local Council By-Elections July 2026This month saw 75,444 votes cast in 46 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 22 council...averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comWorth remembering that this government is subsidising a theme park to the tune of £1.3bn. An amount that would go some way to preserving the intellectual and economic footprint of our universities.
James WoodfieldAccording to the parliamentary annual report & accounts for the 2025/26 financial year, the cost of subsidising the bars in the House of Commons alone was around £5.8 million. Meanwhile, to save £3 million less than that, Jodrell Bank is being defunded and shut down. share.google/MRHIvCsCsKoc...
Local council by-elections for July CON 19% (+1 cllr) LAB 15% (-2) LDEM 16% (+1) REF 24% (+4) GRN 12% (-1)
Local Council By-Elections July 2026This month saw 75,444 votes cast in 46 local authority contests. All percentages are rounded to the nearest single decimal place. 22 council...averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comThis was an important and unscripted contribution. What has been disturbing about this "debate" is how the worries of disabled people and their allies have been completely swept aside.
Paul BrandBREAKING: Andy Burnham says the assisted dying debate should wait until after palliative care and social care have been fixed. “It’s very challenging to introduce that wider debate” when the systems are in crisis, he says. ‘Not now’, in other words.