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Very good on The Great University Disaster. Note it's not attacking administrators: indeed unis may be under-managed. The point is that extreme, inappropriate corporatization and bureaucratization has destroyed their very purpose, like a virus from within. (1/2) academic.oup.com/brain/articl...

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There is a new neutral zone in the world, on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border 24.kg/english/3213...

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Very much enjoying Professor Alisher Faizullaev's new DiplomaticNexus channel. www.youtube.com/@DiplomaticN...

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Insightful comment on how wealthy investor visas facilitate corrupt individuals moving to the UK and US, by author of superb new book on the topic @jheathershaw.bsky.social

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“The scandal of a liberal arts education is that it’s not about giving people what they want. It’s about challenging the wants themselves, and ultimately to form and direct those wants and desires otherwise.” Superb essays on why we should not treat students as consumers.

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UK Christian Geographers’ Workshop - September 4th, Cambridge. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uk-christi...

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Been reading my copy of @ingridagnete.bsky.social 's new book, hot off the press. Superb account of the creation of 'the Arctic' as a region by peopled state bureaucracies.

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Wonderful farewell to a much-loved lecturer. Brilliant that someone so apparently experienced and skilled has wanted to keep teaching first year stuff for decades. www.instagram.com/reel/DFxF9IL...

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Daily Mail front page today get's Sweden in wrong places, forgets it is part of NATO, and totally misses out Norway. @ingridagnete.bsky.social

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Denmark offers $1,000,000,000,000 to buy California and force Calexit! metro.co.uk/2025/02/11/d...

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ICYMI: "What does it mean to represent an Arctic state, and how does it connect to ideas of a country’s identity?" - @ingridagnete.bsky.social niche-canada.org/2025/02/05/n... #envhist #geography #geopolitics #arctic

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Found this image from the 2019 general election in an old folder. Still hoping that the bright future will begin soon...

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"US Immigration: Does Donald Trump need to re-read his Bible?" My interview on Premier's 'Inspirational Breakfast' last week. www.premier.plus/inspirationa...

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"US Immigration: Does Donald Trump need to re-read his Bible?" Interview on Premier's 'Inspirational Breakfast' last week. www.premier.plus/inspirationa...

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"The ‘Newcastle model’ is an existential threat to UK humanities" - my contribution with Les Back and Martin Mills to timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...

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Do churches promote peacemaking or exacerbate conflict? Join the conversation at St John's College, durham, on Feb 19th.

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Course it is, mate... Although you were very happy to tell me how many people died in the US invasion of Iraq. And of course you'd rather talk about something else.

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Ways to make marking more fun: for each essay complete, move a penny from one pile to the other. Any other suggestions?

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Security After Christendom by John Heathershaw johnheathershaw.substack.com?utm_source=n...

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Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Humanities Decline in Darkness: How Humanities Research Funding Works' | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core - www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @isrfoundation.bsky.social

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theconversation.com/can-trump-ju...

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I mean c’mon….

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A write-up of a teaching idea I developed at Newcastle. microsites.ncl.ac.uk/casestudies/...

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Important report with some manageable actions points for us all.

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Workplace 'efficiency' is a bad thing - and here's how we can free ourselves from it. A think piece I wrote for Premier. www.premierchristianity.com/features/the...

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How we draw maps matters. www.newsweek.com/mercator-pro...

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