Weird not to see real estate expansion projects, chatbot TAs, or ed-tech privatization on this report of what makes university experience valuable to students

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'The key findings were said to be “surprisingly simple”: “a good student academic experience ultimately comes down to quality teaching, access to in person interaction with teachers and a strong sense of belonging”.' 2/3

“The BMJ’s findings are a warning, not just for England but for Europe. When industry funds its own research and selectively presents the results, people lose access to accurate information about risks that affect their health every day.”

Families for Clean Air@healthyair.bsky.social · 5mo ago

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Record all lectures, provide assessment questions in advance, allow widespread use of AI for most tasks & don't require attendance...who would have thought it? #academia #highered

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 5mo ago

'Policy analysts looked at 20 years’ worth of data collected for the annual Student Academic Experience Survey, currently run by the Higher Education Policy Institute and Advance HE, to establish key trends in a tumultuous period for higher education.' 1/3

This government committed to raising the healthiest generation of children ever - yet this isn't achievable without strong action to reduce #AirPollution. Thanks to @fionaharvey.bsky.social for covering our letter to Keir Starmer calling for a Clean Air Act.

Labour must fulfil promise to introduce clean air act, charities urge

Party held out prospect of act while in opposition but plan did not make it into election manifesto

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If anyone in government has a few minutes to run the country in between plotting leadership challenges, could they please cast their eye over the devastation of Higher Education in the UK. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Thousands of University of Nottingham staff told they are at risk of redundancy

Institution says it could run out of money by 2031 and wants to cut more than 600 academic and support posts

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How totally totally crass to find the destruction of the thousand careers of a thousand dedicated staff “exciting.” 1/3 www.timeshighereducation.com/news/notting...

Nottingham ‘would run out of money’ by 2031 without further cuts

Vice-chancellor defends deep job losses at embattled institution, insisting restructure will help it adapt to changed environment in higher education

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Men are extremely keen to explain to me that Britain *needs* a domestic steel production plant and doesn't necessarily *need* universities. Okay. Steel contributed about £1.7bn to the UK economy in 2024. Universities contributed more than £200bn.

A good chance to share my colleagues' work on how being in a car makes streets feel more threatening www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Hoody, goody or buddy? How travel mode affects social perceptions in urban neighbourhoods

When travelling through a new environment people can and do make very quick judgements about the local conditions. This paper explores the idea that s…

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The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Paul Krugman on the billionaire reaction to Mamdani and how they don't actually experience New York: "If you're super rich, if you spend your time being driven around in a car with tinted windows, if you don’t go anywhere without an entourage... then you lose the whole the life of the streets."

People living in areas with elevated air pollution are 11% more likely to be diagnosed with cancer than those living in areas with cleaner air, study finds. The sharpest differences were for liver, colorectal, kidney, lung + bladder cancers. www.euronews.com/health/2026/... 🧵1/9

Air pollution raises cancer risk beyond the lungs, report warns

Breathing polluted air significantly increases the risk of developing and dying from multiple cancers - including liver and breast cancer - according to a new report calling for stricter air quality s...

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Hannah Healy set out to investigate air pollution from a family wood burning stove..... www.which.co.uk/news/article...

Is my wood burner damaging my health? I tracked pollution in my home to find out - Which?

A growing body of evidence suggests that wood burners could be bad for our health - I tracked pollution from my stove to investigate its impact

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The first paper of my dissertation is published now in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social! Press coverage of the richest Germans is rare but focused on a minority of highly visible individuals and varies along the historical origins of fortunes. doi.org/10.1177/00380385261428292

“We are collateral damage.” - Mark Graham, Wayback Machine When preservation is caught in the crossfire, it’s not just libraries that lose—it’s the public’s access to history, knowledge, and truth. The web shouldn’t disappear behind closed doors. ➡️ www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

Publishers’ AI battle hits Internet Archive

SF organization losing access to some news content

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😬UK gas prices just hit highest level since 2022😬 At current prices… * New wind & solar from latest "AR7" auction would cut the bill for UK gas imports by £5.5bn/y * A single (1) home heat pump would cut bill for gas imports by more than £600/y www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

My book is (FINALLY!) back in stock! If you're interested in the medieval origins of how we think about criminal guilt (with lots of little medieval stories), this is for you. tinyurl.com/bdy4v3np

In the last 10 years, we have learned that air pollution is linked to cognitive decline and dementia. But bold policies can improve the air that we breathe. Ajit Niranjan reports on progress on #airpoolution on the Breathe Cities and @c40cities.bsky.social networks.

Guardian Environment@environment.theguardian.com · 7mo ago

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution

It makes zero logical sense to require speed limiters on e-scooters & e-bikes but not SUVs that weigh 100x more. Useful research here. findingspress.org/article/1587...

Analysis: Clean energy will cut UK gas imports by [much] more than North Sea drilling #energy By @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org et al www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why...

Interventions such as cycle lanes, uptake of electric cars and restrictions on polluting vehicles helped to drive the improvements in air quality

London, San Francisco and Beijing achieve ‘remarkable reductions’ in air pollution

Cycle lanes, electric cars and other interventions have helped 19 global cities slash levels of pollutants by more than 20%

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📢 A very thorough piece of investigative journalism here from the British Medical Journal. Not a good look for certain industry players. Read more: www.bmj.com/content/392/... #airpollution #airquality #woodburning #publichealth

The growing threat of domestic wood burning stoves—and industry’s legal attempts to shut down clean air campaigns

As public health officials warn about rising emissions from urban wood burning, a BMJ investigation finds that just under a third of councils in high use areas have faced pressure from the stove indus...

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1/ Calling all ECRS - we have 4x 3 year post docs on Multispecies Mutualisms working with us at Sheffield. Don't want to read through all the stuff to work out if its right for you? Here is a short video explainer 🎥 digitalmedia.sheffield.ac.uk/media/Multis...

Multispecies Mutualisms - Join Our Research Team!

We’re hiring 4 Postdoctoral Research Associates (PDRAs) In this video, members of the team share insights into four exciting PDRA opportunities currently available. If you are ready to take the next s...

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New study of media collision reporting from @patrickrerat.bsky.social "Cyclists are placed at the center of the narrative, while motorists are either omitted or reduced to their vehicles... Making these biases visible is essential for challenging motonormativity" findingspress.org/article/1575...

Tackling residential wood combustion "could lead to outsized improvements in air quality.” An opportunity to reduce the toll of 8,600 premature deaths each year in the US and 2,600 in the UK. My latest piece for @theguardian.com. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Wood burning pollution leads to 8,600 premature US deaths a year, study finds

Wood is primary heating in 2% of homes but contributes to producing 21% of country’s wintertime particle pollution

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With new UK consultations open on air quality and domestic #woodburning, I am resharing an article I wrote for The Conversation on wood-smoke, PM2.5 and the limits of current regulation. theconversation.com/wood-burning... #publichealth #airquality #cleanairnight

Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem

The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

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Ok, let’s do this🙄 We’ll start with an explainer covering: 🕒What is a 15-minute city 🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford 👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article 🧵 1/25

A reminder that we have an #AirPollution UK starter pack. Please use and share!

With new UK consultations open on air quality and domestic #woodburning, I am resharing an article I wrote for The Conversation on wood-smoke, PM2.5 and the limits of current regulation. theconversation.com/wood-burning... #publichealth #airquality #cleanairnight

Wood-burning stoves face new restrictions – but a loophole from Britain’s smog years is fuelling the problem

The UK wants cleaner air. But its rules are stuck in the age of smog.

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