Andrew Coogan

Union fears for up to 150 research jobs at Trinity College Dublin after funding lost University says impact of Research Ireland funding loss still being assessed

A painful unwinding of the Research Centres strategy that dominated SFI funding for nearly twenty years?
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Neil Kinnock, falling endlessly into the sea Dailymotion video by Lute Sonny

Simpler political times
www.dailymotion.com/video/x2yo5zw

Hegseth is a Foxnews Goering

Academic staff ‘blindsided’ by plan to reform arts at University of Galway The Irish Federation of University Teachers (IFUT) has warned of a potential dispute due to a ‘lack of engagement’

Senior Management are not “the university”: Exhibit #257. No time to consult academic staff but strangely enough time to brief journalists…🤷‍♂️
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Osho on democracy: "The people are retarded" – NORMAL SPEED YouTube video by God's Lonely Man

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFfJ...

Another upstanding Brexit champion.

Heard you on Drivetime, very good!

Fluent aphasia.

Fluent aphasia.

Budget of €2.2m for cancelled student grant IT project not ‘in any way’ realistic, department says Project incurred costs of €6.4 million by end of 2024 while still in initiation phase

Outstanding work👍
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ...

Back on Twitter in the heady days of Brexit I had an exchange with Andrew Lillico (very much in the Hannan camp) who refused to accept that Ireland is not, and never has been, part of Britain. These are not serious people, and should be roundly ignored.

Richard Cromwell - Wikipedia

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Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba chosen as Iran’s new supreme leader Move could lead to escalation of war as Donald Trump has already called Mojtaba Khamenei an unacceptable choice

Tumbledown Dick.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

‘Why the hell am I doing this?’ The man navigating Manchester’s biggest job Students cheating via AI and international applications ‘tanking’ – Duncan Ivison is at the helm of a big ship in stormy waters

“Everyone I speak to about Ivison says he’s an unusually, almost freakily, great listener…”
University leaders really do need to listen A LOT more to their colleagues who actually do the core work of the university.
manchestermill.co.uk/why-the-hell...

Mark O’Connell: Will Americans want to visit a Richard Nixon interpretive centre just outside Naas? A tourist trail that focuses on historical connections between Ireland and America – and which treats, say, Andrew Jackson as just as Irish-American in his way as JFK – is not a terrible idea

Proud to live in a county with such strong links to Dick Nixon.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026...

I wonder if they used executive search consultants.

Italy claim historic first victory over England as Borthwick’s men are rattled in Rome At the 33rd time of asking Italy finally beat England, claiming a 23-18 Six Nations victory in Rome

Ooh, English Rugby, an endless cycle of hubris and nemesis.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

Ahh, the old state versus trait question...

You Germans, with your words/operas for everything....

Someone is after printing out about 30 pages of A3 from a Reddit Antivax thread on a shared printer 👍

Somehow we are now managing to cross the streams of gaming bullshit rankings with using recruitment consultants.
I just fucking give up.

Well you won’t go far then Peter😎
What really motivated me every day is HR TRANSFORMATION (and pointing out the bleeding obvious to our betters).

Birmingham reprimanded over management of work-related stress Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff

You mean the guy responsible for this?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...

I am not sure the VC responsible for this is the best spokesperson for the sector, but what do I know…
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...

I worked as a butler.

Complimentary Breakfast!

Somehow, it’s all about AI.

'Don't threaten me': Angry exchanges between judge and Burke after family members ordered to jail Judge Brian Cregan ordered Burke’s mother and sister to be jailed for contempt of court today.

Jaysus, we're going to have to build these fuckers a prison of their own at this rate.
www.thejournal.ie/enoch-burke-...

I was at a talk by an Oxbridge colleague who pronounced "genesis" (as in biogenesis) as "gen-eesys" and I have to say my initial response was to query whether I and basically everyone else I know have been wrong all along.