Alison Phipps አሊሰን
@alisonphipps.bsky.social
UNESCO Chair for Refugee Integration through Education, Languages & Arts at University of Glasgow. Columnist for The National. Member of The Iona Community.
UK postgraduate numbers down by an estimated 19% this autumn and international undergraduates down by 2%. In contrast, US PG declines were down 13% and Canada 3%. It makes an utter nonsense of growth in every postcode. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
UK suffers bigger fall in international postgraduate students than the US
British university sector calls for an easing of immigration controls
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On ‘Welcome To The Fringe Palestine’ Plans for 2027 "We’re creating a space where Palestinian artists are not required to do or be anything other than themselves, and there’s no pressure to 'represent' or do… https://arablit.org/2026/11/12/on-welcome-to-the-fringe-palestine-plans-for-2027/
On ‘Welcome To The Fringe Palestine’ Plans for 2027
"We’re creating a space where Palestinian artists are not required to do or be anything other than themselves, and there’s no pressure to 'represent' or do anything other than share their artistic practice, we’re not looking for answers, we want to create shared space, which what theatre in its essential form."
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This is your area of comparative advantage under a traditional Labour government:
UK suffers bigger fall in international postgraduate students than the US
British university sector calls for an easing of immigration controls
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'Big four' international student destinations report substantial drop in student recruitment under stricter immigration policies, while universities in continental Europe and Asia report growing enrolments www.timeshighereducation.com/news/europe-... via @seher-education.bsky.social
Torrential rains and strong winds have torn through Busuma refugee site in Burundi, destroying shelters and claiming lives. Refugees are on the frontlines of the climate emergency, yet the communities most affected receive only a fraction of the support they need. #COP31
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills surgeon, child and patients - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israeli-strike-gaza-hospital-kills-surgeon-child-and-patients
Israeli strike on Gaza hospital kills surgeon, child and patients
Attack on Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis hits intensive care and surgical wards, forcing suspension of operations
middleeasteye.net
Kirk can choose to inspire communities or anger them as it sells off churches www.thenational.scot/comment/2672...
Kirk can choose to inspire communities or anger them as it sells off churches
MY local church in North Fife is up for sale. Why should that be a big cause for concern?
thenational.scot
It is not just the pets who are freaked out and terrified by the constant bangs in the night sky and the amber glow. My friends and colleagues who have escaped war zones are constantly triggered, as am I. www.thenational.scot/politics/267...
Darkness and fear now stalk a night that lit up my childhood
BONFIRE Night, or Guy Fawkes Night, used to be one of my favourite nights of the year. I grew up in Sheffield, in what was then often known as the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire.
thenational.scot
ICYMI: We published Alex Piletska's analysis of the Home Secretary's Commons statement on 'earned settlement' and the consultation response released alongside it. Essential reading for anyone advising clients on the route to settlement.
Home Secretary’s statement reveals further details about ‘earned settlement' - Free Movement
The Home Secretary made a statement in the House of Commons yesterday afternoon regarding the ‘earned settlement’ proposals which provides additional detail
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When you thought the Labour Government wouldn't privatise anything else....
More than 2,000 Gaza buildings risk collapse amid floods, with 400,000 displaced in vulnerable zones, says government.
Palestine Weekly: West Bank on fire – and Gaza's tents under water
More than 2,000 Gaza buildings risk collapse amid floods, with 400,000 displaced in vulnerable zones, says government.
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In 2023, the Government pledged that GP records would not be brought into Palantir's 'Federated Data Platform.' Palantir has been privately lobbying ministers to reverse this decision, our FOI requests have revealed.
WhatsApp messages obtained by Foxglove show Palantir lobbying the UK Government to bring yet more sensitive patient data into its NHS platform: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
Exclusive: WhatsApp messages show firm pressuring Zubir Ahmed MP to help bring sensitive data into its platform
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Immigration raids are at record highs in the UK, but we've uncovered how two-thirds of these result in no arrests,while warrants are used in just 25% of operations.Experts say this suggests many are simply "fishing expeditions" based on weak intelligence www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
UK's ICE: Immigration raids without warrants reach record high
ICE raids averaging at 60 a day, with ‘fishing expeditions’ based on weak intelligence and hearsay
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“I never chose to be an asylum seeker” - our podcast exploring the dehumanisation systemic to the asylum system faced by migrants
“Our culture is much more fun and meaningful when you participate in it, rather than extract from and consume it.” AI-generated tourist tat is tarnishing Scotland’s image www.thenational.scot/culture/2670...
AI-generated tourist tat is tarnishing Scotland’s image
ON a recent holiday in Aviemore, I was struck by the volume of Highland cow AI-generated tat that was on sale. Of course, the hielan coo, shortbread tin image of Scotland is nothing new – rewind two y...
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Kat Jones, the director of APRS, added: “If every hyperscale data centre in the grid queue was to be built it would triple Scotland’s peak energy demand, we would see new records set for air pollution, and the process of decarbonising our economy would be set back by decades.”
AI data centres 'could become Scotland’s biggest polluter in just four years'
AI data centres could become Scotland’s biggest polluter in four years’ time, forcing “every other sector of Scottish life” to make huge changes to stay within national climate limits, campaigners hav...
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Inside Scotland’s first AI ‘people’s assembly’ as campaigners issue list of demands www.thenational.scot/news/2671005...
Inside Scotland’s first AI ‘people’s assembly’ as campaigners issue list of demands
SCOTLAND’S first “people’s assembly” has called for a moratorium on data centres by both the UK and Scottish Governments, as well as local authorities ...
thenational.scot
Thanks to @marcowenjones.bsky.social and everyone at The Nerve for your work on this exceptional exclusive. Another insanely important, terrible trail of lucrative influence and malicious manipulation in Britain—and citizens of other nations—otherwise unreported, unchecked and still unthwarted.
EXCLUSIVE Ads warning of a ‘Muslim invasion of Europe’ reached British screens before the 2024 elections and the Southport riots, and kept coming for two more years. Meta and Google took the money, and the trail leads back to Israel, writes disinformation expert @marcowenjones.bsky.social 🧵
The Great Renewables Rip-off: the green energy scandal costing Scotland billions The renewables industry is making big money for private and foreign investors. Profits are leaving the country for boardrooms and foreign banks We must take control of our energy future In @heraldscotland.bsky.social
The Great Renewables Rip-Off? Green energy ‘con’ costing Scotland billions exposed
The STUC is investigating the renewables industry. Our Writer at Large hears how the SNP is allowing money which should stay in Scotland to go to private and foreign investors
heraldscotland.com
‘I just got AI emails rejecting my application – or no reply at all’: this is the soul-crushing reality of being a Neet | John Harris
‘I just got AI emails rejecting my application – or no reply at all’: this is the soul-crushing reality of being a Neet | John Harris
Alan Milburn describes them as a ‘lost generation’. Those I spoke to just want to know what they have to do to finally get a job – and a chance in life, says Guardian columnist John Harris
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This week in Palestine, - Israeli soldiers forced two Palestinian families to demolish their own homes in occupied East Jerusalem - Israel continued to kill Palestinians in Gaza, including kids - Israeli settlers stole eight Palestinian homes after attacking families 🔗: zeteo.com/p/this-week-...
EXCLUSIVE: We reveal that the Labour Government has been conducting secret Scottish independence polling since Andy Burnham became PM - and now it's refusing to publish them. It has also refused to publish the costs for the polling operation
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