Higher education analyst interested in the economic impact, social value and role of HE in society. I also like golf. And poetry.
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Our new Viewforth special report is out today...
What is the true economic value of UK higher education - and why does it matter? wonkhe.com/blogs/what-is-the… via @wonkhe
Who said economics and poetry don't mix? Pleased to have a sonnet published this week in PulseBeat Poetry Journal. "The Love Song of Adam Smith's Mistress"
Lovely morning on community walk to the Museum of Rural Life in Rojales. Very pleasant 8km stroll through field and orchards. Local Mayor led the charge. Everyone treated to water and sandwiches on arrival. Interesting Museum.Didnt know that flax had been a staple in this area.
Amazing to see how far the kittens have come from the not-very-well little scraps they were on arrival c 8 weeks old to now c 16 weeks old. And each of them so affectionate and friendly ...
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Every civil servant worth his salt believes he could move to the private sector and earn 50% more.
I certainly thought so - yet my experience was rather more humbling.
A piece on how success shouts its name to the world, but failure is invisible.
open.substack.com/pub/edrith…
Delighted to have my poem 'A Woman in a Hurry', (previously published in ARTEMISpoetry33 ) included in the Down County Museum exhibition celebrating St. John's Point Lighthouse @nmdmuseums Poem is set in Rossglass near the lighthouse.
So, frustratingly, sun was well eclipsed by cloud... BUT it still got cooler, dusk like, the cicadas fell silent. Then the light started to come back quite gloriously. – at Benijófar, España
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Leading university department now afraid of the wider public seeing who works there.
The Cambridge Faculty of Education has locked down its 'our people' page
faculty.educ.cam.ac.uk/about…
Much fresher today. A balmy 32 degrees and low humidity. Fiesta week being announced by Church Bells and Fire Crackers...
What a difference 3 weeks makes... Little Lucia arrived 3 weeks ago today. She is still the smallest of the 3 but her eyes are clear and she's filling out. She's also the most adventurous.
Things I didn't know happen in high temperatures like this ( c. 40c) . Magnets losing power ( things falling off walls); electronics misbehaving - cutting out, slowing down. Also that there's such a thing as "Thermal Burst" winds- they are closing all the beaches in case...
We were devastated last week to lose our lovely Kali, she made it to the grand old age of 19, the last of of our three Bengal siblings. 1/2
Celebrating husband's 75th birthday today. Gosh, it's been over 35 years since we first met, working at the University of Strathclyde. Still going strong.
