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Geography at Durham@geogdurham.bsky.social · last mo.

Our colleague @benandersongeog.bsky.social has just published this piece in 'The Conversation': 'The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?': theconversation.com/the-politics...

The politics of feeling: why did ‘boring’ prime minister Keir Starmer provoke such visceral reactions?

In the post-2008 world, the political climate is often determined by emotion rather than ideology.

theconversation.com

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.

The Crisis in Britain’s Universities

The cuts that have been proposed at the University of Exeter demonstrates the crisis of purpose in Britain’s universities. Should not universities also be places to prepare for "eternal dwellings"?

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@nickmegoran.bsky.social · last mo.

John's email raises a question for all academics: what has been the equivalent figure for the increase in your institution of staff earning over £100K in recent years?

John Heathershaw@jheathershaw.bsky.social · last mo.

THE UNIVERSITY OF EXETER PLANS TO CUT NEAR 25% OF HASS ACADEMICS - BUT NEAR 25% OF ITS PAY COSTS ARISE FROM HIGHLY PAID MANAGERS WHO ARE EXEMPT FROM THE REDUNDANCIES In the last 5 yrs, the Exeter has been cutting costs to the bone while overseeing a vast increase in highly paid staff. [1/8]

Dr Francis Young@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · last mo.

If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.

Strong agree. Don't let the heat go to your head. Instead of being insistently stupid, investigate some smart data today:

SHAPE Observatory: Graduates and skills

Understanding SHAPE graduate trends, the skills graduates develop, and how they contribute to the economy and society

thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · last mo.

This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@nickmegoran.bsky.social · last mo.

What happens when borders reopen? In our world of walls and tighter migration controls, Central Asia's experiences offer some hope and sanity. Our research on this has just been assigned an issue and page range so no reason not to cite it accurately now :-) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What Happens When Borders Reopen? Dematerialising the Uzbekistan-Kyrgyzstan Boundary

Border studies have recently been focussed on what happens when borders close, leaving the question of border reopenings both largely unexplored and unconceptualized. We argue here for a new focus ...

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@nickmegoran.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In 1997 Zbigniew Brzezinski infamously described the Ferghana Valley as a weak point in the unstable and fractured ‘Eurasian Balkans’ of Central Asia, itself at the heart of “the global zone of percolating violence.” Central Asian states have proved him wrong: uza.uz/en/posts/fer...

Fergana Valley has the potential to become a model of cross-border cooperation, peaceful resolution of complex issues, and sustainable development

This assessment was shared by Murad Uzakov, Head of the Center for Regional Studies at the Institute for Strategic and R

uza.uz