Historian | PhD | Archives | Research Extreme Right and Anti-fascism | Liberal | Researcher/Lecturer in History | Archivist
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Daniel Jones retweeted
5 Nov 2024
Congratulations to our colleague Tim Reinke-Williams for his latest article “Apprentice migration to London from Wales, 1600–1800”
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.… @FASTresearchUON
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4 Nov 2024
Big risk for Government seems to be that rise in tuition fees is too late/too little to avoid large-scale disruption to HE with course closures/mergers and redundancies. Potential for students to view it as paying more for a diminished system.
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4 Nov 2024
The Greens are wrong to say that tuition fees are what cause the funding issue in universities - the failure of successive governments to properly fund HE is. HE is a huge engine of social and economic good, and we've been running it on fumes for a long time.
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4 Nov 2024
Whether it is as money leant to students with some coming back (fees), whether money direct to universities (teaching grant) or in funding for research, we need to spend more now to get more in the future. Build intellectual as well as physical infrastructure.
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31 Oct 2024
It shows how into our own echo chambers we get that I find it insane there isn’t more coverage of the deepening crisis in universities, especially after a budget that only made things worse. I’m told people won’t care until a uni goes bust badly, and they may be right.
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30 Oct 2024
Looks like Universities get the UKRI money protected from cuts, £40m to fund commercialisation of research, and an increase to their National Insurance costs. But no word on tuition fees or other support. Ultimately a net c. £100m cut in HE funding looking at budget in isolation.
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10 Oct 2024
When I keep saying that academia needs to consider how we can archive the internet and not rely on one single well-meaning point of failure…
9 Oct 2024
The wayback machine has been compromised.
See you all in HIBP!
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10 Oct 2024
Fully behind the point GPs are making that we need better care for trans and nonbinary people. Absolutely not behind the move to highlight this by withdrawing care from people on the grounds it is complicated. You are already involved, withdrawing isn’t a neutral act.
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8 Oct 2024
The Conservative party, much like Labour post-2015, has chosen to speak to a specific part of its base rather than rebuild the broad party. A real risk for them when Reform is talking to that same electorate, and their centre flank is being tempted by others. But I may be wrong!
8 Oct 2024
WOW.
James Cleverly TOPS the ballot
Cleverly 39
Jenrick 31
Badenoch 30
Tugendhat 20
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28 Sep 2024
Bringing back maintenance grants is great news. Increasing tuition fees by inflation though, given the gaps that have been allowed to develop in HE financing, will only stop further deterioration. It won't solve the underlying issues.
28 Sep 2024
Exclusive:
Tuition fees will rise in line with inflation and maintenance grants will be restored for the poorest students under government plans to bolster the finances of struggling universities
The Times has been told that plans drawn up by officials would mean tuition fees, which have been frozen since 2017, rising by 13.5 per cent over the next five years to £10,500
Poorer students would be shielded from the impact by the reintroduction of maintenance grants, which were worth up to £3,500 until they were abolished by the Conservatives in 2016
thetimes.com/article/d8b73d1…
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28 Sep 2024
Worth adding, that is deterioration across the system. We will still see individual universities struggle as this only incentivises the over recruitment by some universities even further.
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26 Sep 2024
Apparently it is six months since I open access published 'Making a Fascist Family', looking at how British fascists sought to use print cultures to generate nationalist communities that filled a para-familial role. You can take a look at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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18 Sep 2024
Having a separate universities spokesperson again is a great perk of the Lib Dems having so many MPs. Certainly not a brief you'd want at the moment - the HE system is creaking badly. Short term stabilisation and funding is needed while a thorough review is undertaken. Tough ask.
18 Sep 2024
Absolutely delighted to be taking the Universities and Skills spokesperson role in Ed’s team!
With huge challenges in higher education, and too many being let down by poor skills provision, I’m looking forward to being part of a proper, constructive opposition to the government.
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11 Sep 2024
If when you gain influence you are willing to surrender your values with narry a whimper, then there was little point in gaining influence in the first place.
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10 Sep 2024
In the end, ordered from elsewhere - will be here tomorrow. Cost £20 more, but best £20 I ever spent. Per Amazon customer services' suggestion, have reported them to Trading Standards, and will poke my credit card company once the payment has processed.
10 Sep 2024
Very nice people on @AmazonUK customer support but awful customer service. They ship me a bag and some pens instead of mother board and GPU. They refuse to send replacements, only process returns. And want to keep my money for a week while I have to order replacements.
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10 Sep 2024
Very nice people on @AmazonUK customer support but awful customer service. They ship me a bag and some pens instead of mother board and GPU. They refuse to send replacements, only process returns. And want to keep my money for a week while I have to order replacements.
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Daniel Jones retweeted
2 Sep 2024
Welcome 2024 is our biggest ever, two weeks of activities to get you settled into university, making friends and taking your first steps on your journey in Northampton. ☀️💖
Find it all here: ow.ly/CJYe50TclUf
#UON #NorthamptonWelcome2024
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Daniel Jones retweeted
2 Sep 2024
Very excited about sharing @NicoBalders ‘s film and our collaboration with the world @wienerlibrary chaired by @LucyNoakes1 together with panellists @MaikenUmbach & Matthew Stibbe
2 Sep 2024
🎬 On 30 September we're hosting a preview screening of @NicoBalders short film, The Nervous State
It will be followed by a discussion exploring dramatising history and the resonances between the 1930s and our own moment of ‘permacrisis’
Sign up now: wienerholocaustlibrary.org/e…
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29 Aug 2024
Instinctively I have concerns about this plan. There are places in Northamptonshire that got forgotten and ignored when under the county council - in such a large authority, they may well face that again. I’d want to see solid plans to tackle deprivation, that show benefit.
29 Aug 2024
Start of talk about devolution for Northamptonshire. A partnership with Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes council under consideration. nnjournal.co.uk/p/devolution…
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Daniel Jones retweeted
16 Aug 2024
Record numbers of students got into the uni. of their choice but some might not have their predicted grades.
@JamesSeymourUni explained next steps, incl. calling #Clearing* & coming to an #OpenDay (ours is tomorrow) to @NLRadio.
player.autopod.xyz/666527🎙️2h30m
*01604 214808
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