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Richard Black @Prof_RBlack

PVC and Head of Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham. All tweets personal.

Joined November 2014
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Richard Black@_richardblack
29 Nov 2022
Replying to @BRAINCURES @scoutu @UKAMREnvoy @PeterGluckman @UKRI_CEO @RuthMcKernan @CMO_England @dsweeneyUK @ahrcpress @MelanieWelham @parkali @UKRI_News @BBSRC @Maddalaine @UniAlliance
Very nice piece, but I can't claim it - it's by @Prof_RBlack I think
Tonight’s inaugural by @nandosigona - London remains by far the most important city in Europe for EU nationals living outside their country of birth
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Great to be at the launch of the @AmosBursary in the West Midlands
Our University Annual Meeting gets under way ⁦@unibirmingham⁩
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So brilliant to see our wonderful students back on campus for welcome week! ⁦⁦@uobgreenheart⁩ ⁦@CoSS_Birmingham⁩
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Interesting fact in this great piece about declining numbers of humanities undergraduates: bit.ly/3AkefZk - music provision has declined in state schools by 21% in last 5 years, but grown by 7% in independent schools

In defence of Mickey Mouse degrees

In the current thinking, my drama degree is deemed to have failed me.

newstatesman.com
Important critique of education policy combined with practical pointers to improve education leadership drawing on Birmingham experience from ⁦@Anfieldexile⁩ ⁦@CoSS_Birmingham⁩ #inaugural
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Our first joint inaugural lecture gets underway! ⁦@CoSS_Birmingham⁩ ⁦@INLOGOV⁩ ⁦@_HSMCentre⁩
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The Floozie is back in the jacuzzi!
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Great to be back for our first post-lockdown inaugural lecture with Professor Dina Kiwan ⁦@CoSS_Birmingham⁩ ⁦@UoBEdResearch⁩
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Join the debate: #F4GC starting at ⁦@unibirmingham⁩
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Richard Black retweeted
Nando Sigona@nandosigona
26 Apr 2022
Really excited to welcome professor Steve Vertovec @mpimmg as one of our keynote speakers at @iris_birmingham conference in September. The call for papers and panels #cfp is open - deadline 16 May 2022: For info and submission: birmingham.ac.uk/research/su… #IRISat10
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Thoughtful piece by my colleague @profsicollinson from @CityREDI @UoB_Business on challenges of levelling up timeshighereducation.com/blo…

R&D investment in left-behind regions is not a levelling-up panacea

Growth in competitiveness, employment, incomes and regional attractiveness occurs only when policy is aligned with local need, says Simon Collinson

timeshighereducation.com
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Fabulous exhibition of new work by ⁦@IoneParkinRWA⁩ and Gillian McFarland involving collaboration with ⁦@Physics_uniBham⁩ in our Allan Walters Building ⁦@CoSS_Birmingham⁩
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So important that @unibirmingham is doing this right now: bit.ly/3qr1GWo. Thanks to all my colleagues especially in @IRiS_Birmingham who have made the case so clearly

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Can I just say - wow! Poem inspired by ⁦@sampad_arts exhibition at ⁦@LibraryofBham⁩ ⁩ #Dyche2022
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Great to be at the launch of a fantastic exhibition at the Library of Birmingham - on until June ⁦@sampad_arts⁩ #Dyche2022
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Very pleased to have a new article published today! bit.ly/3sPl4hx. Many thanks to all the many co-authors! #MIGCHOICE
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Richard Black@Prof_RBlack
2 Mar 2022
Replying to @Millward_Ch @AcadSocSciences
Congratulations Chris, and to Matt Cole of @UoB_Business, our two new @CoSS_Birmingham fellows announced today!
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Before and after: amazing emergency response from our team to last night’s Storm Dudley. Now for Eunice!
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