"For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underrepresentation of discredited viewpoints in elite higher education." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wer...

We’re Diversifying the University by Hiring More Crackpots

“For too long, the university has ignored the wisdom of the donor class and hired based on academic excellence. Regrettably, this has led to the underreprese...

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NEW on Wonkhe: Jayne Pearson and Brenda Williams explore whether staff and students can articulate why they're assessed through essays buff.ly/v3CAn6P

Just going to leave this here

good to see this Switch Party? Stand Again! petition has doubled in the past 24 hours petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

Jane@localnotail.bsky.social · 7mo ago

By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party When an MP decides they want to defect to another party, a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their elected official. #ukpol

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

Jim Burke@barcajim3.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Repost with a photo of yours that would make a good album cover.

Honoured to be shortlisted for two 2026 AMBA and BGA Excellence Awards. Congratulations to Jan Shearer for her partnership work with Barefoot in Business & Dr Nick Quinn @otherdrnick.bsky.social who has been shortlisted for MBA Director of the Year. #GlasgowMBA #BusinessSchoolExcellence #AMBA #BGA

NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY

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NEW on Wonkhe: Nick Quinn explores why second-career academics and pracademics challenge traditional notions of academic leadership, and why that’s exactly what universities need. buff.ly/YUhnaRY

Wait till he gets home and has to explain to his wife, “Your Honor, I didn’t mean to call the judge ‘honey.’”

Above The Law@abovethelaw.com · last yr.

Lawyer Calls Judge ‘Honey’ During Oral Argument And You Can Feel The Cringe https://abovethelaw.com/2025/06/lawyer-calls-judge-honey-during-oral-argument-and-you-can-feel-the-cringe/

Oh yeah nice one kid hook that hope for humanity right into my veins

Academics can be so focused on meeting specific #promotion criteria, they forgo opportunities for scholarly #collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes @otherdrnick.bsky.social of @uofglasgow.bsky.social: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tickb... #academicsky #PhDsky #edusky

Is the tick-box structure of promotion preventing true collaboration?

Academics can be so focused on the hoops they have to jump through on the path to success, they forgo opportunities for genuine collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes Nick Qui...

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Are narrow ‘tick-box’ promotion metrics in #highereducation stifling genuine collaboration, skewing academia’s core values and distracting from focusing on the bigger career picture? www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/tickb... @uofgasbs.bsky.social @timeshighered.bsky.social

Is the tick-box structure of promotion preventing true collaboration?

Academics can be so focused on the hoops they have to jump through on the path to success, they forgo opportunities for genuine collaboration. Perhaps it’s time for a shift in mindset, writes Nick Qui...

timeshighereducation.com

We're thrilled to announce that our MBA programme has been ranked in the Top 100 in the world by the Financial Times. A huge thank you to everyone whose hard work made this possible! #GlasgowMBA #FTMBA2025 #Top100 #Rankings @uofglasgow.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

Wow! We're at 1k followers! We're so grateful for your support! 🧡 As a thanks, we are giving away one of our popular tartan scarves! To be in with a chance to win, you need to: 1. Be following us 2. Share this post ** Competition closes 3pm tomorrow. Winner announced at 5pm! ** Best of luck! 😃

For anyone who may need these over Xmas…just in case

Do you want to know why Britain's university system is imploding? Well, if you do... Make yourself a nice coffee, pull up a chair and take a look at what I wrote back in the summer for Prospect magazine. Please repost if you agree! www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Crash course

The UK’s universities are among the best in the world. So why do many appear close to collapse?

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This wee guy has found his space. He hasn’t moved in about ten minutes 😬 #stormbert

To paraphrase the immortal Robin Williams “The weather out there today is cold and shitty with continued cold and shitty in the afternoon. Tomorrow a chance of continued crappy with a pissy weather front coming down from the north”. There is a 350m hill in this photo 🤣🤣 time for coffee and cake.

Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you

Twlldun@twlldun.bsky.social · 2y ago

Name a show you’re positive no one remembers but you

I think I might be hallucinating. #Scotland just beat Poland away. Can’t be real!!

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We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

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Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

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Why is it that no matter how long a meeting is, the last five minutes are spent frantically deciding everything we ignored for the first hour? It’s like a group panic attack disguised as productivity.

Tried writing a smart post today but realised I was overthinking it. Be good to people and don’t make life harder than it needs to be. Shame many politicians missed that memo.

Politics, rugby, football, teaching—everything in life can be explained by a good metaphor or a bad joke. Usually, I choose both. #LifeLessons

Trying to break my Twitter addiction. This place seems nicer.

a little girl is playing with a toy and the words " i 'm out " are visible

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