Bioscientist trying to understand learning & teaching and the student experience, also singing and choral conducting - similarities?
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Jon Scott retweeted
Obama: Imagine if I had done any of this. Imagine if I had pulled Fox News’ credentials from the White House press corps. Imagine if I had said to law firms that were representing parties that were upset with policies my administration had initiated, that you will not be allowed into government buildings. We will punish you economically for dissenting from the Affordable Care Act or the Iran deal. We will ferret out students who protest against my policies.
It’s unimaginable that the same parties that are silent now would have tolerated behavior like that from me, or a whole bunch of my predecessors.
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Outstanding journalism by @BBCRosAtkins and his team.
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Not every university takes students with top grades, but those which recruit students with lower grades are not ‘poor quality’. Not every international student can afford the fees at top ranked unis- but that doesn’t make them suspect.
If you slash international student visas you will a) slash export earnings b) slash income to towns & cities across the country which can ill afford to lose it and c) slash jobs and opportunities- already 50+ unis are making cuts to jobs and courses.
thetimes.co.uk/article/fc88e…
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This is an astonishing article. Rewards for failure?
"Union boss Jo Grady has accepted a near-£18,000 salary hike to help her pay damages in a libel case...just last week she lambasted cabinet minister Michelle Donelan for using money from...the taxpayer – to pay damages after losing a libel claim" feweek.co.uk/grady-accepts-b…
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There’s plenty of heat around international student numbers just now....
Rather than accept that, we want to highlight three facts 👇
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Dear Government, this is a SUCCESS- a result of deliberate policy decisions which have made the UK truly competitive. This success is worth £40 million per parliamentary constituency. Own it. International student recruitment data universitiesuk.ac.uk/node/84…
Jon Scott retweeted
In 2023 Razia’s Ray of Hope is not giving up on women and girls in #Afghanistan. We will continue to provide critical support to our girls and their families. Please continue to stand with us, as we stand by our girls.
Jon Scott retweeted
Brexit: 4,000 fewer doctors in the NHS. Remember the glossy TV ads by the leave campaign showing hospitals after Brexit with no one having to wait to see a doctor? They lied.
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All killer no filler from @nickhillman, nailing why yesterday’s ‘foreign student ban’ kite flying was mad as well as bad - but also where it likely came from and why (and what to do about it). A must read. timeshighereducation.com/blo… via @timeshighered
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Just did an early morning interview on @LBC with Andrew Castle where he (completely fairly) asked me to prove that universities lose money on educating home students. I promised to put the numbers on here. So here is the high-level TRAC data (source: officeforstudents.org.uk/pub…)
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Remembering all the tiny lives that ended far too soon.
Tonight and always.
💙 #WaveOfLight
ALT In the dark, a candle stands lit next to a vase of foliage.
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Had an encounter at the pharmacy recently & want to repost my homeopathy tweetorial.
You may have seen stuff like this at the pharmacy in the cold & flu aisle. It looks gentle, benign, but medicinal.
It is utter quackery and you’re wasting your money.
Let’s look at why.
Jon Scott retweeted
This is a great article from David Willetts. conservativehome.com/2022/08…
Jon Scott retweeted
..or read either of Graham Gibbs’ two papers in #DimensionsOfQuality or @MaryStu80548882’s research on co-curricular activities or… I could go on.
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So, we face DfE appointing a new quality body, ignoring the UK’s sector quality body, because, in part, the Office for Students refuses to have students involved in judgements on quality.
eqar.eu/register/agencies/ag…
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Harriet was an absolute champion. Her passion for the micro-world and her enthusiasm for all the underdogs in nature was a wonder to be around. We're gonna miss the hell out of you. Sending love and warmth to her family 🧡
We're very sad to announce that our incredible and beautiful Harry (mum, wife and scientist) passed away peacefully late Friday night.
Thank you so much for all the support she's had throughout her academic career, joy for her allotment and her battle with #breastcancer
Jon Scott retweeted
Really fantastic piece of work led by @DrHarrietJones and @jon_scott looking at the impact of the pandemic on student transitions into #HigherEducation. Research findings challenge some assumptions that students will have suffered academically from disrupted teaching in 2020/21
A new report examining the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic affected the readiness of students entering higher education is now available for QAA Members.
The report was produced by a team led by @uniofeastanglia
👇
qaa.ac.uk/news-events/news/r…
Jon Scott retweeted
🌎 University of Northampton: net zero carbon by 2030
Professor @nick_petford, Vice-Chancellor at @UniNorthants, sets out his university's aim to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Read Nick's latest piece for more info 👉 loom.ly/kweWiVk
Jon Scott retweeted
Amazing video of how vaccines and your immune system works against Covid19- share widely!
teapawt.net/SamIAm2021MD/status/14…
