In which people CHOOSE TO VOTE for a female plumber representing a party with broadly liberal values and an unelected life peer declares it to be the end of liberal democracy.
Well, the plumber fixed the drip
Turns out (says @jburnmurdoch.ft.com) it's not so much an oversupply of graduates in the UK (the same would be true of other similar countries but it's not) as an undersupply of the kind of jobs that a better-performing, more productive economy would supply.
‘Although I am no longer in a position to carry out much work myself, my legacy is still very much alive and well. UCL's Faculty of Laws is home to the Bentham Project … in existence since 1959, with the aim of publishing a definitive scholarly edition of my writings and correspondence.’
Just found out about Tap Social
and placed an order. An unexpected benefit of presenting a paper to colleagues on work in prison and post-release. Thanks
@timcauser.bsky.social!
Great initiative to support prisoners and prison leavers. tapsocialmovement.com
There is now author access to my co-written article on curating programmes around historic eugenics @royalsociety.org
I did this work 10+ years ago. It is tragic that eugenic ideas moved to the mainstream, in part due to a fellow of my publisher - the RS 🤷🏻♀️
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
Today, UCL turns 200. 🎉 For two centuries, our community has opened doors, challenged convention and pushed the boundaries of knowledge across every discipline. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of the UCL story, here’s to the next century. ✨
#UCL200 #LoveUCL
Scrapping REF should be “serious’ option”, says Manchester VC.
Duncan Ivison questions “usefulness” of “massive, bureaucratic” research assessment exercise.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68 Image © Morley von Sternberg
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
A screengrab of the new listing for the fourteenth volume of Jeremy Bentham's Correspondence on the UCL Press website.
Coming soon from UCL Press (@uclpress.bsky.social), 'The Correspondence of Jeremy Bentham, Volume 14: Supplementary Letters', edited by P. Schofield, T. Causer, and C. Riley. ✉️📖
ft. 252 letters written to/from Bentham, and 19 others of biographical interest:
uclpress.co.uk/book/the-cor...
On the journal blog, author Steven Sverdlik discusses his two articles:
Bentham’s Utilitarian Penal Code
journals.uclpress.co.uk/jbs/news/146/
(soon to be) not even a real fish
text of crime of aggression
rome statute of the international criminal court, article 8bis: crime of aggression
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
The death of Dr Paul Ayris is huge loss to UCL, to @uclpress.bsky.social and to the open access/scholarly communications community more broadly.
His open access Thomas Cranmer’s Register
A record of archiepiscopal administration in diocese and province is published by the Press in January. 1/2
'An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that the Russell Group university “does not have appropriate arrangements in place” for managing workplace stress and was unable to demonstrate that it is managing the risks associated with excessive workloads.' 1/2
Oh hey it finally made the media, only a week after the letter was actually sent.
FWIW despite being legally obliged to share with all staff, he so far hasn't.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
Had reason to look up info about early submarining, and discovered that the newsletter of the Submariners' Association is called 'In Depth'. Excellent work, everyone
British Academy's pioneering 'cold spots' work now replicated by HESA.
'University "cold spots" are developing in some parts of the country, new data analysis suggests, with courses in some subjects no longer available to students in certain regions.' 1/2
Screenshot of search for 'petition' on the BL's Archives and Manuscript catalogue
Hooray! The British Library has just released a beta version of its rebuilt Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue: searcharchives.bl.uk
2,619 hits for 'petition' in Western Manuscripts, texts in English, in case you're curious. 🗃️
In #colonial New South Wales, there was no elected parliament. Instead, public dinners were held and toasts were made to demonstrate political support – or dissent
🔒 Matthew Allen’s new article is available in the archive
www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
A black and white cat, with only one eyed and ears pricked up, laying down with one paws in front of him
Five years ago today since this little guy arrived from the RSPCA
The cover of a book reading 'The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar', edited by Philip Schofield' and with the UCL Press logo. The writing is in gold on a blue background
Published today - 'Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar' edited by Philip Schofield, the latest volume of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham
Available in hardback, paperback, and as a free open-access PDF from UCL Press: uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
And the cherry on top is that the sign is back, too
We just need 'Straya and Scotland in the same group and the party is on
Thought we'd blown it - but sealing it with a goal from halfway will more than do!
