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pbdm.bsky.social
Doctoral college manager. Very occasional poster. Views & posts my own not my institution's. Find me on Substack: https://pbdm917559.substack.com?r=2gkgbl&utm_medium=ios
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ah the joys of 232 pages of updated ts&cs, review & guidance documentation & impact assessments, published in the middle of term with an 8 month compliance deadline. (call it 5 since most committees don't meet after june.) that's rest of the year's plans up in smoke!

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

@netflix.com: why is benedict cumberbatch pictured on the advert for 'the end we start from' in your app, and not jodie comer?

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

having resolved to read more in 2025, my first purchase of the year is the 37.5 hour audiobook of stuart eizenstat's book on jimmy carter. @pkandelic.bsky.social: i will need a rebuttal read/listen in approximately 6 weeks.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

timely, given my sudden fascination with the english devolution white paper...

submitted 57 days ago • 0 comments

parental deafness is really kicking in. a 10 minute conversation just now centred on #1 thinking they were talking about their U3A french conversation class, and #2 thinking it was about their bell-ringing lessons at the local church. hilarity did not ensue...

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

my contribution to the annual festive "draw a portrait of a family member on the children's' etch-a-sketch type thing" competition has caused a rift with my mother. she is aggrieved at being drawn as "a cross between a gallagher brother and the butler from the aristocats."

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

christmas with my lot is very different from christmas with the in laws. example: granny m is currently using a "my first sewing kit" toy as a pedagogical tool for a lesson to her 3 & 6 year old granddaughters on importance of solidarity on Ts & Cs *as well as* wages in collective bargaining.

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

i distinctly remember attending a meeting of oxford college deans in 2016 at which the blindingly obviously was stated, and then universally supported. "zero tolerance policies are inevitably very tolerant because they fail the most basic test of any policy: they do not engage with reality."

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sixty pages in, and this is spellbinding. many thanks @nedboulting.bsky.social!

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

"the Treasury clearly remains cautious about fiscal devolution." well there's a surprise... www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/english-devolution-white-paper

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niece: "when are we getting to the park?" grandparent: "well actually, that was a trick! we're not going to the park. we're going to look at the lights on peoples' houses!" niece, bursting into tears: "but that's BOOOOOORING!" brother-in-law: "i predicted this."

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/24/nigel-farage-offers-to-work-with-peter-mandelson-to-secure-us-uk-trade-deal

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

annual christmas trip to see family, day #1: visiting the in-laws. lovely dinner yesterday evening. nice lie-in today, until... 8.59am: TIME TO PLAY CLASSIC FM AT 187 DECIBELS DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE BEDROOM AND FRISBEE CROCKERY INTO THE SINK FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE KITCHEN. oh to be retired.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

bar staff here have clearly realised it's been quite a tough year...

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

An #LSE starter pack collecting LSE-affiliated accounts and departments #AcademicSky #LSEsky bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 69 days ago • 2 comments

I often find myself wishing for more data, like that available at UG and PGT level. Equally, I'm conscious more data doesn’t necessarily mean better decisions. Fingers crossed for more and better PGR data, collected and used for the right reasons. lnkd.in/eCy_sQ4b

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'are we nearly there yet?' 'no phone reception. must still be in the tunnel.' tannoy: 'welcome to london st pancras. thank you for travelling with eurostar!" might as well still be...

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NEW on Wonkhe: James Coe shares lessons for the UK from the Australian government's launch of the Strategic Examination of Research and Development https://buff.ly/49j3LJ2

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment