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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Ursula Kelly retweeted
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…
Ursula Kelly retweeted
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…
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Fundamental point: the graduate earnings premium is not really measuring anything to do with higher education or graduates.
It’s measuring “how well-paid are your high-earners (which tends to be where your graduates are) relative to lower-earners?”
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Let’s hear it for the Information Commissioner, who appears to be almost the only person in Scottish public life who cares about doing their job properly.
The Commissioner has initiated legal proceedings following the Scottish Government's failure to comply with the timescales set out in a recent decision relating to the James Hamilton report.
Read the statement: foi.scot/statement-scottish-…
ALT Image of Scottish Government building St Andrews House.
Ursula Kelly retweeted
“How small the masked undergraduate waving a Hamas flag on a British street looks when compared with those Iranian women who – under threat of the most horrific punishment – have thrown off the hijabs they are compelled to wear.”
My @scotonsunday column: scotsman.com/news/opinion/co…
Ursula Kelly retweeted
If a government grants itself the power to compel private sector #pension schemes to allocate their default investment funds into specific asset classes — potentially aligned with national policy objectives — to what extent does this constitute a form of indirect expropriation?
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Later in the summer, Wessex Archaeology will be looking for volunteers to take part in a community heritage project investigating the maritime heritage of the Forth.
See the details below and why not get in touch - can't wait to see what is discovered.
Ursula Kelly retweeted
📢A recruitment drive has been started by @lawlessj to attract outstanding international research leaders to Ireland.
💻 Interested applicants are encouraged to begin their application without delay.
Apply now: researchireland.ie/funding/g… @Researchirel
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Are you interested in developing genuinely interdisciplinary projects that range across all SHAPE and STEM disciplines? Applications for the International Interdisciplinary Research Projects are now open. thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fund…
ALT White banner with a researcher in a group-setting. The words 'International Interdisciplinary Research Projects 2026' are written on the right-hand side.
Ursula Kelly retweeted
“Why pay to attend a football match when you can watch it online? Why go see Taylor Swift or the London Philharmonic in person, when you can download their tracks? ” — @PatPorter76 defends in-person teaching thecritic.co.uk/university-a…
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Voters are sick of lectures from the lanyard class. thetimes.com/article/e20cdcf…
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I just don’t know what to say about this. Professor Stock is not exaggerating here. Access to state facilitated death is being treated as an equal ops “barriers” type right, rather than an assessment of the vulnerability of minorities. Really grim stuff.
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I wrote a post about self exclusion as a response to discrimination linkedin.com/posts/audrey-lu…
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Column: When it comes to women, ‘sorry’ is the impossible word. (No paywall)
thetimes.com/article/6b46871…
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A farmer watching the Irish Open surrounded by his cows.
When people talk about being effortlessly cool, this is who they're talking about.
Ursula Kelly retweeted
Dundee University rector Maggie Chapman MSP is being told to apologise by senior Scots lawyers for accusing the Supreme Court of "bigotry".
eu1.hubs.ly/H0jvJSK0
Ursula Kelly retweeted
“…it was with considerable concern and dismay that we read reports of Ms Chapman MSP addressing a public gathering in the wake of the recent ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers.” bit.ly/4is6McW
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England playing Afghanistan heralds a day of unmitigated shame. For all the Taliban’s obscene misogyny, cricket’s male-dominated governing bodies lack the gumption to refuse to play. My piece telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2025…
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The University of Edinburgh has said it needs to cut about £140 million from its annual budget, with jobs set to go following an announcement that was branded “devastating” by unions. @JulietteRowsell reports
timeshighereducation.com/new…
